Cabrera Traded, Caissie Struggles

0:00On April 17th, the Miami Marlins made waves this off-season trading pitcher Edward Cabrera to the Chicago Cubs for Outfield their own Casey and two. Other prospects, Kristian Hernandez and Eduardo De Leon. Casey jumps straight to the big leagues as the Marlins' number three prospect and number 37 overall, but he's off to a rocky start. Hitting 245 with two homers and 12 runs batted in, though he's already got 23 strikeouts. Casey crushed it in the minors with big power, slamming at least 19 homers and 29 doubles each of his last three seasons. He started hot in spring training, batting 400 through 5 games in March, but April's been tough hits in just 4 of 11 games, with strikeouts in most of them, including a brutal 0 for 4 with 4 whiffs. Tuesday. Cubs fans are loving Cabrera early on. He's given up just three runs over 16.2 innings, striking out 13 while walking 5. His first two starts were lights out, two hits and zero runs in 11.2 innings,

1:04but he's walking guys at a 4.86 per 9, right close to his career norm. Digging deeper, Cabrera's underlying stats raise eyebrows. His expected ERA sits at 3.75 with dips and whiff rate, strikeouts, ground, balls, and fastball speed compared to last year. Still, he's cut his hard-hit rate big time, from bottom 8% to much better. The other pieces for Miami, Hernandez is hitting 4 for 29 with six walks and four steals in 8 AA games, while 19-year-old De Leon's got a solid rookie, ball track record. It's early though, tons of baseball left to see if the Cubs keep the edge or the prospects heat up. I'm Corey with The Story, that's your M.O.B News Today update, AI-powered, and always on.