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Yeah maybe not a crazy amount but the Cubs and the Padres have a -1.2 WAR from the C position I am sure they would like to have a run-of-the-mill catcher right now.

BA Updated their top 100 Jobe at 6, Clark at 29, McGonigal 67, Jung 78

3 Tigers prospects made the BA hot sheet this week. 11. Hao-Yu Lee, 2B, Tigers Team: Double-A Erie (Eastern) Age: 21 Why He’s Here: .444/.448/.815 (12-for-27), 7 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBIs, 1 BB, 5 SO, 0 SB The Scoop: The Tigers acquired Lee from the Phillies in exchange for Michael Lorenzen at the 2023 trade deadline. Last week he collected a hit in all six games at Richmond, including a four-hit game on June 1. Lee hit three home runs last week and has eight on the season, which puts him on pace to obliterate his personal best of nine. (ME) 12. Kevin McGonigle, SS/2B, Tigers Team: Low-A Lakeland (Florida State) Age: 19 Why He’s Here: .455/.500/.727 (10-for-22), 3 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBIs, 4 BB, 5 SO, 2-for-2 SB The Scoop: The Tigers drafted McGonigle in the supplemental first round last year out of high school in Pennsylvania. The Florida State League has posed little challenge in his full-season debut. The sweet-swinging lefthanded hitter collected a hit in five of six games at Clearwater last week, including a pair of three-hit games. (ME) 20. Austin Bergner, RHP, Tigers Team: Double-A Erie (Eastern) Age: 27 Why He’s Here: 1-0, 1.80, 1 GS, 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HBP, 2 BB, 11 SO The Scoop: Bergner is consistently an excellent pitcher at Double-A Erie. And frustratingly for him and the Tigers, that success never seems to carry over to Triple-A. Bergner is 12-5, 3.13 with a solid 194-to-68 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a .209 opponent’s average in 167 Double-A innings. When he gets promoted to Triple-A Toledo, everything falls apart. He’s made 22 appearances and 16 starts for Toledo over three different seasons, and he’s 2-6, 8.60 with a .286 opponent’s average. Bergner posted an 11.57 ERA in five April starts in Toledo. Sent back to Double-A, he’s 2-1, 3.20 in five starts, including this gem last week. At this point, it’s fair to say that it’s hard to say it’s going to convince anyone he’s ready for another shot at Triple-A, but it’s still an excellent week. (JC)

His OPS dropped below 1.000 probably needs to get sent back to the DSL.

Toledo SUSP Top 5 down 6-2 Erie L 10-5 Workman 0/5 K Lee 1/3 2B RBI 2BB K SB Melton 5IP 4ER BB 3K WM L 7-3 Jarvis 0/3 BB K Anderson 0/4 K Campos 2/4 RBI K HR Gold 1/4 Pacheco 1/4 2K Hamm 4IP 5H 4ER 5K Lakeland W 3-0 McGonigle 2/4 RBI SB Clark 0/4 K Gil 0/4 2K Campbell 1/4 RBI K HR FCL L 10-5 Montilla 2/5 RBI K 2B Fana 0/4 BB 2K Salas 0/3 K Perez 1/4 K Jatnik Diaz 2IP 3H 4ER 3BB 4K

He is 23 so I am guessing they are trying to push him along but I agree, McGonigle probably deserved it more.

FCL Tigers Stream below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKOWHsUxHpk

Because everyone has been clamoring for it they finally moved up a 2023 draftee from A to High-A. Jim Jarvis gets promoted to West Michigan.

FCL Tigers L 7-6 11 Inn. Montilla 1/5 RBI 2K SF Fana 2/6 2K Jimenez 2/5 2K Bastidas 1/4 2RBI BB HR Salas 0/5 K Hernandez 3/5 RBI 2B SB Wilson 3IP 3H 5R 0ER 3BB 4K Both DSL games were rained out

The Athletic updated their top 50 prospects: Max Clark - 8 Jobe - 14

Toledo W 7-2 Meadows 2/3 2BB 2B 2SB Malloy 0/1 Jung 1/4 2RBI BB 2K 2B Dingler 2/5 K SB Bigbie 1/4 RBI Manning 5IP 5H 2ER 2BB 6K Lange 1.0 K Erie W 8-4 Workman 0/5 2K Lee 1/5 2RBI K HR Cruz 1/3 2BB 2K Petit 1.1IP H K WM Game 1 W 5-2 Anderson 1/4 K Gold 0/3 Campos 1/1 2BB Pacheco 1/3 2RBI 2K Graham 2/3 2B WM Game 2 W 3-2 Anderson 2/5 RBI K Campos 1/2 RBI BB SB Gold 1/3 BB K Pacheco 1/3 K Graham 0/3 K Marcano 5IP 2H 2BB 4K Lakeland W 7-3 Clark 2/4 2RBI BB SB Leonard 0/2 2K McGonigle 0/1 2RBI K 2SF Gil 0/4 K Castillo 5IP 5H ER 5K (Keep an eye on him, throwing 97 and is only 19) Saturdays FCL game W 2-1 Montilla 1/4 K Jimenez 0/4 K Bastidas 1/3 RBI BB Perez 1/3 RBI K HR Dickerson 4IP 2H ER 4BB 2K

https://www.mlb.com/news/watch-minor-league-baseball-games-for-free?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Lakeland is the free MiLB game of the day if you want to watch Clark and McGonigal

If Canha goes on the IL, I would hope Malloy comes up but I'm guessing we'll get Vilade again.

I think they are starting either this weekend or next week if I remember correctly.

I am sure you are right, someone will get cute with signing under-slot and floating someone to a later round. Miss when the draft was early June vs July so you could watch some of the college players who had been drafted in the CWS etc.

If we are talking FSU guys I wouldn't be surprised to see James Tibbs getting some thought here. He has more home runs than strikeouts this year and has had some helium lately so he fits the expected mold but he is limited to LF or possibly 1B so that is a drawback for a "complete player".

So from my understanding, it isn't Harris really who makes all of those decisions, I am sure he has final say/is consulted but I am guessing he relies on his scouts and mainly his Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Conner to make those decisions and I know Rob Meltzer was pretty influential in the past but he has been promoted so not sure there. That being said Conner comes from San Diego and they have never been shy about selecting prep pitchers so I wouldn't be super shocked by it but we know they can mold pitchers pretty well and bring them up so generally I would prefer a bat of some sort but that's just my preference.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2024-mlb-mock-draft-3-0-updated-first-round-ahead-of-ncaa-tournament/ BA has us taking Yesavage in their latest mock. 11. Tigers — Trey Yesavage, RHP, ECU Injury was about the only thing that could slow Yesavage down this season. He dealt with a punctured lung that kept him off the mound in the ACC tournament and caused a bit of a scare, though it sounds like he should be able to pitch in this weekend’s Greenville regional, where a matchup with Chase Burns is possible. Yesavage has pitched his way into the consensus No. 3 pitcher slot in this class. I’ve yet to hear anyone say that this injury has removed that status. This is about the range where high school pitchers could seem like real options. Pipeline has us taking Caminiti https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-2024-mock-draft-may-30?t=mlb-draft-coverage 11. Tigers: Cam Caminiti, LHP, Saguaro HS, Ariz. (No. 17) As of right now, this seems to be the ceiling for the young lefty in Arizona who got the most votes in our executive survey as the best prep pitcher in the class.

Well it is the end of May so let's check in once more, this is just for May: AAA Jung .238/.355/436 104 WRC+ Malloy .281/.426/.458 136 WRC+ Bigbie .270/.393/.365 108 WRC+ Dingler .361/.388/.623 152 WRC+ AA Lee .258/.342/.485 132 WRC+ ( I always forget that he is only 21 so this is pretty impressive just unfortunate he has one position 2B ) Workman .232/.316/.394 102 WRC+ High A Gold .233/.324/.478 120 WRC+ Anderson .245/.273/.396 85 WRC+ Campos .313/.356/.613 161 WRC+ (32% K rate though 😬) Graham .200/.360/.257 91 WRC+ Low A Clark .284/.394/.386 131 WRC+ McGonigle .325/.414/.494 158 WRC+ Briceno .382/.462/.471 172 WRC+ (SSS due to injury) Campbell .198/.307/.267 74 WRC+

Toledo L 9-2 Meadows 1/4 2K Malloy 0/4 RBI 2K Jung 0/4 2K Dingler 1/4 2K 2B Hurter .02IP 3H 3ER 2BB K Lange 1IP K Erie W 10-1 Workman 3/6 3RBI 2K 2B HR Lee 2/4 BB 2K Bergner 5IP H ER 2BB 11K WM W 6-5 Anderson 0/3 RBI BB Campos 2/4 2K 2B CS Gold 0/4 4K Pacheco 3/4 3RBI K 2HR Smith 6IP 3H ER 3BB 8K Lakeland L 15-5 McGonigle 1/5 RBI 2B Clark 1/3 RBI BB K Gil 1/4 Campbell 1/4 RBI 2K 2B Minton 1.2IP 4H 5ER 4BB 3K

General consensus was either Dalton Rushing or Cartaya plus Eddys Leonard but we probably would have probably thrown in Jake Rogers as his name was thrown around and Donny Sands was in Pittsburgh ready to be "called up".

Come for the sound of the bat and stay for the random guy yelling Kevinnnnnnn. Also this is from a couple days ago.