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Tuesday’s schedule:
Memphis at Charlotte, TBD vs TBD 5:05 CT.
Springfield at Tulsa, TBD vs. TBD 6:00 CT.
Peoria at Cedar Rapids, LHP Brycen Mautz (0-2, 7.30) vs Andrew Morris RHP (1-1, 2.75) 6:35 CT.
Palm Beach vs. Daytona, TBD vs. TBD 4:00 CT.The St. Louis Cardinals system was 2-1 on Tuesday. TCN’s Players of the Day are both from Springfield. Tink Hence pitched seven one-run innings with 10 Ks, and 2B Bryan Torres was 3-for-5 with three RBI. Other standouts: Nick Raposo, Zach Levenson, Dakota Harris & Joseph King.… pic.twitter.com/pom0nsgbhX
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 1, 2024
Hence’s stuff is nasty. Fingers crossed Hence stays healthy as he looks to have the stuff to be a top of the rotation pitcher. MILB has a video of his strikeouts up. https://www.milb.com/video/tink-hence-s-10-strikeout-performance?t=playerid-693311
Anyone know how Nathan Church looks on defense? I don’t see any scouting reports on him. He is having a good season so far and I am glad to see him have more pop in his bat. I see in the Springfield he has been playing all 3 OF spots so I am hoping he is capable enough to be a 4th OF one day or as Fangraphs had bucketed him, a potential devil magic candidate.
Preparig for last winter’s top prospects vote, I had looked up the TCN article from when Church was drafted. Not one word about his glove.
Albert,
He has regularly played all 3 outfield positions. I feel like he’s a good defender. Probably average CF material and a plus in the corners due to his speed. His real question will be whether or not he can hit enough because he has no power and there’s no other area where he’s spectacular. I thought he should have been rated in our top 50 prospects and was ultra surprised to see him not be. But I think that’s because of what I just mentioned. He’s just solid to good all around with no major standout skills.
To recap, good defense but not enough to stand out, good speed but not enough to make a big impact, good bat but we’ll see how that plays as he moves up, and almost zero power.
The #STLCards system was 1-4 on Wednesday as offense was scarce below Triple-A. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis 1B Alfonso Rivas, was 4-for-4 including three doubles, a walk and three RBI. Other standouts include Gordon Graceffo, Darlin Saladin and Augusto… pic.twitter.com/5UFBXlJeZ8
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 2, 2024
Re. Church. We have been finding out that a CF capable 4th OF type, even a AAAA level guy, could be handy to have. We will see how he does in the upper levels.
With the Matz situation, it could be a big start for Robberse tonite. He’s been outstanding. Not sure if he’s ready for the MLB. But another great start tonite, just might put him in the conversation.
FWIW – Fangraphs ranks all the minor league players by their age and performance to date. Thus far the Cardinals have 4 players in the top 30:
17 Quinn Matthews
19 Tink Hence
25 Nathan Church
29 Sem RobberseOthers from the NL Central:
1 Paul Skenes (Pirates)
20 Tyler Black (Brewers)
26 Hector Rodriguez (Reds)
30 Conner Capel (Reds) (former Card)The Cubs best is #82
Another outstanding performance by Robberse tonight.
https://www.milb.com/gameday/redbirds-vs-knights/2024/05/02/753530/liveI would like to see one of Liberatore, Robberse, or Graceffo get a good shot at the rotation and establish themselves for a couple of months later this year. We have some good promising young pitchers that we need to acclimate to a high league SP role, and we can’t do all of them at once. Soon after those guys are ready (some will bust and others may be RP), there will be another wave potentially ready in Roby and Hence.
I have thought Matz has the stuff to he a #3, but if he can’t put it togethe, I would turn that rotation spot over to one of the youngsters by July.
On Thursday, the #stlcards system went 1-2. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Memphis’ Sem Robberse, threw six one-run innings with six strikeouts. Other standouts include Dylan Carlson, Cesar Prieto, Nick Dunn, Cade Winquest and Johnfrank Salazar. https://t.co/NOO3GYUpy1 pic.twitter.com/HYMQtsTGoQ
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 3, 2024
Quinn Mathews is through 6 innings tonight at under 70 pitches. 6 strikeouts. 0 runs. 2 singles. ERA down to .38. So for about every 26 innings he pitches, he gives up a run.
Saggese is showing some home run pop at AAA Memphis. He hit his 4th HR on the young season this evening.
Mathews really needs to be promoted to High A to maybe get challenged a little more and to be at a more age appropriate level. I’m definitely excited about him, but I don’t know if the results we are seeing are real or him being too old for the level.
They started Mathews too low, he’s a pretty polished and experienced pitcher. I expect they will bump him up to Peoria soon. The high K% for him is revealing–he’s simply at the wrong level.
The #STLCards system was 4-1 on Friday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach DH Miguel Villarroel, was 4-for-5 with two RBI. Other standouts include Quinn Mathews, Pete Hansen, Zack Thompson, Andre Pallante, Edwin Nuñez and Nathan Church. https://t.co/jtiNOQVXz6 pic.twitter.com/IKpzYH3ueI
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 4, 2024
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