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TIMES AND PROBABLES

Memphis vs. Gwinnett ~ 6:45pm CDT

RHP Ian Bedell (0-4, 8.48 ERA)

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Springfield @ Arkansas ~ 6:35pm CDT

RHP Cade Winquest (2-1, 2.93 ERA ; 4-7, 4.04 ERA on the year)

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Peoria @ Dayton ~ 6:05pm CDT

RHP Chen-Wei Lin (0-2, 5.09 ERA)

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Palm Beach vs. St. Lucie ~ 5:30pm CDT

RHP Jacob Odle (0-3, 5.91 ERA)

Baez HR last night https://x.com/Sgf_Cardinals/status/1958323654154145995

Levenson 3 Run bomb last night https://x.com/Sgf_Cardinals/status/1958347154667573757

No Rainiel.... but we get a Cameron Nickens debut.... Austin Peay State, 2025, 17th Round pick

he bopped 18 HR for APSU this year, while batting .422 ....he played for Houston 3 years before....only managed 11 HR collectively.

definitely was a step down in competition.

JonJon Gazdar is an APSU alum....2024 draft....and so far this year, he hasn't lived up at all to his 2024 College power numbers....only 1 HR. Though he has hit a lot of singles for Peoria. Good batting average...until last week. He's down to .279

craviduce wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025 16:35 pm No Rainiel.... but we get a Cameron Nickens debut.... Austin Peay State, 2025, 17th Round pick

he bopped 18 HR for APSU this year, while batting .422 ....he played for Houston 3 years before....only managed 11 HR collectively.

definitely was a step down in competition.

JonJon Gazdar is an APSU alum....2024 draft....and so far this year, he hasn't lived up at all to his 2024 College power numbers....only 1 HR. Though he has hit a lot of singles for Peoria. Good batting average...until last week. He's down to .279

thx Duce

after the draft, there was a guy on I think it was MLBN who was asked who he thought might be a real sleeper in the Cards draft and he said Nickens.

82birds wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025 17:17 pm

craviduce wrote: ↑21 Aug 2025 16:35 pm No Rainiel.... but we get a Cameron Nickens debut.... Austin Peay State, 2025, 17th Round pick

he bopped 18 HR for APSU this year, while batting .422 ....he played for Houston 3 years before....only managed 11 HR collectively.

definitely was a step down in competition.

JonJon Gazdar is an APSU alum....2024 draft....and so far this year, he hasn't lived up at all to his 2024 College power numbers....only 1 HR. Though he has hit a lot of singles for Peoria. Good batting average...until last week. He's down to .279

thx Duce

after the draft, there was a guy on I think it was MLBN who was asked who he thought might be a real sleeper in the Cards draft and he said Nickens.

we'll see...APSU usually has 2-4 players in every offensive Top 10 stat....but again, the competition they face is the bottom of the barrel. I'm rooting for him. Lord knows we need power bats....but I honestly don't think he's a power bat.

I really like Dattalo for power

St. Lucie's John Bay was teammates with Cameron Nickens at APSU.....Ray went undrafted, the Mets signed him the day after the 2025 draft

he's (Bay) is a bopper.....slugging .571 in 42 AB since late July

Palm Beach 0, St. Lucie 0 ; Top 1st

Jacob Odle takes the mound

Palm Beach 0, St. Lucie 0 ; Bot 1st

Jacob Odle ~ 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K....19 pitches, 12 strikes

Michael Dattalo leads off

Nickens nails a slider in his first PA, gets his first hit 98mph EV liner into LF

Palm Beach 1, St. Lucie 0 ; Top 2nd

Jacob Odle ~ 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

Michael Dattalo ~ 0-1...weak fly out to CF, in on the hands
Jack Gurevitch ~ 0-1...ground out to 2B
Jalin Flores ~ 1-1, Single, Run...grounder to a sliding SS, weak throw off balanced....ruled a hit. Should be a hit, imo.
Cameron Nickens ~ 1-1, Single....98mph EV liner falls into LF....first PA, first Hit
Chase Heath ~ 1-1, Single, RBI...grounder by the glove of the 3B into LF, plates Flores...Nickens to 2B
Jose Suarez ~ 0-1, K...swinging, trouble with the curve

Nickens 1st PA, 1st Hit

https://x.com/KareemSSN/status/1958663597631881301

Peoria 0, Dayton 0 ; Top 1st

JonJon Gazdar leads off

Always appreciate the links and all the great work you do here Crav.
Nice to see Baez doesn't need the perfect launch angle to get it out of the park.