https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/page/28/?d=7enhttps://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 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-5-kevin-alcantara-r459/2003 Season Review Acquired for Cubs legend and fan favorite Anthony Rizzo during the fire sale of 2021, Kevin Alcantara has been one of the most high-profile prospects in the system. It's rare to see human beings who are 6'6" and can move the way that the Jaguar does, and with his power, it'...459Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-6-jordan-wicks-r458/2023 Season Review In 2019, the Cubs switched from Jason McLeod to Dan Kantrovitz to lead the organization's draft and scouting strategy. Despite 2021 not being his first draft, the 2020 draft was so weird, awkward, and out of the norm that it would be fair to call the 2021 draft, in which Jor...458Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-top-winter-prospects-rankings-7-ben-brown-r449/2023 Season Review Acquired from the Phillies for reliever David Robertson, Ben Brown wasn't a name many were familiar with at the 2022 deadline. With many upset at the Cubs' lack of movement on catcher Willson Contreras, the acquisition of Brown was somewhat under the radar. However, by the e...449Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:18:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/cubs-minor-league/cubs-winter-top-prospects-rankings-8-moises-ballesteros-r444/2023 Season Review Moises Ballesteros, or "Big Mo," does not look like your typical professional baseball player. Listed as 5'7", 197 lbs on the Tennessee Smokies website, these numbers are outdated. Frankly, he looks more like he belongs on the Chicago Bears as a fullback than he does behind...444Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:11:01 +0000