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• Minor League Wrap: Cristian Hernandez leads South Bend past Wisconsin, 8-3

Cristian Hernandez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend puts together back-to-back wins. Iowa throttles Columbus. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs sunk the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 9-3. It was a bullpen game for Iowa today and Nate Pearson pitched the first two innings without allowing a run or a hit. He walked two and struck out two. Riley Marti...2025
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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: The Cubs’ top two prospects lead Iowa in 9-1 rout of Buffalo.

Matt Shaw | Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images Cade Horton and Matt Shaw lead Iowa to victory. BJ Murray keeps Knoxville in the win column. Left-hander Evan Taylor joins High-A South Bend from Mesa. Right-hander Carlo Reyes goes from Double-A Knoxville to High-A South Bend. The Cubs released three pitchers: right-hander Jeral Vizcaino and left-handers Yovanny Cabrera and Angel Hernandez. Iowa C...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Another strong outing from Cade Horton, but Iowa loses to Bats 1-0 in 11 innings

Cade Horton | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images South Bend wins their second in a row. Iowa’s silenced bats waste some strong pitching. The Cubs signed right-hander Michael Fulmer to a minor-league deal. Fulmer previous pitched for the Cubs in 2023. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were shut down by the Louisville Bats (Reds), 1-0 in 11 innings. Cade Horton started this game...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans, Evan Aschenbeck shut down Augusta, 2-0

Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images The Pelicans pitch past Augusta. The other three teams lose. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were declared heretics by the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 11-8. Starter Connor Noland gave up a solo home run in the top of the first inning and then settled down until the fourth when the wheels came off and he allowed five more runs. Noland took the loss after giving up six r...2025
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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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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15

Cole Mathis | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Our overview of Cubs prospects continues with a catcher, two shortstops, a third baseman and a right-handed starter. It’s day three of our countdown of the top prospects of the Cubs system for 2025. Today we look at prospects 11 through 15. To be eligible for this list, you have to have fewer than 130 major league plate appeara...2025
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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 Draft: 2024 Edition

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images I did okay last year. I’m trying to proceed down the comeback trail this year. I don’t know if the Rule 5 Draft has gotten increasingly less relevant, but it sure feels that way. Teams now care a lot about roster flexibility, and savvy organizations are focused on skillsets and their own development strengths in a way where the waiver/cas...2024
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• A very early look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s where the Cubs stand payroll-wise as the offseason begins. Coming up soon, I’m going to begin my usual “Cubs free agent target” series. In the meantime, it’s time for our usual look at the Cubs’ 2025 roster, payroll and luxury tax as they stand just a couple of days into the 2024-25 free agent season. Before we get to the Cubs numbers and analysis,...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend and Myrtle Beach win their season finales

BJ Murray Jr. | Zachary BonDurant-USA TODAY Sports The Smokies stay hot as they head into their final week. South Bend and Myrtle Beach finish their seasons on a high note. It’s the final game of the season for South Bend and Myrtle Beach. The Smokies still have one six-game series and the playoffs. It will be their final six plus games at Smokies Stadium in Kodak before they move to a ne...2024
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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: Kilian bounces back with solid rehab start as Iowa splits doubleheader

Caleb Kilian | Dylan Heuer Iowa finally plays and splits a doubleheader. The other three teams in the system come out on top. Everyone wins! OK, Iowa lost too. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs’ home field was playable tonight and they split a doubleheader with the Columbus Clippers, losing game one 9-5 and winning game two 5-1. Jordan Wicks started game one on a rehab assignment and went 2+ innin...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez excels in Triple-A

Credit: Garrett Spain - Battery Power Alvarez was called up to Gwinnett this past week and hit two home runs as the leader of the Stripers offense It was an exciting week on the Atlanta Braves farm system, as the bats went wild especially in Triple-A. Drake Baldwin and Nacho Alvarez each received call ups to Gwinnett, and they broke out in a big way with two home runs apiece. Then down in ...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: Jefferson Rojas leads South Bend past Ft. Wayne in 11 innings

GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend wins in extra innings. Alexander Canario hits a grand slam. Brennen Davis, Pablo Aliendo also go deep. There was a lot of movement in the system today. Right-hander Eduarniel Nunez was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Tennessee. Shortstop Hayden Cantrelle promoted to Iowa from Tennessee. Outfielder Yohendrick Pinango promoted to Tennesse...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Seiya Suzuki singles twice in rehab appearance in Iowa

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Seiya Suzuki has a successful rehab appearance. South Bend and Myrtle Beach come up winners too. Right-hander Brody McCullough was promoted from Tennessee to South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth and sunk the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 9-8. The win snapped a six-game losing streak for Iowa. Starter Julio ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ don’t make a habit of this

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs lose to Diamondbacks in a game that doesn’t count but feels bad nonetheless. 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, s...2025
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"com/K9fXpfzx7O— Knoxville Smokies (@smokiesbaseball) April 30, 2025 A great throw by catcher Pablo Aliendo."

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"Meanwhile, the Smokies took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when DH Haydn McGeary led off with a double, went to third on a single by first baseman Moises Ballesteros and scored on a sacrifice fly by catcher Pablo Aliendo."

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"singled and then catcher Pablo Aliendo cranked out a two-run home run to make it 5-0."

• Get to know the Knoxville Smokies

Frankie Scalzo Jr. | Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Cubs Double-A franchise makes a big move in 2025. The Knoxville Smokies, the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, take the field Friday night in Birmingham, followed by a six-game series at Rocket City. But the real excitement starts on April 15, when the Smokies will have their ho...2025
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• Rosters for Cubs’ Spring Breakout Games Announced

Cade Horton | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Cubs prospects will play two “Spring Breakout” games this year. Major League Baseball today announced the rosters for the “Spring Breakout” contests that match the top minor leaguers in team’s farm systems against each other. The Cubs team will feature top prospects like right-hander Cade Horton, catcher Moises Ballesteros and ...2025
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• The Cubs invite 20 non-roster players to Spring Training

James Triantos at the 2024 All-Star Futures Game | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here are the players who will help fill out the spring camp roster. Friday afternoon, the Cubs announced the 20 players who have received non-roster invitations to Spring Training at the Sloan Park complex in Mesa, Arizona. Of these 20, 10 played in the Cubs organization at some point in 2024...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15
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• Cub Tracks’ Yule feel better later

Dr Jekyll becomes Brandon Hyde | Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Pre-Christmas greets and greats from BCB. I sleigh me. 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, overheate...2024
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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 Draft: 2024 Edition
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images A potpourri of things for you on Monday morning. Juan Soto has signed with the Mets. That, you already know, and you can read more reaction in this morning’s Outside The Confines. You knew he wasn’t coming to the Cubs, right? I think we all knew that, or should have. Here’s the only thing I have to say about that. The Cubs have made it pretty clear that ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez excels in Triple-A
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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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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez excels in Triple-A
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• Cub Tracks’ dude, where’s my no-hitter?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs take game one on the road, in the apple, after blanking for seven innings. The Morel of the story is ‘never give up’. 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 #ML...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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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 draft: 2023 edition

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images I don’t think many of these guys will get taken, but maybe we’ll be surprised this year Every year, I do this little, pointless tradition — I go through the list of unprotected players eligible for the Rule 5 Draft, and try to figure out which get picked. In many years, I think I did okay. Last year, for whatever reason, I did terrib...2023
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• Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: August 25

Matt Shaw | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images South Bend goes crazy and scores 18 runs. Great pitching in Iowa and Tennessee, but only the Smokies can score enough to win. Tonight was the first home football game for my cheerleader daughter, so I didn’t actually see any games tonight. It was kind of interesting having the Cubs/Pirates game on my phone with the new 3D Gameday. Other than...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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• 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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• 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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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 7, 2023
Luis Mieses led the charge, such as it was, with three hits (two doubles). | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The sole winners today were the Dash, who were rained out Box score link The Knights have already had a game rained out this year, making Friday the season’s inaugural doubleheader. Unfortunately, they forgot to tell their...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cristian Hernandez leads South Bend past Wisconsin, 8-3
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• Minor League Wrap: Cam Smith sets record with another HR as Pelicans win 4-1
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• Cub Tracks’ dude, where’s my no-hitter?
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospects countdown: 16 to 20
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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: 16 to 20
Kevin Made | MATT CASHORE / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs system is a lot deeper than it used to be and these five prospects are proof of that. It’s day 2 of the BCB Top 25 Cubs Prospects countdown! Today we’ve got two infielders, two pitchers and a catcher. Keep the ball out of the outfield and ready to play. I mentioned yesterday that the Cubs farm system is about as deep as it has ever be...2023
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• Cubs 6, Brewers 1: Some pitching performances of note

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images There will be some interesting bullpen choices this year. With much of the attention of Cubs fans today on the re-introduction of Cody Bellinger as a member of the team (and don’t expect to see him in a game before next week), and most of the Cubs regulars not making the trip to the Brewers’ spring home in west Phoenix, I wanted to ta...2024
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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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• 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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• Cubs invite 19 non-roster players to Spring Training

Owen Caissie bats for Team Canada during the 2023 World Baseball Classic | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images This includes top prospects Owen Caissie and Pablo Aliendo. Friday morning, the Cubs announced that they have invited the following 19 non-roster players to major league Spring Training, which begins Wednesday, February 14 when pitchers and catchers have their first formal workout ...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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• 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.
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• Get to know the Knoxville Smokies
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• Cub Tracks’ don’t make a habit of this
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15
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• Cub Tracks’ Yule feel better later
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• Names to watch for the Rule 5 Draft: 2024 Edition
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• Juan Soto, an update on where the Cubs stand, and Winter Meetings open thread
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• A very early look at the 2025 Cubs roster, payroll and luxury tax
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend and Myrtle Beach win their season finales
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• Minor League Wrap: Smokies shut out Clingstones, 4-0
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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
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