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• Iowa Cubs Wrap: I-Cubs close out the year with a 3-2 win in 11 innings

Reivaj Garcia | MANDATORY CREDIT: Austin Hough / South Bend Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK The season ends with a 3-2 win over Rochester Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs clipped the wings of the Rochester Red Wings (Nationals), 3-2 in 11 innings. Iowa cleaned out the pitching staff today with nine pitchers, none of whom pitched more than two innings. Lucas Luetge started and gave up two runs on three ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies season ends with a 6-3 loss to Barons

Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Smokies season ends with a playoff loss. Iowa loses late in Rochester. It’s odd that we don’t have rosters for the Arizona Fall League yet, but we do now at least know which five teams will make up the roster of the Mesa Solar Sox. In addition to the Cubs and Athletics—both of whom are always a part of the Solar Sox—t...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa beats Louisville, 5-3

Matt Shaw | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The I-Cubs win a matinee. The Smokies see their win streak end. So the crappy news is that Iowa outfielder Brennen Davis has a broken leg. It’s quite sad how many injuries the former Cubs’ top prospect has suffered throughout his career. So Davis goes on the injured list and infielder Reivaj Garcia joins Iowa from the Development Li...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Cameron Sisneros hits first home run as Myrtle Beach beats Down East, 4-2

Cameron Sisneros | Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa beats up on a rehabbing Cardinal. Myrtle Beach and South Bend both win. Iowa Cubs infielder Jake Hager has retired. We wish him the best with whatever is next. Tomorrow is Labor Day, which is the traditional end of the minor league season. However, the season goes longer now so each team has at least one six-game...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa storms back to beat St.Paul 10-9 in 11 innings.

Chase Strumpf | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa stages a big comeback and Caleb Knight walks it off in the 11th. Tennessee and Myrtle Beach also win. Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for. Big news: the Cubs are promoting Matt Shaw, James Triantos and Kevin Alcantara to the @IowaCubs.— Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) August 5, 2024 Iowa Cubs Caleb Knight hit a walkoff t...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: Iowa beats Louisville, 5-3
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa stops Omaha, 6-5
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• Giants 7, Cubs 6: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m serious.

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Instead of having no words for this awful loss, I have words. A lot of words. Baseball, they say, is a marathon, not a sprint. That’s why it’s usually a bad idea to overreact to one great win, or one horrid loss. This time, though, I’m going to make an exception to that general rule. Because on a night when the Cubs got yet another solid outing from their...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Ed Howard has 4 hits as South Bend blasts Quad Cities, 15-0

Ed Howard | GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK Some worrying news for a top Cubs prospect, but Iowa wins anyway. South Bend has a big night. Right-hander Michael Arias was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Tennessee. There’s some bad news about Cubs top pitching prospect Cade Horton tonight. But it’s the kind of news where you say “It could have been worse.” Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs ech...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Hadyn McGeary’s home run leads Smokies past Blue Wahoos, 6-5

Haydn McGeary | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Cade Horton looked like a top prospect and Haydn McGeary’s 9th inning home run won it for the Smokies. Right-hander Nick Dean was promoted to High-A South Bend from Myrtle Beach. In a corresponding move, left-hander Angel Hernandez was demoted down to Low-A Myrtle Beach from South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs edged past ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa pitching shuts down the Bats, 4-1

Riley Thompson | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Iowa pitchers come up strong. Tennessee and South Bend, not as much. Right-hander Chris Kachmar got sent back down to Tennessee after one game in Iowa. It’s looking like Kachmar is going to be on the Des Moines/Knoxville shuttle all year long, since this is the second time he’s gone from Tennessee to Iowa and back this season. Iowa Cub...2024
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• Get to know the Tennessee Smokies

Cade Horton | MATTIE NERETIN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Double-A affiliate is loaded with prospects to start 2024 The rest of the Cubs full-season farm teams start play on Friday, so it’s time to look at the Tennessee Smokies, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs since 2007. The Smokies are the defending Southern League champions, having claimed their first outright title since 1...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown comes around

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Ben Brown redeemed himself and the Cubs and Rockies brought out the kayfabe in one another late as the lead was contested. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and blogg...2024
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• Cubs vs. Reds at Goodyear preview, Thursday 3/7, 7:05 CT

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports A second spring night game in three days! This & that... ICYMI, Caleb Kilian is likely out for several months with a shoulder injury In the same linked article: Nick Madrigal has another hamstring strain Ian Happ likely isn’t back until late March Some thoughts on Dominic Smith and his chances to make the Opening Day roster Here are today’s particulars. Cu...2024
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• The Cubs roster for the Spring Breakout game features Matt Shaw and Owen Caissie

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images MLB released the rosters for this upcoming game. You have seen Owen Caissie and Matt Shaw in some Cubs Spring Training games, and both have impressed with their hitting. Caissie, in fact, is demolishing spring pitching — granted, in a small sample size. He’s tied for second among all MLB players in hits with 10 and overall is batting .500/.565/.800 with thre...2024
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"Here is the complete Cubs roster for the Spring Breakout game: Quite a number of these players have already made appearances in Cubs spring games, and of course a few (Michael Arias, Porter Hodge, Kevin Alcántara and Brennen Davis) are on the team’s 40-man roster."

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"Starter Michael Arias went four innings and gave up just one run on four hits."

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"Michael Arias started and pitched the first three innings without allowing a run."

• Giants 5, Cubs 4: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m still serious.

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports Yes. You have read this headline before. And you’ll probably read it again unless Jed Hoyer makes changes. I think I’ve seen this film beforeAnd I didn’t like the ending — Taylor Swift SAN FRANCISCO — It’s almost as if Craig Counsell is taunting the front office. “Look at these awful relievers you gave me,” Counsell appears to be saying to Jed Hoyer. “I’m go...2024
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• Giants 7, Cubs 6: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m serious.
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa scores 7 runs in 9th inning to beat Columbus 11-6

Owen Caissie | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK A late rally leads Iowa over Columbus. The Pelicans walk off on Columbia. South Bend gets balked off in Peoria. The Cubs today added right-hander Ethan Roberts to the 40-man roster and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa—where he was already pitching. The Cubs had a deadline of today to add Roberts to the 40-man or he could opt out. To ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Alexander Canario homers twice as Iowa walks off Toledo, 5-4

Alexander Canario | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa walks it off against Toledo. Myrtle Beach gets walked off. And South Bend wins a laugher in the rain. (Cue Neil Sedaka) Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs plucked the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 5-4 in ten innings. Kyle McGowin started and gave up four runs on five hits over six innings. Two of the five hits were home runs. McGowin w...2024
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• What can the Cubs do to fix the bullpen?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images It’s in bad shape. The Cubs bullpen is awful. This, we’ve known almost all year but even in the recent two wins over the White Sox, the pen gave up the lead late. Where can the Cubs get some relief help? Three members of the current pen are on the 15-day IL: Keegan Thompson, Colten Brewer and Yency Almonte. There’s no reported return date for any of the...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Brennen Davis leads Iowa past Columbus, 11-9

Brennen Davis | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa out-slugs Columbus. Tennessee sweeps a doubleheader. South Bend wins as well. Outfielder David Peralta has elected to become a free agent. Right-hander Kyle McGowin, recently signed out of Charleston in the independent Atlantic League, has been assigned to Double-A Tennessee. McGowin pitched in the majors for the Nation...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Pick a closer

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you which closer from a struggling team would be your first choice for the Cubs. It’s the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us. Your name is on the guest list. Let us know if there is anything...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Kyle Hendricks makes rehab start in Iowa

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports All four full-season teams lost—two in extra innings. Rookie ball got off to a winning start. Right-hander Cam Sanders has been demoted to Tennessee from Iowa. The Cubs Arizona Complex League team in Mesa (aka Rookie Ball) started play this evening. (Edit: Oops. It was on Saturday. I missed that.) They moved the season up this year as it didn’t used to start u...2024
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Happy Fourth of July

Photo by Parker Freedman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Iowa storms back to beat Omaha. South Bend and Tennessee also win. The Iowa Cubs placed first baseman Matt Mervis on the 7-day injured list. It was reported that Mervis has a possible broken hamate bone. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs stormed past the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), 5-4. Thomas Pannone went into the seventh inning and allowed two...2024
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• Giants 5, Cubs 4: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m still serious.
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa scores 7 runs in 9th inning to beat Columbus 11-6
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• Minor League Wrap: Shaw homers, Smokies beat Trash Pandas 7-0

Matt Shaw | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Wins tonight for the I-Cubs, Smokies and Pelicans. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs stormed back to roast the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 6-3. Starter Hayden Wesneski got into early trouble, giving up three runs in the first inning. But then he and the rest of the Cubs pitching staff shut the Mud Hens down the rest of the game. Wesneski allowed three runs o...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospects countdown: 16 to 20

Jaxon Wiggins | Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The countdown of the best Cubs prospects has two hard-throwing right-handers, a catcher, a slugging first baseman and a switch-hitting infielder. It is Day 2 in our countdown of the Top 25 Cubs prospects, according to me. There are some familiar names here today and maybe a few you are less familiar with. Clicking on the names of the playe...2024
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• 2023 Cubs prospect profiles: Porter Hodge

Porter Hodge | Lindsay Coward/Tennessee Smokies He’s #26 on the MLB prospect list, and presumably rising as the Cubs have protected him from the Rule 5 draft by giving him a spot on the 40-man roster. He pitched decently for the Southern League Champion Tennessee Smokies and has a big build and a live arm. This series of Cubs prospect profiles is based on Fangraphs’ top 52 prospects list, ...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: June 21, 2023
On a mission: Drake Logan went 2-for-3, with a walk and a double during the loss to the Pelicans. | Tiffany Wintz/South Side Sox At least there was an explosive first inning in the Arizona Complex League The weather in Charlotte did not cooperate, so the Knights were unable to play on Wednesday afternoon. This game will be made up on Friday. Wednesday’s game between Louisville & Charlot...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: Crow-Armstrong does it all in Smokies 9-5 win
Pete Crow-Armstrong | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Some very good pitching tonight down on the farm. Also, Pete Crow-Armstrong did a lot of PCA stuff in a Smokies win. I’m beginning to think that the Cubs need to call up Matt Mervis, Nelson Velázquez and Christopher Morel just so that they can get some at-bats. Iowa Cubs Cold-ed out in Buffalo. It’s the third-straight game for Iowa tha...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ gamethreading words

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. I don’t have any printable commentary. This won’t do. 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 baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and t...2024
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• What can the Cubs do to fix the bullpen?
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• White Sox Minor League Update: June 21, 2023
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• The Cubs roster for the Spring Breakout game features Matt Shaw and Owen Caissie
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• Pete Crow-Armstrong, Matt Shaw among 12 Cubs roster cuts

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team reduced the spring roster. Friday, the Cubs announced the following roster cuts: Optioned to Triple-A: Ben Brown, Luis Vázquez, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brennen Davis. Optioned to Double-A: Michael Arias, Porter Hodge and Kevin Alcántara. Non-roster invitees reassigned to minor-league camp: Ethan Roberts, Riley Thompson, Pablo Aliendo, Matt Shaw a...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
Max Bain | Max Thoma/South Bend Cubs Myrtle Beach wins in a walkoff. South Bend just wins. The Cubs released right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick today. Outfielder Cristian More was promoted back to Myrtle Beach. He started this season with the Birds but was demoted to the complex league at the end of May. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were raided and boarded by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), ...2023
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• 2023 Cubs prospect profiles: Michael Arias

Michael Arias | Myrtle Beach Pelicans Michael Arias is going to be in the Pitch Lab for a bit. We have no idea what the finished product will be, but it will likely be electric. 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-A and Double-A players that might see the 40-...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Brennen Davis homers, but Iowa falls to Toledo 5-4

Brennen Davis | Bryon Houlgrave/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Everyone loses today, but there were a few impressive performances anyway. Everyone lost again. The minor leagues are limping towards the finish line. Tomorrow is traditionally the final day of the minor league system, but instead it’s going to be a typical Monday with no games. Iowa has three weeks of games left, Tennessee ...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: Smokies season ends with a 6-3 loss to Barons
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa beats Louisville, 5-3
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• Giants 5, Cubs 4: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m still serious.
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies rally to beat M-Braves, 5-4; keep playoff hopes alive

Haydn McGeary | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK The Smokies playoff hopes stay alive with a win. Iowa and Myrtle Beach win as well. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs topped Indianapolis (Pirates), 3-2. Riley Thompson started and got the win after pitching five innings and surrendering two runs, both unearned, on four hits. Thompson walked two and struck out three. Jorge López pit...2024
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• Giants 7, Cubs 6: This bullpen is terrible. Get rid of them. I’m serious.
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• Minor League Wrap: Hadyn McGeary’s home run leads Smokies past Blue Wahoos, 6-5
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• Minor League Wrap: Brennen Davis leads Iowa past Columbus, 11-9
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• Minor League Wrap: Owen Caissie hits 1st Triple-A HR in Iowa’s 4-3 win

Owen Caissie | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Solid wins for Iowa and Tennessee. Embarrassing losses for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. It’s very disorienting looking at the I-Cubs box score and seeing Levi Jordan and P.J. Higgins in the lineup and not recognizing the rest of the names. And then you realize you’re looking at the Bats lineup. Baseball America has added South Ben...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
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