Watch: RHP Jaxon Wiggins Starts Rehab Assignment with Arizona Complex League Cubs

The Jaxon Wiggins hype train never even got a chance to leave the station before he was shut down earlier this season with elbow inflamation. News on Wiggins status has been slow to surface, and then Rich Biesterfeld posted the video you’ll see below.

According to Biesterfeld, Wiggins has been placed on a rehab assignment with the ACL Cubs. And there’s video evidence to prove it.

From the three different angles, it looks like Wiggins is in great shape with no apparent issues with the elbow. He pitched two complete innings, throwing 40 pitches — 22 for strikes — while allowing three hits, two runs, a walk, and two strikeouts. A nice warm up for things to come, no doubt.

There’s no question the Cubs can use him stat on the Big League roster. The only questions now are whether he will stay healthy and when he can get to Chicago.