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Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: June 30 Share this story Congratulations to Tennessee Smokies outfielder Brennen Davis and Iowa Cubs right-handed reliever Manuel Rodriguez, who were both named to the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game today. They’re doing NL versus AL instead of US versus the World this year, so the American Davis and the Mexican Rodriguez will be on the same team this time, as we hope they are for many years to come. Iowa Cubs Mike Hausman turned in his best start in the Cubs organization, tossing six shutout innings. He allowed just three hits. He struck out five and did n...

Starter Cory Abbott pitched five innings and gave up three runs on four hits. One of those hits was a two-run home run. Abbott walked two and struck out five. Ben Leeper still hasn’t given up a hit in Triple-A and nothing he did tonight changed that. Leeper got the win after pitching 1.2 innings while striking out four and walking one. Leeper’s fastball tonight was clocked between 96 and 99 mph. Catcher Nick Martini from third. Castillo went 1 for 3 with a walk. Martini hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second. It was his fourth home run on the year. Martini was 1 for 4 and scor...

The last time I went on a golf trip was in September 2019, when a trip to Southern California led us to San Diego for the Cubs-Padres series … which just happened to be, by complete luck, Nico Hoerner’s debut. So imagine my surprise (and delight) when, on Saturday, I found out on the 13th hole that Cory Abbott had been called up, with a debut likely during the only Cubs game on our Northern California itinerary. That was fun; should we do it with Brennen next year, Jed? When Cory debuts you gotta sneak close pic.twitter.com/ANFKS7IMjP

Just one win out of five games today.

A big shakeup in the system today and the Smokies take advantage of their new talent.