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• Minor League Wrap: Edgar Alvarez’s home run the difference as South Bend wins 1-0

Edgar Alvarez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend wins a 1-0 game. Myrtle Beach scores 19 over the RiverDogs. RHP Kenta Maeda has opted out of his contract with the Cubs and was released. LHP Victor Zarraga was promoted to Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Pirates), 5-2. Spencer Turnbull started and ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Brandon Birdsell and I-Cubs stop Indy, 6-2

Brandon Birdsell | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK The trade deadline is over and the remaining Cubs prospects relaxed and all won tonight. Catcher Jairo Diaz was promoted to Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa. In case you were wondering where all the prospects the Cubs traded away were playing: Iowa: Christian Franklin OF Knoxville: Ryan Gallagher RHP, Sam Armstrong RHP Sou...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Javier Assad makes a strong rehab appearance in Iowa’s 5-2 win

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Javier Assad and Yency Almonte make rehab appearances as Iowa and Knoxville win. The Cubs have activated right-hander Porter Hodge and assigned him to Iowa. Right-hander Dawson Netz joins Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa. There are some big rehab assignments today that we’ll get to. These are the final group of minor league games before the Trade Deadline...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2

Ariel Armas | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Wins for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. Miguel Amaya starts his rehab. Lots of draftees sign. Right-hander Chris Kachmar was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Knoxville. Left-hander Chase Watkins was promoted to Knoxville from High-A South Bend. The Cubs signed a ton of draft picks and assigned them all to the ACL ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans Florentino, Camacho combine to no-hit Augusta

Jostin Florentino, Owen Ayers, Kevin Camacho | Myrtle Beach Pelicans Very little offense tonight, but the Pelicans didn’t need much as they no-hit Augusta As you might expect after a four-day break, there were a ton of moves in the Cubs farm system today. First off, first-round pick Ethan Conrad has signed. Conrad’s bonus was $3,563,100. which was $1,187,700 below the slot value for the 17...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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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Jose Escobar’s 10th inning slam leads Pelicans past Crawdads, 10-7

Jose Escobar | Katie Goodale / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Wins for Knoxville and Myrtle Beach. Right-hander Tyson Miller starts a rehab assignment with Iowa again. Right-hander Brody McCullough, who hasn’t pitched in over a year due to multiple injuries, starts a rehab assignment in Mesa. Three of the four full-season teams played day games today. Only Knoxville was under the ligh...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Jordan Wicks strong, but Iowa bats go silent in 2-1 loss to Toledo

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Some good pitching tonight throughtout the system, but the bats went mostly silent. Right-hander Kohl Franklin, who missed almost all of 2024 with elbow surgery, joins South Bend on a rehab assignment. It was an early day for most of the system, as three of the four teams played day games. Only the Pelicans continued their commitment to being...2025
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• Get to know the South Bend Cubs

Yovanny Cabrera | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs high-A affiliate features some strong pitching this year. The final of our four minor league affiliates is the closest one to Chicago, the High-A South Bend Cubs of the Midwest League. The South Bend Cubs start their season tonight at Beloit. Their home opener at Four Winds Field is on Monday at 7:05 Eastern T...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Cam Smith sets record with another HR as Pelicans win 4-1

Cam Smith | Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images Cam Smith is the hottest player in the minors right now. The Smokies take one more step towards a second-half crown. We’re all just living in Cam Smith’s world at the moment. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs laid an egg against the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 5-3. Adrian Houser started and got the loss. Houser allowed four runs on five hits over five ...2024
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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: Alfonsin Rosario leads Pelicans to doubleheader sweep of the Fireflies

Alfonsin Rosario | Myrtle Beach Pelicans Wins for the Pelicans and Complex League. Losses for Iowa and South Bend. Rain for the Smokies. The following ten Cubs draft picks have signed: 1st round Cam Smith 3B 2nd round Cole Mathis 3B 3rd round Ronny Cruz SS 5th round Ariel Arias C 6th round Ryan Gallagher RHP 7th round Ivan Brethowr OF 8th round Edgar Alvarez INF 9th round Brooks Caple RHP...2024
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Chicago Cubs recap

Ty Southisene | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The 2024 MLB Draft is now complete. Here are some initial thoughts. The 2024 MLB Draft is now over, and the important thing is that there are 20 new members of the Cubs family. The Cubs had a well-balanced draft, with nine pitchers (six right-handers and thee left-handers) and eleven position players. There were seven infielders, two outfie...2024
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Day 2 recap and Day 3 open thread

Ronny Cruz | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The draft concludes with rounds 11 through 20 today. Day 2 of the 2024 MLB Draft is done and the final Day 3, which covers rounds 11 through 20, starts today at 1 p.m. Central Time. This round will be rapid fire, with picks coming via conference call as soon at the last one is announced. You can listen in at MLB.com. The Cubs made eight picks ...2024
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"Left fielder Edgar Alvarez provided South Bend’s only run with a solo shot in the the fourth inning."

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"Cubs eighth-round pick, first baseman Edgar Alvarez, joins South Bend."

• Minor League Wrap: Edgar Alvarez’s home run the difference as South Bend wins 1-0
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• Minor League Wrap: Brandon Birdsell and I-Cubs stop Indy, 6-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans Florentino, Camacho combine to no-hit Augusta
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• Minor League Wrap: Tyler Schlaffer and South Bend shut out Ft. Wayne, 5-0

Tyler Schlaffer | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend shuts out Ft. Wayne. Iowa and Myrtle Beach also win. The Cubs signed catcher Sammy Sass and assigned him to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Sass last played for Wright State in 2024. Right-hander Tyson Miller has cleared waivers and has been assigned to the Iowa Cubs. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs br...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend rallies past Ft. Wayne, 11-9

Jozhan Oquendo | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend was the only winner tonight. Moisés Ballesteros and Owen Caissie homer in Iowa’s loss. The big news is that the City of Myrtle Beach and the Pelicans came to an agreement on a new lease that will keep the Pelicans in Myrtle Beach for another 30 years. An open letter from Myrtle Beach Pelic...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Alfonsin Rosario leads Pelicans to doubleheader sweep of the Fireflies
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Chicago Cubs recap
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• Minor League Wrap: Edgar Alvarez’s home run the difference as South Bend wins 1-0
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• Minor League Wrap: Shōta sings in rehab appearance for Iowa in Nashville

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Shōta Imanaga has a strong rehab appearance. Porter Hodge did not. BJ Murray sends Knoxville home happy. Wins for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. It depends on how he feels tonight and tomorrow morning, but there was nothing on the mound in Nashville today that indicates that Shōta Imanaga is not ready to return to the Cubs. It was the first game of the second ha...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Louisville

Owen Caissie | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Everyone wins! Iowa wins twice. Everyone wins! Even the major league team and the ACL team! The Cubs system was 7-0 tonight. (The two Dominican Summer League teams went 1-1 if you want to be pedantic about it.) Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Louisville Bats (Reds), 10-2 and 5-4 in nine in...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Tyler Schlaffer and South Bend shut out Ft. Wayne, 5-0
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• Minor League Wrap: Jonathon Long, Christian Franklin lead I-Cubs to 7-5 win

Jonathon Long | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Iowa slugs past Columbus. Myrtle Beach outlasts Hickory. Right-hander Keegan Thompson went on the injured list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs impounded the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 7-5. Kenta Maeda made his second Cubs start and like his first one, he struggled badly in the first inning. Tonight Maeda got hammered for five ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Jose Escobar’s 10th inning slam leads Pelicans past Crawdads, 10-7
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• Minor League Wrap: Cam Smith sets record with another HR as Pelicans win 4-1
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• Minor League Wrap: Owen Caissie homers as Iowa beats Omaha, 4-2

Owen Caissie | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Lots of movement in the system today. Wins for Iowa and Tennessee. There were a ton of moves in the minor league system today. I hope I catch them all for you. I’ve already mentioned that top prospects James Triantos, Kevin Alcántara and Matt Shaw all left Tennessee for Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs also signed right-hander Adrian Hous...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Kevin Alcántara hits his first Triple-A HR in Iowa loss

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Not much offense going on the minors tonight. Will all the players coming in, some had to go. Today, the Cubs released right-handers Scarlyn Lebron and Francis Reynoso. Both had pitched for the Pelicans this year. Also, Pelicans infielder Christopher Paciolla was transferred to the development list. Everyone loses today. Except the Pelicans. ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Jonathon Long, Christian Franklin lead I-Cubs to 7-5 win
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• Minor League Wrap: Ariel Armas leads South Bend past Dayton, 9-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Shōta sings in rehab appearance for Iowa in Nashville
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• Minor League Wrap: Brian Kalmer homers as South Bend beats TinCaps, 9-5

Brian Kalmer | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend stops Ft. Wayne in the only win of the evening. Just three days after he was promoted to the Iowa Cubs, left-hander Blake Weiman went back down to Double-A Tennessee. Right-hander Cam Sanders joins Iowa from the Development List. Right-hander Luis A. Reyes joins Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Louisville
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies shut out Clingstones, 4-0

Chris Kachmar | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Knoxville tosses a shutout for the only win of the day. All the buzz in the minors today came from when Iowa manager Marty Pevey removed Matt Shaw from the starting lineup just an hour before game time. No explanation was given. Either he’s sick, he’s hurt or he’s coming back up. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Edgar Alvarez’s home run the difference as South Bend wins 1-0
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans Florentino, Camacho combine to no-hit Augusta
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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: Knoxville trashes Trash Pandas, 11-3

Antonio Santos | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Iowa, Knoxville and South Bend all won. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs stopped the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), 9-5. Ben Brown gave up a solo home run to Dairon Blanco in the fourth inning, but kept Omaha in check otherwise. Brown’s final line was one run on two hits over four innings. Brown walked one but did not strike anyone out. Luke Little pitched...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: The Jaguar leads Iowa past Columbus, 15-6

Kevin Alcántara | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Iowa’s bats explode to snap a losing streak. South Bend splits two. Some great pitching leads to a Pelicans win. Iowa right-hander Keegan Thompson was activated off the injured list. Right-hander Tommy Romero went on the development list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs sunk the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 15-6. ...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Louisville
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend rallies past Ft. Wayne, 11-9
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• Minor League Wrap: BJ Murray Jr grand slam leads Knoxville past Lookouts 4-2

BJ Murray Jr | Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Three wins and a rainout tonight The Cubs released Iowa outfielder Greg Allen. Outfielder Darius Hill returns to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Knoxville. Infielder Reivaj Garcia in promoted to Knoxville from High-A South Bend. Iowa Cubs Rained out in Omaha. They’ll play a doubleheader starting tomorrow (Wednesday)...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies shut out Clingstones, 4-0
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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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