Sun. 6/23 - Full-Season Clubs Wrap Up Their Respective Series

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Sunday. 

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[Ro Mueller]

RHP Alexander Cornielle (3.24 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 7.4 K/9 in 50 IP) and High-A Wisconsin kick off Sunday action, looking to secure a 4-2 series win at Fort Wayne. 3B Eduardo Garcia starts at his 3rd different position in his last 3 games. 

[Joseph Zarr]

No early morning DSL Game Logs to pant over makes Farmer Joe a dull boy. 😜

Sigh.

I guess we'll just have to wait.

[wiguy94]

19 minutes ago, damuelle said:

RHP Alexander Cornielle (3.24 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 7.4 K/9 in 50 IP) and High-A Wisconsin kick off Sunday action, looking to secure a 4-2 series win at Fort Wayne. 3B Eduardo Garcia starts at his 3rd different position in his last 3 games. 

It almost feels like they are trying to inflate Garcia and Valerio's trade value by having them put up some numbers in A+ and having Garcia play a bunch of different positions to show he provides defensive flexibility.

[Ro Mueller]

10 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

It almost feels like they are trying to inflate Garcia and Valerio's trade value by having them put up some numbers in A+ and having Garcia play a bunch of different positions to show he provides defensive flexibility.

I thought the same thing about Garcia. Unfortunately Valerio likely has no trade value, since he’s in his 7th MILB season. 

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Garrett Stallings makes his 2nd start of the week (5.1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks on Tuesday) at home against Durham, with AAA Nashville needing a victory to achieve a 3-3 series split. C Eric Haase makes his first appearance in 8 days. 

[Ro Mueller]

Wisconsin trails 6-4 in the top of the 9th inning, but has the heart of the order up (Barrios, Areinamo, Adams) against a non-dominant Fort Wayne reliever. Time for some magic, hopefully.

[Ro Mueller]

1 minute ago, damuelle said:

Wisconsin trails 6-4 in the top of the 9th inning, but has the heart of the order up (Barrios, Areinamo, Adams) against a non-dominant Fort Wayne reliever. Time for some magic, hopefully.

An error, outfield hit and infield hit have loaded the bases with nobody out. Let's go Wood, Valerio and Garcia!!

[Ro Mueller]

Ugh. GIDP for Matt Wood on a 2-0 pitch. 6-5, Adams on 3rd, Valerio up with 2 outs.

[Ro Mueller]

Valerio goes down swinging. T-Rats fall 6-5 despite getting lots of 2-out traffic throughout the game (10 LOB vs. 5 for Fort Wayne). Each team allowed several unearned runs. The clubs split the series 3-3.

[wibadgers23]

This has to be Mitchell’s last game in Nashville, right?

[Ro Mueller]

24-year old RHP Shane Smith makes his 2nd start of the week for AA Biloxi at Rocket City, likely piggy-backing with LHP Nate Peterson as the Shuckers try to polish off a 5-1 series win. CF Carlos D. Rodriguez has a 13-game on-base streak with 18 hits and 8 walks. 

[Ro Mueller]

21 minutes ago, wibadgers23 said:

This has to be Mitchell’s last game in Nashville, right?

Murphy likely wants Mitchell back, but if he gets hurt again in the majors (there’s been zero opportunity for service time manipulation with Mitchell thus far), it might break Matt Arnold. Two months optioned to the minors might make Arnold feel better.

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Jesus Rivero (6.55 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 12.3 K/9 in 34.1 IP) makes his first start for Low-A Carolina since a disaster outing on May 8 (six relief appearances since). Carolina leads the series in Columbia 5 games to 1. DH/INF Cooper Pratt’s on-base streak is 29 games. 

[wiguy94]

Just now, damuelle said:

RHP Jesus Rivero (6.55 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 12.3 K/9 in 34.1 IP) makes his first start for Low-A Carolina since a disaster outing on May 8 (six relief appearances since). Carolina leads the series in Columbia 5 games to 1. DH/INF Cooper Pratt’s on-base streak is 29 games. 

No Letson start this week. That's a bit of a bummer. 

[Ro Mueller]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

No Letson start this week. That's a bit of a bummer. 

Yeah. Gotta wonder whether Enniel Cortez's promotion was rushed due to some unknown issue with Letson.

[Ro Mueller]

The Mitch White 2024 experience is unpleasant, although I feel bad for the guy. I think he accepted the outright to Nashville, because he believes this organization can help him get on track.

[Ro Mueller]

Just now, damuelle said:

The Mitch White 2024 experience is unpleasant, although I feel bad for the guy. I think he accepted the outright to Nashville, because he believes this organization can help him get on track.

Trailing 4-3, White allows the first 3 batters aboard in the top of the 6th inning: HBP, single, HBP. God help this man.

[Ro Mueller]

2 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Trailing 4-3, White allows the first 3 batters aboard in the top of the 6th inning: HBP, single, HBP. God help this man.

Wow, old friends Tristan Peters and CJ Hinojosa generously (foolishly?) swung at the next 3 pitches: pop out, swinging strike, GIDP. No runs come across. Whew. Sounds still only trail 4-3.

[Ro Mueller]

White only hit one batter in his second scoreless inning of work, throwing a number of high strikes (peaking at 96mph).

White's baby step progress is painful (for Durham) and the wide misses here and there also gave Haase a workout behind the plate. But we'll take it. Sounds trail 4-3 in the bottom of the 7th.

[Ro Mueller]

Manager Sweet sends Mitch White out there for a 3rd inning. Questionably in my amateur opinion. But the Durham Bulls are a-hacking. They swing at all 5 pitches in the frame, going down in order: fly out, ground out, K. Way to go Mitch!

Now the offense had better respond. Bottom of the 8th, down 4-3. Hicklen, Clarke and Haase are up. Go Sounds!!

[Ro Mueller]

Whoo Baby! Brewer Hicklen! 108.7mph blast. 423 feet. Game-tying solo shot on a cutter which did not cut. 4-4 game. Go Sounds!!

[Ro Mueller]

Two batters later, Eric Haase hit the first pitch he saw 440 feet to grab a 5-4 lead!

Then White and Junk retired the Bulls in the 9th, ending the game on a line out double play. Excellent win!

[Ro Mueller]

Shane Smith has retired 12 of 13 batters faced for Biloxi, with the only blemish being a solo homer to the number 9 hitter. 2-run homers by Brock Wilken and Zavier Warren have the Shuckers leading 4-1. 

[Ro Mueller]

Jesus Rivero K'd the side in the 2nd inning before losing control in the 3rd: triple, HBP, BB, WP, BB, balk.

Recently-signed 25-year old RHP Tyler Bryant then entered for his organizational debut.

Reece Walling doubled and scored in the 2nd inning, then Yhoswar Garcia repeated the feat in the 5th inning. Carolina 2, Columbia 2.