Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-12-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Worchester, 6:38 pm
Knoxville at Rocket City, 6:35 pm
South Bend at Beloit, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Columbia, 6:05 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL White Sox, 10:00 am
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Arizona Black, 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Chris Kachmar
Knoxville: RHP Grant Kipp
South Bend: RHP Connor Schultz
Myrtle Beach: RHP Alfredo Romero

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Waiting for Jaxon Wiggins to ever pitch again.

Edited August 12, 2025 by Tangled Up in Plaid

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Juan Cabada: 3/4, 3 singles - .882 OPS, ~140 wRC+.

Looking back, neither Ballesteros or Rojas had an OPS over .800 in their age 17 season in the DSL and both had a lower wRC+.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

18 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Juan Cabada: 3/4, 3 singles - .882 OPS, ~140 wRC+.

Looking back, neither Ballesteros or Rojas had an OPS over .800 in their age 17 season in the DSL and both had a lower wRC+.

20/23 SB  too, although I imagine the CS rate of the DSL is pretty low.

[Donzo]

Just now, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Waiting for Jaxon Wiggins to ever pitch again.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

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[Bertz]

Yency Almonte is back, and seems to be pitching well at SB.  I'd love to know how close to pre-surgery the stuff is.  I doubt he's got much of a path to the 2025 big league pen at this juncture, but if he looks good he might be worth a 40 man stash over the winter.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Yency Almonte is back, and seems to be pitching well at SB.  I'd love to know how close to pre-surgery the stuff is.  I doubt he's got much of a path to the 2025 big league pen at this juncture, but if he looks good he might be worth a 40 man stash over the winter.

Heard the velocity was down a little from before he got hurt last year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kepley was 1/2, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K...5 BB and 4 HBP in 26 PA at Myrtle Beach.

Southisene with an XBH (a double)! The Iso is up to .026.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mathis has to be close to getting back to Myrtle Beach.