MiLB Playoff Action: Smokies Now Just a Win Away from a Title!

MiLB Playoff Action: Smokies Now Just a Win Away from a Title!

And just like that, the Smokies are one win away from a Southern League championship with their 8-4 win over Pensacola! The last time the Smokies did come home with some hardware was way back in 2004. The Smokies did not waste any time scoring eight runs in the first...

The Weekly – Tennessee Rolls into the Championship, Caissie Gets a Lot of Love, Sanders and More Debut, and Horton Continues to Impress

The Weekly – Tennessee Rolls into the Championship, Caissie Gets a Lot of Love, Sanders and More Debut, and Horton Continues to Impress

Owen Caissie - Pic via Tennessee Smokies The big news of the week was that the Tennessee Smokies went out and swept the Chattanooga Lookouts in two games to advance to the Southern League championship series! On Tuesday, Cade Horton looked like a top 15 prospect in...

Prospect Update – Ben Brown Looking Pretty Good in Relief – Is He Next In Line to Head to Chicago?

Prospect Update – Ben Brown Looking Pretty Good in Relief – Is He Next In Line to Head to Chicago?

Ben Brown - Pic by Dylan Heuer/Iowa Cubs With just two weeks left to go in the Major League season, and one week left for the Iowa Cubs, it is coming right down to the wire about whether Ben Brown is going to make it to the big league roster this season. Since...

The Weekly 9.17.23 – PCA Is Up, Pelicans’ Season Comes to an End, AFL Roster Announced, Fall Instructs, DWL Draft, and Another Great Jam

The Weekly 9.17.23 – PCA Is Up, Pelicans’ Season Comes to an End, AFL Roster Announced, Fall Instructs, DWL Draft, and Another Great Jam

There were only a couple of big items to drop this week, but there was a lot of little news. Let’s start with the big news. Pete Crow Armstrong is now a major league baseball player. He’s already making big defensive plays, but the bat has not come to play yet. The...

Nondrafted Free Agent Profile: Landon Ginn Is an Experienced Bullpen Sign

Nondrafted Free Agent Profile: Landon Ginn Is an Experienced Bullpen Sign

Landon Ginn - Pic via ECU Athletics For Landon Ginn, he was signed as the second nondrafted free agent this year and also the second pitcher. The right handed reliever from East Carolina cleaned up in the second half of this year and dominated the American Athletic...

Nondrafted Free Agent Profile: Kenten Egbert Fits the Big Arm Potential Profile

Nondrafted Free Agent Profile: Kenten Egbert Fits the Big Arm Potential Profile

Whenever the Cubs sign a non-drafted free agent, the last couple of years, they attended to stay on the Pitching side of things in 2022 in 2023. All four guys were pictures. This year is unclear what the role of Kenton Egbert is going to be. He was a star in college...

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