LongLiveMaroth

23 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

whats his strike out rate? it was around 40%

Right around 27% now; he does have an OBP of .397 so he is taking a decent amount of walks as well a 24BB to 40K's over 147 PA.

Interesting...

I would say going from -23 to 1 is the bigger outlier there 😅

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Wentz tends to be as good as his FB, which has ticked up more than 2 mph across the last two seasons.

You are certainly right about his FB 

One thing I feel like has been lost in this rather sad thread is the reclamation of Joey Wentz. Here is his savant page. Obvious SSS but I would not be surprised to see him get some more leverage innings. 

13 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Andre Lipcius is hitting .320 with 9 HR in Triple A.      Wasn't good enough for us, though.  

In the PCL so while those sound like good numbers it's only a 135wRC+. JHM has a WRC+ of 138 in the IL with a worse statline. 

I did the hitters but let's take stock of the pitching prospects and see how they are fairing a month or so into the season.

AAA Toledo
Montero 20.1IP 11.07 K/9 1.77 ERA 3.58 FIP
Flores 19.1IP 7.45 K/9 5.12 ERA 5.80 FIP
Madden (AA +AAA combined) 20.2IP 11.3 K/9 5.23 ERA (2.55 ERA in AA)
Hurter 24IP 11.25K/9 5.25 ERA 4.00 FIP

AA Erie
Jobe 16.2IP 12.96 K/9 2.16 ERA 2.21 FIP
Melton 20IP 8.55K/9 3.60 ERA 3.74 FIP

High A WM
Hamm 23.2IP 14.07K/9 1.14 ERA 1.64 FIP
Smith 20.2IP 9.58 K/9 3.92 ERA 4.87 FIP

Low A
N/A

Also FCL started up over the weekend and are the only league that plays on Mondays 

Tigers L 2-1
Rucker 1/2 2B K SB
Jimenez 1/4 K
Wilson (2024 3rd rounder) 4IP 2H 4BB 2K R

Interesting tidbit about AA balls being different than AAA with regards to Madden's first AAA game.

“A couple of things,” Toledo manager Tim Federowicz said during a Saturday conversation. “They don’t use the big-league ball in Double A. Some guys called up from Double A don’t understand the difference.”

Indeed, the same game that allowed 50 years of designated hitters in one league, but not the other, also uses tighter-wound, big-league baseballs at Triple A, but softer versions at Double A and below.

Toledo L 5-3
Jung 2/3 BB 2B
Bigbie 2/3 RBI BB 2 2B
Manning 5IP 2ER 3BB 6K 2H
Flores 2IP 2ER 3K 2H

Erie Rain Out

WM W 8-6
Anderson 0/4 BB K
Turney 1/4 2RBI BB 2K 2B
Gold 1/4 2RBI BB 3K HR (Rare start in LF)
Pacheco 2/5 2RBI 3K 2B
Graham 0/4 RBI BB
Hamm 3.1IP 3H 2BB 7K 

Lakeland W 11-8
Gil 3/3 RBI BB
Clark 0/3 2BB K 
Briceno 3/4 2RBI K 
Campbell 0/5 RBI 2K 
Santana 0/2 2BB K
Hebbert 3.1IP 5ER 2BB 3K

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-2024-mock-draft-may-2?t=mlb-draft-coverage

Mock has us choosing Trey Yesavage at #11. I am hoping Rainer drops to 11 as I would love to get an SS in the system and he has a solid hit tool. 

Toledo W 7-3
Malloy 1/4 2RBI 2BB K 2B
Jung 2/4 RBI K 3B
Bigbie 1/3 BB
Montero 4.1IP 2R 1ER 4H BB 5K (1.77 ERA on the season)
Flores 1.2IP H BB 3K

Erie W 11-3 
Workman 0/4 BB K
Lee 1/5 K 2B
Allen 1/4 RBI BB 2K 2B
Scott 3/5 7RBI 2K HR 3B 2B

WM L 4-0
Anderson 0/4 K
Gold 0/3  BB K
Campos 2/3 2B K
Pacheco 0/3 2K
Graham 0/3 K

Lakeland L 5-4
Clark 1/4 K
Briceno 2/4 K
Campbell 1/4 K
Gil 3/4 3B
Lee 2/4 3RBI K HR 
Santana 0/3 BB 2K

Just a quick check-in on position prospect performance so far this year.

AAA
Jung .238/.355/436 104 WRC+
Malloy .281/.426/.458 136 WRC+
Bigbie .235/.299/.347 68 WRC+
Dingler .227/.293/.409 76 WRC+

AA
Lee .256/.344/.385 111 WRC+

High A
Gold .304/.378/.570 152 WRC+
Anderson .302/.358/.430 115 WRC+
Campos .250/.333/.329 86 WRC+
Graham .121/.271/.172 36 WRC+ (A .167 BABIP may be one of the lowest I have seen)

Low A
Clark .267/.380/.373 128 WRC+
McGonigle .333/.478/.444 179 WRC+ (To be fair this is 6 games)
Briceno .269/.374/.397 130 WRC+
Campbell .242/.324/.468 128 WRC+

Toledo L 14-8
Malloy 1/3 2BB K SB
Jung 0/5 3K
Bigbie 1/4 RBI K CS
Dingler 0/3 BB 2K
Madden 3IP 7ER 7H 3BB 4K
Brieske 2IP 1H 5K

Erie L 6-4
Workman 1/4 RBI BB K HR SB (.929 OPS, no longer switch-hitting and seeing some positives it seems)
Lee 1/4 RBI BB 3K 2B
Allen 0/3 2K
Jobe 3IP 0H BB 5K (Left with leg injury of some kind)

WM W 13-11
Stephenson 4/6 3RBI HR
Anderson 5/6 3RBI HR
Gold 2/5 2RBI K 2B 3B SF
Turney 3/6 RBI 2K 2B
Graham 0/5 2K
Pacheco 0/6 5K
Smith 5IP 4H 3BB 4K 3ER

Lakeland W 6-1
McGonigle 0/4 BB K
Clark 1/3 BB RBI 3B 
Briceno 1/4 K
Campbell 1/3 RBI BB 2B
Santana 2/2 2RBI 2BB 2B HR

Always love a series win against the Cardinals 

47 minutes ago, TigerNation said:

Jobes start is once again the free milb.tv game of the day. Game starts in 20 minutes.

Link https://www.milb.com/live-stream-games/g751152

Toledo L 7-6
Malloy 2/3 RBI 2BB K 2B HR
Jung 0/3 RBI BB 2K
Bigbie 1/4 BB 2K
Dingler 2/4 2RBI K HR 2B
Englert 2IP 2ER 2H

Erie L 10-8
Workman 4/5 K 3B HR
Lee 1/5 K
Allen 3/4 3RBI HR SB
Lockhart 3IP 5H 3ER BB 3K
Petit 0.1IP 2H 4ER 2BB K

WM W 9-2
Anderson 1/5 RBI K 2B
Gold 2/4 RBI BB K 2 2B
Campos 2/5 RBI 2K 2B
Pacheco 2/4 2RBI K 3B
Turney 0/4 2K
Hamm 4IP 3H 5K (1.33 ERA on the year, 13.3 K/9)

Lakeland W 7-3
McGonigle 1/3 BB
Clark 0/4 RBI BB 2SB
Briceno 1/4 BB K
Santana 0/1 2BB K
Lee 2/4 4RBI 2B HR

5 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

But you and Cruzer love prospects!  You are high on almost all of them at some point.  

The Cheech and Chong of prospect evaluation 😅

Ty Madden finally gets the AAA call 

Toledo L 8-5
Ibanez 0/3
Malloy 2/5 RBI 2K 2B
Jung 2/2 RBI 2B 3BB
Bigbie 1/5 2B
Dingler 3/5 2RBI K 2B
Flores 2.1IP 2H 3BB 2K

Erie Rained Out

WM L 9-4
Anderson 1/5 2B
Gold 1/4 2K
Campos 0/4 RBI K
Pacheco 1/4 K
Graham 0/3 RBI BB

Lakeland W 9-3
Clark 1/3 2BB 2SB
Briceno 3/5 RBI 2B 3B
Gil 1/5 RBI 
Santana 2/4 2RBI K 2B HR