Players

RHP Jeremy Goins returns to Sioux City for a second season after spending nearly half the 2024 season with the Explorers. Goins would finish the season working nine relief innings in eight games with 15 strikeouts and a 6.00 ERA. He would go 1-0 and surrender 11 hits and six earned runs with six walks and a 1.889 WHIP.

Goins was signed on July 8 and made his professional debut the next day, working 0.2 innings against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Fargo. Goins surrendered two runs in his first outing and another run in his second outing at home against Winnipeg then rolled off three straight shut down appearances, including picking up his first career win on August 19 against Kansas City. In one of the wildest finishes in X’s history, Goins took over with Sioux City trailing 13-8 in the eighth inning. The Explorers looked to be dead in the water after the pen gave up 11 runs in the top of the seventh to turn what looked like a sure Sioux City win into a possible Kansas City win. Goins shut-down inning kept the game in check, and the Explorers came back and scored eight runs to retake control of the game, going on to a 16-13 win as part of an eventual five-game sweep of the Monarchs.

The Florida native finished strong for the Explorers, recording two consecutive scoreless appearances to finish out the regular season. He would toss one scoreless frame against Cleburne on August 31 and September 2 at Lewis and Clark Park. Following his first two outings with Sioux City, he made six relief appearances and held opponents off the scoreboard in five of the six.

Goins came to Sioux City after pitching one season for the University of Tampa in 2024. In his only season with the Spartans, Goins appeared in 11 games out of the bullpen, posting a 6.23 ERA over 17.1 innings. Goins started his collegiate career at the College of Central Florida in 2019 before transferring to Pasco-Hernando State College for the 2021 season. Goins started seven games in 2022 for the Bobcats, posting a 2.35 ERA across 38.1 innings. He would not pitch in 2023.

Goins hails from Tampa, Florida and attended King High School, serving as team captain as a Senior. His junior year, the school made the state championship game. Goins also played outfield for King High School.