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By Josh Sperber, South Bend Cubs South Bend took Griffin Conine's walkoff home run last night personally, and a hot start in the first showed that. The Cubs'

Honorable Mention: Ed Howard reached base another three times, here with a good swing hanging back on a breaking ball: Ed Howard is two for two tonight including this RBI single pic.twitter.com/tG6AlhYnC5 After some real struggles against the Rays’ Low-A affiliate in week one, Howard has looked much better this week, reaching base now in eight of his last 16 plate appearances Other miscellany: Ben Leeper had his most comfortable pro outing, coming into a bases loaded, two out situation and g...

South Bend Cubs lose 5th straight May 13, 2021 by Max Thoma, South Bend Cubs BELOIT, WI – The South Bend Cubs (2-5) dropped their fifth straight game Wednesday night, losing 8-3 to the Beloit Snappers (4-4) despite getting out to an early 2-0 lead. The bottom of the order got things going in the third with Scott McKeon getting hit by a pitch and Reivaj Garcia singling down the line in left to start the inning. DJ Artis doubled in a run in his first game back with South Bend after starting...

South Bend Cubs win second straight May 6, 2021 by Max Thoma, South Bend Cubs Despite being held to two hits on Wednesday night, the South Bend Cubs scraped out a hard fought 4-3 victory to move to 2-0 on the season. The Cubs registered their 11th straight win dating back to last season. It was a double dip of debuts on the mound as the number four overall pick from the 2020 draft, Asa Lacy, took the mound for the River Bandits in his first appearance in professional baseball, and Chris Kac...

South Bend Cubs win season opener, 7-4 May 5, 2021 by Max Thoma, South Bend Cubs SOUTH BEND, IN – For the first time in over 600 days, South Bend Cubs baseball returned to Four Winds Field on Tuesday night. Fittingly in dramatic fashion it was an eighth inning flurry that broke up a tie game and sealed the victory late into the night for the home team. Peyton Remy started on the hill for South Bend and looked dominant in the early going, striking out the first two batters of the game and ...

There’s Going to be a Lot of Velocity from the High-A South Bend Cubs This Year The South Bend Cubs also announced their preliminary 30-man roster on Friday morning, as new Cubs minor league manager Michael Ryan will lead the squad beginning at home on Tuesday night. The first thing that jumps out at me: there is a lot of 96+ MPH velocity here. The velocity will be headlined in the rotation by 2019 first-round pick Ryan Jensen and darling of Cubs blogdom Max Bain. The bullpen will have it in ...

As we enter the next era for the Chicago Cubs, the importance of the farm system reaches a place not seen in six years.  Jed Hoyer has now repeated himself, on multiple occasions, speaking to how the Cubs now have “one eye on the future.” Their actions indicate it might even be more like one and a half eyes. Hoyer, and Theo Epstein on his way out the door, both indicated their optimism about what the farm system will show when it is permitted to return to the field: the actualization of a ...