LongLiveMaroth

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

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

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

No way Keith goes down. He'll get to the All-Star Break I would guess.

Olson is hands down #2 behind Skubal in this rotation.

Toledo L 7-5 Ibanez 2/3 2B Malloy 2/4 BB 2K 2B Bigbie 2/4 2B RBI BB 2K Dingler 0/3 RBI Jung 0/4 BB Hurter 4IP 7H 3ER 3K Flores 1.2IP 2BB 2K Erie W 3-2 /10 Lee 1/4 K Allen 0/4 3K Jobe 4IP 0H BB 6K Petit 1.1IP H 2K WM L 4-1 Anderson 2/4 3B Gold 1/4 2K Campos 1/3 Graham 0/3 BB K Smith 4.2IP 2ER 2BB 5H 5K Lakeland W 5-4 /12 Gil 1/5 RBI K Clark 0/5 2K Briceno 1/5 RBI 2K 2B Campbell 2/5 RBI 2 2B Santana 0/3 K

I would be very happy with this outcome.

Toledo Game 1 W 5-3 Malloy 1/2 BB K Jung 0/1 RBI BB K SF Bigbie 1/3 RBI 2B Dingler 1/3 K 2B Manning 4IP 6H 3ER 2BB 4K Brieske 1IP 2H BB Toledo Game 2 W 3-2 Malloy 1/3 RBI K Jung 1/3 RBI K 2B Bigbie 1/3 Montero 3IP 2ER 4BB 2K Erie L 3-2 in 10 Workman 1/3 SB Lee 3/4 2RBI BB K Allen 1/5 K SB Madden 5IP 3H BB 7K 0ER WM L 4-2 Anderson 1/4 Gold 0/4 Campos 3/4 RBI K 3B SB Pacheco 0/4 2K Graham 3/4 RBI 2B SB Hamm 5IP 5H 2ER 5K Lakeland W 14-5 McGonigle 3/4 RBI 2B SB Clark 2/4 RBI 2BB 2K Briceno 0/4 2BB Jarvis 3/6 4RBI 2 2B Santana 1/4 RBI BB 2K