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• Minor League Wrap: Owen Caissie hits 1st Triple-A HR in Iowa’s 4-3 win

Owen Caissie | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Solid wins for Iowa and Tennessee. Embarrassing losses for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. It’s very disorienting looking at the I-Cubs box score and seeing Levi Jordan and P.J. Higgins in the lineup and not recognizing the rest of the names. And then you realize you’re looking at the Bats lineup. Baseball America has added South Ben...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: I-Cubs fall in St. Paul, 5-2

Chris Clarke | Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Only two games tonight and they were both losses. There was a weather-related short night this evening. Lots of rain everywhere. Jose Cuas has been sent down to Iowa. No corresponding move has been announced, but neither Keegan Thompson nor Hayden Wesneski pitched this evening. They are the only two pitchers in Iowa on the...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Triantos, Aliendo and McGeary lead Smokies to Opening Night win

James Triantos | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images It was Opening Night for three of the four full-season teams It’s the first official Minor League Wrap of the season! The other three full season affiliates had their Opening Night this evening. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs got stuck in the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 4-3, Chris Clarke started and gave up one run on three hits over 3.1 innings. ...2024
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• Iowa Cubs Wrap: Iowa falls to Omaha in extra innings again

Luis Vazquez | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images A ninth-inning comeback is for naught as Iowa loses in ten innings. So this is the part of baseball that stinks. As the Cubs try to get the minor league system down to the mandated 165 players, the Cubs released some veteran minor leaguers today. The released players were: SS Liam Spence RHP Max Bain 2B Juan Mora OF Ke’Shun Collier LHP Joe...2024
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Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate takes the field. The minor league season starts . . .well, the Triple-A season started yesterday . . .and that means it’s time to take stock of the Cubs minor league farm system. As we’ve written in these pages over the past few months, the Cubs farm system is the strongest it has been since the 2013-15 period that le...2024
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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Saturday 3/9, 2:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs face the Rox for the second time this spring The Cubs made three more roster cuts Saturday, all non-roster invitees: Chris Clarke, Sam McWilliams and Brad Wieck were all reassigned to minor-league camp. Wieck, in particular, might help the Cubs down the road, but for now he needs more reps, which he'll get in minor-league camp. Also, if the Cubs seek ...2024
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• Cubs vs. Padres at Peoria preview, Monday 3/4, 2:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports It’s the second spring meeting of these two teams. Here are a few words from Kyle Hendricks about this year’s spring camp: “It’s so much fun. The environment, being back out there with the fans, you feel the energy even out here in Arizona,” Hendricks said. “It just feels more like a real game being back out there and a normal spring.” It’s hardly just a cele...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies take game 1 of title series, 8-4

BJ Murray Jr. | Zachary BonDurant-USA TODAY Sports The Smokies are one win away from a title. Iowa’s season ends with two losses. It’s the final day of the year for the Iowa Cubs. Smokies go first today, since they’re in the playoffs. Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies reeled in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins), 8-4 to win game one of the best-of-three Southern League Championshi...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: A Pete Crow-Armstrong walk-off HR sends Iowa fans home happy

Photo by Jorden Dixon/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pete Crow-Armstrong is the hero against Louisville. The Pelicans hang on to top the Fireflies. Right-handed pitcher Dalbert Mosquea was suspended by MLB for 56 games after testing positive for Stanozolol, a banned substance. The 18-year-old Mosquea was having a good season for the Dominican Summer League Cubs Blue team. In 14.1 innings, Mos...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Shaw triples, homers as South Bend slashes Lake County, 9-1

Matt Shaw | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Big inning lead to wins for Iowa, South Bend and Myrtle Beach. Today I learned that a lot of people have very strong opinions about the Top 100 prospects list. I’m surprised that so many people are familiar enough with the farm systems of 30 different franchises that they have an opinion on who should and should not be on the list. Because ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: 3 Iowa homers leads to 4-3 win over Clippers.
Yonathan Perlaza | Dylan Heuer Iowa uses the longball to beat Columbus. The Pelicans throw a one-hitter. The Smokies bang out 11 runs. The Cubs made a trade today, acquiring catcher P.J. Higgins from the Diamondbacks for cash considerations. Obviously the Cubs are quite familiar with Higgins. They drafted Higgins in the 12th round in 2015 and he played 83 games in the majors between the 2...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Kevin Alcánatara busts out of his slump in a big way
Kevin Alcántara | Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Four wins for the top four teams today, but you have to toss in a late-loss for Tennessee as well. Edwin Ríos was officially taken off the injured list and optioned to Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs stomped on Indianapolis (Pirates), 6-3. Starter Chris Clarke went four innings and gave up just one run on three hits. He struck out three and w...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard has 3 hits in South Bend return
Ed Howard | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Ed Howard and Kevin Alcántara have big games, but South Bend loses. Iowa gives up 2 grand slams and falls to St. Paul. But both Tennessee and Myrtle Beach win! It’s Tuesday, so that means there are transactions. We’ve got big news from two former first-round picks. First, right-hander Ryan Jensen was promoted to Triple-A I...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton dazzles, but South Bend loses 5-2 to TinCaps anyway
Cade Horton | Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK Some good performances this evening, but only Iowa managed to get a win. And they lost too. Some movement in the minors today. Infielder Chase Strumpf got promoted to Triple-A Iowa. He’d been in Double-A since June 1, 2021. Infielder Scott McKeon was promoted to Double-A Tennessee. Infielder Pedro Ramirez and outfie...2023
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"Chris Clarke got hit hard, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned) while facing only seven batters."

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"Right-hander Chris Clarke is officially once again part of the Cubs organization, as the Mariners returned the Rule 5 Draft selection to Chicago."

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"I have also seen the name Chris Clarke, a right-handed pitcher, batted around for possible protection — he was the Cubs’ fourth-round pick out of USC in 2019 and spent 2022 split between South Bend and Tennessee."

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" No. 15 Virginia Tech suspends Chris Clarke indefinitely and has already removed him from the Hokies' roster "

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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Thursday 2/29, 2:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs return home to face the visitors from Colorado. MESA, Arizona — Happy Leap Year Day to all those who celebrate! Interesting note from a few days ago that I missed: Former Cubs prospect Brailyn Marquez, who departed as a free agent from the team in November, had signed with the Astros in December. Houston released Marquez a week ago. Marquez hasn’t p...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Yonathan Perlaza homers twice as Iowa comes back to stun Memphis, 13-9
Yonathan Perlaza | Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Iowa comes back and beats Memphis. The Smokies stop the Trash Pandas. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs grounded the Memphis Redbirds (Cardlinas), 13-9. Tonight was a bullpen game for the I-Cubs, so Brendon Little started and pitched the first 2.1 innings. Little surrendered three runs on five hits over 2.2 innings. Little struck out two and walked ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: 3 Iowa homers leads to 4-3 win over Clippers.
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Michael Fulmer
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Twenty-eighth in a series. Michael Fulmer was a much-heralded signing, but it hasn’t worked out for him at all. I don’t think he should buy a house in Chicagoland. Oklahoma City native Michael Joseph Fulmer is a medium-name reliever who had a couple of good years with Detroit as a starter, and still throws pretty hard after having TJS in 2019, but his l...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: 4 I-Cubs homer in 11-6 win over Bison
Brennen Davis | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa’s bats continue to sizzle as they beat Buffalo. South Bend edges the Loons. I have no idea why Pete Crow-Armstrong has not played for the Smokies since Tuesday. However, on tonight’s broadcast, they announced that he would return “soon.” That was all that they said. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs corralled the Buffalo Bison (...2023
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• Mariners cut Calhoun, return Rule 5 pick Clarke

The Mariners released outfielder Kole Calhoun and returned Rule 5 draft selection Chris Clarke to the Cubs on Sunday....2023
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• Mariners release Kole Calhoun, send Chris Clarke back to Cubs
Outfielder Kole Calhoun is back on the free agent market after opting out of his minor league deal with the...2023
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• Cub Tracks looks for the light
Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. All this and some soul for your Sunday. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. A journe...2022
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• Cubs lose righthander Chris Clarke to Mariners in Rule 5 Draft
Chris Clarke | Tennessee Smokies The Cubs made no selection in the Major League phase. There was a considerable bit of angst among many Cubs fans this offseason because the Cubs had quite a few prospects who might have been protected from the Rule 5 Draft by placing them on the 40-man roster. While the Cubs did protect Kevin Alcántara, Ryan Jensen, Brennen Davis and Ben Brown by placing th...2022
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• Cubs vs. Mariners at Mesa and Diamondbacks at Scottsdale split squad preview, Friday 3/8

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports It’s the Cubs’ first split squad day of spring 2024. A pair of games today, splitting the squad, the Mesa game begins at 2:05 p.m. CT, the Scottsdale game at 3:10 p.m. CT. There will be only one set of game threads covering both games. Here are today’s particulars. At Mesa: The Cubs lineup was not available at posting time. Please check the BCB Twitter feed fo...2024
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• Cubs vs. Padres at Peoria preview, Monday 3/4, 2:05 CT
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• Minor League Wrap: Walk-off HR by Yonathan Perlaza as I-Cubs down Redbirds, 7-5
Yonathan Perlaza | Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Yonathan Perlaza sends the Des Moines faithful home happy. The rest of the system was not so happy. There’s Cubs baseball today. Just not Chicago Cubs baseball today. I was all set to say today was an “all-loss” day, but Yonathan Perlaza had other ideas. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs caged the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals), 7-5 on a three-run wal...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard has 3 hits in South Bend return
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• Minor League Wrap: Cristian Hernandez’s grand slam leads Pelicans past Hillcats, 7-2.
Darius Hill | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Pelicans snapped a five-game losing streak, but they were the only win of the day. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were plucked by the Toledo Mud Hens (Guardians), 4-1. Starter Chris Clarke pitched four innings and took the loss after allowing two runs on five hits over four innings. He walked two and did not strike out anyone. In...2023
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• Cubs 5, Royals 0: Dansby Swanson finally has himself a game
Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Spring results are meaningless — but it was sure nice to see the Cubs shortstop have a big day. Figures, right? I had to miss the last three Cubs spring games at Sloan Park this year and I’ve been dying to see a sub two-hour game and... Sunday’s 5-0 Cubs win over the Royals was just that, completed in a snappy one hour, 57 minutes. This was the fastest Cubs gam...2023
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• Cubs lose righthander Chris Clarke to Mariners in Rule 5 Draft
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Michael Fulmer
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• Minor League Wrap: Four teams, six wins and no losses today in the minors
Manuel Espinoza | Larry Kave/Myrtle Beach Pelicans Some great pitching and timely hitting meant the Cubs minor league system had a rare 6-0 day. I took the day away from watching the games because of some family obligations. But I’m here to recap the action anyway—just forgive me if I missed something important. They did so well that I’m probably banned from ever watching again. I’m sure i...2023
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• Cubs 9, Mariners 5: Everyone digs the long ball

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs homered three times and defeated the Mariners. The other split squad lost to Arizona. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs got some solid pitching (despite the score) and three home runs led the team to a 9-5 win over the Mariners at Sloan Park. In the first inning, Seiya Suzuki singled with one out and one out later, Dansby Swanson walked. Garrett Cooper follo...2024
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• Mariners Return Rule 5 Pick Chris Clarke To Cubs
Right-hander Chris Clarke is officially once again part of the Cubs organization, as the Mariners returned the Rule 5 Draft selection to Chicago. (Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune was among those to report the news.) More to come…...2023
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• Padres 2, Cubs 1: The new guys debut

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports It was the first Cubs game for Dominic Smith and Garrett Cooper. I’ll be glad when the 2024 MLB regular season begins, if for no other reason than we’ll have TV coverage, video highlights and photos from every game. There was TV, after a fashion, for Monday’s Cubs 2-1 loss to the Padres, an internet-only, two-camera feed on the Padres website. Two new non-ros...2024
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• Cubs invite 19 non-roster players to Spring Training

Owen Caissie bats for Team Canada during the 2023 World Baseball Classic | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images This includes top prospects Owen Caissie and Pablo Aliendo. Friday morning, the Cubs announced that they have invited the following 19 non-roster players to major league Spring Training, which begins Wednesday, February 14 when pitchers and catchers have their first formal workout ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: 4 I-Cubs homer in 11-6 win over Bison
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• Minor League Wrap: The Jaguar homers twice, but South Bend falls to Peoria, 12-5.
Kevin Alcantara | Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK Kevin Alcántara homers twice, but South Bend loses anyway. Home runs power Tennessee and Myrtle Beach to wins. The Futures Game will be played tomorrow evening at 6pm Central. Cubs prospects Pete Crow-Armstrong and BJ Murray Jr. will participate on the National League team. The game will be streamed on Peacock an...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Kevin Alcánatara busts out of his slump in a big way
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• Minor League Wrap: Owen Caissie hits 1st Triple-A HR in Iowa’s 4-3 win
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• Cubs vs. Rockies at Mesa preview, Saturday 3/9, 2:05 CT
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• Cubs vs. Mariners at Mesa and Diamondbacks at Scottsdale split squad preview, Friday 3/8
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies take game 1 of title series, 8-4
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• Minor League Wrap: Alcántara powers Smokies into Southern League Championship Series, 5-1 over Lookouts

Kevin Alcántara | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Smokies advance to the title series. Iowa wins 8th-straight. Right-handed reliever Frankie Scalzo Jr. was named to the Midwest League All-Star Team. Scalzo pitched 35 times for the Cubs and went 4-4 with a 2.35 ERA and ten saves. He struck out 64 and walked 21 in 66 1⁄3 innings. Good news out of Chattanooga tonight. Tennessee Smokies T...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Shaw homers to win 3-1 in Smokies’ regular season finals.

Matt Shaw | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Both remaining teams won pitchers’ duels today. Thanks once again to Ashley for her relief work yesterday. Outfielder Ezequiel Pagan was promoted from South Bend to Double-A Tennessee. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs shut out the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 1-0. Starter Shane Greene allowed four hits over three innings. He struck out three and walked ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Jared Young homers twice as Iowa beats Toledo, 7-1

Jared young | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Jared Young powers Iowa past Toledo I’m still under the weather, but I did at least managed to watch some minor league action this evening. To be more precise, I was able to pay attention to about six innings of the Smokies game. Right-hander Frankie Scalzo Jr. was promoted to Double-A Tennessee. Right-hander Joe Nahas goes the other way, getting...2023
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