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• Cubs acquire infielder Hayden Cantrelle in Triple-A phase of Rule 5 Draft

Otherwise, the Rule 5 was a dud, and the Cubs lost a handful of minor leaguers. The Cubs didn’t figure to choose anyone in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft this year, instead likely opting to keep their three open 40-man roster spots available for trades or free-agent signings. And so, they didn’t. Nor did the Cubs lose anyone in the Major League phase of the draft, which was held Wednes...2023
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• 2023 Cubs prospect profiles: Luis Vázquez

Luis Vázquez plays in the Arizona Fall League in 2021 | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images He’s been around for a bit but progress, as they say, isn’t linear, and he jumped a couple of levels in 2023. This series of Cubs prospect profiles is based on Fangraphs’ top 52 prospects list, minus the players who have already been profiled. Generally, these will be of Triple-...2023
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• The Tennessee Smokies are Southern League Champions!

Tennessee Smokies The Smokies won their first undisputed Southern League title since 1978 The Tennessee Smokies completed a 2-0 sweep of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins) with a 10-3 shellacking. The win was the Smokies first title since 2004 and the first undisputed title since 1978 for the franchise. With a 8-4 win against Pensacola at home on Sunday, the Smokies traveled to Florida a...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies take game 1 of title series, 8-4

BJ Murray Jr. | Zachary BonDurant-USA TODAY Sports The Smokies are one win away from a title. Iowa’s season ends with two losses. It’s the final day of the year for the Iowa Cubs. Smokies go first today, since they’re in the playoffs. Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies reeled in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins), 8-4 to win game one of the best-of-three Southern League Championshi...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Alcántara powers Smokies into Southern League Championship Series, 5-1 over Lookouts

Kevin Alcántara | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Smokies advance to the title series. Iowa wins 8th-straight. Right-handed reliever Frankie Scalzo Jr. was named to the Midwest League All-Star Team. Scalzo pitched 35 times for the Cubs and went 4-4 with a 2.35 ERA and ten saves. He struck out 64 and walked 21 in 66 1⁄3 innings. Good news out of Chattanooga tonight. Tennessee Smokies T...2023
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• Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: September 16

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Iowa won the day, while the Smokies opted for extra innings. Hello all, another Ashley minor leagues recap, I hope you didn’t mind the last one! Rest assured Josh will be back to regularly scheduled programming soon. It was an interesting night at the park for the two Cubs’ affiliates taking the field tonight. Let’s take a look at wh...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies take game 1 of title series, 8-4
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton throws 5 scoreless innings as Smokies beat Lookouts, 8-4

Cade Horton | MATTIE NERETIN / USA TODAY NETWORK Wins tonight for the Smokies and Pelicans In case you missed it, Jordan Wicks was scratched from his scheduled start in Indianapolis this afternoon. The Cubs said the move was not injury-related. I think it’s safe to assume this move was made in preparation for a promotion to Chicago. Or the front office is just messing with our heads. With...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Caissie hits 2 HR as Smokies stop Lookouts, 9-2
Owen Caissie | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Lots of movement in the Cubs’ system, but Owen Caissie keeps blasting home runs. So a lot of stuff went down today. Including three first-round draft picks changing teams. (OK, one was a Mets first-round pick.) Outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was promoted to Iowa from Tennessee. Right-hander Carlos Guzman was demoted ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Jared Young walks it off for Iowa with a home run
Jared Young | Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images Iowa has their second walk-off home run in as many days. Although he didn’t pitch today, 2021 third-round pick, lefthander Drew Gray, was promoted to Myrtle Beach today. Gray’s professional career has been slowed by missing all of last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Everyone wins today, but there’s a bad en...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard has 3 hits in South Bend return
Ed Howard | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Ed Howard and Kevin Alcántara have big games, but South Bend loses. Iowa gives up 2 grand slams and falls to St. Paul. But both Tennessee and Myrtle Beach win! It’s Tuesday, so that means there are transactions. We’ve got big news from two former first-round picks. First, right-hander Ryan Jensen was promoted to Triple-A I...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cole Roederer, Smokies top Lookouts, 5-4
Cole Roederer | Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We can now call three minor league games as wins for the Cubs. We’re still waiting on results from Iowa. Two Iowa pitchers, Vinny Nittoli and Tyler Duffey, opted out of their minor-league deals today. The Cubs have 48 hours to either give them a major-league deal (which would put them on the 40-man and not necessarily th...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton dazzles, but South Bend loses 5-2 to TinCaps anyway
Cade Horton | Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK Some good performances this evening, but only Iowa managed to get a win. And they lost too. Some movement in the minors today. Infielder Chase Strumpf got promoted to Triple-A Iowa. He’d been in Double-A since June 1, 2021. Infielder Scott McKeon was promoted to Double-A Tennessee. Infielder Pedro Ramirez and outfie...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 28, 2023
Víctor Reyes had a 5-RBI day between two games. | @laurawolffphoto/@KnightsBaseball Today’s system tally: One rainout, one game suspended, one doubleheader, two wins, one loss Box score link game one Doubleheader game one, making up for last night’s rainout, brought the Knights back to .500 with their 6-3 comeback victory. At ti...2023
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• Getting to know the Tennessee Smokies
Owen Caissie | Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The roster of the Cubs Double-A affiliate is absolutely loaded with top prospects. The Tennessee Smokies, the Cubs’ Double-A affiliate since 2007, announced their 2023 roster Tuesday. This year’s roster is packed with the top prospects in the Cubs’ system. It shouldn’t really be a surprise that the Smokies are loaded, s...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend finishes regular season with a win, 9-2 over Kernels
Jonathan Sierra | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK The South Bend Cubs and Myrtle Beach Pelicans finish their regular season before the playoffs. The Smokies and I-Cubs both lis It’s the last day of the regular season for the Pelicans and South Bend Cubs. Both teams made the playoffs, however, and will start their postseason series on Tuesday. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were sauced by the...2022
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"Following a strikeout, the Cubs put together four straight well-struck singles by Brennen Davis, Darius Hill, Andy Weber and Esteban Quiroz to score three times and take a 6-5 lead."

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"Delvin Zinn didn’t start this game, but he went into shortstop after Andy Weber was hit by a pitch."

• Cubs acquire infielder Hayden Cantrelle in Triple-A phase of Rule 5 Draft
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• 2023 Cubs prospect profiles: Luis Vázquez
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• Minor League Wrap: Caissie hits 2 HR as Smokies stop Lookouts, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Yonathan Perlaza homers twice as Iowa comes back to stun Memphis, 13-9
Yonathan Perlaza | Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Iowa comes back and beats Memphis. The Smokies stop the Trash Pandas. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs grounded the Memphis Redbirds (Cardlinas), 13-9. Tonight was a bullpen game for the I-Cubs, so Brendon Little started and pitched the first 2.1 innings. Little surrendered three runs on five hits over 2.2 innings. Little struck out two and walked ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: 2nd-round pick Jaxon Wiggins signs; wins for all the full-season teams
Jaxon Wiggins | Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The Cubs have signed every pick in their recent draft. Iowa and South Bend hang on for wins. The Smokies and Pelicans won with less difficulty. The Cubs signed second round compensation pick Jaxon Wiggins, a right-handed pitcher from Arkansas, for a bonus of $1,401,500. The slot value of his pick was $1,101,000. The deal was announced just ...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 28, 2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies shut out Trash Pandas, 6-0
Cole Roederer | Tennessee Smokies The Smokies pitched out of a lot of jams, got some key hits and shut out the Trash Pandas. The Pelicans wasted some great early-game pitching. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were cast out by the Saint Paul Saints (Twins), 6-3. Adbert Alzolay started this game on a rehab assignment and things did not go well—at first. Then things changed. After a single, two ste...2022
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• Minor League Wrap: Caissie hits 2 HR as Smokies stop Lookouts, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard has 3 hits in South Bend return
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• Minor League Wrap: Cole Roederer, Smokies top Lookouts, 5-4
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• Cubs 6, Rockies 5: The sub Cubs come through
Brennen Davis | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images After all the regulars departed, some Cubs minor leaguers put together a ninth-inning rally. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Wins and losses mean nothing in Spring Training, yet the Cubs’ come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Rockies at Salt River Fields Sunday afternoon felt... well, pretty good. Some guys who could be part of the ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Yonathan Perlaza, Smokies, beat M-Braves, 8-7
Yonathan Perlaza | Tennessee Smokies Iowa and the Smokies won today. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs shattered the Louisville Bats (Reds) 5-4. The two teams split the six-game series with three wins each. Starter Matt Swarmer got good results, but he did have to throw a lot of pitches to get there (67), so he only went 3.2 innings. He allowed one run on three hits. Swarmer walked two and struck o...2022
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• Minor League Wrap: Four teams, six wins and no losses today in the minors
Manuel Espinoza | Larry Kave/Myrtle Beach Pelicans Some great pitching and timely hitting meant the Cubs minor league system had a rare 6-0 day. I took the day away from watching the games because of some family obligations. But I’m here to recap the action anyway—just forgive me if I missed something important. They did so well that I’m probably banned from ever watching again. I’m sure i...2023
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• Pete Crow-Armstrong is among 32 non-roster players invited to Cubs Spring Training
Pete Crow-Armstrong bats for the Cubs in Spring Training last March | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The team announced its NRI’s today. The Cubs announced Monday that 32 non-roster players would be invited to major league Spring Training, joining the players on the 40-man roster, so 72 total players will be in camp. The team’s first pitcher/catcher workout will be...2023
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• Darius Hill, Yonathan Perlaza, six other Cubs reassigned to minor-league camp
Darius Hill | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The spring roster now stands at 66 players. The Cubs announced their first roster cuts of Spring Training 2023 Monday morning. Eight non-roster invitees have been assigned to minor league camp: left-handed pitcher Brailyn Marquez, catcher Bryce Windham, infielders Esteban Quiroz, Chase Strumpf, Andy Weber and Jared Young...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Crow-Armstrong leads Iowa past Louisville, 7-5

Pete Crow-Armstrong | Dylan Heuer Iowa hangs on to win. Brennen Davis has a good rehab game. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs burned the Louisville Bats (Reds), 7-5. Starter Caleb Kilian pitched 4.2 innings and was touched for two runs, one earned, on five hits. Kilian walked one and struck out three. Because Kilian came one out short of five innings, the win went to Samuel Reyes in relief. But Rey...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend no-hits Peoria!
South Bend Cubs A combined nine-inning no-hitter for South Bend. The four full-season teams go 5-0. The Cubs released left-handed pitcher Didier Vargas. Right-handed pitcher Riley Thompson was sent from Iowa to the Development List. Wow, I picked a bad night to work on other projects rather than pay close attention to the minors. We are starting with South Bend tonight. South Bend Cubs T...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Yonathan Perlaza homers twice as Iowa comes back to stun Memphis, 13-9
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies take game 1 of title series, 8-4
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• Minor League Wrap: Alcántara powers Smokies into Southern League Championship Series, 5-1 over Lookouts
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• Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: September 16
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend falls to Fort Wayne, 6-2

Kevin Alcántara | Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK Everyone loses tonight, so that’s a bummer. In the olden days (like, 2019), this would be the start of the final weekend of the minor league regular season. Catcher David Avitia was assigned back to Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa. Right-handed pitcher Blake Whitney was promoted to Triple-A Iowa. Wish I had better...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Jordan Nwogu leads Smokies comeback win over Lookouts, 6-5 in 10

Jordan Nwogu | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK The Smokies storm back to beat Chattanooga. The Pelicans split a doubleheader. The Cubs’ tenth-round pick, Luis Martinez-Gomez, has been promoted to Myrtle Beach. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Pirates), 2-1. Shane Greene was really the hard-luck loser, as Alexander Canario misjudged a line drive to right in the second inni...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton throws 5 scoreless innings as Smokies beat Lookouts, 8-4
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans pop the Woodpeckers, 8-1

Brett Bateman | Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via Imagn Content Services, LLC Just the Pelicans win on Sunday. Iowa did keep their winning streak alive by getting rained out. Iowa Cubs Rained out in Omaha. A makeup date has not yet been announced. Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies were shelled by the Biloxi Shuckers (Brewers), 14-7. Starter Joe Nahas got the loss after he was...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Yonathan Perlaza homers twice as Iowa comes back to stun Memphis, 13-9
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• Minor League Wrap: 2nd-round pick Jaxon Wiggins signs; wins for all the full-season teams
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• Minor League Wrap: Edwin Ríos hits a 450-foot walk-off home run as Iowa beats Indy, 5-3
Edwin Ríos | Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Iowa wins on a monster walk-off home run by Edwin Ríos. The Smokies sweep a doubleheader and South Bend wins a wild one. Iowa Cubs Edwin Ríos hit a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth as the Iowa Cubs beat Indianapolis (Pirates), 5-3. Hayden Wesneski was terrific in his start today, pitching five scoreless innings and allo...2023
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