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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
These 6 Prospects Could Be First Beneficiaries of New Hitting Development Practices
The Cubs hired a new director of hitting, along with several new coaches last month, signalling big changes across the…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
9 Questions to Answer as Cubs Minor League Camp Opens
Cub prospects have been hanging out in Arizona all winter getting ready for the 2019 season. After the winter instructs…
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Prospect Profiles & News
Viewing MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Cubs Prospect List with Eye on 2021
The window for the Cubs to compete for World Series titles with this current core is closing. At the end…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt 6: Two Big Names to Watch in 2019
The outfield positions in Chicago could change a great deal over the next month. It all depends on whether the…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
One Year Later, Let’s Look Back at How Cubs’ 2017 Draft Class Is Doing
We’re now almost a full year removed from the 2017 draft, in which the Cubs selected 41 players and signed 29 of…
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Prospect Profiles & News
Surprise Cubs Prospect Report: Nelson Velazquez Flashes Five Tools in South Bend Debut
I about had a heart attack when I saw this tweet about 5:30 on Tuesday. Needless to say, I ate…
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Prospect Profiles & News
Spring Training Prospect Profile: Nelson Velazquez Has Tons of Power, Approach Needs Work
I had become quite attached to watching Eloy Jimenez play and was very high on his Cubs future, so I’d…
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Prospect Profiles & News
Seven Things to Watch at Cubs MiLB Spring Training
Despite the fact that the Cubs recently were ranked among the bottom five MLB farm systems, there are several storylines…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position: Outfielders Have Yet to Click
This is easily the hardest position to rank this offseason. The Cubs system has a lot of outfielders who could…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
Fangraphs Top Cubs Prospect List Goes Hard on Potential
Last year, I quipped that Fangraphs produced the prospect list your mother warned you about. This year, Eric Longenhagen continued…
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