Tue. 6/7 - Only Wisconsin on the road; Island sibling rivalry in the DSL

[Jim Goulart]

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[Jim Goulart]

Digging the HR-a-day pace 18-year-old catcher Brayan Oropeza is on.

[Ro Mueller]

Our young Mudcats are home this week, taking on Cubs' Low-A affiliate Myrtle Beach, which has the best record in the 12-team Carolina League. RHP Miguel Segura (4.09 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 7.9 K/9 in 33 innings) gets the opening start, his 11th appearance of 2022. Offensively, the story remains CF Jackson Chourio, who has a 12-game hitting streak (20-game on-base streak), including 6 hits in his last 2 games and 3 homers over his last 5 games:

[Ro Mueller]

The Timber Rattlers are on the road this week, facing off against Marlins' High-A affiliate Beloit. LHP Russell Smith (5.88 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 7.8 K/9 in 33 2/3 innings) gets the Game 1 start. 1B Ashton McGee is heating up after a slow start to the season, now bearing a 7-game hitting streak:

[Ro Mueller]

Biloxi returns home this week to take out their frustrations on the Cubs' AA affiliate Tennessee. RHP TJ Shook (3.50 ERA, 1.29 ERA, 10.7 K/9 in 46 1/3 innings at High-A / AA) gets the start in the opening game, his 11th appearance of 2022 (4th with the Shuckers). RF Tristen Lutz (.819 OPS in 120 plate appearances) continues to enjoy a solid season, coming in with a 10-game on-base streak:

[Ro Mueller]

Nashville is poised to bounce back at home against Orioles' affiliate Norfolk this week, with the first game featuring LHP Ethan Small's (1.88 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 11.5 K/9 in 38/13 AAA innings) return to AAA ball after his MLB debut 8 days ago. CF Jonathan Davis has an 18-game on-base streak and will lead off the squad again tonight:

[Ro Mueller]

The first 3 hitters of the game reached (1 scoring), but RHP Miguel Segura contained the damage by striking out the final 3 batters. Myrtle Beach 1, Carolina 0.

[Ro Mueller]

Five, count ‘em 5 first innings runs for Carolina against the Cubs’ affiliate, with Jeferson Quero collecting an RBI single, Eduardo Garcia an RBI ground rule double and Hedbert Perez a 2-run homer!

[Joseph Zarr]

4 hours ago, Mass Haas said:

Digging the HR-a-day pace 18-year-old catcher Brayan Oropeza is on.

Yeah baby. I second this notion. And, as if I was doing anything competent with Tristan Peters and Tristen Lutz...I now look forward to a 'Brayan'. This is why we get the big bucks. ?

[Joseph Zarr]

33 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Five, count ‘em 5 first innings runs for Carolina against the Cubs’ affiliate, with Jeferson Quero collecting an RBI single, Eduardo Garcia an RBI ground rule double and Hedbert Perez a 2-run homer!

Check. Out. The Scoop:

Hedbert, you dreamy dreamy man you.

[Joseph Zarr]

It is June 7th. We are in Day 7 of 'Where is Joey Wiemer?'. I have nothing else but a bowl filled with tears.?

[Joseph Zarr]

The Tennessee Smokies (Cubs' Double-A affiliate) have a young man recently promoted - Matt Mervis. He just hit a solo jack bomb over the wall in right field. He has seven ding dongs in 18 games since his promotion. Who does he think he is?!?  Brayan Oropeza?

[Joseph Zarr]

This is the best version of Russ Smith I've seen all year. Working fast and with a purpose on the mound. His curve ball is quite zesty tonight. You love to see it. 1-1 into the top half of the fifth inning in (shivers) Beloit.

[Joseph Zarr]

A Tyler Black triple (his third of the year) plates Ethan Murray and the T-Rats take a 2-1 lead here in the top of the fifth. With the way Russ is dealing this could hold for a bit.

[Joseph Zarr]

What a wild moment here in Zebulon. I haven't seen Manager Victor Estevez this animated all season. A strange HR call off, what appeared to be the high wall, in left center is called a home run off the scoreboard. The players and Vic were all flabbergasted. It might be a 6-5 game? It might be 6-4. Wild. Yup, they kept the call. 6-5 Mudcats onto the bottom half of the sixth.

[Joseph Zarr]

Russ leaves after 5 2/3 with a 4-2 lead. This is the best he's looked in 2022. A very encouraging start. I will add: the home plate ump jobbed Smith - who managed 8 k's - on several outside strike misses. Two of which prevented a final strikeout to leave with six complete and, instead, forced Russ to find more dead center which resulted in a weakly hit opposite field run-scoring grounder. 

[sveumrules]

Sal Frelick with a pair of doubles & Noah Campbell with a bomb for Biloxi.

TJ Shook shook them, well not all night long, but for 5 IP with 2 ER | 4 H | 2 BB | 6 K.

Trailing 3-2 top of 8th.

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Sal Frelick with a pair of doubles & Noah Campbell with a bomb for Biloxi.

TJ Shook shook them, well not all night long, but for 5 IP with 2 ER | 4 H | 2 BB | 6 K.

Trailing 3-2 top of 8th.

It was a ding dong given up by recently promoted Kent Hasler. Shook looked quite a bit more comfortable tonight. He had given up a mere run and had shut down seven in-a-row when recently promoted (and mashing, might I add - 7 HR in only 18 Double-A games) Matt Mervis hit a solo dong over the wall in RF. Good stuff from TJ.  

[Ro Mueller]

Biloxi C Jakson Reetz has an RBI single and has also thrown out 3 out of 4 attempted base stealers. 

[Joseph Zarr]

8 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Biloxi C Jakson Reetz has an RBI single and has also thrown out 3 out of 4 attempted base stealers. 

I'm just saying, because, well gull dern it I literally feel like the ONLY one saying it: We NEED to stop sleeping on Jakson Reetz. His season is RIDICULOUS. Why are we not talking about this young man on a routine basis? He's still in 'just coming into his Prime' age. He has been constant. Flat out, constant. And, flat out fantastic. 

I only say this with emphasis because I intentionally placed him in my Top 20. I was like: Welp, here's a 26 year old former third round pick absolutely destroying things in his new organization. He still is in very early Prime years. His offense this season is just ridunkulous and he's just a heck of an athlete behind the plate who, in the drop of a hat, can go play left field (?!?). This is a young man that deserves recognition. 

#JulioHotTakes

[Joseph Zarr]

So legit baseball rules question:

A batter strikes out for out 2 on a swinging third strike. A runner is stealing second base but is clearly caught - in what might be a very brief run-down. But, the runner 10 feet from second is clearly out 3. Ethan Murray, in this case, opts not to try and tag said runner out at second but quickly catches the ball and throws home where the runner scores beating the throw. 

The ?:

Would that runner at home have counted as a run  IF Murray would have instead opted for the obvious third out? That runner at home might have scored say 3-5 seconds before the out at second. Just a guess on the timing. Either way: very close.

[Ro Mueller]

The Mudcats missed a good chance to add to their 8-6 lead, stranding the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning after loading them with one out.

RHP Jefferson Figueroa remains in the game, trying to close out this tough Myrtle Beach squad in his 5th inning of work.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, damuelle said:

The Mudcats missed a good chance to add to their 8-6 lead, stranding the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning after loading them with one out.

RHP Jefferson Figueroa remains in the game, trying to close out this tough Myrtle Beach squad in his 5th inning of work.

 

True story:

Coming into this tilt the Pelicans were 20-1 after scoring first. Let's hope we make that 20-2. 

[Ro Mueller]

4 minutes ago, damuelle said:

The Mudcats missed a good chance to add to their 8-6 lead, stranding the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning after loading them with one out.

RHP Jefferson Figueroa remains in the game, trying to close out this tough Myrtle Beach squad in his 5th inning of work.

 

And of course, the 3rd hitter of the inning fouls off 4 pitches and ultimately walks, putting 2 men on with 1 out, while stretching Figueroa's pitch count to 85 pitches. Yet he will continue.

[Joseph Zarr]

Nearly every time I watch Tyler Black play, I'm not kidding, I almost instantly say: "That's a 10-year Major League player." I love this young man.