Tue. 5/27 - Four Games as Nashville is Idle

[Jim Goulart]

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

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[Jim Goulart]

Spencer's "Minor League Sandbox" begins at the 01:45:00 hour/minute mark -

 

[Joseph Zarr]

For ye Minor League heads, Spencer's bits at the end of these BF Pods are truly must listen.  He has truly hit his stride in 2025. We are spoiled.

[Madhawk23]

Sorry if I've missed this in another thread, but have we heard any updates on Letson this past weekend?  Can we expect him back on the mound this week for the T Rats?  

[Joseph Zarr]

52 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

Sorry if I've missed this in another thread, but have we heard any updates on Letson this past weekend?  Can we expect him back on the mound this week for the T Rats?  

We did, yes. He has been dealing with what is currently being described as some shoulder 'soreness'. There is currently no stated level of concern of any prolonged absence or even an IL stint. ARob updated us in the Minor League Transactions Thread HERE.

Can you expect Him back on the mound this week for the T-Rats? I wouldn't bet on it, per se, but it certainly could happen. Very much a 50/50 proposition as I see it. For obvious reasons, even minor shoulder soreness will likely be treated very conservatively.

[Jim Goulart]

As was also posted in our 2025 Timber Rattlers thread --

Via Curt Hogg of the J-S:

”An update on a top Brewers pitching prospect who’s been out for those who might be interested: Bishop Letson, who hasn’t pitched since May 8, has been dealing with some shoulder soreness. He’s tentatively scheduled to start next week.”

[Joseph Zarr]

Are we shocked? The early season Southeast & Gulf Coast roller coaster weather ride continues...

 

[Jim Goulart]

 

[sveumrules]

Looks like baseball weather in Appleton and Maryvale so other two games should still happen at least.

[Joseph Zarr]

Random Minor League thought:

Minor League Baseball very clearly already has the better Logos and they very clearly are doing more on the regular to actually invite fans of all ages to the ballpark...

Why do we not have Inter/league Series OR a Mid-Season Inter-league Round Robin? Would be SO fun. 

/End thought

[Ro Mueller]

Rehabbing LHP Jose Quintana (last pitched May 9) gets the start as High-A Wisconsin kicks off their home series against Cardinals’ affiliate Peoria. CF Eduardo Garcia and RF Hedbert Perez’s hitting streaks are 9 and 8 games, respectively.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, on my Farm - yes I do actually 'Farm' daily on my 70 acres - it is gorgeous 75 F and sunny with an ever so slight cool breeze from the Southwest. Our first fire of the season popped up today over in Priest River - Currently small and appears shenanigan or mishap related on someone's private land. Always a concern, no less out our way. We all live in a Fire ecology in the Inland PNW. I am in the midst of transplanting True Potato Seed plants (I select and breed seed potatoes) while I continue to transplant the many many apple cross seedlings I've been working on for a year and a half. You have to coax apple seeds out of dormancy - a real art form I am only beginning to slightly master decades into this work.

Farming work never ends. Much like the Minor League season!😅

 

Here are some of my cold hardy potato tuber clones I've planted earlier this spring. Well underway. Praying they make tasty tubers and nice seed berries.

[Joseph Zarr]

The T-Rats begin their Peoria Home Series in minutes. Beautiful night in Wisconsin. Coming off their first series win of their season - they had previously lost three and split 4. They are only 7-14 at Home but 15-17 vs their Division. Who knows how this series will play out. Quintana is heading to the mound.

[Joseph Zarr]

Early and Diaz has already dropped two of Santana's offerings - mixed up and incapable of framing another. The lead-off singles to RF with Baez shading up the middle. AND, he swipes 2B when Diaz throws a floater that has no pace on it. Man on 2nd. Nobody down. Not a dialed start for the youngsters surrounding Quintana.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND, another one goes by Diaz. A Passed Ball. It was inside. BUT, Blayberg looks entirely ill-equipped to handle Quintana. He has already botched three grabs. Runner advances to 3B.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND, in a 2-0 count the batter rips a single past the diving Burke. 1-0 Peoria. Sharply hit. Burke was playing off the Line. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Another SB off Diaz. He just doesn't have the arm. That was a high 'heater'. The ball is too slow to get to 2B. Really rough start for Diaz.

[Joseph Zarr]

A vintage 2025 T-Rats experience. A seeing eye single into RF. Perez airmails the throw to home plate. Nobody backing up. 2-0 deficit. No error as the runner advanced on the throw. Regardless, there's a reason they won their series at South Bend 4-2. It was South Bend. Peoria is already pouncing on their innate sloppiness. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Another single line drive into RF. Four straight singles for Peoria. Men on the corners. Nobody out. Quintana is trying to up level LHP Connor Thomas' rehab debut in the ACL!

[Joseph Zarr]

T-Rats went 3-up. 3-down. AND, Quintana's 2nd inning going much much better. After a 26 pitch first frame. He has two down after 6 pitches. Two down. Nobody on. 1-1 count to his third batter faced in the frame.

[Joseph Zarr]

Guilarte can absolutely handle 3B. The young man has a very sure glove and an absolute cannon. Goodness, with how smooth he is I just wish he had plate discipline. As is, he is such a boom/bust hitter with mostly too many strikeouts. Really nice easy scoop and cannon toss to 1B for the final out. He made it look too easy. It was not. 1:25:27 on the replay if you want to see what I'm talking about. Everything he throws from the hot corner feels like 90 mph plus.

[Joseph Zarr]

T-Rats might have something simmering in the bottom of the 2nd. Dinges got on base with a dropped fly ball to CF. He was gifted a safe call at 2B (ball beat him maybe was safe - weird call) on a ball that got away from the catcher. Now on 3B after a Baez groundout to 1B. One down. They still trail 3-0.

[Joseph Zarr]

Ok now. Hedbert with an RBI groundout to 2B. Little steps. 3-1 deficit. Every run counts. No, really, they do. They go on the scoreboard. Yhoswar follows with a poke to the corner RF wall for a triple bagger. OK Yhoswar! Can Diaz make up for his early sloppiness at the dish? He'll get the chance to do some damage. Two down. Man on third. 3-1 deficit.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh man. Diaz suffers a 6-3 put out on a ball that looked destined to head to shallow CF. A grounder. The SS made a superb play cutting it off and firing to first. Sigh. The elusive Diaz first T-Rats RBI remains, well, elusive!

[Joseph Zarr]

Consecutive 1-2-3 frames from Quintana after his five hit first. You love to see it. Ground out to 2B. K. Fly out to RF.