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• Wednesday Rockpile: Hypothesizing trades for the Rockies

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 23, 2025 The trade deadline is just a week away, and the baseball world will stand by to see if the Colorado Rockies actually do anything to sell off pieces. It’s going to be a slow burn, so to pass the time, why not put on our general manager hats once again to look at some hypothetical trades? With ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa’s comeback in St. Paul falls one run short, 10-9

Chase Strumpf | Allan Henry-Imagn Images Just the Pelicans won tonight, although Iowa had an epic comeback and South Bend wasted a terrific start. All-Star Futures Game The National League beat the American League, 4-2. Owen Caissie played the entire game in right field and went 1 for 2 with an RBI double and two walks. One walk had been a strikeout overturned on ABS review. Owen Caissi...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas homers twice as South Bend tops Wisconsin, 6-2

Jefferson Rojas | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK Wins for Iowa, Knoxville and South Bend tonight. The All-Star Futures Game is tomorrow at 3 pm Chicago time. The game will be broadcast on the MLB Network, MLB.tv and MLB dot com. Iowa Cubs star Owen Caissie is on the National League team. The game is seven innings long and the bottom of the seventh inning will be play...2025
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 2)

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Do you have “The Face”? (For the first part of this series, click here.) One of the other weird things I learned about during the intern and draft process initially seemed insane. Used to hearing discussions about bodies – height, weight, length, muscle – I found another interesting aspect scouts liked to talk about – “The Face”. When I first heard one of them ment...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans beat Crawdads, 3-2

Ty Southisene | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images South Bend and Tennessee were rained out. Myrtle Beach wins and Iowa loses. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were battered by the Louisville Bats (Reds), 9-6. Starter Jake Woodford took the loss after allowing four runs on ten hits over five innings. Two of those hits were solo home runs. Woodford struck out two and walked no one, although he did hit on...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa splits a doubleheader with Omaha, 5-3 and 9-5

Chase Strumpf | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa splits a doubleheader. The Pelicans win in extras. Everyone else got rain. Infielder Eriandys Ramon got promoted to Double-A Knoxville from Low-A Myrtle Beach. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs split a doubleheader with the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), winning game one 5-3 and losing the nightcap 9-5 Jake Woodford started game one in...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans beat Crawdads, 3-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas leads South Bend past Wisconsin, 6-2

Jefferson Rojas | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend got the only win in the system tonight. Some bad news from Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were embargoed by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 5-1. Jordan Wicks started this game, struck out one batter and left the game with an apparent injury. Brandon Hughes was pressed into relief and he gave up four runs ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pitching, Owen Caissie lead I-Cubs past St. Paul 1-0

Owen Caissie | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Iowa rides strong pitching and Owen Caissie to a 1-0 win. The Smokies win on a walkoff single by BJ Murray. Some injury news. Smokies outfielder Felix Stevens went on the 60-day injured list. South Bend pitcher Jose Romero, who hasn’t pitched this season, went on the full-season injured list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Horton dazzles, Ballesteros hits and Iowa smashes St. Paul 20-6

Cade Horton | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The I-Cubs exploded for a big win and the other three affiliates got exploded on. The Iowa Cubs activated catcher Caleb Knight. Those Hawkeyes really dominated the Gophers today. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs deconsecrated the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 20-6. Cade Horton was brilliant today with only one blemish—a fourth-inni...2025
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Moises Ballesteros | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs Triple-A affiliate is loaded with prospects. The Iowa Cubs take the field tonight against the Omaha Storm Chasers at 7:08 Central Time at Principal Park in Des Moines. It’s the 45th season that Iowa will be the Cubs’ top farm team. The first thing to know about this Cubs team is that it is absolutely loaded with pr...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Cam Smith homers AGAIN in Pelicans’ 6-2 win

Cam Smith | Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK Cam Smith is on fire down in Myrtle Beach. Wins for Iowa and Tennessee as well. The Cubs promoted right-hander Nick Hull to Double-A Tennessee from High-A South Bend. The Cubs also released right-handed pitcher Josh Staumont. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs roasted the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 5-3 in 11 innings. Terrific start to...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa stops Omaha, 6-5

Luis Vazquez | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Iowa powers past Omaha. Tennessee’s win streak ends. Myrtle Beach keeps reeling. It’s been confirmed that right-hander Hunter Bigge is being promoted to Chicago for his major-league debut. Bigge was a 12th-round pick out of Harvard in 2019. He didn’t join Iowa until June 4 this year as he missed the first two month of the seas...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Riley Thompson takes a no-hitter into the 7th as Iowa tops St. Paul, 8-1.

Riley Thompson | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Terrific pitching and a late rally leads Iowa past St. Paul. The Pelicans walk past Fayetteville—literally. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs defiled the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 8-1. Riley Thompson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning when he gave up a solo home run to DaShawn Keirsey Jr. after two were out. The final line on Thompson was o...2024
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"The only other MLB spring camp pitchers who threw after that were Phil Bickford, who threw a nice scoreless inning with two strikeouts, and Brandon Hughes, who also struck out a pair and had to face two extra hitters after an easy grounder to third base that would have been the third out was thrown away by Chase Strumpf."

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"David Bote, who’s got plenty of MLB experience and has a non-zero chance of playing in the big leagues, went deep in the eighth with a man on base, and Chase Strumpf, who was the Cubs’ second-round pick in 2019 out of UCLA but hasn’t had any big-league chances, homered to complete the Cubs scoring in the ninth."

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", Nick Neidert, Vinny Nittoli, Manuel Rodríguez and Cam Sanders Lefthanded pitchers (7) Ryan Borucki, Roenis Elías, Bailey Horn, Anthony Kay, Brendon Little, Brailyn Márquez and Eric Stout Infielders (7) Sergio Alcántara, David Bote, Matt Mervis, Esteban Quiroz, Chase Strumpf, Andy Weber and Jared Young Outfielders (5) Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ben DeLuzio, Darius Hill, Yonathan Perlaza, and Mike Tauchman Catchers (3) Dom Nuñez, Luis Torrens and Bryce Windham Apart from a couple of the pitchers and maybe Matt Mervis, it’s pretty unlikely that any of these players will make the Cubs’ Opening Day roster."

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"Also, there will be a large number of Cubs prospects appearing in The Road to Wrigley session, including Kevin Alcántara, Miguel Amaya, Ben Brown, Owen Caissie, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Brennen Davis, DJ Herz, Ed Howard, Ryan Jensen, Matt Mervis, Jordan Nwogu, Daniel Palencia, Chase Strumpf and Jordan Wicks."

• Wednesday Rockpile: Hypothesizing trades for the Rockies
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate takes the field. The minor league season starts . . .well, the Triple-A season started yesterday . . .and that means it’s time to take stock of the Cubs minor league farm system. As we’ve written in these pages over the past few months, the Cubs farm system is the strongest it has been since the 2013-15 period that le...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ your daily hero

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The Cubs have looked impressive so far. Let’s keep the string going! WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB base...2024
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• The 2024 Cubs by the numbers

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 59 players in camp, the 40-man roste...2024
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• BCB Top 25 Cubs Prospects: June update
Cade Horton | Rebecca Snyder After two months, we’ve made some adjustments to the prospect list. With a little over two months in on the minor league season and a month away from the draft, it seemed like the right time to do an update to the BCB Top 25 Cubs prospects list. I don’t like to make major changes based on just two months of games. Still, we are approaching the halfway point of ...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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• BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: Introduction and 21 to 25
Porter Hodge | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK Our annual list of the best prospects in the Cubs system begins today. This week is finally here! We’re going to count down the BCB Top 25 Cubs prospects and I hope that you come along for the ride. Today is a brief introduction and a look at prospects 21 through 25. Every day we’ll have five more prospects until we announce the top 5 on F...2023
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• Cubs lose righthander Chris Clarke to Mariners in Rule 5 Draft
Chris Clarke | Tennessee Smokies The Cubs made no selection in the Major League phase. There was a considerable bit of angst among many Cubs fans this offseason because the Cubs had quite a few prospects who might have been protected from the Rule 5 Draft by placing them on the 40-man roster. While the Cubs did protect Kevin Alcántara, Ryan Jensen, Brennen Davis and Ben Brown by placing th...2022
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• Iowa Cubs Wrap: Smart baserunning leads to a 2-1 I-Cubs win

James Triantos | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa rallied for 2 runs in the top of the 9th to beat Indianapolis The Iowa Cubs rallied late to beat Indianapolis (Pirates), 2-1. Chris Flexen started for Iowa and was constantly pitching out of trouble. But for the most part he did. Flexen gave up seven hits and four walks over 4.2 innings, but allowed just one unearned run, ...2025
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• Rockies 7, Cubs 3: The regulars return, but ther result is the same

Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images The starters played today, but only Seiya Suzuki shined under the Arizona sun. The Spring Training games after the Tokyo trip continued today and while the regulars did show up today, they didn’t really show up, if you know what I mean. Except for Seiya Suzuki. The result was a 7-3 loss to a Colorado Rockies split-squad team before 13,257 fans at Sloan P...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Strumpf slugs I-Cubs past Mud Hens, 9-6

Chase Strumpf | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Three losses today, but a win for the I-Cubs. David Bote went on the injured list after taking a pitch in the wrist yesterday. RHP Matthew Thompson was promoted to Iowa from Tennessee, although I assume he’s taking Daniel Palencia’s spot and not Bote’s. In case anyone is new around here, there’s no Minor League Wrap on most Monday...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Jared Young hits a 493-ft HR as Iowa tops St. Paul, 7-5.
Jared Young | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa scores five times after 2 were out to beat St. Paul. The Smokies lose in extras. South Bend and Myrtle Beach just lose. Iowa had an epic comeback and Jared Young hit an epic home run. That was pretty much all the good news tonight. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs scored five runs in the top of the ninth after two were out to def...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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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Saturday 5/27, 6:15 CT
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series against the Reds. Saturday notes... BIRTHDAY GREETINGS: Happy birthday to Cubs radio play-by-play voice Pat Hughes, who turns 68 today. BLOWOUT HISTORY: Thursday’s 10-1 rout by the Mets and Friday’s 9-0 drubbing by the Reds marked just the 13th time since 1901 that the Cubs have lost back-to-back games by at least ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Kyle Hendricks impresses in a 6-1 Iowa win over Mud Hens.
Kyle Hendricks | Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Kyle Hendricks looked sharp in a rehab assignment. The Smokies stage an epic comeback. South Bend jumps all over the Timber Rattlers. Moves today in the Cubs system: The big news was that Cade Horton was promoted to South Bend after four dominating starts in Myrtle Beach. Horton is scheduled to start for South Bend tomor...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa’s comeback in St. Paul falls one run short, 10-9
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans beat Crawdads, 3-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas leads South Bend past Wisconsin, 6-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans clinch 1st half title; beat FredNats, 8-2
Moises Ballesteros | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Pelicans managed to clinch a 1st half title on their final home game of the first half. Iowa and Tennessee also win. Happy Father’s Day to everyone who is a father or who has a father. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs won their fifth-straight game, 12-11 over Indianapolis (Pirates). Nick Neidert put the I-Cubs in an...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa wins 4th-straight with 4 home runs tonight
Jake Slaughter | Margaret Kispert/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa blasts their way to their 4th-straight win. The rest of the system came up short. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs burned the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 10-2. It was Iowa’s fourth-straight win. Starter Nick Neidert got the win after five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits. Neidert walked one and struck out one. Codi Heu...2023
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• Getting to know the Tennessee Smokies
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• The Cubs Convention is back for the first time in three years
Marquee Sports Network Here are some notes from Friday’s Opening Ceremony Marquee Sports Network kicked off coverage of the 2023 Cubs Convention Opening Ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday and while the crowd was a bit smaller than in previous years (there was an entire section of empty chairs to the right of the main stage that was definitely filled in 2020), there was an enthusiastic atmosphere on...2023
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• The Cubs say Tom Ricketts will speak at Cubs Convention
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images What could possibly go wrong? The Cubs sent out a press release Thursday morning detailing events at the Cubs Convention, scheduled to be held January 13-15, 2023, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. The fan convention will kick off Friday, January 13 at 5 p.m. CST with Marquee Sports Network: Red Carpet Special, a college gameday-inspired show, followed by ...2022
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• Cubs 8, Giants 4: Brennen Davis makes his case

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Cubs prospect looks healthy, at last. Brennen Davis was all over Top 100 prospect lists from 2020-22 and played in the 2021 Futures Game. The outfielder, who the Cubs took in the second round in 2018 out of high school in Arizona, seemed like one of those proverbial “can’t-miss” prospects, a guy who was going to make the big leagu...2024
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• Cubs 5, Rangers 1: Drew Smyly and Jordan Wicks show their stuff

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Sunday’s game featured very good outings from this pair of Cubs lefthanders. With Jameson Taillon now possibly missing Opening Day, the Cubs will possibly need an extra starter to fill in. One of those potential starters is Drew Smyly, and he had a fine outing against the Rangers. So did Jordan Wicks, who’s in contention for the fifth starter spot. The entire ...2024
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• Cubs reduce spring roster to 42

Matt Mervis | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Five more roster cuts were announced Sunday. The Cubs today reduced the spring roster from 47 to 42 players. Right-handed pitcher Keegan Thompson and infielder Matt Mervis have been optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Three non-roster invitees have been assigned to minor league camp: right-handed pitcher Cam Sanders, catcher Bryce Windham and infield...2024
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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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• Some thoughts about the Cubs’ 40-man roster
Brennen Davis bats during Spring Training 2022 | Diamond Images/Getty Images ... and who will, and won’t, be protected as we head into Rule 5 Draft season. This is going to be an offseason of great change for the Chicago Cubs. This, we already know, as they perhaps get ready to make acquisitions that will help them contend in 2023. It’s also an offseason of decisions for quite a few player...2022
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• BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: Introduction and 21 to 25
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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas homers twice as South Bend tops Wisconsin, 6-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans beat Crawdads, 3-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa splits a doubleheader with Omaha, 5-3 and 9-5
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans use the long ball to snap a five-game losing streak.

Leonel Espinoza | Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Iowa wins again. The Pelicans snap a five-game losing streak. The Cubs have re-signed RHP Caleb Kilian and assigned him to Iowa. Lefty Luke Little has been optioned down to Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs excommunicated the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 6-2. Jordan Wicks got scratched again from his scheduled start and so Keegan Thompso...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: I-Cubs Flexen, Wicks combine to shut out Mud Hens, 2-0

Jordan Wicks | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Iowa and Knoxville show terrific pitching in wins. South Bend loses a slugfest. One day after going from South Bend to Iowa, lefty Chase Watkins went back down to South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs roasted the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 2-0. Chris Flexen started and got the win with six innings, allowing just three hits. Flexen struck out fou...2025
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• Rockies 7, Cubs 3: The regulars return, but ther result is the same
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• Minor League Wrap: Barons beat Smokies 12-5 to even up playoff series

Benjamin Cowles | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Smokies fail to close out the Barons. Iowa loses late to Rochester. Three Pelicans were named to the Carolina League All-Star Team. Cristian Hernandez was named the shortstop, Jacob Wetzel was one of the three outfielders and Nico Zeglin was one of the two relievers named to the team. No South Bend C...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Strumpf slugs I-Cubs past Mud Hens, 9-6
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