Jack Patterson - Picture by Todd Johnson For pitcher Jack Patterson, he finally returned to professional baseball after missing the last three seasons. The Cubs 2019 Minor League Pitcher of the Year was thought to be about Major League ready after that season in which...
Listener questions day! Huss answers prospect Q’s in the first half, Zumach addresses the draft in the second half!
Normally, this article takes a look at the action on the field for the past week by looking at what each affiliate does and then selecting the players of the week. There are also other occasional awards thrown in but this week I wanted to do something different, just...
Jack Patterson - Picture by Todd Johnson Let’s just say the weather did not cooperate very well this week. I planned on attending some games in Beloit to see South Bend play. I went Tuesday night but did not go Thursday because of the rain, even though they wound up...
Jefferson Rojas - Picture by Todd Johnson Sometimes I think too much about baseball. And that’s what today is for. It is to get rid of all of those random thoughts that are swirling around my head. Some of them are about specific players, some of them are about...
Good thing I am not in charge of the Cubs MLB draft. Sometimes, I get blinders on when it comes to certain prospects. Whether that’s Trevor Lanarch or Brock Wilken, I sometimes fail to see around them or through them to find other picks. In putting together any...
Greg and Bryan are back to take a look at the 11 first round picks that call the Cubs organization home.
I am rolling backwards this week. Let's get right to the players of the week. Players of the Week Hitter of the Week - Matt Mervis has nailed it this week and looks like he is ready for a crack at the majors with the Cubs or someone else. He hit .429 with 4 HRs and 6...
Kohl Franklin - Picture by Nick Grant This post came around pretty quickly. It is a little hard to believe that eight games have passed since opening weekend and yet here we are. It’s still very early in the season, so don’t expect a lot of snap judgments, but there...
Drew Gray - Picture by Todd Johnson Cade Horton was last year’s Starting Pitcher of the Year. He will not go back-to-back as he should be in the big leagues this summer. Still, Horton will put up some numbers in the first half. The same is true for Ben Brown. But with...
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