Mon. 6/10: Two DSL Morning Games, Late Night Game in Maryvale

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Monday. 

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Looks like German RHP Paul Hoff - listed at 6’5” and 180 lbs while still being 17 for three more months - gets the start for DSL Dos today.

Goes walk, 4-6-3 double play, strikeout in his first professional frame.

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DSL Uno has the more seasoned Nicaraguan RHP Joshua Quezada taking the ball, who at age 20 is repeating the level after posting a very Tesla-esque 3.69 ERA over 46.1 IP with 48 K | 18 BB on the island last summer.

First frame of 2024 goes ground out, HBP, pop out, ground out.

Luis Peña walked and predictably stole second (his 10th bag of the year already) in the bottom half of the first.

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Luis Pena adds a HR. Quite the start to the DSL season for him.

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DSL Dos puts up tres in the top of the segundo.

Luis Corobo double, Frederi Montero plunked, Pedro Tovar single, Roderick Flores single, Angel Gonzalez RBI groundout (passed ball), and a Moises Polanco walk/stolen base combo before Jorge Quintana lined into a double play.

Hoff has put up two more scoreless frames with another walk and strikeout.

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A trio of singles from Pedro Tovar, Angel Gonzalez and Moises Polanco plated a fourth run for DSL Dos in the top of the 4th.

Polanco was caught stealing to end the inning, the fourth CS for the team on the day with Kevin Ereu caught twice already (but hey, at least he got on twice I guess?).

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In addition to the aforementioned Luis Peña bomb, 16 year old catcher Kevin Garcia has gone deep for DSL Uno.

Quezada up to four scoreless hitless innings with 1 HBP | 2 BB | 3 K.

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Another inning, another walk and strikeout for Hoff.

Still no hits or runs through four.

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DSL Uno picks up two more on an Angel Gutierrez single (stolen base) and Yohandy Cruz home run.

Jeremy George got plunked and caught stealing then Jesus Made singled, stole second successfully, and moved to third on a wild pitch where he was stranded to end the inning.

Quezada finally gave up a hit in the 5th but struck out the other batters in the inning.

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Kevin Garcia with another HR. 2 HR day for a 16 year old is pretty impressive stuff.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Madhawk23]

I'm sure this is posted in another thread somewhere.....but what do we know about this Hoff kid?  Is this a guy that could turn into a legit prospect?  Certainly have to like the 6'5" frame as starters.  

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22 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

I'm sure this is posted in another thread somewhere.....but what do we know about this Hoff kid?  Is this a guy that could turn into a legit prospect?  Certainly have to like the 6'5" frame as starters.  

I searched the forum trying to find a scouting report or anything from when he signed, but the closest I could find was @Joseph Zarr noting that he seemed to pop up a lot (or maybe he just stood out as the only 6'5" German??) in the video the Brewers released on their new Dominican Academy...

 

[Joseph Zarr]

You know you are walking in the deep weeds when your top 'scouting' report is:

"German. Appeared several times in a promotional video. Tall."

I think it is fair to say: We know nothing at this time other than what we may glean in the DSL.

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7 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

You know you are walking in the deep weeds when your top 'scouting' report is:

"German. Appeared several times in a promotional video. Tall."

I think it is fair to say: We know nothing at this time other than what we may glean in the DSL.

And today we gleaned they left him in one inning too long.

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Was just messing around with the minor league leaderboards, and among 1,514 pitchers with at least 20 IP so far this year Craig Yoho comes in at...

0.35 ERA (3rd) | 0.97 FIP (1st) | 50.5 K% (1st) | .114 AVG (10th) | 62.2 GB% (22nd)

Another old friend having a ridiculous start to the season that popped up was Max Lazar, who over 22.1 IP at AA/AAA in the Phillies system has racked up...

0.40 ERA (6th) | 1.21 FIP (6th) | 39.0 K% (28rd) | .095 AVG (1st)

Another Phillies prospect with Wisconsin ties, George Klassen of Port Washington, is having a pretty nice debut himself over his first 38 professional IP as a 22 year old in A ball with...

 0.71 ERA (10th) | 2.00 FIP (31st) | 39.6 K% (22nd)

Just to bring it back around to the Brewers, KC Hunt also pops up a few times on the first page...

1.48 FIP (7th) | 41.5 K% (12th) | 0.76 WHIP (14th)

[Joseph Zarr]

Really happy for Max. And reallllllllly sad we couldn't enjoy that type of breakout for a Brewers affiliate. Grateful he is healthy amd absolutely slinging it. Phillies see him as a future Closer for them.

[Joseph Zarr]

2 hours ago, sveumrules said:

Was just messing around with the minor league leaderboards, and among 1,514 pitchers with at least 20 IP so far this year Craig Yoho comes in at...

0.35 ERA (3rd) | 0.97 FIP (1st) | 50.5 K% (1st) | .114 AVG (10th) | 62.2 GB% (22nd)

 

I have to say, your post really got my juices flowing. As perhaps the biggest Yoho Stan on this here site (I know. I know. There are many in the Yoho Tribe. Fear not, I know you are all worthy), this drove me to dig deeper. I went straight to yesterday's relief work. This camera angle opened things on first contact in the 8th frame. 

Here's the thing...if we dig deeper.

 

Then justttttt a little bit deeper. Well, the revelation appears. 

It shook me. Not gonna lie. 

 

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The good news is Anthony Flores recorded all three outs via strikeout in the top of the first.

The bad news is he also hit a guy, surrendered a single and then gave up a two run double.

Garrett Mitchell walked his first time up and Josh Adamczewski followed suit but that was as far as they got. 

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Two more strikeouts for Flores in a 1-2-3 second inning.

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Edgardo Ordonez walked, moved to second on a Tyler Rodriguez ground out and came around to score on an Antony Gomez double to get the Zona Crew on the board.

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Gomez double triggered a pitching change.

New guy has promptly drilled Johan Barrios and given up an RBI single to Felix Valerio to even the score at two apiece.

And now Mitchell has singled to put the Crew ahead 3-2.

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Josh Adamczewski and Pedro Ibarguen walks brought home another run, and Edgardo Ordonez has just plated two more with a single.

Now 6-2 Crew, runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs bottom of the second.

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AZ Crew officially pouring it on as Tyler Rodriguez walked to load the bases before Antony Gomez singled home two more runs, 8-2 Brewers.

Cubs have finally changed pitchers after their guy faced nine hitters with four singles, three walks, an HBP and a K.

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The good news is Flores picked up two more strikeouts in the third.

The bad news is he gave up a single, Reach On Error (Adamczewski), home run, walk, wild pitch, double and single.

Score now 8-6 heading to bottom of three.