Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-6-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Omaha, 6:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Rocket City, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Wisconsin, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Columbia, 5:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (at AA: 42 IP, 1.93 ERA, 2.22 FIP, 52 K, 17 BB) - AAA debut
Knoxville RHP Erian Rodríguez (10.2 IP, 2.53 ERA, 5.51 FIP, 8 K, 5 BB)
South Bend: RHP Kenten Egbert (92.2 IP, 4.56 ERA, 4.12 FIP, 56 K, 25 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Etan Flanagan (53 IP, 2.04 ERA, 3.26 FIP, 52 K, 22 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Don’t forget the Iowa (Wiggins debut) game is on Marquee

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wiggins’1st;

MJ Melendez Ks swinging
Darion Blanco pops out 
Harold Castro HRs
Bobby Dalbec grounds out, 3-1

1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 12 pitches (7 strikes, 2 whiffs)

[Bertz]

Averaging 97.9 on the fastball jesus christ 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I’ve got a 98.5 so far as his top velo.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wiggins‘ 2nd;

Flyout
Walk
Single (Dixon Machado should’ve had it for a DP)
Strike out
HBP
Strike out

2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 35 pitches (18 strikes. 5 whiffs)

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

He threw some pitches that registered as cutters on Statcast but they might be his slider.

[Bertz]

4 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

He threw some pitches that registered as cutters on Statcast but they might be his slider.

I think what Statcast is calling his Sinker is a changeup and what it's calling a cutter is a slider, but not positive

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

He threw some pitches that registered as cutters on Statcast but they might be his slider.

I want to say that’s his change. It’s not moving like his slider and he doesn’t have a cutter.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Activity in the Iowa pen so he‘s probably done.

I counted 6 whiffs. Topped out at 98.5.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

11 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I think what Statcast is calling his Sinker is a changeup and what it's calling a cutter is a slider, but not positive

Ohh, you were right. Statcast updated.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Guess Cole Mathis is back (automatic double):

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ty Southisene triple:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Not necessarily pretty but Erian is getting it done at AA

[Outshined_One]

48 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Guess Cole Mathis is back (automatic double):

 

If he can salvage anything from this season, I'd call that a major win.

[Bertz]

17 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

If he can salvage anything from this season, I'd call that a major win.

He was a draft eligible sophomore last year, so age is a little less of an issue than it would be for a typical college hitter.  If he does enough in the AFL that you go "oh yeah he's definitely opening next year at South Bend" this season is still a disappointment but it's not longer a disaster.

Also we should talk about how fun South Bend is going to be next year.  Mathis, Southisene, Cepeda, Conrad, Kepley, Lumpuy....that's a hell of a lineup right there.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

He was a draft eligible sophomore last year, so age is a little less of an issue than it would be for a typical college hitter.  If he does enough in the AFL that you go "oh yeah he's definitely opening next year at South Bend" this season is still a disappointment but it's not longer a disaster.

Also we should talk about how fun South Bend is going to be next year.  Mathis, Southisene, Cepeda, Conrad, Kepley, Lumpuy....that's a hell of a lineup right there.

South Bend deserves it because right now they're depressing.

[JBears79]

7 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

That fastball is so nasty

[Donzo]

Good AAA beginning for Wiggins. Hopefully he builds on that in his next two starts and heads  to the offseason on path to make the Cubs out of spring.