Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-27-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Buffalo, 6:08 pm
Knoxville at Birmingham, 6:30 pm
South Bend vs. Quad Cities, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Salem, 5:35 pm
ACL Cubs vs. ACL Giants, 1:00 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Astros Blue, 10:00 am
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL White Sox, 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks
Knoxville: RHP Brooks Caple
South Bend: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (rehab)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Braylon Myers

[Bertz]

I'll be curious if Wicks actually goes today.  Feels like he probably needs to be on call for tomorrow.  You're definitely using both of Velasquez/Wilson the next two days, but it doesn't take a crazy confluence of events to need a 3rd long reliever this series.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[JunkyardWalrus]

Why'd Montgomery get the trophy? That must have been a wild ride.

[Bertz]

The MiLB app has Kipp starting for both Iowa and Tenn.  Given both games will be going concurrently feels like that would be a severe strain on both his arm and legs

[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, Bertz said:

The MiLB app has Kipp starting for both Iowa and Tenn.  Given both games will be going concurrently feels like that would be a severe strain on both his arm and legs

Based on the Cubs injury situation, they may need him to be the entire pitching staff for a full series at one point. If you can start in two places at once you can probably handle 9 innings three days in a row. 

[Jason Ross]

 

He's ready. Drive fast and he can pitch the 7th tonight. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kepley triple, Hartshorn single and Cepeda double in the top of the 3rd for MB

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Was anyone able to watch Wiggins, was hoping his velo would be better than 95-97 this time 

[Jason Ross]

18 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Was anyone able to watch Wiggins, was hoping his velo would be better than 95-97 this time 

He hit 98mph on his final pitch. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

I know he looks primed to be a tweener but man Jose Escobar will just not stop hitting

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ethan Flanagan back from his time on the developmental list and looking good.

[Bertz]

FWIW looking at Savant statcast did a dogcrap job identifying Kipp's pitches, and that's understating his velo.  Looks like he was 93-96 on the FB, 90-93 on the sinker, 88-91 on the cutter