6/14 MILB Thread

by rdf8585 on Jun 14, 2025 12:32 PM EDT Comment 53 comments

Here are some starting pitchers to track throughout the day and night:

Wade Davis, Tom Gorzelanny, Scott Olsen Triple A rehab, David Purcey, James McDonald, Cesar Valdez, Wade LeBlanc, Wilkins De La Rosa, Hector Rondon, Scott Elbert, Jay Jackson, Jeremy McBryde, Ben Hornbeck, Trevor Harden, Alex Torres, Dellin Betances, Dan McDaniel, Ethan Martin, Hector Noesi, Dexter Carter, and Joe Wieland

As is often the case, there may be a few others as MILB adds names to the scoreboard pages but these are the bulk of them.

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Read More: Scott Elbert (P - LOS), Tom Gorzelanny (P - PIT), Cesar Valdez (P - ARI), Wade LeBlanc (P - SDP), David Purcey (P - TOR), Wade Davis (P - TAM), Jeremy McBryde (P - SDP), James McDonald (P - LOS), Hector Rondon (P - CLE), Scott Olsen (P - WAS)

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Bryce Harper is enrolled at a junior college

Just posting this here as general prospect news. Bryce Harper is now enrolled at a Nevada junior college and will start classes in the fall. He’s scheduled to have his GED this fall and will play for the college’s baseball team next season. This does put him on track to be eligible for the 2010 draft.

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/48018907.html

by jibs on Jun 14, 2025 1:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Whoa

And his brother is transferring from Cal State Fullerton to pitch with him. That’s dedication.

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by cwhitman412 on Jun 14, 2025 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cal State Northridge

I believe the article said that the Ron Harper plays for Cal State Northridge and will be transferring to act as mentor for Bryce.

Slowey is a control freak, and I like it!!

by melonhead202 on Jun 14, 2025 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh

It was one of those two. Too many Cal States.

by cwhitman412 on Jun 14, 2025 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nats

not a bad haul getting the top pick in 09 and 2010 if all goes as planned with jesus, er, i mean harper.

by FRANCHISEv2 on Jun 14, 2025 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Certainly they're both impressive prospects, but

Strasburg probably ends up with 15 or 20 million this year . . .Harper will probably get at least 10 million and could get more. So we’re talking at least $35 million . . .committed to 2 players . . .who don’t actually play for the major league team.

Now that’s a buzzkill.

by mrkupe on Jun 14, 2025 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What if he gets a full ride scholarship?

Would he consider that at all?

by asyouwish33 on Jun 14, 2025 1:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

why would he when he is guaranteed to be a top 2 pick?

full ride scholarship for 3 years is worth, what, $200k?

as opposed to the $10 mil he’ll get right away?

by daveh33 on Jun 14, 2025 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

true...

He would be very young starting out. It will be interesting to see what happens.

by asyouwish33 on Jun 14, 2025 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Though

Clubs sign foreign players when the turn 16 all the time.

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by WayneCampbell08 on Jun 14, 2025 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

but I think they might feel him to be more advanced and promote him aggressively. That is all dependent on how he performs as a pro though of course.

by asyouwish33 on Jun 15, 2025 2:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps

It’ll all depend on the team that drafts him and when he signs. He could start anywhere from the complex leagues to even low A.

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by WayneCampbell08 on Jun 15, 2025 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Robert

Stock

by mrkupe on Jun 14, 2025 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

andy laroche

take a look at his line.

any thoughts (other than pointing out the fact that he’s been his by 6 pitches)?

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by variablesdont on Jun 14, 2025 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thoughts

Where are the secondary skills?

by aCone419 on Jun 14, 2025 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

?

Not much power, but everything else looks solid. Draws enough walks to give him an above-average OBP. Don’t put much stock in fielding metrics but he looks pretty good there too, and his reputation as a 3B is good.

He’s not stellar, but a team could certainly do a lot worse.

by mrkupe on Jun 14, 2025 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Meh

I’m not saying he’s Cristian Guzman out there, but he’s walking at a lower rate than he has at any level in his whole career (and that OBP is a bit inflated by the abnormal number of HBP alluded to by VD). Combined with the lack of power and above average AVG, he’s basically been the exact opposite of the offensive player I thought he’d be. That’s not to say he’s been bad, just not what I expected.

by aCone419 on Jun 14, 2025 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HBP is a skill, you know.

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by PaulThomas on Jun 15, 2025 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure

It’s not a skill Laroche has ever demonstrated before, though.

by aCone419 on Jun 15, 2025 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neither here nor there...

but Kelly Shoppach has been HBP 14 times and walked 11 in 121 AB this year.

by PissedMick on Jun 16, 2025 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think people need to pay attention to Thomas Neal

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Neal%20%20LF&pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=489166
.343/.425/.614 21 y/o

by superk1ng on Jun 14, 2025 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he kinda reminds me of steven pearce. although

i’d probably also prefer pearce if i could choose one of the two.

human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

by variablesdont on Jun 14, 2025 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except Age

Maybe that 5 year age difference makes a big difference?

by cwhitman412 on Jun 15, 2025 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

anybody have

any scouting or info on Neal? he’s looking like a monster

by soxkid on Jun 15, 2025 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isnt he

a little bit old (22) for High A?

I mean, his numbers are impressive, but he is a little ahead of the curve, no?

by jepmotors on Jun 15, 2025 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

not 22 yet

Neal’s birthday is August 17, 2025

To compare, Dominic Brown’s birthday is Sept 3, 2025 so he’s only about 2 weeks older than Brown who is in HiA as well.

Not saying he’s the type of prospect that Brown is (although I do think he should be recognized as a legit outfield prospect), but he’s been pretty damn impressive so far

Regardless, a 1039 OPS is nothing to sneeze as, especially since he has pretty good plate discipline as well (10.0% BB / 17.9% K)

by soxkid on Jun 15, 2025 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

22 is normal for high-A

If I had to nitpick him, it’d be on the basis that his K rate and BABIP are high enough that he won’t sustain his batting average when playing against MLB-quality defenses.

Still, he looks like a little better bet than the horrific Bowker/Ishikawa/Lance Niekro-type first base “prospects” the Giants have been turning out in droves lately.

by PaulThomas on Jun 15, 2025 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course

the BABIP is high, but if you look at his career so far he’s posted some pretty favorable BABIP’s. I also don’t consider a 17.9% K rate as a worry. Again, to compare him to Dominic Brown, who currently has a 19.6% K rate.

A concern of mine might be his crazy .337 IsoP at home vs. .217 in away games. Is the San Jose park a huge hitters park? I’m not familiar with it.

by soxkid on Jun 15, 2025 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

SJ is a pitchers park

by superk1ng on Jun 15, 2025 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and he has a .337 IsoP there?

wow…just wow

by soxkid on Jun 15, 2025 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fangraphs

has his k rate at 20.9%. Still not outrageous.

by wobatus on Jun 16, 2025 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

really?

Firstinning has 18.0% after last night.

http://firstinning.com/players/Thomas-Neal-a/

by soxkid on Jun 16, 2025 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fangraphs is dividing his K’s by his ABs instead of his PA

by superk1ng on Jun 16, 2025 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wily Peralta

5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks. Now has 63 Ks and 15 BB in 51.1 IP in the MWL at 20 years old. Not too shabby at all.

by jibs on Jun 14, 2025 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

here are a few topics to hopefully create a little more discussion.

human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

by variablesdont on Jun 14, 2025 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

alex gordon is 25. shouldn't he have more than 29 HRs by now?

human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

by variablesdont on Jun 14, 2025 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'll be oh-so-excited at an upcoming post of mine.

by mrkupe on Jun 14, 2025 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

be nice if he was just playing...

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by doublestix on Jun 14, 2025 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

how long will it be until kenley jansen is converted to P?

and along that line, how long would you give a guy like adam loewen to start hitting before maybe trying to talk him in to pitching again?

human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

by variablesdont on Jun 14, 2025 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what is daryl jones's future in STL?

he’s not really leadoff hitter, and with rasmus, ankiel, ludwick, duncan, and jay, all either in STL or coming up in the pipeline, has jones’ window of opportunity already passed?

human beings, who are almost unique in their ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

by variablesdont on Jun 14, 2025 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ankiel is a FA after this year

and Duncan isn’t anything all that special. I dont’ see how Jones wouldn’t still have a “window of opportunity”, unless they trade him before the deadline to get something they need for a playoff run.

RIP Nick Adenhart

by gatling on Jun 15, 2025 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Evan Longoria

is everything Gordon was supposed to be.

I have Gordon in my keeper league, so I always follow him and he has yet to show any signs of being close to as good as he was hyped to be.

by nyy601 on Jun 15, 2025 7:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

James McDonald

DEALING

6 innings, 2 hits, 1 walk, 12 K’s

by soxkid on Jun 14, 2025 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jay Jackson

Another solid outing. After a slow start in the first 3 games, he’s come on strong and really establishing himself, imo, as one of the top pitching prospects in the minors. Considering he is still fairly new to full time pitching and was drafted last year and aggressively pushed to AA, I am very pleased as a Cubs fan. Here’s hoping he can keep it up.

by toonsterwu on Jun 15, 2025 12:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs