Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-24-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Columbus, 6:05 pm
Knoxville at Biloxi, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs. Wisconsin, 3:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Hickory, 6:00 pm

ACL Cubs have the day off

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks (33 IP, 4,91 ERA, 3.84 FIP, 29 K, 13 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Chris Kachmar (39.2 IP, 3.40 ERA, 4.39 FIP, 34 K, 16 BB)
South Bend: RHP Ryan Gallagher (24.2 IP, 4.01 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 31 K, 9 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Kevin Valdez (22 IP, 4.50 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 21 K, 13 BB)

[Bertz]

Really interested to see what Ryan Gallagher does for an encore.  20 strikeouts over his last two starts.  If he has another big K game that starts really setting off alarm bells, in a good way.  Like is he a breakout, or is he bullying children with some plus secondary pitch a la Nico Zeglin last year?

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

16 hours ago, Bertz said:

Really interested to see what Ryan Gallagher does for an encore.  20 strikeouts over his last two starts.  If he has another big K game that starts really setting off alarm bells, in a good way.  Like is he a breakout, or is he bullying children with some plus secondary pitch a la Nico Zeglin last year?

 

6 Ks in 3 innings already.

[Bertz]

19 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

6 Ks in 3 innings already.

SB is not great about consistent velo readings but I saw a 95 get popped in the 4th.  And no idea how they grade out objectively but visually the slider and curve are pretty. 

I think he might be a thing.

[Jason Ross]

7 minutes ago, Bertz said:

SB is not great about consistent velo readings but I saw a 95 get popped in the 4th.  And no idea how they grade out objectively but visually the slider and curve are pretty. 

I think he might be a thing.

His scouring report out of college was consistent 88-90 and touches of 93. Always had good movement on his stuff.

If he can be consistent 93mph and touching 95, that'd be some awesome development. 

Im going to start adding him to a name of must watch arms. Especially with the Mule knock. 

[Jason Ross]

Probably it for Gallagher. Over 80 pitches today. 8 Ks. Wish I had more consistent velo readings and Statcast on him. His arm angle is way over the top. Thats got to add some IVB to his pitch. Probably a fastball that plays up in the zone well to help limit barrels.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

13 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Probably it for Gallagher. Over 80 pitches today. 8 Ks. Wish I had more consistent velo readings and Statcast on him. His arm angle is way over the top. Thats got to add some IVB to his pitch. Probably a fastball that plays up in the zone well to help limit barrels.

Nope - he got the 6th too!

 

[Bertz]

29 Ks and 6 BBs across 18 IP his last three starts.  That's a 45% K rate

[CaliforniaRaisin]

21 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

His scouring report out of college was consistent 88-90 and touches of 93. Always had good movement on his stuff.

If he can be consistent 93mph and touching 95, that'd be some awesome development. 

Im going to start adding him to a name of must watch arms. Especially with the Mule knock. 

Lance Brozdowski confirmed he had a velocity uptick this spring.

[Jason Ross]

6 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Nope - he got the 6th too!

 

Look at him going 90! 

This feels reminiscent of how they  handled Wiggins last start in SB, too. I wouldn't be surprised if it was his last start before moving to Knoxville.

[Bertz]

Uh oh, Wicks is hurt

[CaliforniaRaisin]

32 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Uh oh, Wicks is hurt

At least it wasn’t an arm injury:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Wicks will be in Japan in a couple years. 

 

It's nice to finally have some interesting homegrown arms and we can start to sort of bandy about some future rotations without laughing to death.

[JBears79]

43 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Wicks will be in Japan in a couple years. 

 

It's nice to finally have some interesting homegrown arms and we can start to sort of bandy about some future rotations without laughing to death.

Wicks is so annoying. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]