2022 Minor League Week 24 Games Thread (9/13 - 9/18/22)

[MadThinker88]

The CLE full season affiliates had another non-losing winning week going 14-8 with a +21 run diff.
The full season group is at 61 games OVER the .500 mark over. The Cubs are in 6th place at 38 over but time is running out for them to catch up.
Now onto week 24 games to see if the winning ways can continue.

AAA: Columbus (78-55) hosts Omaha (65-70, KC Royals affiliate)
AA: Akron (76-56) hosts Bowie (65-67, Baltimore affiliate)
High A: Lake County (76-53) hosts Great Lakes (76-55, LA Dodgers affiliate) NOTE: Postseason play (best of 3 game set; gm 1 at home final 2 on the road)
Low A: Lynchburg (63-68) visits Fredericksburg (75-55, Washington affiliate) NOTE: Postseason play (best of 3 game set; gm 1 on road final 2 at home)
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Info from various twitter sources (Guardians Prospective/ Justin Lada/ Team Accounts/ etc):

Starters for Tuesday games:
#Guardians minor league probable starters for Tuesday 9/13/22

Columbus -LHP Andrew Misiaszek (opener/ bullpen game) Akron - RHP Gavin Williams Lake County - LHP Will Dion Lynchburg - RHP Trenton Denholm

ACL - Season Over (28-24) DSL Blue - Season Over (31-29) DSL Red - Season Over (17-42)

*starters in italics are educated guesses

For updating later.....
Lineups for Tuesday games:
AAA Columbus Lineup

AA Akron Lineup (Note: 11:05 am start time)

High A Lake County Lineup

Low A Lynchburg Lineup
(if they ever post it on twitter again)


Various Roster Moves:
By the Guardians

Among the affiliates

• INF Juan Benjamin promoted to Lynchburg from the Arizona Complex League roster
• INF Carson Tucker placed on the temporary inactive list at Lynchburg

Other News

• #Guardians 22yr old LHP prospect Rodney Boone & 23yr old LHP prospect Ryan Webb were both named pitchers of the week. Boone with (High-A) Lake County & Webb (Low-A) Lynchburg.
  • Boone - 6.0(IP) 3H 1R 1ER 0BB 12SO 1.50 ERA
  • Webb - 9.0(IP) 7H 0R 0ER 3BB 17SO 0.00 ERA

 

[Criznit]

In playoff action, Lynchburg loses Game 1 2-0 in a best of 3 series. From the box it looks like a very nice pitching duel, marred by 3 errors committed by the Hillcats.

Gameday: Hillcats 0, Nationals 2 Final Score (09/13/2022)

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Captains also suffer a Game 1 loss in their best of 3 series, final score 7-2.

Gameday: Loons 7, Captains 2 Final Score (09/13/2022)

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Do or die time.

 

[MadThinker88]

The CLE full season affiliates had a struggle to start the week going 1-3 overall (0-2 in the 2 playoff series) with -6 run diff.
Only Akron & Columbus play on Wednesday so lets see if they can boost the regular season record some more.

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Info from various twitter sources (Guardians Prospective/ Justin Lada/ Team Accounts/ etc):

Starters for Wednesday games:
#Guardians minor league probable starters for Wednesday 9/14/22

Columbus - RHP Peyton Battenfield Akron - RHP Thomas Ponticelli Lake County - No Game, playoff travel day Lynchburg - No Game, playoff travel day

ACL - Season Over (28-24) DSL Blue - Season Over (31-29) DSL Red - Season Over (17-42)

*starters in italics are educated guesses

For updating later.....
Lineups for Wednesday games:
AAA Columbus Lineup

AA Akron Lineup

High A Lake County Lineup



Low A Lynchburg Lineup
(if they ever post it on twitter again)


Various Roster Moves:
By the Guardians

• #Guardians will promote RHP Hunter Gaddis to make the start Thursday vs the White Sox. Triston McKenzie will have his start pushed back a day and pitch Friday in the series opener vs the Twins.

Among the affiliates

Other News

• #Guardians 20-year-old INF prospect Gabriel Rodriguez underwent surgery today for a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Rodriguez had a nice season at (High-A) Lake County hitting .272 with a 112 wRC+ over 94 games.
• Per Jon Heyman twitter: CAA has terminated its relationship with Guardians pitcher Zach Plesac. That’s a rarity for any agency. Plesac injured himself in successive seasons by aggressively taking off his shirt and punching the mound. In 2020 he was sent home for violating Covid protocols.

 

[CDAV45]

Battenfield with a fairly clean 1st minus the fly ball to RF that made Jones look clumsy. 2 nd inning isn’t going as well.

Brennan hit one 400’ but it stayed in the park for an out.

Arias smoked one to the 2B for the 3rd out.

Rocchio is a nice looking player for sure.

 

[Criznit]

• Per Jon Heyman twitter: CAA has terminated its relationship with Guardians pitcher Zach Plesac. That’s a rarity for any agency. Plesac injured himself in successive seasons by aggressively taking off his shirt and punching the mound. In 2020 he was sent home for violating Covid protocols.

I don't think I have heard of this happening before.

 

[MadThinker88]

I don't think I have heard of this happening before.

I have heard of it happening but I cant recall with which player.

Normally there is some sort of disconnect communication/ expectation wise between the parties that leads to it happening.

 

[CDAV45]

Battenfield with a f'n terrible outing so far. Herrin warming up in the pen.

 

[Gson]

I don't think I have heard of this happening before.

It's happened..

An agent/player relationship is founded on trust between the two parties.. CAA, who has a stable packed with great, good, average and below average players all have the same relationship with CAA.. It would appear that Plesac doesn't trust his representation.. and has forced the issue w/r to further negotiations on his behalf..

Good for Plesac... better for CAA.. imho..

 

[petes999]

Battenfield with a f'n terrible outing so far. Herrin warming up in the pen.

Imagine if he was being called up tomorrow instead of Gaddis.

 

[CDAV45]

Imagine if he was being called up tomorrow instead of Gaddis.

He probably would have pitched better. He didn't look anything like his normal self tonight.

 

[CDAV45]

Arias pulled after hurting his hand or wrist putting a tag on a runner. Hopefully nothing serious.

Herrin looking good again. I think he's a keeper.

 

[DCTribefan]

Arias pulled after hurting his hand or wrist putting a tag on a runner. Hopefully nothing serious.

Herrin looking good again. I think he's a keeper.

That could be the 5th or 6th injury Arias has suffered this season that forced him out of the lineup.

 

[Gson]

That could be the 5th or 6th injury Arias has suffered this season that forced him out of the lineup.

This time of the year.. an abundance of caution is almost always used.. we'll see...

 

[CDAV45]

That could be the 5th or 6th injury Arias has suffered this season that forced him out of the lineup.

Yeah it's been a rough one for him. Unfortunate too because he's been hitting well as of late.

 

[CDAV45]

Correction. Arias was thrown out arguing a call at 1B. Sorry, that's my bad for assuming an injury was the cause. I saw the play, watched him shaking his left hand/wrist and then when I came back he wasn't in the game.