Sat. 6/15 - We Say It Often, It's a Strong Rotation Lineup

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Saturday. 

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[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

The Muddies look to end this 2 game losing slid as they take the field vs the FredNats at 5:00! It is also a Replica Batting Practice Jersey giveaway presented by 96.1 BBB of Raleigh for the first 1,000 in the ballpark! Join Evan Budrovich on the call on MILB.TV, Bally Live, and for audio the MILB First Pitch app and carolinamudcats.com 

[Spencer Michaelis]

Jorge Quintana (recipient of the largest bonus in this years international class) with his first professional home run!

He hasn’t gotten off to as strong a start as many of his fellow signees from January, but worth noting that he has an even 5:5 K:BB ratio on the season. Something I like to pay a lot of attention to for the DSL guys.

[snoogans8056]

12 minutes ago, Smichaelis9 said:

Jorge Quintana (recipient of the largest bonus in this years international class) with his first professional home run!

He hasn’t gotten off to as strong a start as many of his fellow signees from January, but worth noting that he has an even 5:5 K:BB ratio on the season. Something I like to pay a lot of attention to for the DSL guys.

Also he has 6 total hits, with 2 doubles, a triple, and a home run.

[CheeseheadInQC]

3 hours ago, Smichaelis9 said:

Jorge Quintana (recipient of the largest bonus in this years international class) with his first professional home run!

He hasn’t gotten off to as strong a start as many of his fellow signees from January, but worth noting that he has an even 5:5 K:BB ratio on the season. Something I like to pay a lot of attention to for the DSL guys.

It is tough to tell if it is the type of contact or bad luck but when I looked the other day, Quintana had almost identical strikeout and walk rates and ISO as one of his teammates who had a .900 OPS.

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Carolina has dropped 2 in a row at home against Fredericksburg, so has work to do to clinch the first half title (magic number = 3 with 7 games left). 18-year old RHP Josh Knoth (4.00 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 10.5 K/9 in 36 IP) gets tonight’s start. LF Yhoswar Garcia is tied for the league lead in stolen bases (26) and 3rd in AVG (.331). 

[Ro Mueller]

High-A Wisconsin’s magic number to clinch the first half title is 2 games (with 5 remaining). They’re even 2-2 in this week’s series at West Michigan. 20-year old RHP Yujanyer Herrera (3.61 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 11.5 K/9 in 42.1 IP) is on the hill. T-Rats’ hitters have easily the fewest strikeouts in the league (410 vs. 466 second place).

[Ro Mueller]

RF Brewer Hicklen (.983 OPS in 201 PAs) returns from injury. RHP Chad Patrick (2.83 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 9.1 K/9 in 60.1 IP) is on the mound. It’s time for the AAA Sounds to claw back from a 3-1 series deficit at Gwinnett. 

[Ro Mueller]

22-year old RHP Logan Henderson makes his 2nd AA start for AA Biloxi (5 IP, 0 R, 3 Ks last outing), as they try to get back into their home series against Tennessee, trailing 3 games to 1. A middle infield of SS Adam Hall and 2B Zavier Warren was not on anybody’s bingo card for 2024, but injuries have made it so.

[Ro Mueller]

Trailing 2-0 and with just a lone single (from C David Garcia) thru 3 innings, RF Luis Castillo steps up to hit homer number 10. Mudcats still trail 2-1, but hopefully this sparks their bats.

https://twitter.com/CarolinaMudcats/status/1802105068193550343

[Ro Mueller]

Knoth exits at 74 pitches after 4 innings, so 20-year old LHP Anfernny Reyes enters in a rather big spot in his 2nd-ever Low-A game (poor first outing: 3 BB, 1 HBP among 6 batters faced). 

[Ro Mueller]

Trailing 2-1, an error and a walk (Filippo Di Turi) to start the bottom of the 5th inning open the door for the Mudcats. Will the Nats pull their 24-year old starting pitcher now? Let’s go Carolina!

[Ro Mueller]

…and the Nats replaced one 24-year old pitcher with another, who retired Castillo (pop out) and D. Garcia (K) to strand 2 baserunners, though only after a throwing error allowed Jose Acosta to scramble home and tie it up. 2-2 thru 5.

[Ro Mueller]

Chad Patrick’s solid as usual (4 shutout IP thus far), but the Sounds have yet to even get a runner to 2nd base. 0-0 thru 4.

[Ro Mueller]

Carolina put 2 on (Yophery walk, Pratt single) with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th, so Fredericksburg brought in a 3rd 24-year old pitcher and he induced a Castillo groundout.

Now resident old man RHP 23-year old Jeferson Figueroa gives up 2 singles to start the 8th inning. This is trouble. He’d retired 4 straight before this frame. Still a 2-2 game for now.

[Ro Mueller]

Wow did the Nats blow that one! They try a sac bunt, but Figueroa gets the out at 2nd. And then C David Garcia guns down a steal attempt which didn’t trigger the runner at 3rd base breaking for home. And Figueroa gets an infield pop out to escape. To the bottom of the 8th we go, still 2-2.

[Ro Mueller]

Now it’s the Mudcats’ turn to have 2-on, nobody out in the 8th inning (David Garcia single, Walling HBP).

Yhoswar, Briceno or Acosta need to come through.

[Ro Mueller]

Nashville still hasn’t gotten a runner in scoring position, but they’ve taken a 2-0 lead on C Eric Haase’s 108.2mph 2-run homer in the top of the 5th inning, scoring DH Wes Clarke (who’d singled).

[Ro Mueller]

1B Mike Boeve gives Biloxi and Logan Henderson an early lead: 

 

[Ro Mueller]

9 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Now it’s the Mudcats’ turn to have 2-on, nobody out in the 8th inning (David Garcia single, Walling HBP).

Yhoswar, Briceno or Acosta need to come through.

After Yhoswar (K) and Briceno (fly out) were retired, a balk scores Reidy Mercado (running for D. Garcia) and then Jose Acosta singles home Walling. 4-2 Mudcats. To the 9th we go. 

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Harrison Durow was handed a 4-2 Mudcats’ lead in the top of the 9th inning. but couldn’t close it out. Two doubles and two HBPs tied the game and were followed by a back-breaking 2-run single. The Good Guys suddenly trail 6-4.

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Fredericksburg brings in their 4th 24-year old pitcher of the night to try to close it out. SS Cooper Pratt has singled with 2 outs. We need a Luis Castillo bomb, trailing 6-4.

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

Muddies fall for the third straight night to a score of 6-4): Next game will be at 1:00 EST "tomorrow afternoon. You can watch or listen to it on MILB.TV, Bally Live, and carolinamudcats.com with Evan Budrovich on the call! 

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Low-A Fredericksburg brings in their 4th 24-year old pitcher of the night to try to close it out. SS Cooper Pratt has singled with 2 outs. We need a Luis Castillo bomb, trailing 6-4.

Castillo walked after an 0-2 count. Diaz pinch hit and got just under a first pitch low and away in the zone. He flew out to LF. Looked good off the bat but he clearly got just under it. Sigh. Down East lost. BUT, Lynchburg leads 4-1. 

[Ro Mueller]

Recent signee INF Adam Hall (starting at shortstop; EBJ exited early yesterday) singled, stole a base and scored in the 2nd inning, then knocks in 2 more with a single in the 3rd inning.

Biloxi is up 5-0!