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The #stlcards system went 2-4 on Saturday. TCN’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach starter Chen-Wei Lin, allowed one run in five IP on three hits and no walks with seven Ks. Other standouts: Nick Dunn, Graysen Tarlow, Kade Kretzschmar, Benjamin Arias and Ronny Oliver.… pic.twitter.com/WYrQggagDX
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) June 30, 2024
Mautz has built up an extensive string of unimpressive results reaching back into last season. He is not getting anywhere.
For some reason, I thought that Lin was a lefty, so that photo of him made me wonder. Turns out that he’s a righty after all…Waino-esque on the mound. I wonder what sort of nickname he’ll get if he makes it all the way to the bigs?
Stature wise he is like Waino, but Lin is a gas thrower and throws 99+ consistently. The crazy thing is Lin has a lot of growth left weight wise and will only get stronger. Hopefully with that big of a frame he will be able to hold up the velocity and his UCL while being a bit of a work horse.
I have a category I put prospects in once they have established a lengthy developmental progress trend line that I consider horizontal, with no upward slope. Maybe a few minor blips, but horizontal. The poster boy I have in that bucket is Joshua Baez and I am thinking Mautz needs to be dropped in beside him. I really hate the idea of two post 2020 second rounders in the flat line bucket.
It’s not terribly catchy, but how about “Win-Lin”, stlcard25? The average male height in Taiwan is right about 5.8 and Chen-Wei stands nearly a foot above that. Didn’t the Marlins once have a pitcher with the same name…..or maybe it was Chen-Wei Zin….or Chen-Wei-Yin…something like that.
Chase Davis put a good end to the month with a 2-3 day with a HR and walk. That put his final month of June stats at .333/.464/.683. Even with such a great month, his overall stats are average just due to how bad April and May were. I would expect them to promote him to Peoria soon. From his age and experience, he honestly should have already been in A+, but the performance previously certainly did not warrant it.
For the record I started much of the Dunn talk but not once did I say he should be handed a starting job.
The #stlcards system went 2-2 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield C Jimmy Crooks, fell a single short of a cycle, walked, drove in two and scored twice. Other standouts: Gavin Collins, Jared Young, Quinn Mathews, Jacob Buchberger, Hunter Hayes and… pic.twitter.com/JMelTE0JTK
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) July 1, 2024
From that image alone, you can really see why Hjerpe’s 90ish MPH fastball is much harder to hit. That release point must make it look much faster.
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Mautz has built up an extensive string of unimpressive results reaching back into last season. He is not getting anywhere.
I’ve said this before, but Mautz is going to be a good LH reliever one day. He can throw 97 and has a really good slider. No changeup though and control is spotty. I think they got to keep him in the starter role until he’s not, which is probably AA. He is a year younger than his draftmates too.
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