https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/page/15/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-year-2024-r1145/Yesterday, we named Brandon Birdsell as the Cubs Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year. Today, we will discuss the most exciting relief pitchers in the Cubs minor league affiliates. The Cubs saw their major-league bullpen collapse early in the season, helping to create a hole that could...1145Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:18:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/destination-the-show-episode-53-afl-rosters-are-here-r1144/In episode 53 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie start by breaking down their rooting interests in the playoffs, and ask if the end of season is even more frustrating for Twins fans with two AL Central teams making an October run. Next they dig into some discussion on coaching staff turn...1144Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:04:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-year-2024-r1143/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 pitching in the Cubs minor leagues.  The Cubs top four big league starters pitched to the tune of 7.4 WAR, and overall the core starters of Shot...1143Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:25:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-2024-r1140/To kick off our Cubs full-season minor league awards, the best offensive prospects come into the spotlight. Who are the prospects most ready to help the big league club? Who is climbing the development ladder for future impact? NorthSide Baseball writers voted for these awards using...1140Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:20:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-short-season-minor-league-pitcher-of-the-year-2024-r1137/Yesterday, we named Anderson Suriel the North Side Baseball Short-Season Minor League Hitter of the Year. Today, we will discuss the pitchers in the two Cubs Complex Leagues, the Arizona Complex League (ACL) and the Dominican Summer League (DSL).  The Cubs season definitely did not end the...1137Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-short-season-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-2024-r1135/The first awards we are going to hand out are the short-season minor-league awards. These awards go to players for their statistics in the Dominican Summer League (DSL) or the Arizona Complex League (ACL).  NorthSide Baseball writers voted for these awards using only ACL or DSL stats. It do...1135Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/moises-ballesteros-leads-cubs-contingent-to-the-arizona-fall-league-r1133/The Cubs prospects will be playing with the Mesa Solar Sox. Their eight minor leaguers will be joined by minor leaguers from the Angels, A's, Rays, and Red Sox organizations. The season will start next weekend and will run through November 14th. That is followed by two days of playoffs.  Th...1133Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/a-late-approach-adjustment-has-one-slugging-cubs-prospect-looking-more-mlb-ready-r1111/It's been an eventful season for Owen Caissie, and ultimately, it's also been a successful one. He's been a steady producer for the Iowa Cubs, though he's never forced the issue and looks unlikely to get a taste of the big leagues before the campaign is over. In 514 plate appearances at Iowa, he...1111Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:36:03 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/iowa-cubs-lineup-owen-caissie-ed-howard-matt-shaw/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 progress in his offensive game), and down on the farm, most of the Cubs best-and-brightest have been shades of "good" to "great" on...1107Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:55:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/why-the-cubs-should-promote-cam-smith-to-south-bend-immediately-r1064/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 guy who will lock down the hot corner in their next championship-winning core. He was regarded highly by MLB Pipeline coming out of college, with 55-grade hit and f...1064Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:28:12 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/there-are-encouraging-signs-but-matt-shaw-is-a-long-way-from-ready-to-succeed-in-mlb-r1062/One of the privileges of living in our time is that we all have considerable access to highlights of even minor-league players. It's easier to get tangibly excited, and to gain a real sense of a player's strengths, than it was for fans who wanted to follow top prospects a decade or two ago--let...1062Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/catching-up-on-potential-september-call-up-slugger-owen-caissie-r1046/The San Diego Padres drafted Owen Caissie in the second round of the 2020 MLB draft, which was shortened to five rounds due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Before he could step into the box with the Padres, AJ Preller shipped him off, along with two other prospects, for Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini....1046Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:15:01 +0000