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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Swarmer a tough luck loser; Americaan and Zinn steal runs; Zinn remains perfect in stolen base attempts

Delvin Zinn (photo by Rikk Carlson) AAA St. Paul 2, Iowa 0 Game Recap Matt Swarmer took a tough-luck loss as he fired six innings of one run ball, but the Iowa offense was stymied all night, generating just five hits. Swarmer gave up a solo home run to the second batter of the game... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
today at 9:18 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Hermosillo delivers again in Iowa win; Morel homers; An 8-run inning propels South Bend to win; Pinango records another multi-hit game

Yohendrick Pinango (Photo by Stephanie Lynn) AAA Iowa 3, St. Paul 1 Game Recap Starter Joe Biagini, who has been battling injuries, got through one inning unscathed. He was followed by sidearmer Scott Effross who delivered three shutout innings to earn the win as Iowa managed to triumph on a bullpen day. The insanely hot... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
Wednesday at 10:48 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Hermosillo extends on-base streak and Kobos extends scoreless streak; Affiliates go 0-5 on the day

Christopher Morel (photo by Rikk Carlson) This was a really rough night in the system, so I’m not going to go into much depth. There were still some strong individual performances but each affiliate lost, some in ugly fashion. AAA Columbus 9, Iowa 7 Top Performers Michael Hermosillo: 3-3, 2B, R, RBI, 2 BB (.450)Taylor... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
June 11, 2021 at 8:57 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Hermosillo and Artis hit grand slams; Human and Durna help buoy South Bend offense; Espinoza punches out 10 over 5 shutout innings

DJ Artis (Photo by Stephanie Lynn) AAA Columbus 8, Iowa 4 Game Recap After the first week of the season I was wondering to myself if this was the best Iowa squad during the front office’s tenure. They didn’t have a ton of pop in the lineup, but there were a bunch of solid hitters,... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
June 10, 2021 at 9:47 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Stock and Leeper impress for Iowa; Payne, Hill, and Velazquez homer; Kobos extends shutout streak

Nelson Velazquez (photo by Rikk Carlson) I’m back. Well, not “back” but I have finished making my way to Seattle, where I will be looking for a condo. There will be some slight adjustments required to my writing schedule as I used to do the recaps before my workday, but now on Pacific time I... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
June 9, 2021 at 9:15 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Heyward homers; Carraway extends no-hit streak; Herz is lights out once again

DJ Herz (Photo by Stephanie Lynn) A quick note before I begin with the recap of last night’s action: I am going to be travelling all weekend so there may be no recaps the next few days. I will at least try to get out a cursory recap with some scores and stats, but no... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
June 4, 2021 at 7:24 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: First wave of promotions across the system; Strumpf homers in AA debut; Wetzel jacks first career HR

Chase Strumpf (photo by Rikk Carlson) AAA Omaha 5, Iowa 3 Game Recap Trayce Thompson hit a monster home run to tie up the game at three in the 6th. The I-Cubs made the most of their three hits. But Ryan Meisinger gave up a walk off homer in the bottom of the 9th, and... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
June 2, 2021 at 9:52 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Abbott punches out 13; Bain and Thoresen impress; Windham, Nwogu hit first career homers

Sam Thoresen (Photo by Stephanie Lynn) MLB Injuries, Updates, and Trends No new injuries, but hey, we got emergency surgery thrown into the mix. Trevor Williams, coming off his best start of the season, required an appendectomy on Sunday. Scheduled to start today, Williams will surely be heading to the IL. The Cubs could decide... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
May 31, 2021 at 9:32 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: I'm getting really tired of reporting on injury situations instead of game action and prospect development

Tyson Miller (photo by Stephanie Lynn) MLB Injuries, Updates, and Trends The Cubs won for the sixth straight day, but it sure seems like it was the sixth straight day the team lost a player to injury. This time it wasn’t a hamstring pull, but rather a shoulder injury. And of course it was another... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
May 30, 2021 at 10:43 am

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Daily Cubs Minors Recap: More injuries; Aliendo with 4th straight multi-hit performance; Made reaches three times; Ueckert extends no-hit streak

Pablo Aliendo (Photo by Stephanie Lynn) AAA St. Paul 4, Iowa 0 Game Recap You know how I said yesterday morning how Iowa was going to struggle to score given the number of injuries and promotions to Chicago they are facing? Yeah, they got one hit last night. But Alec Mills did look sharper in... Read more »

By Michael Ernst,
May 29, 2021 at 9:07 am

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