Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-13-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Indianapolis, 5:35 pm
Knoxville at Montgomery, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (3 IP, 3.00 ERA, 7.18 FIP, 4 K, 1 BB)
Knoxville RHP Erian Rodríguez (15.2 IP, 2.87 ERA, 4.85 FIP, 12 K, 8 BB)

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

7.18 FIP? Scrub.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Gomber what

[Donzo]

Nice... The Wiggins/Rodriguez combo makes the minor league day very interesting.

Edited September 13, 2025 by Donzo

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

Holy horsefeathers.  He was sitting 99 basically up until the end too

Probably good to keep an eye on the other pitchers tonight to make sure it's not a calibration thing

[Bertz]

Luke Little's fastball velo is flat with his YTD mark while his slider is up about an MPH.

So if the gun was hot for Wiggins it wasn't crazy hot

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Oh baby.

[Donzo]

Impressive stuff from Wiggins, but he did struggle. He couldn't get out of the 3rd inning with 61 pitches.

He's been OK in his first two AAA starts. Much better than Horton was last year in AAA. But, if we're trying to gauge if he could help the Cubs this year, he doesn't look ready for that.