https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/page/25/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-14-bj-murray-r414/2023 Season Review B.J. Murray entered the 2023 season as a prospect who had already shown that perhaps MLB teams slept on the Bahamian in the 2021 draft. A 15th-round selection out of Florida Atlantic University, Murray had a great season in two stops, Myrtle Beach and South Bend, in 2022. P...414Sun, 05 Nov 2023 13:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/brett-bateman-provides-potential-on-base-skills-and-gold-gloves-r418/Brett Bateman grew up in baseball. His father is the head coach at Augsburg University in St. Paul and has been coaching for most of his son's life.  "I've always been around the game. I remember as a little kid, going to the Metrodome, being a batboy on the field. Cheering in the stands. B...418Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-15-daniel-palencia-r412/2023 Season Review Daniel Palencia's 2023 is similar to our #16 ranked prospect, Luke Little. Much like Little, Palencia entered the 2023 season as a member of the starting rotation. Making five starts in Tennessee, Palencia had some ups and downs in his first 15 innings. While being able to hit...412Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:18:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-16-luke-little-r409/2023 Season Review Entering 2023, Luke Little was still being deployed as a starting pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization with the hope that one day, he could be a part of the rotation. After four starts in South Bend, however, Luke Little's trajectory was changed rapidly when he was moved...409Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:17:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-17-michael-arias-r408/2023 Season Review Michael Arias has had a strange, fun, and winding route to becoming a top-20 organizational prospect. Originally signed as a shortstop by the Toronto Blue Jays, the Cubs scooped up Arias post-Covid to turn him from a shortstop into a pitcher. Since then, Michael Arias had no...408Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-18-josh-rivera-r405/2023 Season Review Headed into the 2023 draft cycle, Josh Rivera, an infielder with the Florida Gators, wasn't on anyone's draft board as a possible top-100 selection. A 22-year-old junior this season, Rivera had posted fine, albeit unimpressive, lines over the course of two full SEC campaign...405Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-19-cristian-hernandez-r403/2023 Season Review Cristian Hernandez was once considered to be a massive international free-agent coup by the Cubs. Despite coming a bit later than anticipated, Hernandez was given a $3m bonus in the winter of 2021. Coming with massive expectations, Hernandez has struggled to hit those lofty co...403Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospect-rankings-20-luis-vazquez-r402/2023 Season Review Very few Cubs prospects had their prospect star rise as much throughout the 2023 season as Luis Vazquez did. A player with whom very few were acquainted, Vazquez ended the season as the de facto shortstop in Iowa despite starting the year in Tennessee as a repeater. A strong...402Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:15:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/destination-the-show-episode-8-r389/0:00 - Introduction and how we feel about the Twins and Brewers seasons coming to an end. The trio of teams that are covered are now all done playing... but the offseason! 5:00 - The draft order is not set yet, but it's starting to clear up. What does this mean for the Cubs, Brewers and Twi...389Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:23:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-send-eight-minor-leaguers-to-arizona-fall-league-r371/On Monday, the 2023 Arizona Fall League season will begin. Prospects from around Major League Baseball will play games about six days a week over the next six weeks with the league’s championship game on November 11th.  The Brewers prospects will be playing for the Surprise Saguaros this se...371Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:48:33 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/minor-league-recap-the-end-is-near-r358/Iowa Cubs, AAA (3-3)  Sadly, two did become one, with Iowa missing out on the AAA playoffs, ending their 2023 season. The week started strong, winning three more games, until they hit a speed bump and dropped the final three. It's hard to blame Iowa for the late-season struggles, as injuries t...358Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/minor-league-recap-two-out-two-left-r345/Iowa Cubs, AAA (5-1)  It's good to see Iowa have a great week for once. Not only did Pete Crow-Armstrong get his much-anticipated promotion, Iowa rattled off five straight wins. The Cubs had been struggling recently, but a home set against St. Paul seemed to be the cure. Iowa has one last regu...345Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:10:00 +0000