Jeremiah Ramiro Estrada throws the ball in the upper 90s. The Indio, Ca native was the Cubs’ sixth-round pick in 2017 and made his MLB debut in 2022, He did fairly well, got into five games, threw 5u2153 innings, and in that small sample ended up with a 3.18 ERA and eight strikeouts, enough for the Cubs to dream on.
2023 hasn’t been as kind to him since his season debut in mid-May (callup May 15). He gives up home runs with frightening frequency, having given up four in 10u2154 innings this year (through Sunday), and sports an ERA over 6 and a WHIP over 2.