https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/page/23/?d=7enhttps://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 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/will-ben-brown-and-cade-horton-be-part-of-the-bullpen-solution-for-the-2024-cubs-r484/The Cubs didn't ultimately decide to move on from David Ross until they realized they had a real chance to get Craig Counsell as his replacement. For many fans and neutral observers, though, the Rubicon was really crossed during the late stages of the season, when Ross responded to some late-sea...484Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:15:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-1-pete-crow-armstrong-r476/2023 Season Review Pete Crow-Armstrong entered the season with the hope of many that he may be able to make an impact at the highest level with the Cubs at some point. With strong defense and running, his path to Chicago was fairly clear as long as the bat continued progressing. The good news...476Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-2-cade-horton-r471/2023 Season Review Entering draft night 2022, rumors swirled that the Cubs would likely draft a hitter. Some believed second baseman Temarr Johnson could float his way down to the seventh pick, others like college sluggers like Jacob Berry or Brooks Lee, and there were possibilities of the Cub...471Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-3-matt-shaw-r465/2023 Season Review The Big 10 has a great reputation for producing first-round draft picks in football, hockey, and basketball. Sadly for the conference, it does not have a long history of producing the same high-impact baseball draft picks. Matt Shaw, Big 10 player of the year in 2023, hopes...465Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-4-owen-caissie-r464/2023 Season Review Entering 2023, few Cub prospects have been pushed as aggressively as Owen Caissie. Making his debut in South Bend before he turned 20 and subsequently making his first start in Tennessee before being legally able to purchase alcohol in the States, Caissie has rocketed throug...464Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:18:01 +0000