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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: Horton dominates for 4 innings as Smokies burn Biscuits, 8-7 in 11

Cade Horton | MATTIE NERETIN / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa and Tennessee both win on walk-off hits. Left-hander Jack Patterson was promoted from Myrtle Beach to South Bend. Right-hander Grayson Moore, who hasn’t made his season debut yet, also goes to South Bend. Right-handers Luis Rujano and Vince Reilly join the Pelicans from Mesa. Right-hander Scarlyn Lebron goes down to Mesa from Myrtle B...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Felix Stevens homers twice as South Bend clobbers Wisconsin, 11-3

Jefferson Rojas | GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend’s bats come alive in a romp. Matt Mervis continues to slug in an Iowa win. First, some news: Jameson Taillon’s next start will be with the Cubs, Counsell says. They are determining what date he will slot into the rotation. https://t.co/GBerRNlWKM— Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) April 13, 2024 So that’s good news. I’d e...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Wisdom, Canario power Iowa past St. Paul 4-1

Alexander Canario | Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Wins tonight for the I-Cubs, Smokies and Pelicans. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs defiled the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 4-1. Thomas Pannone started and got the win after allowing one run on three hits over five innings. Pannone struck out six and walked two. Riley Thompson had three scoreless innings of relief. Thompson gave up three hits and th...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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• Get to know the Tennessee Smokies

Cade Horton | MATTIE NERETIN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Double-A affiliate is loaded with prospects to start 2024 The rest of the Cubs full-season farm teams start play on Friday, so it’s time to look at the Tennessee Smokies, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs since 2007. The Smokies are the defending Southern League champions, having claimed their first outright title since 1...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Felix Stevens homers twice as South Bend clobbers Wisconsin, 11-3
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• Cubs 6, Brewers 1: Some pitching performances of note

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images There will be some interesting bullpen choices this year. With much of the attention of Cubs fans today on the re-introduction of Cody Bellinger as a member of the team (and don’t expect to see him in a game before next week), and most of the Cubs regulars not making the trip to the Brewers’ spring home in west Phoenix, I wanted to ta...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospects countdown: 16 to 20

Jaxon Wiggins | Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The countdown of the best Cubs prospects has two hard-throwing right-handers, a catcher, a slugging first baseman and a switch-hitting infielder. It is Day 2 in our countdown of the Top 25 Cubs prospects, according to me. There are some familiar names here today and maybe a few you are less familiar with. Clicking on the names of the playe...2024
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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 draft: 2023 edition

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images I don’t think many of these guys will get taken, but maybe we’ll be surprised this year Every year, I do this little, pointless tradition — I go through the list of unprotected players eligible for the Rule 5 Draft, and try to figure out which get picked. In many years, I think I did okay. Last year, for whatever reason, I did terrib...2023
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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: Caissie hits 2 HR as Smokies stop Lookouts, 9-2
Owen Caissie | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Lots of movement in the Cubs’ system, but Owen Caissie keeps blasting home runs. So a lot of stuff went down today. Including three first-round draft picks changing teams. (OK, one was a Mets first-round pick.) Outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was promoted to Iowa from Tennessee. Right-hander Carlos Guzman was demoted ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Ben Brown, Nelson Velázquez power Iowa past Indianapolis, 7-1
Nelson Velázquez | Dylan Heuer Iowa powers past Indianapolis. South Bend shuts down Whitecaps. Smokies walk past M-Braves. The Cubs today announced that they have signed ten more picks from the recently completed draft. They are: Josh Rivera SS (3rd round) Will Sanders RHP (4th round) Yahil Melendez SS (7th round) Carter Trice 2B (12th round) Grayson Moore RHP (14th round) Ty Johnson RHP (...2023
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• BCB Top 25 Cubs Prospects: June update
Cade Horton | Rebecca Snyder After two months, we’ve made some adjustments to the prospect list. With a little over two months in on the minor league season and a month away from the draft, it seemed like the right time to do an update to the BCB Top 25 Cubs prospects list. I don’t like to make major changes based on just two months of games. Still, we are approaching the halfway point of ...2023
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"Meanwhile, the Smokies took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when DH Haydn McGeary led off with a double, went to third on a single by first baseman Moises Ballesteros and scored on a sacrifice fly by catcher Pablo Aliendo."

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• Minor League Wrap: Jared Young homers in 4th-straight, but Iowa falls to Omaha 4-2

Jared Young | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Jared Young stays hot, but the Iowa bullpen blows a lead. South Bend stops Quad Cities. Shortstop Christian Olivo was promoted to Low-A Myrtle Beach. Olivo was the Cubs’ 17th-round draft pick in 2021. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were blow away by the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), 4-2. Starter Riley Thompson allowed one run on two ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Caissie hits 2 HR as Smokies stop Lookouts, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Ben Brown, Nelson Velázquez power Iowa past Indianapolis, 7-1
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• Minor League Wrap: Pertuz powers South Bend past Sky Carp, 9-4
Fabian Pertuz | Greg Swiercz / USA TODAY NETWORK Just South Bend won today. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs fell to Indianapolis (Pirates), 9-1. It was the first bad start of the year for Ben Brown. Coming into tonight, Brown had allowed three runs, two earned, over six starts between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa. Tonight, Brown allowed three solo home runs by the third inning. He’d only ...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 7, 2023
Luis Mieses led the charge, such as it was, with three hits (two doubles). | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The sole winners today were the Dash, who were rained out Box score link The Knights have already had a game rained out this year, making Friday the season’s inaugural doubleheader. Unfortunately, they forgot to tell their...2023
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• Getting to know the Tennessee Smokies
Owen Caissie | Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The roster of the Cubs Double-A affiliate is absolutely loaded with top prospects. The Tennessee Smokies, the Cubs’ Double-A affiliate since 2007, announced their 2023 roster Tuesday. This year’s roster is packed with the top prospects in the Cubs’ system. It shouldn’t really be a surprise that the Smokies are loaded, s...2023
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• Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: August 25

Matt Shaw | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images South Bend goes crazy and scores 18 runs. Great pitching in Iowa and Tennessee, but only the Smokies can score enough to win. Tonight was the first home football game for my cheerleader daughter, so I didn’t actually see any games tonight. It was kind of interesting having the Cubs/Pirates game on my phone with the new 3D Gameday. Other than...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Caissie hits 2 HR as Smokies stop Lookouts, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Kyle Hendricks impresses in a 6-1 Iowa win over Mud Hens.
Kyle Hendricks | Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Kyle Hendricks looked sharp in a rehab assignment. The Smokies stage an epic comeback. South Bend jumps all over the Timber Rattlers. Moves today in the Cubs system: The big news was that Cade Horton was promoted to South Bend after four dominating starts in Myrtle Beach. Horton is scheduled to start for South Bend tomor...2023
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• BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: 16 to 20
Kevin Made | MATT CASHORE / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs system is a lot deeper than it used to be and these five prospects are proof of that. It’s day 2 of the BCB Top 25 Cubs Prospects countdown! Today we’ve got two infielders, two pitchers and a catcher. Keep the ball out of the outfield and ready to play. I mentioned yesterday that the Cubs farm system is about as deep as it has ever be...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend pitching can’t hold a 5-0 lead, fall to Captains 11-8 in game 1 of title series
BJ Murray | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend can’t hold on to a 5-0 lead and fall in game one of the Midwest League Championship Series. I’m glad the I-Cubs didn’t decide to wait out the storm last night like the Iowa Hawkeyes and Nevada Wolf Pack did in Iowa City. Of course, that meant a doubleheader for Iowa today. Not good news from South Bend as they try to win another Mi...2022
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• The Tennessee Smokies are Southern League Champions!

Tennessee Smokies The Smokies won their first undisputed Southern League title since 1978 The Tennessee Smokies completed a 2-0 sweep of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins) with a 10-3 shellacking. The win was the Smokies first title since 2004 and the first undisputed title since 1978 for the franchise. With a 8-4 win against Pensacola at home on Sunday, the Smokies traveled to Florida a...2023
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• Pete Crow-Armstrong, Matt Shaw among 12 Cubs roster cuts

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team reduced the spring roster. Friday, the Cubs announced the following roster cuts: Optioned to Triple-A: Ben Brown, Luis Vázquez, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brennen Davis. Optioned to Double-A: Michael Arias, Porter Hodge and Kevin Alcántara. Non-roster invitees reassigned to minor-league camp: Ethan Roberts, Riley Thompson, Pablo Aliendo, Matt Shaw a...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
Max Bain | Max Thoma/South Bend Cubs Myrtle Beach wins in a walkoff. South Bend just wins. The Cubs released right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick today. Outfielder Cristian More was promoted back to Myrtle Beach. He started this season with the Birds but was demoted to the complex league at the end of May. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were raided and boarded by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), ...2023
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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: Owen Caissie hits 1st Triple-A HR in Iowa’s 4-3 win
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies take game 1 of title series, 8-4
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• Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: September 16

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Iowa won the day, while the Smokies opted for extra innings. Hello all, another Ashley minor leagues recap, I hope you didn’t mind the last one! Rest assured Josh will be back to regularly scheduled programming soon. It was an interesting night at the park for the two Cubs’ affiliates taking the field tonight. Let’s take a look at wh...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies beat Trash Pandas 8-7, clinch division title

BJ Murray Jr. | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Myrtle Beach falls behind 1-0 in their best-of-three series. Pablo Aliendo walks it off for the Smokies. There was lots of movement in the system today as the regular season ended for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. Outfielders Nelson Maldonado and Cole Roederer were promoted from Double-A Tennessee to Triple-A Iowa. RIght-handed pitcher Jer...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Mervis, Bote go back-to-back as Iowa stops Storm Chasers, 9-4

Matt Mervis | Dylan Heuer The I-Cubs win their sixth-straight game with Omaha. Smokies and Pelicans also win. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs rained on the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), 9-4. Michael Rucker started this contest and allowed just one run on four hits over three innings. Rucker walked two and struck out five. Anthony Kay relieved Rucker, pitched two perfect innings of relief and got ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton dazzles as Smokies beat Lookouts, 13-4
Cade Horton | MATTIE NERETIN / USA TODAY NETWORK Cade Horton shines as the Smokies get the only win of the night. Iowa Cubs Postponed for wet grounds. Doubleheader on Thursday. Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies clouded the vision of the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 13-4. Cade Horton went four innings in his Double-A debut and kept the Lookouts scoreless. He allowed just two hits, bot...2023
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