Fri. 9/20: It's a Winner Advances Scenario for Biloxi; Can Mitch White Cement His Late-Season Legacy @ Norfolk?

[Joseph Zarr]

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[Joseph Zarr]

The Sounds are 0-3 to start their season-ending series @ Norfolk. They've blown leads in every tilt as they wind down their season. Can RHP Mitch White continue his fantastic run of starts? As we've discussed ad nauseam of late, he has been a true Ace over the past month plus starting for the Sounds.

In Biloxi, it's a make or break game three @ Montgomery with their three-game series knotted at 1-1. It'll be in the hands of LHP Nate Peterson to start things off. He's been much better of late but he did regress to giving up the long ball again in his last outing. This is obviously his most important start of his season. 

[Joseph Zarr]

About last night @ Montgomery...

RHP K.C. Hunt is an absolute STUD. Been saying it since his very first relief outing @ Zebulon earlier this season. Been pounding the drum all season long. I mean, look at that swagger. The man absolutely knows. AND, I am absolutely here to witness in continued awe. He is dripping confidence. 

[Ro Mueller]

 

[wiguy94]

Shame that Biloxi couldn't clone K.C. Hunt for the game tonight. Peterson was absolutely rocked. Gave up 5 runs in 1.2 IP. With Biloxi's offense that's probably the season.

[biedergb]

Yikes.

I'll check in later, but a 5-0 deficit seems like a mountain to climb....

unless.

Unless EMJ and Wilken go off tonight. Right?

Please

[wiguy94]

Mitch White with one hell of a start to end his 2024 season. 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO. 99 pitches, 71 strikes.

[sveumrules]

Mitch White’s late season run continues as he gave up Jordan Westburg double and Ramon Urias RBI single to open the game but nothing thereafter for a nice 7 IP | 1 ER | 5 H | 1 BB | 8 K line.

Nashville picked up three runs in the fourth with a Wes Clarke walk followed by a quartet of singles from Francisco Mejia, Owen Miller, Noah Campbell & Freddy Zamora, then a sac fly from Carlos Rodriguez the outfielder.

Sounds then scored two more in the seventh after Brewer Hicklen walked and Wes Clarke went 405 feet deep.

[tbbrewers]

Would the Brewers consider promoting EMJ  to the big league club after the Shuckers season is over?  There is a good chance they will put him on the 40 man this winter and this would give them a small preview.  

[sveumrules]

Cooper Pratt just hit a two run bomb to get Biloxi on the board top of eight.

[Joseph Zarr]

What a disastrous outing for LHP Nate Peterson. Man, he just couldn't put it together this year but for a couple starts or outings here and there. Wildly inconsistent. Yeager just entered in the 8th and went single, two-run HR, double. Yikes. 8-2. Nobody out. Man on 2nd. Biscuits sprinting toward the Championship round.

[biedergb]

And looks like Yeager getting hit. And a 2run HR by Isaac makes it a 6 run deficit again

But wow Pratt first AA HR as a 2 run blast in bottom of 8 in a playoff do-or-die game 3.  Kids got it.  

[Joseph Zarr]

1 hour ago, wiguy94 said:

Mitch White with one hell of a start to end his 2024 season. 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO. 99 pitches, 71 strikes.

I have to absolutely think the Brewers are going to approach his agent about a potential new deal for 2025. You just can not ignore what he's done as a starter for the past two months. He has been brilliant. 

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I have to absolutely think the Brewers are going to approach his agent about a potential new deal for 2025. You just can not ignore what he's done as a starter for the past two months. He has been brilliant. 

The issue is he doesn't have options. 

[Joseph Zarr]

16 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

The issue is he doesn't have options. 

This is most definitely an issue. Zoinks. Thanks for the reminder. It'll certainly be interesting to see how his off-season pans out. I'm sure the Brewers will be having conversations with his Agents but, given the lack of options, I'd be very curious to hear what those actual conversations are. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Well, the Shuckers season is officially over. That was a very challenging season to watch from start-to-finish. Really happy for them that they stole one in the Divisional series - really glad Hunt got that moment to shine. As a whole, however, the team itself was quite easily the most frustrating team in the entire system to watch on a weekly basis. There was a stretch early in the season where I couldn't even watch their games - they were mired in an awful funk and they then had that CF camera issue. They were just so frustratingly inconsistent. Big names underperforming. Erratic mostly low-scoring offense. Starting rotation constantly shuffling - injuries and promotions. The bullpen was their strength but then they got pilfered in the starting circus. All this to say: I did indeed officially write my last report of 2024 on Wednesday. 😅

[LouisEly]

21 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I have to absolutely think the Brewers are going to approach his agent about a potential new deal for 2025. You just can not ignore what he's done as a starter for the past two months. He has been brilliant. 

Hell, the Brewers need innings to cover the rest of this season.  Wouldn't be surprised if four days from now Herget is DFA'd and White is back up.

[Joseph Zarr]

9 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

Hell, the Brewers need innings to cover the rest of this season.  Wouldn't be surprised if four days from now Herget is DFA'd and White is back up.

Could certainly happen. I just look at the double-function angle of getting in good graces with high-end players or coveted end-of-roster candidates who need Rule 5 protection, regardless. Patrick, Henderson, and Martinez Jr. all fit that bill. I lean Patrick given he's been phenomenal in the past 3 starts. He's K'd 6 tonight already through 4 IP working around a Solo Jack from a rehabbing Westburg (they're playing the Tides - Orioles Triple-A affiliate). That's 26 K over the past 16 IP with 1 ER allowed. Stellar output. Getting hot at the perfect time. Patrick is very much a guy who could repeat what we're seeing with Myers in 2025. Doesn't have the high-end velo Myers has but has a deeper pitch mix with a fabulous cutter.

[NOMAAM]

On 9/20/2024 at 8:52 PM, sveumrules said:

Cooper Pratt just hit a two run bomb to get Biloxi on the board top of eight.

Interesting to see if he starts in Wisconsin next year or Biloxi