https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/page/36/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/cubs-minor-league-week-in-review-410-16-caissie-and-morel-mash-r50/As a new week is about to start in minor-league baseball, let's take a look back at the top performers in the Chicago Cubs minor-leagues last week. There are some familiar names, and others, you can jot down and get to know. In the end, you can vote on the Cubs Minor League Hitter of the Week an...50Tue, 18 Apr 2023 03:29:35 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-1-pete-crow-armstrong-r49/We’ve reached the peak of human excitement–or at least, the top of the North Side Baseball community’s top 20 Cubs prospect list. Today, we talk about one of the most exciting young outfielders in the entire sport. It was harder to say goodbye to Javier Báez than to any of the other Cubs who...49Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:42:30 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/tyler-duffey-is-pitching-his-way-back-to-the-majors-with-the-iowa-cubs-r47/There are many pitchers in the Iowa Cubs bullpen that are candidates to make their return to the Major Leagues. One of those guys is Tyler Duffey and he is making the most of his time with the I-Cubs on making his pitch mechanics and teammates better.  Tyler Duffey is one of the newest membe...47Mon, 17 Apr 2023 02:31:53 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-2-hayden-wesneski-r41/We’ve very nearly attained the summit in our climb up the Cubs’ farm system. Our community has voted on the top 20 players in the system, and today, we tackle the guy who came in second–presumably, because the voters hadn’t seen his first two starts of this season. Several of the players on...41Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:36:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-3-kevin-alc%C3%A1ntara-r39/As we climb another rung up the ladder in our countdown of the top 20 Cubs prospects of 2023, the air starts getting thin. The three remaining players all have risk of some kind, but their upside is real stardom, and they’ve made enough progress in that direction that such an outcome feels like...39Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:12:33 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-4-brennen-davis-r36/As we near the top of the list of the Cubs’ top 20 prospects, the names will get awfully familiar. That doesn’t mean we will cover them any less intensively, though–especially when the player in question has as much dimension and variability as Brennen Davis. An overslot signee in 2018, toda...36Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:36:13 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-5-jordan-wicks-r33/We’ve reached the top five in our countdown of the Cubs’ top 20 prospects, as voted on by the North Side Baseball community, which means each player from here onward gets their own full post and deeper breakdown. 5. Jordan Wicks - LHP Age: 23 2022 Stats (A+/AA): 24 G, 94 ⅔ IP, 3.80 ERA,...33Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:22:36 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-6-10-r32/Our community has voted on the top 20 prospects in the Chicago Cubs farm system, and in our rollout of all 20, we’ve now reached the top 10. This is where the Cubs’ depth starts to give way to real star-caliber upside, mixed with some proximity to the majors. It’s hard to draw distinctions l...32Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:11:16 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-11-15-r27/We’re back, with the second batch of prospects in our countdown of the top 20 youngsters on the Cubs’ farm. This group might have more risk than the bunch just below them, but the upside is higher, too. Though they have many more players with credible big-league futures than most other syste...27Fri, 07 Apr 2023 06:03:55 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/north-side-baseballs-2023-top-20-cubs-prospects-16-20-r26/Welcome to North Side Baseball’s top 20 Cubs prospects list for 2023. We’ll count down to the top of the tops over the next week and a half, including scouting reports and stats from 2022 for all 20 guys. This list is deep and varied, and (to perhaps a greater extent than any such list in th...26Thu, 06 Apr 2023 04:35:22 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/ian-happ-is-learning-r3525/I have to confess, I was pessimistic on Ian Happ entering this season. At the time he was drafted I liked the pick, I'm a big fan of polished bats in the first round, and who could argue the Front Office's process after the immediate success of Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber. Still, Happ underwhelme...3525Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:00:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-news/minor-leagues/control-the-zone-looking-for-the-next-kyle-hendricks-r3518/If you've heard Theo Epstein talk about player development, you've probably heard this phrase: Control the Zone. Short hand for how Theo wants Cubs players to use the strike zone to their advantage, people generally understand the application when it comes to hitters. Work counts in your favor, and...3518Sat, 02 Jul 2016 14:00:00 +0000