Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-5-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Omaha, 7:05 pm
Knoxville vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Great Lakes (game one), 5:05 pm
South Bend vs. Great Lakes (game two), TBD
Myrtle Beach at Kannapolis, 6:00 pm
ACL Cubs vs. ACL Giants, 8:00 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Royals Fortuna, 10:00 pm
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Giants Orange, 10:00 pm

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa; RHP Will Sanders (5 IP, 7.20 ERA, 2.16 FIP, 6 K, 2 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Chris Kachmar (48.2 IP, 4.25 ERA, 4.32 FIP, 40 K, 23 BB)
South Bend (game one): RHP Tyler Schlaffer (33.1 IP, 6.75 ERA, 5.52 FIP, 33 K, 17 BB)
South Bend (game two): LHP Evan Aschenbeck (30.2 IP, 3.82 ERA, 3.52 FIP, 25 K, 8 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Kevin Valdez (31.1 IP, 3.73 ERA, 3.96 FIP, 32 K, 22 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DSL Cubs Blue:

Juan Tomás: 0/2, 2 BB, 2 K, SB
Ariel Ramos: 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 3 K

DSL Cubs Red: 

Wilfri de la Cruz: DNP
Juan Cabada 3/4, BB, 2B
Elerick Gómez: 0/1, 2 BB, K
Carlos Rangel: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

[Donzo]

 

Two consecutive good starts... Wondering if he can become interesting?!?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Rojas with the always amusing 0/0 stat line with 4 PAs (2 walks, 2 sac flies).

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ethan Flanagan starting in the ACL, making his pro debut.

[Bertz]

I've been slow to move off of this but I don't think there's much of a good argument for Caissie > Long at this point 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

https://www.thecubreporter.com/comment/285054#comment-285054

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After battling various injuries for two years, LHP Ethan Flanagan (Cubs 2023 17th round draft pick - UCLA) made his pro game debut (finally!!!) last night), getting the start for the ACL Cubs: 

3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 6 K (4 swinging), 0/2 GO/AO  
51 pitches (9/27/15) - 36 strikes (7 swing & miss)  

FB: 89-92 
SL/CT: 84-85
CH: 80-82 
SWEEP: 78-81 
CV: 73-76 

He has an over-the-top delivery, and does not induce much chase with any of his pitches because he is a strike-thrower, but he does get swing & miss with pitches in the strike zone (especially the FB & CV combo).    

He throws the FB up in the zone, but rarely throws the FB twice in a row. All of his FB swing & miss came after throwing a CV on the previous pitch. The CV is his go-to pitch, a slow knee-buckling breaking ball that he can drop into the strike zone repeatedly at will. The other secondaries are still somewhat “works in progress.”  

This is the first time I have seen Flanagan throw in a game of any kind ("official" or “unofficial”). 

 

[Bertz]