Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-16-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Toledo, 6:38 pm

Probable Starter:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks (68 IP, 3.31 ERA, 3.06 FIP, 74 K, 21 BB)

[Bertz]

Jordan Wicks has a 3.30 ERA with peripherals to match in a league where the league average is ~4.80.

He's totally going to get moved somewhere where he has some actual runway to fail at the MLB level and make us regret it.

[We Got The Whole 9]

32 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Jordan Wicks has a 3.30 ERA with peripherals to match in a league where the league average is ~4.80.

He's totally going to get moved somewhere where he has some actual runway to fail at the MLB level and make us regret it.

He's got the stuff for it. Why do you think hes struggled so much at the MLB level after his initial good run?

[Jason Ross]

2 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

He's got the stuff for it. Why do you think hes struggled so much at the MLB level after his initial good run?

Injuries and a lack of opportunity. I don't really love Jordan Wicks' profile as a reliever but I think as a SP over a handful of innings, his mix works a little better. He doesn't have a standout secondary yet; his changeup is good to attack opposite side hitters, but it's not really a devastating pitch (shape wise). The slider is making some progress but still sits at 103 Stuff+.

[Bertz]

3 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

He's got the stuff for it. Why do you think hes struggled so much at the MLB level after his initial good run?

I honestly think for both Wicks and Brown its simply confidence.  I firmly believe if we could loan them to the Marlins for a month or two, assure them "you're a major league starter and no one's going to take that away from you" they'd both come back as mid rotation starters or better.

I think you can afford to carry one as a long guy on next year's team and have that opportunity to pitch in low leverage until they get their confidence up.  But not both.  It sucks, but I suspect one of them will be with another org next year and it won't even take until the All Star Break for us to be salty about it.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Neuby]

He's played so little this year it makes to leave Amaya down in Iowa for the rest of their season to get some reps.

[chibears55]

Did they just promote Ed Howard to Iowa ?

If so this is hilarious 😂 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

4 hours ago, Neuby said:

He's played so little this year it makes to leave Amaya down in Iowa for the rest of their season to get some reps.

Iowa's season ends Sunday