Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-11-25

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Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo, 1:05 pm
Knoxville at Chattanooga (game one), 11:15 am
Knoxville at Chattanooga (game two), TBD
South Bend vs. Fort Wayne, 1:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Delmarva, 3:05 pm

ACL Cubs have the day off

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Peter Solomon (4.2 IP, 5.79 ERA, 9.50 FIP, 5 K, 4 BB)
Knoxville (game one): RHP Will Sanders (28.1 IP, 3.18 ERA, 2.99 FIP, 25 K, 8 BB)
Knoxville (game two): TBD
South Bend: RHP Kenten Egbert (19 IP, 6.16 ERA, 5.19 FIP, 14 K, 4 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Kevin Valdez (19 IP, 5.21 ERA, 4.16 FIP, 13 K, 11 BB)

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Another one:

 

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Ty Southisene’s first A-ball hit:

 

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Will Sanders: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K

ERA is down to 2.70.

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I'll be honest that I've been very discouraged by Mathis's season.  He's a high round college draftee at Low A, hitting .216 with a 119 wRC+ is a bright red flag for a bat first/only prospect.  It's gotten better in May(albeit at the expense of slug), so I'm holding out hope that draft layoff + TJS + highest level he's played are causing him a few more growing pains than you'd normally see from this caliber of prospect at this level.