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On Monday, the Florida Complex League Cardinals were shut out. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, RH Hunter Kublick, threw three scoreless innings with five Ks in his first pro start. We also set up the #stlcards Tuesday full system schedule. https://t.co/slpow90KrW pic.twitter.com/fl1cXSmCGN
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 7, 2024
Looks like Hence was shelled tonight. His ERA is up to a very pedestrian 3.60 now, so it looks more like he’s a couple of years away from helping out.
The next two starts for Memphis will be ones to watch closely for #STLCards fans:
Wed: RHP Sem Robberse (4-0, 1.77)
Thu: LHP Zack Thompson (1-0. 0.00) with RHP Andre Pallante (1-0, 1.29) likely piggybacking.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 8, 2024
The #STLCards system was 2-2 on Tuesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach DH Sammy Hernandez, was 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Other standouts include Zack Showalter, Jonathan Mejia, Jose Suarez, Jimmy Crooks, and Matt Carpenter. https://t.co/BSmt6K0HUj pic.twitter.com/8dTNpvdzwX
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 8, 2024
Robberse started off the Memphis game tonight by walking the bases loaded. His first 8 pitches were all balls.
Does anyone know if Paniagua really is 6’1″ weighing 151 lbs? TCN’s scouting and MILB have him around that weight. He must have absolutely no muscle mass if that is accurate. Seems like a candidate to add velocity just from gaining some muscle. However he is already 23 so you think he would have put that muscle on already.
His ERA is up to a very pedestrian 3.60 now, so it looks more like he’s a couple of years away from helping out.
I don’t think one bad start changes much as it happens to everyone. But even before this he was probably in a timeline to maybe be a mid to late year callup next year.
Some have Robberse chiseled into the ML rotation after 70 AAA innings
I by no means have him penciled into the rotation, but I do want to see some of the young guys get a chance with a few starts. Our staff is OLD, and we will lose Lynn and Gibson after this year (wouldn’t want either back anyway), with Mikolas and Matz the next year but neither by no means screaming they deserve a rotation spot. We will have to have a couple of veterans to bring in to fill some of those spots, but we need to find a young SP to take 1 for next year and another for 26 or maybe 25 based off Matz and Mikolas. I would much rather give those young pitchers innings before next year to see who actually has it and who doesn’t rather than just penciling the rotation spot without a glimpse of the player.
Don’t know about Paniagua, but Chris Sale’s listed at 6-6 180 lbs. Tekulve also always looked like he could use a sandwich.
Thanks Brian. Glad to see he has put on a little weight. He looks like he could still put on more as well especially in the legs.
The #STLCards system was 0-5 on Wednesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach RH Darlin Saladin, pitched six scoreless innings on three hits and five Ks. Other standouts: César Prieto, Jonathan Mejia, Sammy Hernandez, and Michael Curialle. https://t.co/7URiidlFpt pic.twitter.com/k0BGJwax9o
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 9, 2024
0-5 is an ouchie. Doesn’t give you the warm and fuzzies about the state of the system when the entire organization takes an L for the day.
#STLCards starting pitching-related news from Memphis. Zack Thompson and Andre Pallante are no longer piggybacking. The former starts this afternoon and the latter is scheduled to take the ball for the Triple-A Redbirds on Saturday.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 9, 2024
Palm Beach catcher Sammy Hernandez is a prospect to keep an eye on. He is the guy we got for Cabrera. He’ll be just 20 on 6/1/24 and is a solid bat with very good numbers in the PBCards lineup and his defense is constantly being worked on. Maybe he has time to grow an inch or two to add to his 5′-8″ frame.
I’d like to see where he shows up on the prospects rankings.
They could be back, but if they keep their ERA’s under 4.00, they will most likely be traded at the deadline.
And then we will see what we have with the Memphis 5.
They could be traded at the deadline but signed again over the winter. We will need someone to give us some innings. Right now for 2025 we have Gray, Mikolas, Matz, and a bunch of question marks.
Zack Thompson had a crazy start for Memphis today. No hits and one run allowed with four Ks. However, seven walks and a wild pitch helped end his day at 65 pitches (just 27 strikes) over three innings. Redbirds won, 3-2.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 9, 2024
Thompson is just weird. He cannot throw strikes at all in AAA, but he somewhat can at the MLB level. I wonder if the automated balls and strikes system is really hurting him in AAA as he pitches may be in that gray area of not technically the strike zone, but the area umps commonly call strikes.
I don’t feel like that can completely explain the difference though.
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