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There are so many guys in today's set who could be top ten prospects in this system. The depth is just extraordinary.

The righthander has climbed quickly through the system and might be ready for Chicago soon.

Chicago's system showed marked improvement in 2021, bolstered by trades and velocity development.

The Cubs do have a huge volume of relief options already for next year, but as soon as you think you have enough, you need more.

It looks like FanGraphs remains very high on the Cubs' system overall.

A chicken pox outbreak, a tremendous football matchup and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

He looked good after coming back from a gruesome ankle injury.

His best chance to make the majors with the Cubs might have passed him by.

Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: July 29 Share this story I was away at the beach most of today and I had a lot of emotions when I got back and looked at the notifications on my phone. I’m sure most of you are feeling the same, so I won’t bother sharing my feelings. But what we can do is focus on the players who are in the organization, including a great effort by the new-look I-Cubs tonight. Iowa Cubs Ryan Meisinger had two scoreless innings and Tony Cingrani tossed one. The save went to ...

Starter Adrian Sampson allowed three runs on six hits over 4.2 innings. Sampson walked four, hit one batter and struck out three. Jake Jewell faced four batters in relief of Sampson and struck out three of them. The other hit a grounder back to the mound for an out. The win went to Ben Leeper, who pitched the ninth and tenth innings. Leeper gave up one hit and no runs over his two innings. Leeper struck out four and walked one. Right fielder Nick Martini had a big night with four RBI. Marti...