Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-7-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo, 10:05 am
Knoxville at Chattanooga, 10:15 am
South Bend vs. Fort Wayne, 10:05 am
Myrtle Beach vs. Delmarva, 5:35 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Reds, 8:00 pm

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks (18.1 IP, 6.48 ERA, 4.78 FIP, 15 K, 9 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Chris Kachmar (26.2 IP, 3.04 ERA, 3.82 FIP, 23 K, 10 BB)
South Bend: RHP Kohl Franklin (rehab) & LHP Evan Aschenbeck (8 IP, 4.50 ERA, 4.99 FIP, 5 K, 3 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Hayden Frank (17.1 IP, 10.38 ERA, 3.94 FIP, 17 K, 7 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Not a great game but good to see Kohl in box scores.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jordan Wicks had a lot of traffic in the first couple innings but ended up with a nice bounceback start:

He did have one HBP. Threw 81 pitches.

 

[Jason Ross]

Yeah very good start today from Wicks. 13 whiffs in five innings is really solid. 

Big thing that stands out is the pitch mix. Last game, where he got beat up, he basically halved his change usage for the curveball. Today, more normal mixage - heavy fastball/change (change picked up four of the whiffs). more sparing curveball usage. Mixed in the curve and the sweeper, though. 6 curve, 5 sweeper. Fastball was just shy of 95 on his max, averaged 93mph. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

54 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Yeah very good start today from Wicks. 13 whiffs in five innings is really solid. 

Big thing that stands out is the pitch mix. Last game, where he got beat up, he basically halved his change usage for the curveball. Today, more normal mixage - heavy fastball/change (change picked up four of the whiffs). more sparing curveball usage. Mixed in the curve and the sweeper, though. 6 curve, 5 sweeper. Fastball was just shy of 95 on his max, averaged 93mph. 

He just didn’t have a good change that last start. He doesn’t have good enough stuff to work around that.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Down in the Valley of the Sun, Ronny Cruz has a double and Eli Lovich a triple.

[Jason Ross]

7 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

He just didn’t have a good change that last start. He doesn’t have good enough stuff to work around that.

Ah good catch! His last start came during a time where I couldn't put my eye to the game so that makes sense. Checked the cast and noticed the oddball pitch mix from hin.

[Cubs420psd]

On 5/7/2025 at 11:55 AM, TomtheBombadil said:

Man, Leo De Vries is the bees’ knees. 18 all season and dominating High A rn after an excellent age 17 in A ball. Pls don’t burn out in this relentlessly trash society that demands 24/7/365 Production/High Performance! 

I thought this was a Cubs prospect for a second and got excited.

 

Thanks 🫠