Kade McClure did not ask to be your top starting pitching prospect yet to see the majors, the attendant pressures attached and suffocating. Five innings tonight of homespun perfection, scarred only by two walks and two hits, both erased, and more, by six strikeouts. The victory a first at Triple-A, and the ERA tumbling below 7.00 ERA. Kade’s plan? Never shoot so high again.
Zack Collins did not ask to be your failed catching prospect. But tonight, under the softer lights of Charlotte, he catches. And as catcher, he catches his counterpart, Adley Rutschman on his arc to stardom, in a steal attempt.