Minor League Ball Gameday, Tuesday, August 9th

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion thread for Tuesday, August 9th. Some items worthy of your attention today:

*****Six shutout innings last night for St. Louis Cardinals prospect Luke Weaver in his first Triple-A start for Memphis.

*****Houston Astros prospect and 2015 first-rounder Kyle Tucker has been hot for Low-A Quad Cities recently, hitting .333 with three homers and eight walks in his last 10 games. This brings his season line up to .283/.356/.414. It will be interesting to see if the power surge lasts the rest of the season.

*****At Beyond the Boxscore, Rob Rogacki looks at Alex Gordon's poor 2016 for the Royals. He examines video, spray charts, launch velocity and angles; it is a very detailed breakdown comparing the Good Gordon from 2015 and the Bad/Old Gordon for 2016. This is what I'm talking about in regards to Integrated Baseball Analysis!

*****At Fangraphs, David Laurila interviews Miami Marlins reliever Kyle Barraclough.