Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-21-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Nashville, 6:35 pm
Knoxville at Biloxi, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs, Lake County, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Fayetteville, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Giants, 1:00 pm - live streamed here
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Cubs Red, 9:00 am

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland
Knoxville: RHP Grant Kipp (54.1 IP, 2.98 ERA, 3.59 FIP, 66 K, 24 BB)
South Bend: RHP Ryan Gallagher (47.2 IP, 2.83 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 63 K, 13 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Naz Mulé

[Bertz]

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[Outshined_One]

6 hours ago, Bertz said:

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Kipp and Mule, too!  Also Noland, who seems like the kind of guy who gets written off in prospect lists and reports, but somehow goes on to have a 15 year journeyman career as a reliable but not great 5th starter/long reliever.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Juan Cabada hit his first pro HR! But it was against the DSL Cubs.

Juan Cabada: 1/5, HR (1), K
Wilfri de la Cruz: 0/4, BB, K, SB
Juan Tómas: 0/3, 2 BB, 2 K

Ivan Cespedes (#1) and Leonel Vivas (#2) both homered too.

[Bertz]

Mule with two pretty dominant innings before running out of steam in the 3rd

[Bertz]

Pedro Ramirez with another double.  You kind of wonder how far away he is from Iowa.

Not a ton of ceiling there but kind of like Christian Franklin he looks like he could be a positively delightful bench player.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

4 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Trice homered a second time. OPS up to .903.

[muntjack]

How intrigued should we be? He's made significant strides in BB%, K% and SLG,  Not a huge pedigree but those are the adjustments an org hopes for...

[CaliforniaRaisin]

7 hours ago, muntjack said:

How intrigued should we be? He's made significant strides in BB%, K% and SLG,  Not a huge pedigree but those are the adjustments an org hopes for...

Unless there‘s another leveling up in him, I think his ceiling is a 4th OF. But he’s still kinda far away in high-A so it really depends on how much that profile excites you. He’s probably a back of the too 30 type of prospect if he keeps this up.