Probably the best day of starting pitching prospects this year.
Memphis @ Reno, 9:05pm: Maikel Cleto
Springfield @ Arkansas, 7:07pm: Shelby Miller
Palm Beach @ Chattanooga, 6:30pm: Kevin Siegrist
Quad Cities @ Cedar Rapids, 6:35pm: Trevor Rosenthal
Batavia @ Hudson Valley, 5:05pm: Todd McInnis
Batavia @ Hudson Valley, TBD: Hector Hernandez
Johnson City @ Bristol, 7:00pm: Tyrell Jenkins
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WOW, Cleto, Miller, Rosy and Jenkins makes me feel tingly (is that how you’d spell that word) inside…….
You could argue that there is reason to get excited about ALL of these starters. Should be a very interesting night for the farm!
Agreed – Hernandez is my diamond in the rough. Love that pick in the draft a few yrs back.
But you guys didn’t answer me about my spelling of tingly?……
You’re good. It’s in Webster’s New World Collegiate Dictionary with that spelling.
haha, thanks Lou. Check out urban dictionary, there is some funny words/phrases on there.
I have no idea who Todd McInnis is, but other than that. yeah. I guess you can make an argument for all these guys in our top 30 prospects or so.
I had to look McInnis up too. Looks like he’s another one of our low level “soft tossers” from his strikeout rate but he’s doing well. 1.76 E.R.A and a .90 whip. He’s listed at 6’1″ and, cough, 140 lbs.
McInnis may be a sleeper. Sure getting a lot of k’s for his size.
McInnis isn’t really a soft-tosser. He sits in the 91-93 range with his fastball now, and obviously the hope is he could project a little stronger considering how much room he has to add weight on his frame. Personally I doubt he adds much velocity, but he should get stronger overall. At least, you would hope so.
This may be the best night of pitching in a long time in our minor league system.
Siegrist has a sub 2.00 ERA this year …. where’s the love for him?
I think he is cut from the same cloth as Copeland. Very solid pitcher, but questions will remain due to lower velocity. As he moves up, those questions will be answered.
Towards the end of his time at Quad Cities the coaching staff reported that he was throwing 95. Not sure what caused the bump in MPH but I wouldn’t call him a soft tosser anymore.
You mean 85mph for Siegrist? I’d be interested to see any scouting reports that showed Siegrist to have a fastball above the high eighties.
The Quad City staff said 95. When I watched him he was at 91-92 so I was suprised that they said 95.
Siegrist’s control problems stifle the excitement for him
Believe Rosenthal may go back to developing his change up tonight – probably won’t be in mow down mode – so solid line will be a bonus.
If he sets up properly with his fastball, no reason for the strikeouts to go down.
Strikeouts may not go down, but hits sure can go up…..he obviously doesn’t have any issues with his fastball. Change needs less speed and more bite, so working on it can occasionally cause whiplash :)
awesome night for cardinal pitching prospects..this minor league season has really helped with the extremely inconsistent big league team this year
Andrew: was it Siegrist who was reportedly topping out at 95? I’ve never actually heard any velocity reports on the young man, but any lefty having his level of success, who even cracks 90/91 sounds like a legit prospect to me.
Gotta love the starting pitching depth right now….
Yes, reported by Andrew :)
This is a great nite for the system. I am excited by this pitching line up, the future looks bright…
Here is an article saying that Miller has been ordered to use more secondary pitches starting tonight.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20110804/SPORTS02/108040384/Shelby-Miller-Honeymoon-over?odyssey=obinsite
Good.
Seth Maness and McInnis were the starters for double header in Batavia tonight.