In the real world, I teach US History, Geography, and World History and I write about prospects in my spare time. I am also into photography and you will see those pics from time to time on this site. I live about 20 minutes SW of Rockford with my wife Anne and our four pups.
Recent Articles from Todd Johnson
Nelson Maldonado - Pic by Micah Manuel/Tennessee Smokies Heading into the first game of the Southern League Championship Series, I really liked the Smokies' chances with their potent offense. Rocket City was far and above the class of this league and the Smokies...
Alexander Canario - Picture by Dylan Heuer/Iowa Cubs This was about as exciting a week as we’ve seen in the system in a long time! The South Bend Cubs went out and won their second Midwest League title in three seasons. After losing the first game at home last Sunday,...
Picture of Ke'Shun Collier by Rich Biesterfeld Welcome to the final draft pick profile of the Chicago Cubs 2022 draft class. It’s been a fun 10 weeks trying to get all these done as I learned more about each of the players the Cubs selected in the draft. At the bottom...
Harrison Wenson - Picture by Todd Johnson I did not think about tonight's winner-take-all game much throughout today other than that I would be watching it. For the players, that was probably not the case. I didn’t even know who was going to be the starting pitcher...
Jake Reindl - Picture by Matt Cashore/South Bend Tribune Over the past five years, we’ve seen the Cubs move some relievers along at a rapid pace. Whether that’s Jeremiah Estrada or Dillon Maples, or even Brandon Hughes, moving three levels in one season is something...
Chase Strumpf - Picture by Micah Manuel/Tennessee Smokies Today was an extremely busy day for me. Between teaching seven periods of junior high students, coming home to mow the backyard, fixing supper for two humans and five dogs, and then having a North Side bound...
Connor Noland - Picture via University of Arkansas Athletics To see Walker Powell move three levels in 2022 was pretty exciting as he got better at each stop. It’s going to be a difficult task for someone to do that in 2023 as there seems to be a little clog in the...
Owen Caissie - Picture by Todd Johnson The South Bend Cubs won their second title in the last three seasons tonight with a 7-4 victory over Lake County!!! The young Cubs hit three home runs that plated all seven runs. Owen Caissie hit a three-run dinger in the third...
Ethan Hearn - Picture by Stephanie Lynn It would be ridiculous to think that someone could replicate the season that Matt Mervis put up in 2022. It would be awfully hard to come out of nowhere, more or less, and hit 30+ home runs and drive in almost 110 runs. In 2021,...
Pete Crow-Armstrong - Picture by Todd Johnson When tonight began, it did not start well for the Tennessee Smokies as Rocket City showed why they have one of the best teams in the minor leagues they jumped out to a three run lead after two innings. By the time Riley...
