Cubs Stuff

Feature photo of Moises Ballesteros by Rich Biesterfeld Topics on this week’s solo episode with Greg Huss: Matt Mervis traded to Miami for Vidal Brujan Cole Roederer signs with the San Diego Padres Brennen Davis signs with the New York Yankees A wild run through notes on 72 different Cubs prospects in 62 minutes Listen to [...]

Brennen Davis hit his first professional home run on June 1st, 2019. It was a bomb to left field in Dayton, Ohio that I watched fly out just a couple hours after getting my first taste of his batting practice show. In the years following, I’ve continued to refer back to [...]

For me, the holiday season always stirs up a bit of nostalgia and memories of past celebrations with family and friends. Those are cherished memories and reminders of events and even family members who may no longer be with us. For the last several years, I’ve had the pleasure of [...]

Ethan Hearn – Picture by Todd Jonson The Cubs catching corps took a decidedly different turn a few years ago when the Cubs began emphasizing catchers with a more defensive profile. That lasted a couple of years and then the past two years they’ve taken catchers in the draft who are [...]

Feature photo of Cam Smith by Rich Biesterfeld A full panel of hosts hop on this episode, with Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, Bryan Smith, and guest host Brendan Miller all joining the show. Topics: The Cubs traded Cam Smith in a package for Kyle Tucker. What did the Cubs give up by [...]

Nico Zeglin – Picture by Todd Johnson With only 14 left-handed relievers, that means there’s clearly no shortage of right-handed guys to bring out of the bullpen for each and every affiliate. And in looking at this group, the thing I struggle with most is figuring out who the next great [...]

Sometimes, I like to call the off-season “the hurry up and wait “season. There’s just a lot of sitting on your hands and waiting for something to happen. However, there was a lot of news this week and there were just as many rumors as headlines. Let’s get to some [...]

Jefferson Rojas – Picture by Todd Johnson The combined list is always tricky to put together because we never know how many players we’re going to have to assign points to. Some years, most of us have at least 30 while others have 40 or 50 names listed. It’s sort of [...]

Who do the Cubs have in the pipeline? Get scouting reports, video, stats, projected ETAs and more for Chicago's Top 30 Prospects. [...]