Wed, 5/28 - Woodruff Appleton Matinee; Muddies Play Two; Maryvale Off

[Jim Goulart]

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

Organizational Scoreboard 

Audio Links

MiLB TV (Subscribers)

[Ro Mueller]

Rehabbing Brandon Woodruff gets this afternoon’s start, as Wisconsin hosts Peoria and aims for a 2-0 series lead. CF Eduardo Garcia has an .855 OPS in 100 May PAs, with 5 homers.

[sveumrules]

No velocity readings on GameDay but Woodruff went three up three down in the first on six pitches.

Goes 3U3D again in the second, this time needing nine pitches and striking out a batter. 

[liveforoctober]

I'm here. Woodruff sitting 88-89 on the scoreboard. I've seen 90 twice. Off speed 79-80.

[liveforoctober]

Sorry, off speed 84-86.

[liveforoctober]

A very light rain started to fall here in the 4th and Woodruff just gave up a leadoff single, his first hit allowed. He picked him off though.

[sveumrules]

Areinamo doubled, Garcia walked, a Burke lineout to RF advanced Jadher to third, and Dinges drove him home with a sac fly to get the Wisco the first run of the game.

Woodruff is 12U12D with the aforementioned pickoff and three strikeouts. 44 pitches, 30 strikes.

[Joseph Zarr]

After a fairly decent AFL - albeit a fairly pedestrian finish after a scorching start - INF Juan Baez continues to have one of the more disappointing seasons on the Timber Rattlers roster. He just doesn't appear to have learned anything about his over-aggressive approach at the dish. We know he's 19 years old. We also know he's been a generally undisciplined free-spirited player. He was very much an energetic lifeblood on the Mudcats last season. In 2025, he mostly looks lost. <Sad face>

[sveumrules]

Woody gave up one unearned in the fifth on account of a Daniel Guilarte error, but the TRats bats have answered back & atoned with Tayden Hall doubling, then coming around to score on a Guilarte single.

[Joseph Zarr]

61 pitches to complete six frames for the Big Woo. Gotta think he's coming back for the 7th. Big time.

[sveumrules]

Burke singles & steals his FIFTH base of the season, Dinges walk and a Baez RBI single makes it 3-1.

Tayden Hall follows with a two RBI double to make it 5-1 and we have a mound visit.

[Joseph Zarr]

Burke leads off with an 0-2 single - groundball between 2B and 1B. He is finding this hole routinely in this early series. 2-2 count Burke swipes his 5th bag of his season. 3-2 to Dinges and he walks on a heater in the dirt outside. Baez, never one to wait for pitches, swings and bloops a goose snort oppo single. Burke scores when the throw home (which beat him handily) is missed by the catcher on the bounce. Burke slides past the pitcher backing the play up and beats him by a breath.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

Burke singles & steals his FIFTH base of the season, Dinges walk and a Baez RBI single makes it 3-1.

Tayden Hall follows with a two RBI double to make it 5-1 and we have a mound visit.

I'm telling you, and I feel I say this every week: vastly underrated athleticism. He's likely overlooked because he looks like he's possibly guarding the moonshine shack in the foothills of the North Georgia Blue Ridge mountains around Talking Creek. BUT, I'm a tellin' yous guys: he continues to defy his appearance and reputation. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Hall absolutely scorched that liner double. One hopped to the warning track. Loud contact. Apparently, that was 106 mph off Hall's bat. When he makes contact we know he can rip. It's been a prolonged slump. 2nd double of his day and 7th of his season. Would be realllllly nice if Hall could rediscover that early season form. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Sheeeesh, the Chiefs reliever RHP Banjamin Arias is a specimen. 6'7" 250. 😳

 

[Joseph Zarr]

We are talking a Man Tank. This is what we call 'Built'. My Ford truck is blushing. 😂

[Joseph Zarr]

Yhoswar flails at a high breaking ball off-speed for a K. Guilarte flies out to the deep left CF warning track. Just under that heater. On to the 7th. 5-1 T-Rats.

[Joseph Zarr]

Woodruff will indeed start the seventh frame. 61 pitches only after a four-pitch sixth frame.

[Joseph Zarr]

Rain is really starting to come down some, however. We'll see if they can keep playing as this progresses.

[Joseph Zarr]

Woody K's his second batter on a heater smack dab on the outer black. Beautiful pitch. No velo reading on that one but it looked 'nice'? That's all I got. First pitch to the next batter is a seeing eye double to the LF wall. Found the perfect gap. Didn't look hit all htat hard just the perfect location and a wet skip to the wall.

[Joseph Zarr]

0-2 count. Drops a glorious swopping off-speed pitch on the lower inner black. Absolutely got him staring. Strands the runner. 6 K through 7. Wish Mehring was giving us velo reading in that frame. Would love to know where he is sitting in the 7th and pitch count in the 70's.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND, just like that, we are in a rain delay.

[liveforoctober]

I just left during the rain delay... The fastest pitch read I saw on the scoreboard from Woodruff was 90 all day. Nothing higher that I saw. His first two innings he was sitting 87 -89 and then the remainder of the game. He was sitting 88-90.

Of course, this was just the scoreboard reporting so not sure if that is official or not.

[Joseph Zarr]

15 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

I just left during the rain delay... The fastest pitch read I saw on the scoreboard from Woodruff was 90 all day. Nothing higher that I saw. His first two innings he was sitting 87 -89 and then the remainder of the game. He was sitting 88-90.

Of course, this was just the scoreboard reporting so not sure if that is official or not.

We'll likely get the official report in the post-game pod. But, yeah, this is the fear given what we've seen of late.

[Joseph Zarr]

And, that is the Final. Called after 6 1/2 innings due to rain. T-Rats win 5-1. They improve to three games under 0.500 at 22-25 overall.