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Peoria at Quad Cities: TBA
State College vs. Williamsport (1+ resumption of suspended game): Diego Cordero
Johnson City at Elizabethton (2)
GCL Cards at Nats: Connor Coward
DSL Blue at Yankees: Julio Puello
DSL Red vs. Rangers2: Jose MorenoBrian -what happened to Brendan Donovan? The 3B drafted this year ..he played the first week of the season at State College and has had no stats since then.Injury? Suspension?.I asked about a month ago and was still wondering?
Nunez with another homer today. His line is insane, even for the DSL. If he was eligible yet, he’d lead the league in batting average by 35 points, on base percentage by 35 points and slugging by 168 points. He is T9 in doubles, second in HR and first in RBI even despite playing 8 fewer games than anyone else in the top 30. I know Brian would caution that others probably have done well in the DSL at a young age and flamed out before, but this is wholesale destruction of a league he’s clearly way too good for. Oh, and he has only one error in the field. He’s looking like he belongs in the top 40, maybe even top 30 after the year.
Incidentally, the guy who is leading the DSL in average and OBP is on the other Cards team, a young man named Joerlin De Los Santos, plays CF and has a line of .375/.473/.523. There are some potentially exciting players that the Cards may have unearthed this year.
I have Malcom Nunez 10th in the StL organization as of today, and in the top 120-140 among all prospects. He’ll move up on the Cardinal list once Tyler O’Neill’s eligibility is exhausted.
Per Ben Badler’s chat of two weeks ago: “Strong, physical player with plus raw power, huge arm at third base, and he always dominated in the Cuban junior leagues.”
So Badler tells us it’s a rocket arm, and the lack of errors would at least seem to imply an accurate one as well, in addition to sure hands. And then there’s the bat.
On the season he’s trying to be the first DSL guy to bat .400 since at least 2005 (records don’t go back further) and also the first to slug .650. But recently he’s been even better. Exactly one month ago today he fanned 4 times. Yup, Golden Sombrero. Since then he’s made 118 trips to the plate and batted .468/.543/.823. I’m not kidding.
After a rough patch, Gorman with 2 home runs tonight. 15 this year in short season ball + Peoria.A nice plus is that both came off of a prospect with A SUB 0.30 era.
On Monday, the #STLCards system went 5-3. Player of the Day Connor Coward extended his scoreless IP streak to 16 in the Gulf Coast League. Other standout performers: Nolan Gorman, Jacob Schlesener, Michael Baird, Ivan Herrera, Julio Puello & Jose Moreno. https://t.co/a3QLkktyyl pic.twitter.com/2cNYSMaNPJ
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 21, 2018
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