Tue. 4/21 - New Series Begin Against Tough Opponents (Combined 40-24 Record); Mudcats 10:05 AM CT

[wibadgers23]

Of course it's Pratt who breaks up the no hitter in Biloxi.

[Ro Mueller]

Anyone see why EMJ exited after being caught stealing in the 6th inning?

Hopefully it's nothing.

[biedergb]

Oh boy. I wasn't watching but clicked onto Gameday, and looks like the T-Rats lost.

K, then a double, another K, a wild pitch and a walk. Then 3 run HR off of Yerlin. 4-2 Kernels over T-Rats

Ugh. That stinks.

[biedergb]

Suckers down to their last at bats here. Wilken grounds out.

Then Darrien Miller walks.

Only 1 hit all night long. That is crazy. But the Biscuits have only 2 hits.

[biedergb]

All 4 affiliated games go to the last inning with ties or lead changes. Exciting and nerve wracking all at the same time.

[biedergb]

1 minute ago, biedergb said:

All 4 affiliated games go to the last inning with ties or lead changes. Exciting and nerve wracking all at the same time.

Well except for Biloxi - who was  down 2-0 early, and now ends the game without a run.

Only 2 runs total, and only 3 hits combined between the teams. The difference the Biscuits hit a 2-run home run.

[jay87shot]

Is Daz Cameron starting to work his way towards a promotion and some DH AB's. We could easily cut bait with Capra (or Collins) and give Daz a few ab's here or there. I get that leaves us dreadfully thin on the IF.

I think my top 10 team prospect is currently

1)Made 2)Pratt 3)Misi 4) Pena 5) Payne 6)Quero 7)Bitonti 8)Henderson 9)Boeve 10)Adamchezski or Letson

So yeah most of the top 10 is in Carolina.

[wiguy94]

That start by Misiorowski was one of the best of his pro career. I'd definitely have it for sure in the top 3. His walk rate is still too high on the season at 13.5% but through his first 24.2 innings he's showing a pretty big jump in control. His zone rate on the season is at 50.2% and even though the BB rate is still high, he hasn't hit a batter in 24.2 innings. Now for most pitchers that wouldn't be very notable but for Misiorowski who had 1.7 HBP/9 coming into this season, that's a huge development. It's potentially looking like he's taken a leap.

[wiguy94]

33 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

That start by Misiorowski was one of the best of his pro career. I'd definitely have it for sure in the top 3. His walk rate is still too high on the season at 13.5% but through his first 24.2 innings he's showing a pretty big jump in control. His zone rate on the season is at 50.2% and even though the BB rate is still high, he hasn't hit a batter in 24.2 innings. Now for most pitchers that wouldn't be very notable but for Misiorowski who had 1.7 HBP/9 coming into this season, that's a huge development. It's potentially looking like he's taken a leap.

Also another very notable thing about his start tonight was that he held his velo the whole 6 innings. Granted it was only 76 pitches, but still seeing him sit 97-99 in the 6th inning was very nice.

[wiguy94]

Also I know it's only a 40 PA hot streak, but the Brewers should select Daz Cameron's contract. DFA Monasterio (he's never been DFA'd so he can't select FA and I very much doubt he'd get claimed), option Collins and select Cameron. I'm sure it won't translate to the MLB but he's just on a ridiculous heater right now. Collins is giving nothing to the team. Perkins is still a few weeks at best away from getting back to the Brewers considering he's just starting baseball activities. There's really nothing to lose.

[Jim French Stepstool]

53 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Also I know it's only a 40 PA hot streak, but the Brewers should select Daz Cameron's contract. DFA Monasterio (he's never been DFA'd so he can't select FA and I very much doubt he'd get claimed), option Collins and select Cameron. I'm sure it won't translate to the MLB but he's just on a ridiculous heater right now. Collins is giving nothing to the team. Perkins is still a few weeks at best away from getting back to the Brewers considering he's just starting baseball activities. There's really nothing to lose.

Yeah, it looked all along like Collins would be in Milwaukee until Perkins is ready, but no one---including the organizational braintrust, I'm sure---foresaw what Cameron is doing since joining Nashville.

Wondering what his status is AFA options remaining?

[Jim Goulart]

5 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Wondering what his status is AFA options remaining?

Cameron is out of options. Fangraphs player pages are the go-to for option info.

[wiguy94]

So I went back and watched the Ernesto CS situation. Seymour threw a pickoff attempt then Ernesto took off on the next pitch after that. It looked like maybe Ernesto was rubbing his thigh after the pickoff attempt and he did seem a bit slow getting back to his feet. Then he was caught stealing. It's tough to tell because we never got a clear shot of his face jogging back to the dugout but it did look like there was maybe a grimace as he jogged off the field and if I'm super hyper analyzing maybe the slightest of limps with his right leg?

Certainly nothing that would make you think it's serious or long term but speculating I'd guess it's something with his right thigh.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Jake McKibbin]

5 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Also I know it's only a 40 PA hot streak, but the Brewers should select Daz Cameron's contract. DFA Monasterio (he's never been DFA'd so he can't select FA and I very much doubt he'd get claimed), option Collins and select Cameron. I'm sure it won't translate to the MLB but he's just on a ridiculous heater right now. Collins is giving nothing to the team. Perkins is still a few weeks at best away from getting back to the Brewers considering he's just starting baseball activities. There's really nothing to lose.

One thing I would say is that his contact rates, swing rates are all very very similar to those he posted in Triple A last season:

2024 vs 2025:

Zone contact: 89.1% vs 88.4%

Swinging strike rate: 8.1% vs 8.2%

Both of these dropped off markedly when he reached MLB

The one thing he is doing is hitting a ton of fly balls, up from 38% to 57% so far this season. That may be unsustainable long term, but still a possible jump from that end. Still he had a 1.001 OPS in AAA in 2024 for Oakland only to slash .200/.258/.329 in the majors. The jump appears to be a big one for Cameron, and he didn't showcase much range in the outfield either with -3 OAA.

I wouldn't be averse to letting him get a stretch of appearances off the bench to see if he can make that final step and get comfortable at the big league level, but I'm not sure if he'll hit the ground running per se

If he can make enough contact, he will do damage but that hasn't translated as well to the big leagues and he seems to have found himself getting behind in counts with some passivity early in the count last season too. I think his savant page pretty much sums it up, why there's intrigue but also maybe not to expect too much too soon. Batted ball quality was great... when it happened

 

 

[Jake McKibbin]

6 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

That start by Misiorowski was one of the best of his pro career. I'd definitely have it for sure in the top 3. His walk rate is still too high on the season at 13.5% but through his first 24.2 innings he's showing a pretty big jump in control. His zone rate on the season is at 50.2% and even though the BB rate is still high, he hasn't hit a batter in 24.2 innings. Now for most pitchers that wouldn't be very notable but for Misiorowski who had 1.7 HBP/9 coming into this season, that's a huge development. It's potentially looking like he's taken a leap.

I honestly couldn't believe this when I watched it this morning, I've actually just written something up after watching it. I completely agree re control, and actually would go so far as to say his issue has been an inability to put hitters away more than wildness, but I think he may have found an answer to that.

Either way, mightily impressive stuff from the gangly hurler

[SF70]

4 hours ago, Jim Goulart said:

 

Yeah I think the edge they have over the rest of baseball scouting Latin America has made itself known with these last 2 classes.

To be able to get 2 of the best 3 talents in Latin America signed in the same class is amazing in itself, but the rest of the ‘24 class is no slouch either. Can’t wait to see what Anderson-Quintana & co do when they make their stateside debuts next week.

Then in June we have, at least according to pipeline, another top 5 class to look forward to following.

How long can they keep this scouting group together?

[snoogans8056]

39 minutes ago, SF70 said:

Yeah I think the edge they have over the rest of baseball scouting Latin America has made itself known with these last 2 classes.

To be able to get 2 of the best 3 talents in Latin America signed in the same class is amazing in itself, but the rest of the ‘24 class is no slouch either. Can’t wait to see what Anderson-Quintana & co do when they make their stateside debuts next week.

Then in June we have, at least according to pipeline, another top 5 class to look forward to following.

How long can they keep this scouting group together?

Well every team is accused of signing kids years before they’re supposed to, so we theoretically have multiple classes already “signed” with these guys at the helm.

This year is also the first time we’ve seen the pitchers really breakthrough (there are 8 internationally signed pitchers on Carolina’s roster alone).

[Terry]

1 hour ago, Jake McKibbin said:

One thing I would say is that his contact rates, swing rates are all very very similar to those he posted in Triple A last season:

2024 vs 2025:

Zone contact: 89.1% vs 88.4%

Curious about where you get these numbers, cause I'm getting multiple answers from different sources to same question haha(i.e. Fangraphs, Savant, Robert Orr)

[Jake McKibbin]

4 minutes ago, Terry said:

Curious about where you get these numbers, cause I'm getting multiple answers from different sources to same question haha(i.e. Fangraphs, Savant, Robert Orr)

I used fangraphs! Go to Cameron's profile, click on the minor league symbol an it should come up!

 

 

[Terry]

10 minutes ago, Jake McKibbin said:

I used fangraphs! Go to Cameron's profile, click on the minor league symbol an it should come up!

Oh I think the issue might be Fangraphs count foul tip as contact instead of whiffs. (In this case result would be roughly the same)
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast-search-minors?hfPT=&hfAB=&hfGT=R|&hfPR=foul|hit\.\.into\.\.play|foul\.\.tip|&hfZ=1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|&hfStadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfPull=&hfC=&hfSea=2024|&hfSit=&player_type=batter&hfOuts=&hfOpponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&hfMo=&hfTeam=&home_road=&hfRO=&position=&hfInn=&hfBBT=&batters_lookup[]=663662&hfFlag=is\.\.swing|is\.\.tracked|&hfLevel=&metric_1=&hfTeamAffiliate=&hfOpponentAffiliate=&group_by=name-year&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&min_pas=0&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=api_p_release_speed&sort_order=desc&chk_zones=on&chk_is..swing=on&chk_is..tracked=on#results

[RWeeksFan23]

how does daz' defense compare to his old man's?

[sveumrules]

19 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

how does daz' defense compare to his old man's?

Doesn't have a ton of MLB time (935 innings spread over parts of five calendar years) but Daz has posted -9 DRS and -6 FRV so far.

Probably safe to say defensive chops were not genetic in this case.

[RWeeksFan23]

5 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Doesn't have a ton of MLB time (935 innings spread over parts of five calendar years) but Daz has posted -9 DRS and -6 FRV so far.

Probably safe to say defensive chops were not genetic in this case.

woof

[Ro Mueller]

13 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

So I went back and watched the Ernesto CS situation. Seymour threw a pickoff attempt then Ernesto took off on the next pitch after that. It looked like maybe Ernesto was rubbing his thigh after the pickoff attempt and he did seem a bit slow getting back to his feet. Then he was caught stealing. It's tough to tell because we never got a clear shot of his face jogging back to the dugout but it did look like there was maybe a grimace as he jogged off the field and if I'm super hyper analyzing maybe the slightest of limps with his right leg?

Certainly nothing that would make you think it's serious or long term but speculating I'd guess it's something with his right thigh.

Thank you for this