Cubs Minor League & Prospect News Archives

Evan AltmanJune 12, 2020

Cubs’ Revamped Scouting, Development Strategies Evident Even in Abbreviated Draft

You won’t often hear professional sports teams openly admit their shortcomings in a public forum, but the Cubs’ flaws when…

Greg HussJune 11, 2020

The question marks that surrounded the strangest draft in Major League Baseball history were replaced by exclamation points as new…

Todd JohnsonJune 10, 2020

The most exciting event in baseball since pitchers and catchers reported was the opening round of the MLB Draft Wednesday…

Home-town kid Ed Howard, whom Jeff Passan described as an athlete with “enormous upside” and possibly the “best pick in…

Todd JohnsonJune 10, 2020

A lot has changed in the real world and the baseball world since December 7, 2018, the day FanGraphs last…

Todd JohnsonJune 10, 2020

Major League Baseball will hold its 2020 amateur draft Wednesday and Thursday with the Cubs picking at No. 16 when…

Just as the owners and players can’t seem to make up their mind about what kind of season they’re going…

Late Thursday afternoon, Jeff Passan of ESPN broke the news that over 1,000 minor league players could be released over…

We don’t know when or if the season will start, but the 2020 MLB Draft is going to take place…

Evan AltmanMay 28, 2020

Lost in some of the positive reports of teams opting to continue paying their minor league players is the sad…