2019 Minor League Thread

[sportscoach]

Will Benson had an interesting doubleheader yesterday

Game 1: 0-4 with 4 K
Game 2: 2-3 with 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB, and 1 BB

He's slashing .313/.450/.625 through 5 games now

This is a bit of a make or break season for him, since he has to prove he can stay in the pros, and it looks like he change of swing may be what gets him to stick and reach his potential.

 

[Ohio]

I'm planning on hitting a few Clippers games in May after I'm done at OSU. Pretty excited, I went there a few years ago and it really is a nice little minor league ballpark in a great area of downtown Columbus.

Damn, you're graduating from OSU but you've only been down here once??

 

[CBBI]

Damn, you're graduating from OSU but you've only been down here once??

Those fat chicks aren't gonna fuck themselves.

Ok to be fair they probably will, they just don’t want to.

 

[Stark]

Damn, you're graduating from OSU but you've only been down here once??

Yep, I'm a pretty lousy fan. The ballpark is great, but I was either working, doing classwork, or none of my friends felt like going most of the time

 

[Ob1]

none of my friends felt like going most of the time

"friends"

 

[BimboColesHair]

James Karinchak has gotten 11 batters out so far this early season. He's struck out all 11. He's faced 12 batters all year so far, the 12th walked...so no one has been able to put the ball in play on him yet. Ridiculous.

 

[Derek]

James Karinchak has gotten 11 batters out so far this early season. He's struck out all 11. He's faced 12 batters all year so far, the 12th walked...so no one has been able to put the ball in play on him yet. Ridiculous.

Funny you mention this because I've actually been keeping an eye on this as well

 

[sportscoach]

Funny you mention this because I've actually been keeping an eye on this as well

I figured he would be on the shortlist for the bullpen this season!

 

[Derek]

Benson with some good results so far this year slashing .281/.395/.594, but his 36.8% K-rate needs to come down drastically if he wants to maintain that success.

He had dropped to 30% last year. It would be nice if he could get below that.

On the other side of the spectrum, Tyler Freeman is striking out just 2.4% of the time (once in 9 games) with a .294/.415/.382 line. At just 19, if he can develop any power to go along with his contact skills, he's going to be special.

 

[BimboColesHair]

Benson with some good results so far this year slashing .281/.395/.594, but his 36.8% K-rate needs to come down drastically if he wants to maintain that success.

He had dropped to 30% last year. It would be nice if he could get below that.

On the other side of the spectrum, Tyler Freeman is striking out just 2.4% of the time (once in 9 games) with a .294/.415/.382 line. At just 19, if he can develop any power to go along with his contact skills, he's going to be special.

That number will come down, but Benson will always K a lot until he matures as a pro hitter. He has very advanced plate discipline for his age and works really deep into counts, so strikeouts come naturally, but he doesn’t have that pro approach with 2 strikes yet.

But yes, I love his new swing for his body type. Need to see how he reacts with it through a slump though. That’s what killed his numbers lasted year.

 

[Derek]

That number will come down, but Benson will always K a lot until he matures as a pro hitter. He has very advanced plate discipline for his age and works really deep into counts, so strikeouts come naturally, but he doesn’t have that pro approach with 2 strikes yet.

But yes, I love his new swing for his body type. Need to see how he reacts with it through a slump though. That’s what killed his numbers lasted year.

I understand he's always going to be a high K guy. I was just hoping that since he had dropped that rate to 30% last year, and is repeating A ball, that we would see that number drop.

I also believe it will go down as the sample size gets larger. He had a 4 K game last week, tough to recover from statistically when you're 10 games in. I just thought it was worth pointing out the K-rate in the update.

 

[BimboColesHair]

I understand he's always going to be a high K guy. I was just hoping that since he had dropped that rate to 30% last year, and is repeating A ball, that we would see that number drop.

I also believe it will go down as the sample size gets larger. He had a 4 K game last week, tough to recover from statistically when you're 10 games in. I just thought it was worth pointing out the K-rate in the update.

I wasn’t disagreeing, just expanding!

But yeah, I’m hoping to see that number fall to ~25% and him keeping his BB% at ~15%. Would be more than okay with those numbers considering how he works as a hitter right now.

Someone who was around him this winter told me this is the “1st year he’s coming in as professional, not as the most talented guy on the field”. Last year and this winter was an absolute tear down and rebuild back up job, physically, mentally, and mechanically. Need to see it last over the course of a year though.

Improvements I saw in Arizona and a few weeks ago have me excited about him, and he deserves a lot of credit for that.

 

[Lee]

Those fat chicks aren't gonna fuck themselves.

Ok to be fair they probably will, they just don’t want to.

In college, not only do the fat chicks fuck themselves, they also fuck each other.

 

[AZ_]

Daniel Johnson off to a strong start in Akron.

Two more knocks tonight.

1.032 OPS thus far.

 

[sportscoach]

Daniel Johnson off to a strong start in Akron.

Two more knocks tonight.

1.032 OPS thus far.

Not sure if he really makes the pros this season, but honestly seems like so far the Gomes trade is working out since Jefry, Johnson and Monsasterio all seem to be looking good right now.