https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/page/19/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/2024-chicago-cubs-top-20-prospects-roundtable-20-16-r600/With the last leg of the offseason wrapping up, and with publications like Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America, ESPN and others releasing their top-100 lists for prospects throughout the league, I and @Josh Illes wanted to revisit the user-voted Top-20 list I explored in the early part of the...600Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:37:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/destination-the-show-episode-24-offseason-review-r611/ In episode 24 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and JD recap the offseasons of the Brewers, Cubs, and Twins before answering listener questions.  0:00 Intro 1:40 Fanzine winners 3:10 Big Podcast Rankings News 7:09 Brewers Offseason Recap 8:58 Burnes Trade 19:36 Cubs...611Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:50:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/2024-prospect-previews-michael-carico-r605/Michael Carico was one of my favorite under-the-radar signings in the 2023 MLB Draft class. In particular, he was a sneakily good selection given the Cubs' sad-trombone combination of not much money and not many picks in the higher rounds. The catcher position was barren in 2023. After Blake Mit...605Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:21:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/2024-prospect-previews-will-sanders-r584/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 the class per the Consensus Board. What can Cubs fans expect from Sanders in 2024? Let’s dig in. The college pitching demogra...584Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:21:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/2024-prospect-previews-josh-rivera-r569/With their third-round selection (the 81st overall pick) in the 2023 MLB draft, the Chicago Cubs selected Josh Rivera, out of the University of Florida. Rivera was the 95th-ranked overall player on our consensus board, and added a senior sign to the Cubs draft haul after the team went over slot...569Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:22:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/owen-caissie-batted-ball-data-milb-scouting-report/It's not as though Owen Caissie is a sure thing. He struck out over 30 percent of the time in Double A in 2023, a red flag consistent with the rest of his professional track record. That's why the Cubs aren't banking on him. On the other hand, Caissie hits the stuffing out of the ball. Baseball...567Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:16:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/what-does-the-new-baseball-prospectus-top-101-prospect-list-say-about-the-cubs-farm-system-r556/Over the last five years, the Chicago Cubs have methodically built up their developmental system. Hiring former relief pitcher Craig Breslow (once dubbed "the smartest person in baseball") to develop their pitching, Dan Kantrovitz from Oakland to run their drafts, and a multitude of hitting dire...556Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:04:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/2024-prospect-previews-jaxon-wiggins-r553/The Cubs drafted Jaxon Wiggins with the 68th pick in the 2023 draft, with a compensatory pick they acquired when Willson Contreras departed as a free agent. Wiggins is a pitching prospect out of the University of Arkansas and ranked as the 128th-best prospect on our pre-Draft consensus board. Su...553Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:19:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/matt-mervis-swing-changes-prospect-status-minor-league-data/Once an undrafted free agent pitcher out of Duke, Matt Mervis soared in 2022. Ending on a high note in Iowa, the first baseman could reasonably have hoped to break camp with the Cubs for much of last winter, due to his addition to the 40-man and his overwhelmingly excellent results over three le...538Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:09:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/jason-kanzler-named-cubs-director-of-player-development-r530/Michael Schwab of The Juice Box Journal substack, a site that covers the Houston Astros, tweeted that "Jason Kanzler is joining the Chicago Cubs as their Director of Player Development."   Kanzler has spent the past two seasons as a hitting coach with the Houston Astros.  A nativ...530Tue, 02 Jan 2024 03:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/unsung-minor-leaguers-porter-hodge-r492/The 2022 season went really well for Porter Hodge, a 13th-round selection in the 2019 draft. With a ridiculous ground-ball rate and good home-run prevention in 69 innings at Myrtle Beach, followed up with (seemingly) improved control in South Bend, 2023 was shaping up as a really strong year for...492Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:08:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/ben-browns-fastball-is-unique-is-that-good-r487/The good news is that Ben Brown has a genuinely unique fastball. The lanky righthander has a high release point, good velocity, and plenty of movement, and it's particularly unusual to see the combination of the three that he sports. He marries that heater with a bevy of other offerings, includi...487Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:46:56 +0000