Link Report for Wednesday 7/11 - Biloxi Brunch

[WV Brew]

Myrtle Beach 6, Carolina 3

 

Carolina Drops Second Straight 6-3 in Myrtle Beach

Devin Hairston went 2-for-4 with two runs in the loss for Carolina

 

 

Devin Williams gave up no hits before hitting his pitch count in the third inning. Nathan Kirby and Daniel Brown yielded all six runs in the later innings. Devin Hairston and Joantgel Segovia each had two hits. The Mudcats did not have an extra base hit in this game.

 

Devin Williams: 2 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

Nathan Kirby: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K

Daniel Brown: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 0 K

 

Devin Hairston: 2-4

Joantgel Segovia: 2-4

 

Carolina Box Score

 

Carolina Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final: West Michigan 3, Wisconsin 2, ten innings

 

Whitecaps Take Timber Rattlers

Wisconsin loses on close call for ball four with bases loaded

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Box Score / Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Biloxi hitting coach Al LeBoeuf on Corey Ray

[Mass Haas]

Sky Sox with the update tweet on the PCL All-Star Game

[JohnBriggs12]

Wonder who had scouts at the Biloxi game.

[Jose Cardenal1]

I can see Ray getting bumped to AAA if/when a Phillips/Santana/Broxton gets moved in a trade. Let that Colorado air inflate his numbers and use him as the centerpiece of a JT Realmuto trade in the offseason.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Ray was David Stearns' 1st draft pick as Brewers' GM - until the ice gets broken and some of his actual picks start getting included in trades, I doubt Ray will be going to another organization anytime soon.

 

To this point, the trades Stearns has made have included a combo of Melvin draft picks, Melvin acquisitions, and Stearns prospect acquisitions via trade. It wouldn't surprise me if that trend continues with this year's deadline - that's why I feel like Burnes and Hiura are also not going anywhere, regardless of how big a name comes to Milwaukee.

[And That]

Final: Helena 12, Idaho Falls 2

 

Monstrous Fifth Helps Brewers Even Series

Helena Scores Six With Two Out & Nobody On In Frame

By Greg Mroz / Helena Brewers

 

 

Idaho Falls, ID - Every time the Brewers have needed a solid outing from a starter, Wilfred Salaman has risen to the challenge. Against the league's best offense, Salaman (W, 2-1) delivered, holding Idaho Falls to one run on five hits over six innings, as Helena broke a 1-1 tie with a six run fifth inning, vaulting the Brewers to a lead they wouldn't relinquish. The Brewers added on five more, coasting to a 12-2 win to even the series at a game apiece.

 

Helena started the scoring with a solo home run in the first from Chad McClanahan, his fifth of the season, but Idaho Falls tied the game in the second as a one out double from Reed Rohlman scored on a two out two bagger from Nick Hutchins.

 

From there, Salaman and Chukars starter C.J. Eldred (L, 3-1) threw up zeroes, and in the fifth Eldred got the first two and looked destined for a quick inning. Jesus Lujano had other ideas, doubling down the left field line to extend the inning. Pablo Abreu immediately singled him home, giving Helena the 2-1 lead.

 

Yeison Coca then followed with a triple, his sixth of the year, to score Abreu, and then Kyle Isbel's throw in from center sailed into the third base dugout, plating Coca. Jean Carmona followed with a triple, and scored on a line drive from Chad McClanahan that was ruled an error. David Fry then followed with a two run homer to center, his third of the series, extending the lead to 7-1. The six runs scored by the Brewers in the inning were the second most they had scored in a frame all year.

 

Salaman then faced the minimum in the next two innings, getting help from a double play ground out in the fifth and a caught stealing in the sixth. He has now allowed just three earned runs in 29 innings this season.

 

Helena scored two more in the seventh on a two RBI triple from Carmona, and three in the ninth on a two RBI triple from McClanahan and a second Nate Eaton error. The Brewers have scored a combined 20 runs through the first two games of this series.

 

Game three of the series continues tomorrow, as Helena sends Blake Lillis to the mound looking for his third win. Idaho Falls counters with Kris Bubic, a 1st round pick this season out of Stanford. First pitch is at 7:15, with the pregame show hitting the airwaves of helenabrewers.net at 6:55.

 

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Helena Box Score

 

Helena Game Log

[Humans Need Water]

Nice to see Ponce with a solid outing today. It would be great to see him reestablish himself as a solid rotation prospect.

Sort of. 94 pitches to get through 4.1 innings.

 

Not encouraging to see Ortiz only go 49 pitches.

 

Ortiz is probably about due for another non-pitching injury that prevents him from pitching for another month or so. To be frank, he has been a disappointment during his time with the Brewers. Despite his obvious talent, he's treading water at a time when true MLB-caliber starters need to take a significant next step.

2016 (4.2yrs young for AA) - final start of his 6 with us got rocked otherwise great and missed no time

2017 (3.2yrs young for AA) - missed 2wks twice (June/Aug) and almost every game above 70 pitches he went 5-7ip....16 of his 22 outings he gave up 2ER or less (1.93 ERA) with 5 shut outs and 4 other 1ER games and never gave up more than 5ER (twice)

2018 (2.4yrs young for AA) - missed 4wks (May) with injury and 6 of his 13 starts they've allowed over 70 pitches - if allowed to go 90-100 he's finishing 3 of those games at 5ip and the other 3 at 6-7ip....9 of his 13 outings given up 2ER or less (1.83 ERA).

 

Go look at his pitch count, which he doesn't limit by his own doing, and this year they're holding him back on it. For example, his last 2 starts he went 3ip, 5h, 1er, 0bb in 49 pitches and 4ip, 5h, 3er, 0bb in 54 pitches. He could easily throw more innings almost every time out if he's allowed to throw the same as Woodruff/Burnes/Peralta were.

 

Some of these missed starts are due to a minor injury that causes a missed start or two but they're also skipping starts here and there so it's not just injuries. Woodruff hasn't pitched in 10 days (2 starts worth of days missed) right now and he's not injured. Also, Woodruff in AA was 1.2yrs young (throwing 90+ pitches almost every start), Burnes was 2.2yrs (85 innings in 16 outings and 70% of those he's throwing around 85-95 pitches), Peralta was 3.3yrs young (63 innings in 13 outings and they let him hit 90-100 pitches almost every game). Ortiz has 52 innings in 13 outings and the majority of the time he's less than 70 pitches. He no doubt has his rough outings but everything in between is typically very good. He could easily have been in AAA by the end of last year or starting there this year but they're developing him differently than the other guys and he's still younger for level than all of them except Peralta (Woodruff/Burnes were advanced college arms too). Dude is very talented and there's no reason to rush him solely because other guys are MLB ready now. Let him continue to develop and work on things it's not going to be difficult for him to shoot up to 130 innings in a season. Peralta jumped from 80 to 120 at a younger age.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I get it on Ortiz, but even though he's still young his time is about up before he needs to get added to the 40 man roster - and some of his 3-4 inning stints are still racking up high pitch counts. Sure, they could potentially stretch out his season into the AFL and get him up around 130IP with a bunch more 4-inning starts, but does that really set him up for future workloads where he'll be expected to consistently go 6IP+?

 

I'd rather they not piggyback with him and just let the kid pitch and shut him down early after he reaches 130IP while making full starts. He's been between 90-95 innings the last two seasons. This is the season where he needs to take that workload jump, to be honest.

[Humans Need Water]

He has 3 outings this year with 4ip at 81, 85, 86 pitches and has zero 3 inning outings where the pitch count is elevated. Again, he doesn't control his pitch count. Expecting him to throw 6 innings in 70 pitches every game is unrealistic.

 

I'm on board with you that they need to let him throw the same number of pitches as Woodruff/Burnes/Peralta so that he can rack up his innings then shut him down at X point. I also get the 40 man crunch coming up but there will be plenty of trades happening that will alleviate those issues. Ortiz will most likely be in AAA next year and even if he's still in the org taking up a 40 spot he can be used in the pen shuffling in and out like they've done the past 2yrs with guys. Diplan was on our 40 this entire year while in A+ having a 0% chance of ever being called up to pitch.

[And That]

Diplan was on our 40 this entire year while in A+ having a 0% chance of ever being called up to pitch.

Well, if he strings together a few 1 BB/10 K type outings like the one he had last time out, those chances might creep up a little.

[Humans Need Water]

Diplan was on our 40 this entire year while in A+ having a 0% chance of ever being called up to pitch.

Well, if he strings together a few 1 BB/10 K type outings like the one he had last time out, those chances might creep up a little.

lol agreed. odds aren't in his favor though!