Jon Mueller

[texascub]

Does anyone know anything about Jon Mueller? I see that he was a 16th round draft pick last year out of Butler College. He's only 22 and he's pitching in AAA already, does he have much of a future?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I don't recognize the name, and BA has him with 1 IP at AA this year, while on the AAA roster now.

[sweetpeteman]

I don't recognize the name, and BA has him with 1 IP at AA this year, while on the AAA roster now.

 

Same with MiLB.com

 

But he's gone 2 and 1/3 tonight and given up 1 er... and gotten a hit.

[texascub]

I don't recognize the name, and BA has him with 1 IP at AA this year, while on the AAA roster now.

 

Same with MiLB.com

 

But he's gone 2 and 1/3 tonight and given up 1 er... and gotten a hit.

 

Same for me, I hadn't noticed his name until he came into the game tonight so that's why I brought this up. It'd be nice to have another young bullpen arm ready at Iowa seeing how most of the recent ones have fared.

[ddwyer]

Mueller is from La Crosse, Wisconsin (where I live) and I have a little background information. Mueller was actually drafted from Minnesota. I believe he spent 2 years at Butler before transferring to Minnesota. He played in the Northwoods summer baseball league for the last 3 years. His fastball has been timed at 92-94. At Minnesota he was used mainly out of the bullpen. About a month ago, there was an article in the local paper and Mueller indicated that he had been working both as a starter and out of the bullpen.

 

My guess is that he is a temporary replacement at AAA and he will be moved down to an appropriate level when some of the Cubs pitchers come off the DL.