https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/page/31/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/destination-the-show-episode-24-offseason-review-r611/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 24 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and JD recap the offseasons of the Brewers, Cubs, and Twins before answerin...611Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:50:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/2024-prospect-previews-michael-carico-r605/The Cubs selected catcher Michael Carico out of Davidson University in the 5th round of the 2023 draft. Carico ranked as the 88th-best prospect in the class on our Consensus Board. What can Cubs fans expect from the backstop in 2024? Michael Carico was one of my favorite under-the-radar sign...605Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:21:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/2024-prospect-previews-will-sanders-r584/In the latest installment of our 2024 Prospect Previews series, let's tackle the Cubs' fourth-round arm from the 2023 Draft. The Cubs drafted righthander Will Sanders out of South Carolina in the fourth round of the 2023 draft. The 6-foot-6, 230-pound hurler was the 82nd-ranked prospect in t...584Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:21:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/2024-prospect-previews-josh-rivera-r569/With the 81st pick in the 2023 draft, the Cubs selected Josh Rivera, a shortstop out of Florida. Rivera was the best known senior player in the draft. What can Cubs fans expect from him in 2024? Let's dig in. With their third-round selection (the 81st overall pick) in the 2023 MLB draft, the...569Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:22:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/owen-caissie-batted-ball-data-milb-scouting-report/The Cubs have stars in each corner outfield spot going into 2024. After trading for Michael Busch, they might well have first base locked down, too. The places to play a big, defensively limited slugger are all but gone. However, there's one minor-league bat who just might force his way into the...567Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:16:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/what-does-the-new-baseball-prospectus-top-101-prospect-list-say-about-the-cubs-farm-system-r556/Just five years ago, the Chicago Cubs' farm system was not highly regarded throughout the scouting community, with just Nico Hoerner registering on the Baseball Prospectus Top 101 list in 2019. This week, the Cubs lead the way, with nine prospects on the list. How have the Cubs come this far in...556Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:04:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/2024-prospect-previews-jaxon-wiggins-r553/With the 68th pick in the 2023 draft, the Cubs selected Jaxon Wiggins, a high-risk, high-reward right-handed pitcher out of the University of Arkansas. What should Cubs fans expect in 2024? The Cubs drafted Jaxon Wiggins with the 68th pick in the 2023 draft, with a compensatory pick they acq...553Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:19:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/matt-mervis-swing-changes-prospect-status-minor-league-data/Make no bones about it: Matt Mervis struggled in his first opportunity with the big-league Cubs. His time was punctuated by swings and misses and pitch-recognition issues. Sent down to MiLB, he worked hard on a tweak to his swing. Did the result make Mervis any better? Once an undrafted free...538Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:09:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/jason-kanzler-named-cubs-director-of-player-development-r530/Recently, the Cubs announced that Jason Banner, who had been the organization's VP of Player Development, had been promoted to an Assistant GM role. On Monday afternoon, we learned that Jason Kanzler is the new Director of Player Development. Michael Schwab of The Juice Box Journal substack,...530Tue, 02 Jan 2024 03:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/unsung-minor-leaguers-porter-hodge-r492/Time to eat some crow: I predicted Porter Hodge as my breakout pitcher during the build-up to 2023. Things didn't go so well. All Hodge did was post an ERA over 5.00 and get a quick hook to the bullpen. So why am I doubling down on the tall, powerful righty in 2024?  The 2022 season went rea...492Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:08:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/ben-browns-fastball-is-unique-is-that-good-r487/Yesterday, we discussed whether the man the Cubs acquired in the David Robertson trade back in 2022 could play an important role out of the team's bullpen in 2024. Today, let's dig a bit deeper into his stuff, to better anchor that conversation to reality. The good news is that Ben Brown has...487Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:46:56 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/will-ben-brown-and-cade-horton-be-part-of-the-bullpen-solution-for-the-2024-cubs-r484/By broad consensus, the Cubs need more pitching depth to avoid a reprise of the disappointing finish they experienced in 2023. Given the track record of their new manager, one partial solution to the problem might be to do something their old one refused to. The Cubs didn't ultimately decide...484Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:15:01 +0000