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    Tomorrow. Schlaffer today.
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    Scheduled Games (Central Time): Iowa vs. Columbus, 7:08 pm Knoxville at Birmingham, 7:00 pm South Bend vs. Beloit, 6:05 pm Myrtle Beach vs. Augusta, 6:05 pm ACL Cubs at ACL White Sox, 8:00 pm DSL Cubs Blue vs. DSL Brewers Gold, 10:00 am DSL Cubs Red at DSL Mariners, 10:00 am Probable Starters: Iowa: RHP Brandon Birdsell (2025 AAA debut) Knoxville: RHP Tyler Schlaffer (11 IP, 1.64 ERA, 3.09 FIP, 8 K, 4 BB) South Bend: RHP Brooks Caple (34.2 IP, 7.27 ERA, 5.91 FIP, 21 K, 18 BB)
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    Yes, it's fair.
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    No? Being in the top 10, even 5th isn't borderline top 100. This isn't the Cubs system of 2023. The Cubs only have 3 slam dunk top 100 prospects per most major publications - Ballesteros, Caissie and Rojas (some have Alcántara or Wiggins in their top 100s too). Ranking Conrad 5th or later doesn't mean he near the top 100 yet.
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    DSL Cubs Blue: Juan Tomás: 2/4, 2B (4) - .688 OPS DSL Cubs Red (game one): Luis León: 2/3, BB, HR (4) - .897 OPS (age 17) Juan Cabada: 1/3, 2 BB, HR (3) - OPS up to .917 Wilfri de la Cruz: 0/2, 3 BB - .793 OPS DSL Cubs Red (game two): Ivan Cespedes: 3/5, 2 K, 2 HR (5) - .924 OPS (age 19) Juan Cabada and Wilfri de la Cruz had the second game off
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    Scheduled Games (Central Time): ACL Cubs vs. ACL Giants, 8:00 pm DSL Cubs Blue vs. DSL Cleveland Goryl, 10:00 am DSL Cubs Red at DSL Arizona Black (game one), 10:00 am DSL Cubs Red at DSL Arizona Black (game two), TBD All full season teams are off till Friday.
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    I'm going with $1.6 million for Hartshorn because Kiley McDaniel was consistently mocking Hartshorn to the Cubs second round pick (he clearly had good intel) and slot for their second rounder was $1.68 million.
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    @Brock Beauchamp Can you add Kaleb Wing and Josiah Hartshorn?
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    Wow, Kiley McDaniel really liked the Cubs draft: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45709418/mlb-draft-2025-kiley-mcdaniel-recap-analysis-all-30-teams#chc
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    We’re to the point where NDFAs can hit upper 90s:
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    https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ranking-the-10-hottest-mlb-prospects-hot-sheet-7-14-25/
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    Hartshorn had a really good workout at Wrigley. Also sounds like some of the pitchers who pitched in summer leagues right before the draft might be able to get some minor league innings this year itself because they didn't ramp down from their college season (I know Noah Edders pitched in a summer draft league).
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    Yes, completely agree. It doesn't even go for just injured prospects. There's some expectation the Cubs can help Reid coax a bit more velocity and improve his slider/breaking pitch. There's a biomechanics component that goes into the Cubs (and other team's) draft models which can help them notice guys who they feel they can help improve.
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    My wife is a South Carolina alum and she told me there was a falling out between South Carolina coaches and Jerzembeck because the coaches tried to have him rush back from Tommy John, which he felt eventually led to the stress reaction. That was the main reason for him hitting the transfer portal. Given the two surgeries in consecutive years, I wonder if he wasn't sure he'd get drafted this year. If he pitched next season in college, that's great but even otherwise, another, friendlier program would allow him to rehab and do bullpen sessions for MLB teams before the 2026 draft.
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    Juan Tomás: 2/5, K, HR (1) Josias Ramírez: 2/3, BB, K, 2B (2), HR (4) - has hit a home run in consecutive days Chaily Ramírez: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Juan Cabada: 1/3, R, BB, 2B (7) Wilfri de la Cruz: 1/4, 2 K
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    And I'm not gonna shut up about Roch Chowlowsky, BA's way-too-early 2026 mock: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-mlb-mock-draft-way-too-early-top-10-picks-for-next-year/ 1. Roch Chowlosky, SS, UCLA 2. Grady Emerson, SS, Argyle HS (Flower Mound, TX) 3. Jacob Lombard, SS, Gulliver Prep HS (Miami, FL) 4. Kevin Roberts Jr, OF/RHP, Jackson Prep HS (Flowood, MS) 5. Justin Lebron, SS, Alabama 6. Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS (Concord, CA) 7. Derek Curiel, OF, LSU 8. Gio Rojas, LHP, Stoneman Douglas HS (Parkland, FL) 9. Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida 10. Brady Harris, OF, Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, FL)
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    Juan Tomás hit his first pro HR today
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