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Pair of homers for Encarnacion as well. Some nice power on display tonight.

Glad to see TJ with the info (longtime coworker). Hopefully he can be at least solid when he returns.

On one hand, I think ISO as a whole is up about 25% in the DSL. On the other, Blue is blowing even the higher average out of the water and easily beating all of the other organizations with two teams.

I am aiming to make at least one game, but my daughter’s softball and family activities this week might limit it to that. Wish they were in town next week instead.

Maybe they can get the field ready in time, but the Quad Cities is supposed to get about 6 straight hours of rain today. I wouldn’t be surprised if that game is postponed.

I know that the season isn’t over and the minor league offensive environment has been nutty, but here is a list of players who have compiled a strikeout rate of less than 10% and an ISO of .200 in at least 100 plate appearances in the ACL and its predecessor since 2012: CJ Abrams Juan Martinez That’s it.

3 wins and the biggest news comes from the lone loss.

He could if he keeps it up, but it is going to be tough. Carroll, Wood and Walker are likely and Crow-Armstrong has hit enough where he probably makes it as well. You could make the case for Chourio or a couple of the others over Soto, but he will likely be voted in and even if he isn’t, he is probably the Mets representative. If he is healthy, Moniak might be the Rockies representative. That would maybe leave one spot for Chourio, Pages, Harris, Cruz, Happ and others.

It used to be the Cardinals just because I couldn’t stand La Russa. Outside of that, I feel I’d hate to lose to the Cubs more at this point because of Counsell, but that’s about it. I live in a pretty split Cardinals/Cubs area, but far enough away from the stadium atmosphere that the interactions with fans of both have been mostly positive.

That's pretty exhaustive. The only other ones that stood out to me (although I don't know if any would get any votes). If you like close-to-the-big-leagues relievers: Mark Manfredi If you like pitchers who don't end up completely demoralized by the ACL: Diustin Mayorquin, Chase Bentley If you're buying the last few outings and willing to overlook his start to the season: Carlos Carra And then the yet to debut Frank Cairone.

Looking at Fangraphs, among guys with 30% high A K rates the last 15 years, Elly De La Cruz is the gold standard. Then you get to your inconsistent year to year types (Tyler O’Neill, Lawrence Butler). A lot managed to make the big leagues, but not a ton of sustained success.

Baez and Tyler Rodriguez were two who immediately sprang to mind. I will say, most of the guys with Martinez’s combination of contact skills, age and passable ISO in the ACL league-wide post-pandemic who quickly struggled when they reached full season ball were players like Baez, who almost never walked. While his walk rates haven’t been exceptional, they have also never seemed out of line with what you would expect from someone who strikes out as rarely as he does.

There’s the cycle, but not for Frias. Is there a chance that Juan Martinez is the latest hit over power guy I get overly high on after they crush the ACL? Yes. Do I care? At this point, no.

I don’t know if something similar has been posted elsewhere, but the Brewers have 4.5 fWAR from pitchers 25 and younger, more than 1.5 WAR ahead of any other team. The Yankees are second with 2.7 (all Schlittler) and the Blue Jays third at 2.5. Five teams have negative fWAR and three have 0 (four if you count the Mariners, who have no pitchers in the age range). The Brewers are on pace for the most fWAR in this category since the Hudson-Mulder-Zito A’s.

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