Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-27-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Syracuse, 6:38 pm
Knoxville vs. Birmingham, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Quad Cities, 6:30 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Augusta, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Angels, 8:00 pm

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland (43.2 IP, 4.53 ERA, 4.49 FIP, 43 K, 16 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (8 IP, 4.50 ERA, 2.70 FIP, 13 K, 3 BB)
South Bend: RHP Tyler Schlaffer (25.1 IP, 8.88 ERA, 6.66 FIP, 25 K, 16 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Brooks Caple (35 IP, 1.80 ERA, 3.26 FIP, 30 K, 14 BB)

[Bertz]

Jaxon Wiggins and Cade Horton being lined up is fun

[JBears79]

I'm just dreaming on a rotation 2 years from now anchored by Horton and Wiggins. The next Wood-Prior combo please!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Guess Brooks Caple got promoted to South Bend because he’s starting for them tonight!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Iowa and Myrtle Beach postponed. Knoxville in a delayed start.

[Bertz]

Reggie Preciado dong.  Signs of life just keep trickling in.

[Bertz]

13 hours ago, Bertz said:

Reggie Preciado dong.  Signs of life just keep trickling in.

.302/.343/.476 and a 124 wRC+ since April 27th

[JBears79]

15 hours ago, Bertz said:

Reggie Preciado dong.  Signs of life just keep trickling in.

He's repeating this league right? He's what 22?

Def something to monitor moving forward. 

[Bertz]

35 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

He's repeating this league right? He's what 22?

Def something to monitor moving forward. 

It's his first crack at South Bend, and he's still age appropriate for the level.

You basically have to weigh the fact that it took him 3 tries to get past Myrtle Beach (a *very* bad sign) with the fact that he dropped switch hitting, which you would reasonably expect to make things tougher for a while.

He's certainly not one of our top prospects at this point, but he was orginally the headliner of the Yu Darivsh trade for a reason.  And he's still young enough to develop on a good timeline.

[JBears79]

10 minutes ago, Bertz said:

It's his first crack at South Bend, and he's still age appropriate for the level.

You basically have to weigh the fact that it took him 3 tries to get past Myrtle Beach (a *very* bad sign) with the fact that he dropped switch hitting, which you would reasonably expect to make things tougher for a while.

He's certainly not one of our top prospects at this point, but he was orginally the headliner of the Yu Darivsh trade for a reason.  And he's still young enough to develop on a good timeline.

Yeah. I remember being excited about his potential originally during the Darvish trade. Who knows? Maybe hes a late bloomer. Thanks for the run down.