Minor League Games - September 2-7, 2025

[Matt_Winkelman]

Teran has a plus or better slider that rates out well by stuff and results. There is a chance he can be something (he has been a fringe interesting guy for a bit now), but it would be in that middle relief role throwing 60%+ sliders. There are guys who do that, they tend to break out later and get there with results and luck. He may sneak on to the back of the 50, but he is more a “neat” than a good prospect who is a soft spot for done minor league watchers

[Austinfan]

No. Anyone throwing 93 with great results is worth a second look.
Why is he getting those results?

Is it because his stuff is good enough to fool hitters at lower levels but won't translate, or is it, as Matt pointed out, because he has a plus secondary pitch that can set up a mediocre FB (see Ranger). Now Ranger has a ++ changeup, very few lower velocity pitchers will have a ++ secondary pitch, but it took Ranger a few years to develop that pitch.

If you're throwing 98 but consistently fail to get good results, you're not a prospect.
In the end, it's not how hard you throw, but how hard you get hit.

[andyb]

I could be wrong, but they might not bother making this one up

Looks like the game was cancelled. Fireworks tonight so they probably did not want to mess with getting that in and piling a second game on Sunday that is meaningless probably does not make sense.

Hopefully we get to see Wood for an inning or two today. Note also a Logan Dawson sighting in the transactions.

[andyb]

But you asked who he was and why Teran has a good idea. That led to some analysis about his stuff and his chances as a prospect. Nobody disagrees with looking at Teran as an interesting story and minor prospect. You just seem to question any analysis that suggests he is not a great prospect with the useless reasoning of "well anyone that throws 93 could be a prospect". That is really not adding to the discussion especially as you have a habit of falling in love with fringe older prospects all of the time.

[Austinfan]

Anyone with his results is a potential prospect worth a deeper look.
Results, especially in the lower minors is a good sign, but not enough to hang your hat on.
That's all I was saying.

Same way if a hitter is raking, see his BABIP, check his BB/K ratio, his ISO, etc.
Watch his bat speed, plate discipline, ability to use the whole field.

Don't depend on one or two raw numbers, velocity, exit velocity.
Find out why he's successful.

[andyb]

You just don't seem to be interested at all in subjective analysis. Tools matter.

[julio]

Gage Wood is now officially listed as tonight's starter for Clearwater.

[andyb]

Mixed inning from Wood. 2 BBs, balk, 3 ks. Upper 90s heat but not much command. Dawson hitting 2nd.

[phillychuck]

Wood had very good control in college, so I’m not really worried.

[andyb]

That was a really long first inning between 2 wild pitchers. Ferrara can run. Infield hit and SB. Dawson worked a nice walk. Very tall and thin at the moment. Lots of room to fill out.

Wood on for a second inning and Ks his 4th.

[andyb]

So-so outing from Buehler. Matt Manning was bad in AA also. Not sure we have seen enough from Manning to keep him. I guess we'll see what Buehler has in KC.

[fish]

So-so outing from Buehler.

Up to 93-his stuff had some hop, but he was rusty with his command (or this is just what he is now). Best way to describe it was very David Robertson-like stuff.

[zambonir]

Home game, fwiw

[zambonir]

An update to this: Justin Crawford was placed on the minor-league IL this morning with a concussion.

— Matt Gelb ( @mattgelb.bsky.social ) September 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM

[phillychuck]

Attended the Iron Pigs game today...not much of a game, of course. Some great defensive plays, 2 by Kemp at 3B, diving stop toward the line, threw a seed to 1B on one of them. Lantigua made great leaping catch of a line drive, but another one went off his glove for a 2-run single--very tough catch. LF made a diving catch of a ball in the LCF gap about 10 feet forward of his position...Rojas could have made the play more easily, but the LF called him off, I think. RF caught a foul ball and ran into the stands and tarp in the short corner; looked painful. Lots of really great plays in a 16-2 loss...

[dcsman]

An update to this: Justin Crawford was placed on the minor-league IL this morning with a concussion.— Matt Gelb (

@mattgelb.bsky.social

) September 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Damn! I really hope he’s okay! That was definitely a nasty hit he took.

[bigegypt0417]

Aiden Miller's last month has been REALLY good.

352/495/1.128

17 walks and 15 K's

[kmc1019]

Per Matt Gelb, Aidan Miller is heading to Triple A while both Nori and Escobar are getting bumped to Reading for a cup of AA coffee.

[phillychuck]

Aiden Miller's last month has been REALLY good.

352/495/1.128

17 walks and 15 K's

A few caught stealing lately...otherr than that, MVP numbers.

[fish]

Interesting assessment of Painter on the BA pod this morning- that he’s lost 3-4” of ride from his fastball, that with the combination of diminished command of it and limited deception, it’s become an empty pitch. All of which could be a function of his recovery. What has been curious to me is that fastball life seemed to be there last fall. They speculated that the development of his cutter had bled life off his fastball, and that for him he either needs to recover the old life on his fastball or meld his fastball and cutter into a harder mid-90s pitch like Corbin Burnes.