Prospect Profiles & News
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Cubs Prospect Review: Who Are the Early Candidates to Break Out This Year?
With the myriad blogs, websites, and other assorted media out there tracks Cubs prospects, it is getting harder and harder to…
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Cubs Prospect Update: Brendon Little’s Rapid Improvement Evident Regardless of Box Score Numbers
I am kind of digging the Brendon Little experiment. Some of you may look at his stats and wonder what…
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Six Cubs Relief Prospects Dominating Across Minors
Heading into the spring, I thought catcher might be the most dominant position the Cubs had in their minor league…
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Jose Albertos Has Had a Very Rough Start, but Here Are 5 Points to Keep in Mind
José Albertos had an interesting April in his first taste of full-season baseball. If you just look at his stat…
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Surprise Cubs Prospect Report: Nelson Velazquez Flashes Five Tools in South Bend Debut
I about had a heart attack when I saw this tweet about 5:30 on Tuesday. Needless to say, I ate…
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Cubs Prospect Profile: April Pitcher of the Month Matt Swarmer Keeps Dropping Things Off the Table
Prior to Friday’s announcement that he’d been named the organization’s Pitcher of the Month for April, most folks probably didn’t…
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Cubs Minor League Review: Handing Out Some Made-Up Awards for April
Wow, that was quick. The first month of the MiLB season has nearly come to a close and there are…
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Alzolay’s First Start of 2018 Is Just the First Step
The first pitch, a fastball, came in at 94 mph. I thought, “That’s a good first pitch.” Add in the…
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Do the Cubs Have a Lefty Shortage in the Minors?
When minor league rosters were first announced, one of the strangest things I noticed was that the Tennessee Smokies did…
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Cubs Prospect Profile: MIT’s Austin Filiere Knows His Plate Coverage Down to the Half-Inch
There were fans who snickered and chortled when the Cubs selected Austin Filiere, a third baseman from MIT, in the…
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