Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
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Cubs Activate Porter Hodge, Option Ben Brown to AAA
The Cubs have activated reliever Porter Hodge from the IL after a little over a month spent recovering from a…
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Jonathon Long’s Success Opens Trade Possibilities
Jonathon Long has been on a tear offensively, routinely destroying baseball for Triple-A Iowa to establish team leads with nine…
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Ian Happ Returning Tuesday, Moisés Ballesteros Optioned to Iowa
During an appearance on 670 The Score Tuesday morning, Jed Hoyer confirmed that Ian Happ will return to the lineup…
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Matt Shaw Promoted for Miami Series
The Cubs are promoting Matt Shaw, deciding they have seen enough to bring the third baseman back to the big…
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Matt Shaw Scratched from Sunday’s Lineup, Promotion Pending?
Matt Shaw is MIA from the Iowa Cubs lineup on Sunday, which could mean he’s heading to MIA. That would…
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Matt Shaw Needs to Be on Next Thing Smoking to Chicago
We just covered this topic on Friday, but Matt Shaw continues to destroy baseballs at Triple-A Iowa and really needs…
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Matt Shaw’s Power Stroke Returning, Seiya Suzuki Much Better with RISP
Neither of these topics stood out as being particularly worthy of stand-alone posts, so I figured I’d put them together…
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Let’s Talk a Little Mo About Ballesteros
Outside of the Oprah-esque 2015 season — You get a promotion! You get a promotion! — the Cubs haven’t historically…
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Cubs Calling Up Top Prospect Moises Ballesteros
According to Bruce Levine, the Cubs are calling up top prospect Moises Ballesteros. Seiya Suzuki will now likely become the…
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James Triantos Falls, Jonathon Long Climbs in MLB Pipeline’s New Prospect Rankings
Players who have accumulated enough service time are no longer considered “prospects,” meaning the top prospect rankings need to be…
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