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
And there it is... The Tennessee Smokies will be taking a trophy back home to Kodak as they won the Southern League Championship 10-3! Heading into the night, the Smokies stood a pretty good shot of winning the title as they had Cade Horton on the bump and that potent...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Christian Franklin - Picture by Todd Johnson Every September, I look back at the season and reflect upon some storylines that probably did not get enough publicity. It could be a change in the system or a prospect's performance. Today, though, is all about prospects...
The big news of the week actually happened yesterday as the Tennessee Smokies clinched their second straight playoff berth! They still have six games left to go but it’s still a little murky about whether they will be second-half division champions or the wild card....
This week went by really fast. I was down and out for most of the week with issues with my teeth. I had an infection that I had to wait until Tuesday to get treated and then Friday to get two root canals. Needless to say, I did not teach classes or grade papers, nor...
