Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-28-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus, 6:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Birmingham, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 pm
Myrtle Beach at Columbia, 5:05 pm
ACL Cubs vs. ACL Royals, 1:00 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Cubs Red, 10:00 am

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Kenta Maeda
Knoxville: RHP Chris Kachmar (67.2 IP, 4.66 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 64 K, 27 BB)
South Bend: RHP Ryan Gallagher (53.1 IP, 3.04 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 69 K, 14 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Naz Mulé (30.1 IP, 5.64 ERA, 4.38 FIP, 35 K, 22 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Some fun stuff in that ACL box score:

The red hot Ronny Cruz went 2/5 with a HR (#2) and a walk.

Edgar de León and his great bat speed hit his 5th HR too.

21-year old lefty Victor Zarraga: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

But Thomas Mangus got roughed up in his second pro appearance.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DSL Cubs:

Juan Tomás: 0/2, K - 2 sac flies
Juan Cabada: 0/3, CS
Sebastian López: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

[Bertz]

Mule is shoving again through 4.  Hoping he doesn't run out of gas and fall apart like last time out.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

40 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Mule is shoving again through 4.  Hoping he doesn't run out of gas and fall apart like last time out.

Did have 2 HBPs

[Donzo]

 

Gallagher strong through 4: 4IP 2H 0BB 3K 0R

 

 

[Bertz]

Chris Kachmar struck out 9 guys today.  His 3rd time this month striking out at least 8.  As far as I can tell from game logs he had one 8 K game last year, and one in '21, and that's as far as he's topped out in his career prior to this month.

The degree to which Tyler Zombro is turning water into wine all over the system since ~Memorial Day is honestly starting to concern me.  Like is every fungible arm in the system learning some new fad pitch that will only be effective for a year?  Has he discovered whatever 2025's version of spider tack is?  What is going on?

[Bertz]

Alcantara is scorching hot right now, I love it

[JBears79]

14 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Alcantara is scorching hot right now, I love it

its cause were close to the 4th of July. He always starts going on a tear right around now. Its as consistent as Happ and his hot streaks 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

2 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

its cause were close to the 4th of July. He always starts going on a tear right around now. Its as consistent as Happ and his hot streaks 

Holy cow you're totally right.  Last year it looks like he got hot on June 28th and basically stayed hot the rest of the year.

Through June 27: .249/.302/.371, 100 wRC+

June 28th+: .304/.395/.478, 139 wRC+

So damn near a year to the day.  He should have waited until today to get hot instead of start in the week!

[muntjack]

Caissie has the 4 BB day on Wednesday and hasn't played since.  Did I miss something? 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

2 hours ago, muntjack said:

Caissie has the 4 BB day on Wednesday and hasn't played since.  Did I miss something? 

He's sick

[JBears79]

4 hours ago, Bertz said:

Holy cow you're totally right.  Last year it looks like he got hot on June 28th and basically stayed hot the rest of the year.

 

Through June 27: .249/.302/.371, 100 wRC+

June 28th+: .304/.395/.478, 139 wRC+

So damn near a year to the day.  He should have waited until today to get hot instead of start in the week!

I remember the year before being similar as well. When it warms up he really gets into a groove. Im expecting him to finish the season very strong.