Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-21-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Columbus, 11:05 am
Knoxville at Biloxi, 6:35 pm
South Bend vs. Wisconsin, 10:05 am
Myrtle Beach at Hickory, 10:00 am
ACL Cubs vs. ACL Giants, 8:00 pm

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland (41 IP, 3.73 ERA, 3.65 FIP, 39 K, 14 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (4 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.97 FIP, 4 K, 1 BB)
South Bend: LHP Evan Aschenbeck (18.2 IP, 4.82 ERA, 4.17 FIP, 12 K, 7 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Hayden Frank (27.2 IP, 7.48 ERA, 3.54 FIP, 28 K, 12 BB)

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Ashenbeck: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Cristian went 1/3 with a double, 2 walks and 2 steals. Jefferson went 0/3 with 2 walks, a strikeout and a stolen base. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Johnny Long was back in Iowa's lineup after the leg injury a few days ago.

Noland and Scalzo Jr were bad but Luke Little, Tyson Miller, Martin and Hollowell were good.

Luke Little has been really good for some time now.

[Rcal10]

38 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Johnny Long was back in Iowa's lineup after the leg injury a few days ago.

Noland and Scalzo Jr were bad but Luke Little, Tyson Miller, Martin and Hollowell were good.

Luke Little has been really good for some time now.

Good for Little. I hope he helps Iowa win the AAA championship. Until he can throw strikes I want nothing to do with him on the ML roster. 

[Tryptamine]

21 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Good for Little. I hope he helps Iowa win the AAA championship. Until he can throw strikes I want nothing to do with him on the ML roster. 

2.93 BB/9 so far this year, granted it has come at the cost of K/9 and he sports an absurdly high lob% and impossibly low babip of .094.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

17 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Good for Little. I hope he helps Iowa win the AAA championship. Until he can throw strikes I want nothing to do with him on the ML roster. 

2 walks in 10.2 innings since going back down to AAA (in 7 appearances).

He had one horrific game with the big league team but if we're giving viable pitchers only 1 chance, we'd be out of relievers.

[Bertz]

Wiggins got smacked around a bit but has 9 Ks through 4.  At 81 pitches he probably gets to at least start the 5th?

[Bertz]

12 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Wiggins got smacked around a bit but has 9 Ks through 4.  At 81 pitches he probably gets to at least start the 5th?

Nope *sigh*

[CaliforniaRaisin]

13 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Wiggins got smacked around a bit but has 9 Ks through 4.  At 81 pitches he probably gets to at least start the 5th?

Odd line but I’ll take the 9/2 K/BB.

[Bertz]

4 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Odd line but I’ll take the 9/2 K/BB.

Same, pretty similar to Brown on Monday.  Ugly box score but ultimately a lot more good than bad IMO.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I'll be surprised if he's not traded this season. He looks like a potential impact arm that will be knocking on the rotation very soon. He's obviously a dude.

[JBears79]

32 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

I'll be surprised if he's not traded this season. He looks like a potential impact arm that will be knocking on the rotation very soon. He's obviously a dude.

Id trade Wicks before Wiggins to be honest. Wiggins has the frontline starter profile I love. Hes worth keeping imo.

[Bertz]

I'd be pretty surprised if Wiggins were moved.  Both for the lack of other high velo SP arms on the farm and for his 40 man status.

[Rcal10]

53 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I'd be pretty surprised if Wiggins were moved.  Both for the lack of other high velo SP arms on the farm and for his 40 man status.

I think it might come down to what the other team wants. I would trade Wicks before Wiggins, but the team who has the player the Cubs wants might want Wiggins instead. Depending on who that player is the Cubs get back, if they wanted him enough, and had to deal Wiggins, I would do so.