biedergb

One would think Fielder and Encarnacion could debut in Carolina, along with Daniel Dickinson, with Fischer joining Pena, Made, and soon Adamczewski in Wisconsin?

Welp. Black Ks. His lack of offense now for 2 years running is very unfortunate.

It's Daz's world and we just live in it 3-run jack to get the Sounds within 1. Do they have more 9th inning magic left???

Yup wheels coming off in Scranton-Wilkes Barre. And T-Rats give up the first run of the game again - Captains have scored first in all 6 games. Yikes.

Birchard escapes with a grounder to 2nd. Scoreless still. But he is approaching 60 pitches to get through these 2 innings. Aquino was warming up - wonder if they will try to get another inning from Birchard, or just call it a day having pitched 92 pitches in 5.2 IP on Tuesday.

Birchard is doing Birchard things. He has the 4 K in 1.2 IP, but now 3 walks. And pitch count is over 50. Bases loaded trying to get out of the 4th.

The last double was well hit, and a very good defensive fielder may have tracked it down, but Black did not. Not saying he should have, but he was close. Dang it - took the lead and gave it right back. In Wisconsin Birchard labors through gives up a hit and walk, but all outs via the K.

Looks like Gasser went 2 innings - Birchard in. Gasser very effective- only 1 hit and had 16 pitches of which 13 strikes. Got a K, no walks. Slowly making his way back.

Ollie Dunn line drive hit scores 2. Nashville now up 4-1

Looks like Carolina at Augusta is canceled due to rain.

Cut him. He peaked at 17 😉 But his swoon in mid May lasted 2 weeks. ‘He struggled mightily to start July and was off for several games (including the ASG break) and rebounded slightly, but as noted he has not shown any power recently- could be adjustments, fatigue or nagging minor injuries. Hopefully he gets into a hot streak again soon. His tools shine and he has more power potential, but he looks like he can be streakier. Peña has solid tools as well with less power projection but also appears more consistent. Nice to have them both

If Carolina need reinforcements- I would think Fielder (given his age) and Encarnacion (given the production and tools) would be most likely from the Complex Crew?

Good point And while some may say it’s more about individual success in the minors, there is something to be said for a group of players having individual and team success together - and getting playoff experience even if at the lower levels is a valuable experience. So very likely most of the Mudcats roster stay intact. Travis Smith was just bumped, and if a position player gets bumped up it’s more like Adamczewski and he could see a “Pratt” style cup of coffee with Biloxi prior to the playoffs maybe. But I could see him staying in Carolina for the season given the time he missed and to keep him and the others fresh and hopefully healthy.

I didn’t watch but there was an injury time out Eduardo’s last at bat after a foul - so maybe hit something and soreness didn’t go away 🤷‍♂️ ‘Otherwise exactly why? Hedbert comes up and smokes a 3-2 pitch, but right at the second baseman- I mean he didn’t move. Dang. Still down but the deficit is 2-1 now

Delgado throws away out #3 on a nice play to get to it. Payamps falling behind again to the 8th batter. Delgado fields it and makes the throw. And it’s over 7-5.

Will Payamps blow the 7-2 lead?? oh no it’s 7-3 with only 1 out, runners on the corners, nay now bases loaded. Yikes 😳

Daz answers. With a 2 run hit. 5-2 now. Wowza

Big double to give the Sounds a lead. First hit for EMJ this series.

EMJ

Nice to see the D&D combo pitch - Dubanewicz back, and the 2 combined for 9 K to 1 walk, and only 5 hits. They should have fared better than the 5 runs allowed.

Wow. Yes he was ok in June and dreadful in July. Long year for the young kid. Peña hasn’t slumped as much. Again it has felt that Pratt/Lara in Biloxi and Made/Pena in Carolina have had to shoulder a lot of the offense during the injuries/slumps of other players. All 4 still so young for their levels. Still I was hoping for more from all 4 of those young lads.

Love the enthusiasm @Joseph Zarr. You called Adamczewski last season or in the offseason this year, and Dinges early on this year. Are you claiming Fischer before any of us get to see him play 😂 Hey I am calling MaKale Holden - watched a couple of his interviews and his smile is big time and seems down to earth ready to work. But my track history is not as great as yours as Cornielle is good but never been elite. Holden has some big tools pitching wise, but needs command and refinement - anyone know an organization that has a history of developing pitching that way 😉

I have not seen or heard anything, and if there is news it will be updated here typically. But it seemed like a serious hamstring injury, so I would have suspected at least a month. The Brewers have become very conservative with injuries (like many teams) opting for full recovery for the players long term, as opposed to getting them back sooner for short terms gains (player and team). So I suspect we will either hear of or see an update in the next few weeks or he may miss the rest of this season. I would imagine (if healthy) Dinges and a guy like Adams or even Adamczewski, L. Castillo and even Payne could be fall league candidates. EDIT: I stand corrected as @wiguy94 found a video above - that’s great news. Thank you sir!!

Good points And the most exciting development has been the promotions of Tobias, Dorchies, Dubanewicz and Renz. Although that got tempered a bit with Dubanewicz injury last weekend. But seeing them succeed and seeing Hardin's early season success and Travis Smith recent bump up to high A has me excited to see what the organization can do with so many young pitchers added in this years draft (Cairone, Morrison, Flores, Vucinovich, Roupe, Bentley and Holden). The challenge with pitchers is that there will always be a group of them on the shelf for nagging or serious injuries, so the bigger the pool, the better the odds. I reminded myself of the journey that Logan Henderson took - he didn't pitch in his draft year, and only had 13 innings in 2022, then 80 innings as a 21 year old in low A in 2023. But the past two seasons saw him vault up from possible prospect to likely starter #4/5 for next season. So patient young grasshopper I had to tell myself with these pitchers, as we will need to see where they are in 2-4 years to judge the '23-'25 draftees.

Agree with @wiguy94and @Joseph Zarr. Injuries have been a huge factor - I posted in another thread of the top prospects currently on the shelf (Adams, Dinges, Wilken, Payne, Crow, Letson, Knoth just to name a few top 20ish prospects). Then those who lost the whole year like Woodward and Dylan O’Rae. Even Eric Brown Jr and Jack Hostetler only had a brief appearance. And that doesn’t even include Adamczewski who missed a chunk, or missed time by Made, Peña and Wichrowski early on. And we traded some prospects - Yophery the biggest name, but John Holobetz was a high draft pick, and recently Areinamo ‘The other factors - no break out performance from a ‘24 draft pick (although Dinges and Hardin were well on their way to do that). And average to less-than-average DSL season after the exceptional year last year. in 2023 we had Chourio, Miz and Quero establish themselves as elite players. And the 2023 draft was a zig and it was fascinating to see the team sign so many to use all bonus pool money. That August was the last time we had post-draft Complex baseball and that “23 ACL team was electric. In 2024 we had Peña, Made and Anderson put on a show in DSL, and watched KC Hunt and Yoho emerge seemingly out of nowhere. And somehow the struggling Shuckers made the post season as did the TRats, and the Muddies? This year we had Muddies in April and Shuckers in May. Just hasn’t had the same standouts in July. So maybe August will give us some memories.