Fri. 4/25 - Carolina Twinbill Begins at 4:35 Central

[Jim Goulart]

This thread will be utilized for any minor league news Friday.

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[Jim Goulart]

@Spencer Michaelis's "Minor League Sandbox" portion of the weekly podcast (a regular feature) begins at the 01:16:00 hour/minute mark.

 

[Ro Mueller]

Game 1 of Low-A Carolina’s doubleheader sees 6’4” RHP Travis Smith (3.12 ERA, 6 Ks in 8.2 IP) make his 4th start, with the team trailing 0-2 in this week’s series at pesky Columbia. DH/INF Luis Pena’s hitting streak is 12 games and 2B Josh Adamczewski has 8 multi-hit games in 16 played. 

[Ro Mueller]

The AA Shuckers can take 3-1 home series lead over Montgomery with a 3rd straight victory tonight behind RHP Abdiel Mendoza. RF Garrett Spain has been a major spark plug since joining the roster (1.006 OPS in 39 PAs). 

[Jim Goulart]

Marco Dinges 2-for-2 in throwing out attempted basestealers so far in Game One. That’s 6 of 15 gunned down in 2025, a 40% (calculator-free!)

[Ro Mueller]

Linebacker/DH/C Jorge Alfaro is up to 6 HRs and 7 SBs on the young season for the AAA Sounds. They trail their home series against Durham 2-1 and have RHP Deivi Garcia (2.70 ERA, 11 Ks in 13:1 IP) starting tonight. 

[Jim Goulart]

Speaking of Carolina defense, tough 3rd inning for LF Luiyin Alastre, his 18th pro game in that spot. After two had been retired, Alastre misplayed a tough high fly to the corner near the foul line. Rightly ruled a hit, but it was catchable. 

The next fly ball should have ended the inning and was a straight drop (the cameraman prematurely pulled off Alastre, likely assuming the catch). Another single (to LF, throw to the plate cut off) and Muddies are down 2-0 after four.

Adamczewski the lone hit, though four walks have gone for naught.
 

[Jim Goulart]

There’s been a bunch of parent-club recent defensive play in this Carolina Game One.

[Jim Goulart]

Home plate ump for Game One, not the first game we’ve seen her behind the plate this season. Kudos!
 

 

[Ro Mueller]

20-year old RHP Bishop Letson (2.45 ERA, 13 Ks in 11 IP) is on the bump for High-A Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids tonight, with the Timber Rattlers aiming to knot the series 2-2. 2B Jadher Areinamo’s 20 hits and 7 doubles have him near the top of the Midwest League leaderboard. 

[markedman5]

Another Daz bomb

 

[Jim Goulart]

Another Carolina game, another position player injury exit. Luis Pena reached on a fielder’s choice groundout in the final inning of the 10-4 Game One loss, The camera didn’t catch it well, but it’s leg related, it seems.

[Ro Mueller]

22-year old LHP Sam Garcia makes his first start (4th appearance), as the Mudcats need to win to split today’s doubleheader. Luis Pena left the first game with late discomfort (leg), but INF/OF Demetrio Nadal returns after missing 9 days. Yannic Walther makes a surprise outfield appearance. 

[Ro Mueller]

Nail biter 1-0 road win for the Timber Rattlers behind Bishop Letson (5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks; 70 pitches), winning despite no extra base hits or RBIs.

SS Eduardo Garcia also exited at the 5 1/3 inning mark after Vargas caught a ball in left field.

Areinamo and Wood had the team’s 4 singles, while Root, Sanchez and Rund shut the door.

[Ro Mueller]

Sam Garcia went 82 pitches in his first Minor League start, including a walk to start the bottom of the 5th inning with the game tied 2-2. Unfortunately, a single and double steal brought that baserunner across.

The Mudcats had 2-on, 2-out with Adamczewski up last inning, so of course he walked and the next batter (Bitonti) flew out. 

Marco Dinges gave us the 2 runs on a no doubter in the 3rd inning. 

 

[Ro Mueller]

Biloxi conceded 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning (off Tyler Bryant) to trail Montgomery 6-3.

But they responded with a 5-spot(!) via some opposition mistakes (error, catcher interference, passed ball) and then 3 two-out hits (Miller + Ramon Rodriguez singles; Ethan Murray 2-run triple).

RHP Justin Yeager closed out the 8-6 win from there.

Starting RHP Abdiel Mendoza had conceded 8 hits and 2 walks, but only 2 runs in a 5-inning outing. Wilken and Miller homered in the initial 3 Shuckers’ runs.

[Ro Mueller]

The Mudcats are staring down the barrel of a potential 4th straight defeat, but Yannic Walther just legged out an infield hit with 1 out in the final scheduled inning, trailing 3-2.

That brings Jesus Made up.

[Ro Mueller]

The OF Daz Cameron promotion watch is in full swing, as he exited with the Sounds leading 8-4 in the 7th inning. Gotta figure that’s in reaction to Garrett Mitchell exiting the Brewer game with oblique discomfort.

[Ro Mueller]

Made grounded out and Dinges popped out to end it, so Carolina has dropped 4 straight, 3 of them by 1 run. :(

[Ro Mueller]

The Sounds had 13 hits and went 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts as they grabbed an 8-5 win over Durham to even their series.

You’ve seen the Cameron homer above. Jorge Alfaro also added his 7th blast.

Deivi started (3 runs). Kudos to Bruce Zimmermann on 3 hitless innings before conceding an earned run in the 9th.

 

[Jim Goulart]

8 hours ago, Ro Mueller said:

22-year old LHP Sam Garcia makes his first start (4th appearance), as the Mudcats need to win to split today’s doubleheader. Luis Pena left the first game with late discomfort (leg), but INF/OF Demetrio Nadal returns after missing 9 days. Yannic Walther makes a surprise outfield appearance. 

As much fun as it would have been to see Yannic Walther in LF (didn't happen, he caught), the notion of 6'4" Eric Bitonti behind the dish (as listed here) would have been amazing.