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Since Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer took over the front office, the Cubs have had a draft strategy of taking the best hitter possible in the first round. That strategy is what makes the hitting prospects the toast of the town, bringing Albert Almora, Kris Bryant, and Kyle Schwarber to Continue reading Duane Underwood Emerging as a Top Pitching Prospect
I have no idea who started this going, but Cubs Twitter started talking about Quantum Leap the other night. As you may know, Quantum Leap was a very good science fiction television program some 20+ years ago starring Scott Bakula, who you may also remember played the captain on the Continue reading Quantum Leap: The Kris Bryant Chronicles (A Cubs Story in Pictures)
2014 has been a banner year for the Cubs organization, especially in the minor league system. Players have developed, players have been called up, players have been added, and players have emerged. Throughout the storm of change that happened at each level of the minor league system, each level had Continue reading Minor League Recap: 2014 In Review
While the Boise Hawks were eliminated early from the playoffs, Kane County and Daytona are still alive. Daytona has a chance to repeat as Florida State League Champions and Kane County is chasing a Midwest League Championship after dominating the league all season long. Kane County, and the Cubs in Continue reading Minor League Recap: Boise Eliminated; Kane County, Daytona Seek Titles
The Minor League Baseball season ends today, with all of the Cubs affiliates, save for Boise, finishing their regular season schedules at the time of this writing. The Hawks, Cougars, and D-Cubs are all moving on to post-season play. Most stunningly, the D-Cubs, who had a rough go of it Continue reading Minor League Recap: Playoffs in the Lower Levels, Off-Season in the Upper Levels
The theme of the week has been streaks in the Cubs’ system, as Kane County has a 10 game win streak going at the moment, Albert Almora has hit in 8 of his last 9 games, Addison Russell has homered in 3 straight games, and Pierce Johnson had a 23 Continue reading Minor League Recap: WE’RE GOING STREAKING!
With all of the full season teams either currently in first place or holding a tie for it, the minor league season has a chance to extend across the organization. While Daytona and Iowa had rocky or up and down starts, both have righted the ship, especially Daytona, who was Continue reading Minor League Recap: Kris Bryant Finally Loses a Crown; Teams Keep Winning
With Javier Baez getting the call to the Chicago (via Colorado), the system has had one of its most important crops picked. That should cause a refocus on prospects, such as Addison Russell, Jorge Soler, the returning C.J. Edwards, and of course, Kris Bryant. Injuries of Note: Cael Brockmeyer (7 Day DL), C.J. Continue reading Minor League Recap: Moving On Without Javy
It was a busy week in the minor league system, with a number of significant names making moves over the course of the week. Jorge Soler was promoted to AAA Iowa after dominating AA, albeit over a short period of time. Albert Almora was aggressively promoted to AA Tennessee after Continue reading Minor League Recap: Promotions, Demotions, and Short Season All-Stars
As it pertains to the major league team, the biggest news on the farm are the rehab assignments of Emilio Bonifacio (AA Tennessee) and Kyuji Fujikawa (Low A Kane County). As both work their ways back from injury, we may be inching closer and closer to the return to Chicago Continue reading Minor League Recap: All-Stars, Cycles, Promotions, and Rehab