{"id":67327,"date":"2025-07-09T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67327"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:43:14","slug":"top-cubs-pitching-prospects-absence-finally-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67327","title":{"rendered":"Top Cubs Pitching Prospect&#8217;s Absence Finally Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>We finally know why top Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Jaxon Wiggins hasn\u2019t pitched for the past three weeks. No, it\u2019s not because the Cubs are holding him out in case he gets injured and ruins a potential trade and luckily it\u2019s not an active injury. The Cubs are simply being cautious with the 23-year-old starting pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins was named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game, but was officially removed from the roster earlier this week. The right-handed pitcher has accumulated 60.1 innings so far in 2025, surpassing his innings total from the entire 2024 season in the minor leagues. So, the Cubs have decided to throttle down on Wiggins\u2019 workload, which is why he hasn\u2019t pitched since June 20.<\/p>\n<p>Marquee Sports Network analyst Lance Brozdowski reported on Tuesday night that Wiggins is expected to resume action following the All-Star break and potentially more importantly a few weeks before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Per source, Jaxon Wiggins being removed from the Futures Game is workload-related. He&#39;s still throwing with Double-A Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>He&#39;s scheduled to pitch again around the 19th of July in a multi-inning capacity, roughly two weeks before the trade deadline. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchMarquee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WatchMarquee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PIeD2eHwn\">pic.twitter.com\/9PIeD2eHwn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lance Brozdowski (@LanceBroz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceBroz\/status\/1942734446173540679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wiggins was selected in the second round of the 2023 draft out of Arkansas. He didn\u2019t make his pro debut with the Cubs until the 2024 season and now he\u2019s broken out in 2025. The right-hander has posted a 2.09 ERA while striking out 74 batters in 12 starts. Wiggins has an excellent 30.6 K% and is holding opposing hitters to a .154 batting average.<\/p>\n<p>On May 15, Wiggins made his first start at Double-A with the Knoxville Smokies. He\u2019s been great at the new level as well, recording a 2.38 ERA in seven starts with 43 strikeouts in 34 innings of work.<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins\u2019 rise in the Cubs farm system has certainly gotten the pitcher onto the radar of many teams around the league and he\u2019s quickly become a popular name that\u2019s included in trade rumors this summer. The Cubs have been searching for a deal to bring in a top of the rotation arm and Wiggins may be the difference in a blockbuster trade.<\/p>\n<p>If not, Wiggins is projected to eventually contribute in the majors with the Cubs, maybe as soon as 2026, if he stays healthy and continues to develop in the minor leagues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now the top pitching prospect for the Chicago Cubs, Jaxon Wiggins hasn&#8217;t pitched for a while and we finally know why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Cubs Pitching Prospect&#039;s Absence Finally Explained - 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