Jaxon Wiggins to the Iowa IL

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[JBears79]

I do not like pitching prospects

Edited April 15 by JBears79

[Post Count Padder]

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[Post Count Padder]

Seriously which baseball god did we piss off this season?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

34 minutes ago, Post Count Padder said:

Seriously which baseball god did we piss off this season?

Shrug. Pitchers break. Especially pitchers who already have an injury history.

The Cubs should be drafting more high level arms (and getting more out of IFA) so they have better depth to overcome inevitable injuries.

[Bertz]

 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

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Right now we think it's just a little time down and it should be OK.

[CubinNY]

On 4/15/2026 at 4:17 PM, Bertz said:

 

 

[Stratos]

On 4/15/2026 at 4:32 PM, JBears79 said:

I do not like pitching prospects

Is there a point anymore in using top draft picks on pitchers?.  They can barely stay on the field and when they do it's only for 5-6 IP per start.

The Theo formula worked pretty well.

[Geographyhater8888]

On 4/15/2026 at 3:34 PM, Post Count Padder said:

Seriously which baseball god did we piss off this season?

Pope Bob is a Sox fan for whatever that’s worth. 

[JunkyardWalrus]

Chances any of this has to do with the new pitching lab and infrastructure? 

[Cubs420psd]

On 4/15/2026 at 4:17 PM, Bertz said:

 

 

Lol sureeee. Just like a week ago it a was just a "change in approach" Wiggins seems even more fragile than Horton.

 

Honestly can he just get the TJ now and get it over with?

Edited April 18 by Cubs420psd

[Jason Ross]

3 hours ago, JunkyardWalrus said:

Chances any of this has to do with the new pitching lab and infrastructure? 

Probably none. It isn't like Tread is brand new. 

Instead, it's way more likely that "this is what pitchers do" and we are just getting hit with it all at once. 

[Bertz]

9 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Probably none. It isn't like Tread is brand new. 

Instead, it's way more likely that "this is what pitchers do" and we are just getting hit with it all at once. 

Everyone complained incessantly when we had the softest tossing staff in the league.  That was not wrong, but insulating ourselves (somewhat) from this nonsense was part of the calculus.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

8 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Probably none. It isn't like Tread is brand new. 

Instead, it's way more likely that "this is what pitchers do" and we are just getting hit with it all at once. 

And we finally have a few meaningful hard throwing pitching prospects/young pitchers.

What does stink is it appears the 2nd TJS is now happening sooner than the 7-ish year gap we used to think it would take.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

It doesn't seem like it's gonna get any better. Maybe if they start developing bionic UCLs. Or maybe in another 20 years the 6 inning starting pitcher is just not going to exist

Edited April 18 by Tangled Up in Plaid