Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-24-25

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Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus, 6:38 pm
Knoxville vs. Birmingham, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 pm
Myrtle Beach at Columbia, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Padres, 8:00 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Reds, 10:00 am
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL White Sox, 10:00 am

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks (36.1 IP, 4.46 ERA, 3.55 FIP, 34 K, 13 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Sam Armstrong 61.1 IP, 5.14 ERA, 4.57 FIP, 43 K, 18 BB)
South Bend: RHP Brooks Caple (17.2 IP, 8.66 ERA, 7.29 FIP, 10 K, 11 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Will Frisch (35.2 IP, 6.56 ERA, 5.81 FIP, 40 K, 33 BB)

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DSL:

Juan Tomás: 1/4, 2 K, 3B (2)
Juan Cabada: 1/3, HBP
Luis Mata: 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

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Drew Gray in the ACL: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB. 8 K

Thomas Mangus (2024 18th rounder who got 8th round money) followed him, making his pro debut: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Ronny Cruz has a double and Fernando Cruz has 2 doubles.

https://x.com/drakemann4/status/1937688732699898092?s=46&t=W37ISIrjUHdGm-Y3K3j6Aw
 

https://x.com/drakemann4/status/1937697005712867626?s=46&t=W37ISIrjUHdGm-Y3K3j6Aw

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Jordan Wicks: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 13 whiffs (59 pitches)

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Pedro Ramírez tank: 

 

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Now a Fernando Cruz homer:

https://x.com/drakemann4/status/1937704289151193351?s=46&t=W37ISIrjUHdGm-Y3K3j6Aw

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[Bertz]

On 6/24/2025 at 9:42 PM, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Pedro Ramírez tank: 

 

Because of the pitchers friendliness of the Southern League his ~.800 OPS is a 137 wRC+.

I wonder if we see him go to Iowa and Rojas to Tenn as corresponding moves.  Given the calendar in a few weeks right around draft time?

[craig]

Speaking of Ramirez, he's way more interesting with some HR's and slug.  Just checked his splits:  All 6 HR are off RHP, and his slug is .467/.340 vs RH/LH.  Sample sizes are always smallish vs LHP, of course.