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While I am still high on Yophery, indeed his lack of power may hold him back as a prospect, and he may not be as good as a guy like Lara in terms of contact or defensive skills, time may tell. But Holobetz could be the key player lost in this deal. Way too early to tell but he is pitching well in high A, and he looked great in the few outings I saw him pitch for Carolina. The big piece will be felt this upcoming week without the 33rd selection, but a 33rd pick for a solid mid-rotation arm is a steal. If one of the prospects develop it may be a wash, still depends on Priester. Obviously if Priester holds his form I will eat my crow on how I graded this trade, but it’s still hard to read him as I keep having Eric Lauer like vibes whenever we get a great half-to-full season out of a pitcher. Last year this time we thought we had a lights out reliever who could be a starter in Bryan Hudson. I mean the Brewers excel at getting about a year of excellent pitching out of guys who were cast offs or deemed marginal prospects (ie, Lauer, Houser, Hudson, Meyers), which is a good thing as many teams would love to get great a season out of “unknown” player or two every season,

OH my. Assuming health (hoping Nestor's soreness is just expected and he can continue his rehab), that is : MIL: Peralta, Woodruff, Quintana, Miz, Priester (and some day Cortes - and a 6 man rotation for a stretch???) AAA: Cortes*, Patrick, Henderson, Meyers, and Crow, along with Stalling/Zimmerman if needed.

@Ro Mueller - you ask and they both deliver 😃 Biloxi was so close to making it a perfect organization day in the W-L section, with bases loaded and only 1 out and a 4-2 deficit. Restituyo sac fly for a 4-3 deficit. And Lara with a single that the 1B bobbles, and Vargas, I mean what are you doing, strays to far off 3rd and is thrown out for the final out. So instead of bases juiced for Boeve to be the hero, it's a 1 run loss that Biloxi would love to have back. KC Hunt ran into some trouble (based on box score didn't watch the earlier innings), and 2 on 1 out situation in the bottom of the 8th where they failed to get in a run. Sooo close. Nice job by the T-Rats hanging touch with pitching in the first, and getting some of those precious base hits with runners on base in the second for a come from behind victory. And I will top this day off watching some of the big league game. Some guy was just called up from Nashville you say, and pitched pretty good game. Hmmm so I see he didn't pitch in the majors or minors at all last year, and only had a few sporadic starts in high A and then AAA this year ... must be some Indy league depth pitcher I guess 😉

Can't wait to watch some of it tonight.

Grrr. Bases loaded and one out. And Torres and Guilarte fly out. Still 1-0. Frustrating team recently with this anemic offense. I mean bases loaded and I feel defeated, assuming the TRats won’t score. These Wisconsin clubs - of the offense clicks they are fun to watch, if not it’s nail biting to assume the pitching can hold up.

Anthony Flores a little more effective in the next two innings in terms of pitches, now at 65 for three no hit innings of relief. 5K and 5 walks. But the TRats still have not had any more hits with runners in scoring position yet. 1-0 lead. But runners on. Would be so nice to get a hit and some runs here. That would be really really nice

Nashville offense doing its job. Henderson doing his. 2 runs allowed in 5 innings at 75 pitches, which is probably his limit given it is his second start of the week. 12-2 Sounds. Henderson allows 6 hits, but no walks and gets 5 K. Solid outing. So we have Henderson, now Woodruff and maybe soon Cortes. Nice to have a full complement of starters with some arms to spare…. Now I hope they stay healthy please 🙏🏻

Thanks for that. I will watch the game later. But phew huge relief. I had mental flashbacks to when Jimmy Nelson came back - it was against the Marlins as well and wasn’t a great debut. I am pumped if Woody is back and can contribute.

Flores gets through the 4th. But not nearly as efficient. 3 walks and 3 Ks. 35 pitches in one inning. Still a 1-0 lead. But Rodriguez knows or trust to pitch to contact. That will limit the high pitch counts. Now without more true swing and miss stuff he may not have as much success at higher levels but so young and poised he probably needs to only add or refine his stuff a little more to be an effective back of rotation starter some day. Would be nice if the TRats offense can get some hits with runners on. A double by Nicasia drive in the only run so far and after Fridays game where they missed bases loaded situations in several innings, would be good to make up for it today.

Very efficient 3 IP by Rodriguez. 3 hits allowed but 2 runners out in DP. No walks. 35 pitches only. He’s subbed out after those three innings of work as he eases back in after an injury layoff. But very promising outings. Anthony Flores is in as they still hold on to a 1-0 lead.

Nashville offense going crazy in the 3rd. Topped off by Zamora’s 3-run HR. Now 8-1. Hope the long layoff this inning doesn’t affect Henderson who was in a groove after the first two hitters singled.

While I was typing that Alfaro goes deep. 1-1 game. M. Rodriguez through 2 IP facing the minimum after a single and DP. I am staying away from the big league game - nerves can’t handle it. Hoping for the best from the guy who pitched for both of these affiliates this season and made his way back home after nearly 2 years off. Hope Woody does well and feels good after the game. im Back to MiLB game day watching only today.

Seems possible or just a precaution? If he couldn’t play why put him in the lineup. Last minute pinch hit indicates something just came up while warming up to hit, or news came to Nashville to hold him out. Both games early. Memphis jumps on Henderson for 2 singles in the bottom of the first but he works around it with 3 fly outs to surrender only 1 run. Hopefully he can limit the hits today. Jacksonville was his kryptonite so far this year don’t want to see any Cardinals affiliated have success against one of our top pitching prospects.

Ok. Expected there was a move - Patrick to AAA or move him to the bullpen (with a bullpen arm going down- although not sure who had options that needed to go down). The answer is for Chad to continue getting starter innings in AAA. I could still see him as a bullpen add if the team needed a 6th/7th inning right handed pitcher in August/September, or filling in Miz spot in the rotation if they needed to limit his innings.

Absolutely amazing. Considering the season last year where runs and hits were at a premium. The Joe Ayrault effect maybe? pitching was good last year and seems even better this season. But the offense. You had three young 20 year old prospects who did struggle some to start the year, who have been so key in this turnaround (from last season and the beginning of this season). Matt Wood has been a great addition too. And despite losing Adams and Wilken to fluke injuries in consecutive weeks, the offense is still rolling. Look what happened to the Mudcats when two big bats departed (Dinges promotion, and Adamczewski injury), they haven’t been the same relentless team. Watch and marvel at the Shuckers this year, currently the best team in the system in talent from top to bottom, particularly if they can ever get all healthy- you have Wilken (who may not have any more meaningful at bats this regular season but we will see), Adams, Pratt, Lara, Wood, Murray, Boeve as guys who can suit up in the majors someday. Plus “Mayor” Zavier Warren, who could make it to the bigs as a super utility player. Pitching wise we have seen Crow and Childers already move up, and Hardin is having a great first full professional season, add Wichrowski, Kuehner, Cornielle along with bullpen pieces like Yeager, Manfredi and don’t sleep on minor league rule 5 Zack Peek. Not the high end talent of Carolina, but a very very solid roster.

While i want to be cautious and not be over-optimistic in the pitching depth, I did look back a few years ago and looked at what the full season clubs had as pitchers. Reviewing 2021, all pitchers who were age appropriate or younger (I used less than or equal to these ages - 25 for AAA, 24 for AA, 23 for A+, and 22 for A) and had about 50 IP, and that list in 2021: AAA - Bettinger, Ashby, Jankins. Small was called up but would have been on this list. Not bad, but meh as Ashby and Small were top prospects, Bettinger and Jankins were hopeful inning fillers (even at the time) AA - none, although J. Bullock did get some innings. A+ - Jarvis, Olson, Reifert, Castaneda, H. Chirino, and a couple of others, with Jarvis, Olson and Castaneda deemed realistic SP prospects at the time. So this was a solid team. A - J. Geraldo, Vasalotti, M. Guerrero, J. Cruz and Brendan Murphy. Vasalotti caught a lot of attention as a very young pitcher who could stand out, and Murphy was a former high draft pick ('17 I think) who was trying to get healthy. But despite a lot of inning this group was uninspired but Vasalotti and Murphy were on prospect lists. Now we have much more (using about 35 IP as those should get > 50 IP by year end barring injury or promotions) AAA - Miz, Henderson and Rodriguez all as top 10-20 prospects (Miz/Logan as top pitching prospects for the team) AA - Kuehner, Cornielle, Hunt, Wichrowski, and Crow (who is now in AAA) A+ - Flores, Birchard, Hardin (now at AA), Aquino and most likely DeBerry will get 50 IP. A - Hernandez, T. Smith, B. Rivera, Meccage, Torres, B. Johnson and possibly Dubanewicz and Dorchies will see some significant time as teenagers along with Hernandez, Meccage and Torres. Quite a change in quantity of younger pitchers, most with good stats, and also more upside. So yes this is trending the right direction. Now few are looked at as top of the rotation talent (Miz or Henderson aside) and most are middle rotation or back end depth but can certainly improve their status with either another quality pitch, increased velocity (ie Hernandez, Hardin), or improve command (Meccage and the '24 HS pitchers). Will be interesting to see how we view the pitching depth in the system in a year or two. Health, continued development and some good luck will really make a difference between "nice" depth vs true foundational depth that can augment the franchise for the next 5 years.

Watched some of Meyers last night and he looked sharp. The velocity was there, and he kept hitters off balance which was seen in the stat sheet. The key for him will be doing this a few starts in a row, then he can be Milwaukee bound again (or trade asset for a bigger trade?)

First - @Jim Goulart rookie mistake it was Will’s debut, not his dad Matt 😂 But it’s Not like anyone else did that last night in the game day thread 😉 lol. I think a lot of us who followed Matt (and Jason) will keep making these mistakes. Will started out off probably over-throwing, this missing the zone. And walks the first two batters but he did settle down. We have seen a lot of innings go bad. But he got the third batter to ground out into a force. The camera angle was bad but it looked like a tailor made double play ball but I have no idea why it wasn’t. So a sac fly scores a run and then he gets a final out (milb tv cut to commercial break which interrupted the last batter’s plate appearance). But Will did well to dig in to close out the inning, and his stuff will definitely play at AAA with his velocity as long as he commands it, and could some day follow in the footsteps of dad, Matt, maybe even a longer career. Will was a ‘23 undrafted FA like KC Hunt. Nice signings outside of the draft that year.

Elvis has left the building and the Sounds left with a 6-1 victory. A 6-3 day for the organization. Happy 4th of July

And nice play at 3rd by Murray to get the first out. Yeager gives up a deep fly to left but it's an out. Then a grounder up the middle that Pratt gets to and sets and fires but can't get the runner, but very nice play for a SS. Next batter right to Vargas at 2nd who bobbles it and does get the throw off just in time, and game over. Biloxi wins. 5-3 day for the organization so far, and one more game to play in Memphis as Nashville leads still in the 9th.

Yup. Will indeed is pitching or I'm having flashbacks to like 1998 lol

Childers works around those lead off walks. And gets a grounder (force out only) and a fly out (sac Fly) and fly out to give up only 1 run. Nice rebound. It's 6-1 Sounds

And Bo Bowman with the tight rope act. Double to start the inning, sounds like a soft fly single and runners on the corners with no out. But he goes K, K and grounder to get out of the inning. Only 3 more outs to get in Biloxi to earn that win.

Matt Childers debut in Memphis, but not the best of starts - 9 pitches and only 2 strikes and walks the first batter, and now walks the 2nd batter. 10 pitches still only 2 strikes. C'mon Matt you got this.

OK. Next time. Burke gets a 1 out walk, but T Rats do nothing more, and a grounder to the left of the 2b and he gets it and still gets Hedbert out at first. 10-3. The 6 run rally (which I totally miscalculated on since that is still not enough 😬) didn't happen nor did an 8 run rally for the win. It was a no run ninth. Dang.. TRats had a lot of chances early but didn't cash in and DeBerry had one mistake and the bullpen had one bad inning.