Wed. 6/12: One DSL Make Up Game; Four Full-Season Clubs in Action

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Wednesday. 

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[Joseph Zarr]

Let's shine more light and share more Love for RHP Craig Yoho. I've been telling y'all for two months now Yoho is an MLB pitcher yesterday. Let's go to Milwaukee area scout Ginger Paulson to add meat on the bone:

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“To see that kind of a jump in four months from someone who had zero college innings under his belt immediately caught my attention,” she said. “It was a bit of a crazy feeling to have that kind of conviction in someone who was an older college pitcher without a track record, but I kept saying to myself, ‘If this isn’t big league stuff, I don’t know what is.’”

More in McCalv's wonderful piece HERE. Believe the hype, folks. It is just a matter of time and what an absolutely incredible story of resilience, hard work, and personal belief.

[duewizard]

The Biloxi Shuckers are one of today's MiLB free games of the day! They look to even the series with the Tennessee Smokies after losing late in the game yesterday.

Starts at 7:35 PM ET.

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

When will the Shuckers fix their camera?! It is painful to watch

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Taylor Clarke (2.95 ERA with 13 Ks in 18.1 AAA IP) starts again on 4 days’ rest, as Nashville needs a win to even their series in Gwinnett 1-1. UT Isaac Collins is out of the lineup after exiting early yesterday (about an inning after an HBP). C Francisco Mejia is 13-for-28 with 4 HR and 4 BB during his 7-game hit streak. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Ahhhhhh yes, I haven't even dug into the DSL Brewers Uno box and game log as they are getting shellacked 11-0 to the Padres. They've given up 3 HITS. Check that 4 hits now and the bases appear juiced.

I think we all know what this means: A mid-week DSL Pitching Special!

"Clean up on Aisle Six, Craig! Stat!"

[Joseph Zarr]

Whewwwwww baby. It is, ummmm, one of those:

Combined DSL Cerveceros Uno Pitching Efforts

14 BB
3 WP
2 Balks
3 HBP

Goodness gracious. Someone call a Medic. Thankfully, 18-year-old Colombian RHP Danny Puerta stopped some of the bleeding with a relatively clean 1 H inning. Sheeeesh, that box is painful. 🙃

[wiguy94]

Francisco Guevara having a rough start to his professional career. He's made 2 appearances and gotten 0 outs. He has given up 2 hits, 8 ER, 6 BB, 2 HBP in those 2 appearances. It can only go up from here right?

[Joseph Zarr]

As an FWIW with this DSL Brewers Uno contest:

No Made. No Pena. However, it would certainly appear INF Juan Ortuno is making a quick case for more PT in the near-term. The just turned 17-year-old Venezuelan infielder is 2-for-3 today with his 2nd two-bagger. He now has 5 knocks in just 11 AB's (hello, large sample!) with two doubles. Also showing keen discipline and eye early: 3 BB: 2 K. Fun mini peripheral development on the DSL Uno squad. 

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Francisco Guevara having a rough start to his professional career. He's made 2 appearances and gotten 0 outs. He has given up 2 hits, 8 ER, 6 BB, 2 HBP in those 2 appearances. It can only go up from here right?

I would certainly hope so! Tough sledding for the 17-year-old Venezuelan after spending all of last summer on the IL.

[Joseph Zarr]

That's now consecutive solid relief outings (?) for newly acquired RHP Garrett Stallings (who, apparently, does not have a MiLB player page today 😅). He goes 3 1/3 IP as his outing ends on a weak pop out to Dorrian at 3B (Patrick Dorrian sighting! He lives!). Stallings finished with 3 H allowed - 0 BB, 3 K - in his scoreless work. RHP Kevin Herget came on in relief and struck out two consecutive batters to end the 7th. Sounds trail 2-1 (all earned to RHP Taylor Clarke - 3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 HB, 2 K, 2 ER). Zamora singled to begin the 8th.

[Joseph Zarr]

Capra lined out sharply to the LF warning track - that contact deserved better. With Laureano covering, Zamora respects that arm and stays at 2B. One down. Mejía to the dish.

[Joseph Zarr]

Stripers are 22-1 when leading after 7-innings. Their lone loss coming in a recent tilt with Durham - up 3-0 they ultimately lost 5-3. Sounds will have to defy the odds here if they want to pull one out here.

[Joseph Zarr]

That's two well hit line drives now too close to OF'ers. Tough luck for both Mejía and Capra. Two hard hit outs that will simply be scored FO's.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND the weakest contact of the three falls in the shallow CF grass off the bat of Owen Miller. With two down, Zamora was running on contact and he beats the throw by a step with an unorthodox but effective late half-slide. 2-2 game!

[Joseph Zarr]

OH BABY. Wesley Clarke smashes a monster off the brick wall in LF. That's two games and 2 long dongs for 'The Clarkester'. That inside slightly hanging off-speed breaker was turned on like only Clarkey can do and absolutely smacked. Yeah BABY. 4-2 Sounds!

[Joseph Zarr]

Here's a close-up of the powerful turn on a pitch inside but belt high for this long ball expert.

[Joseph Zarr]

Immediately after Clarke's epic moon shot cannon ripper, Yonny Hernandez gives us a very professional AB taking an 0-2 count full and grabbing a free base. He is then CS at 2B on the first pitch from the new reliever. I gotta say, the tie should have likely gone to the runner there. Yonny slid under a high throw and likely hit the bag before the swooping tag. No matter, he is scored 'CS'. On to the bottom of the 8th. 4-2 Sounds.

[Joseph Zarr]

Sweetie will do what Sweetie does: play the match-ups and preserve his key arms. That's all for Herget who will give way to a new arm. AND, it will appear it is RHP Harold Chirino.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

I won't be watching the Mudcats this week. It because Evan Bud doing PxP this week.

[Joseph Zarr]

Chirino has such filthy stuff. BUT, he really struggles to find any consistency with controlling his movement. It's unfortunate. He came into this outing 18 BB: 21 K on his season allowing a 0.319 BAA. Yet, ERA very imaginable. 

He walks Laureano on four straight pitches. 

He has to harness his tools. He has everything he needs in the toolkit. He just lacks consistency in and around the zone.

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

I won't be watching the Mudcats this week. It because Evan Bud doing PxP this week.

Try the mute button?

[Joseph Zarr]

He then K's Tromp on 3 pitches with a gorgeous 96 mph slightly dipping dart right over the outer stripe. Again, so much talent. He can do that in any AB we just need to see it more regularly.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Try the mute button?

OR find the comedy in the call. Too much at stake for the Muddies for me personally to not tune in. Plus, Di Turi now back in the batting order. Pratt and Yophery. Can Corniel overcome his third inning woes? Who cares about the fill-in call. Let's GO!😅

[Joseph Zarr]

Remember the 2023 May and June offensive bursts from INF Patrick Dorrian? I do. What a time. 

That slump of 27 K in 54 AB's in September seems to have broken his baseball Spirit and it gives me all sorts of sad face. He's just wayyyyy too talented to be mired in this season-long slump. It hurts me to see it!

[sveumrules]

41 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

No Made. No Pena.

Should move them up to ACL to take the spots of Mitchell & Valerio once their rehab is done.

I'm not sure if I'm half joking or half serious.