Minor League Game thread – 2026 Week 17

[Jnevel]

Pitchers acquired via trade since the 2023 deadline:

Matt Svanson – MLB
Sem Robberse – Coming off injury on rehab, but has mostly struggled in recent past.
Adam Kloffenstein – Released last season.
Tekoah Roby – On the IL until at least September.
John King – Contracted ended last season.
Zach Showalter – Released this season.
Eric Fedde – Traded away for cash last season.
Shawn Armstrong – Released 2 seasons ago soon after being acquired.
Nate Dohm – Struggled mightily this season, but lots better as of late.
Frank Ellisalt – Has been on the IL all season.
Skylar Hales – Has mostly struggled out of the pen at Memphis.
Mason Molina – Finally, a pitcher in this list who has had a very positive season.
Hunter Dobbins – Has been up and down between Memphis and St. Louis. Average results at Memphis.
Yhoiker Fajardo – Another success. He’s pitched really well and might be a top 3 pitcher in the organization. Certainly top 5.
Blake Aita – Average results for a few months followed by far more success lately.
Jack Martinez – Got promoted and then has been hit hard since.
Richard Fitts – Looked good very early on but out for the year on the IL.
Brandon Clarke – Just made his first appearance off the IL hitting 103 on the gun. Honestly, I think that was pretty stupid of him and that is part of the reason I don’t see him staying healthy. But maybe.
Patrick Galle – He looked incredible early and then got promoted and has been a disaster since.
Jurrangelo Cijntje – Has been mostly good. Got beat up last night in his first Memphis start though.
George Soriano – In the Majors and has been relatively successful.

I told you there were a lot of guys they’ve added. This doesn’t even count the drafts or Minor League signings. You would think we would be seeing better results overall, but in general, they have so far been worse year over year.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 1 day ago by Jnevel.

[Jnevel]

Since I did the 21 pitchers, here are the hitters acquired via trade since the ’23 deadline:

Sammy Hernandez – Solid numbers but has essentially become a backup catcher in an organization full of catching prospects.
Thomas Saggese – Has been an up and down guy between Memphis & St. Louis. Mostly utility depth at this point.
Cesar Prieto – Aside from a few at bats in the MLB, he’s been almost solely at Memphis for a few years now. Defense has improved some, but his calling card is still a good bat.
Tommy Pham – We basically got one huge home run moment in his first at bat and then nothing else.
Jesus Baez – Has hit well and been promoted to Springfield and hit well again.
Blaze Jordan – Hit a ton at Memphis and now trying to make it in the big leagues.
Tai Peete – Hit well and then got hurt. Then came back for like one game and got hurt again. I think he’s about to start another rehab.
Colton Ledbetter – Started the first couple months hitting about as bad as one can hit, but has been mostly good since.
Brayden Smith – Started off slow after the trade, but has really come on lately and may find himself on a prospect list soon if he keeps it up.

That’s 9 total position players compared to 21 pitchers. It’s actually more position players than I originally thought. This group has had more success than the pitching group especially because of Baez/Jordan/Peete making up 1/3 of this group and all performing well.

[Bob Reed]

Just to fully articulate the recent excellence of Quinn Mathews, here are the numbers over his last 9 starts for Memphis:

49.1 IP
22 hits
11 runs, 10 earned
5 homers
57/19 K/BB tally
1.82 ERA

I’d bring up Quinn (and Dobbins) for MLB long relief. Long relief only, 3-5 innings, keep them stretched out. No real reason not too, that I can see. Mathews has certainly earned it now, and Dobbins has already performed very well this season in that role — small sample caveats, of course.

Thanks for the acquisitions overview, Jnevel. Pretty bad pitching, yikes.

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