https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/page/27/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/destination-the-show-episode-53-afl-rosters-are-here-r1144/Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and JD Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson. In episode 53 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie start by breaking down their rooting interests in the playoffs, and as...1144Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:04:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/cubs-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-year-2024-r1143/Today, we continue to hand out our annual North Side Baseball hardware. Who were the top starting pitchers for the Cubs minor league ballclubs?  Yesterday, we named Matt Shaw as the Cubs Minor League Full-Season Hitter of the Year. Today, we will discuss the brightest prospects for starting...1143Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:25:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/cubs-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-2024-r1140/With the baseball season over for the Cubs, it's time to start handing out awards. The full-season minor league awards are next up to bat, and here are the Cubs minor league hitting stars for 2024. To kick off our Cubs full-season minor league awards, the best offensive prospects come int...1140Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:20:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/cubs-short-season-minor-league-pitcher-of-the-year-2024-r1137/Today, we continue to hand out our North Side Baseball hardware. Who were the top pitchers for the Cubs Arizona Complex League and the Dominican Summer League?  Yesterday, we named Anderson Suriel the North Side Baseball Short-Season Minor League Hitter of the Year. Today, we will discuss th...1137Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/cubs-short-season-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-2024-r1135/With the baseball season over for the Cubs, it's time to start handing out awards. We'll start with the short season leagues, then the full-season minor leagues, and then the big leagues.  The first awards we are going to hand out are the short-season minor-league awards. These awards go to...1135Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/moises-ballesteros-leads-cubs-contingent-to-the-arizona-fall-league-r1133/Better late than never. This week, we finally learned which players are on the rosters of the 2024 Arizona Fall League teams. The Cubs will be represented by four hitters and four pitchers.  The Cubs prospects will be playing with the Mesa Solar Sox. Their eight minor leaguers will be joined...1133Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/a-late-approach-adjustment-has-one-slugging-cubs-prospect-looking-more-mlb-ready-r1111/As the team hurtles toward an offseason that will need to include a lot of changes, one big bat has turned a subtle corner in Triple A. Can it translate to the next level? It's been an eventful season for Owen Caissie, and ultimately, it's also been a successful one. He's been a steady produ...1111Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:36:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/iowa-cubs-lineup-owen-caissie-ed-howard-matt-shaw/With the season just a few weeks away from ending, which Cub prospects can still prove something to the team over that time?  Overall, the Cubs have had a nice year from a hitting prospect point of view. Pete Crow-Armstrong is finding his footing as a solid MLB player (if not more with the p...1107Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:55:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/why-the-cubs-should-promote-cam-smith-to-south-bend-immediately-r1064/The new calendar of the MLB Draft and the ever-shrinking minor leagues make it important that teams change how they think about prospect promotion schedules. When the Cubs drafted Florida State third baseman Cam Smith with the 14th pick in last month’s draft, they hoped they had found the gu...1064Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:28:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/there-are-encouraging-signs-but-matt-shaw-is-a-long-way-from-ready-to-succeed-in-mlb-r1062/The Cubs' 2023 first-round pick is a good player, and he's hit very well in the upper minors this season. That said, there are big adjustments (and therefore, plenty of risk) left to make for him, and it's premature to hope he can help the big-league team any time before the middle of next seaso...1062Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/catching-up-on-potential-september-call-up-slugger-owen-caissie-r1046/Owen Caissie is expected to be promoted in September (according to Matt Spiegel of 670 the Score). Caissie is now ranked as the third-best prospect in the Cubs’ system, so let's take a quick look at why he is there, why he deserves this call-up, and how he landed with the Cubs in the first place...1046Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/brandon-birdsell-the-cubs-starting-pitcher-prospect-nobody-is-talking-about-r1033/The Chicago Cubs have a plethora of young, good prospects throughout their farm system. Even with the graduations of guys like Jordan Wicks, Ben Brown, and Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs still have seven players appearing on top 100 prospects lists (which includes newly drafted third baseman Cam...1033Sat, 10 Aug 2024 13:33:48 +0000