Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: May 15
Only Myrtle Beach managed to win today and the Cubs’ system was on the wrong side of two walk-off home runs.
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Shelby Miller made another rehab start tonight and there was some good news and less good news. Miller pitched 3.1 innings and gave up just one unearned run on three hits. But he did walk three batters while striking out four. He threw 64 pitches and 37 were strikes.
Adrian Sampson made his Cubs organization debut when he entered the game in the sixth inning. He was quite good for three innings, keeping the Saints from scoring in all three. But then he came out to pitch the bottom of the ninth and gave up a solo walk-off home run to Ryan Jeffers, the first batter he faced.
Honorable Mention: Cam Sanders, Peyton Remy, Adam Laskey
Solid but unspectacular starts from all three of the guys on the bump below the Triple-A level last night. We profiled Sanders last week, mentioned Remy as a guy that has climbed some up prospect rankings, and recently did a Twitter scouting report on Laskey (who my eyes have liked better than his numbers suggest so far).
Only two outings so far this year, but if you re looking for the first Cubs prospect who pretty clearly popped during the shutdown, it s this dude. Went from Low-A in 2019 with so-so numbers to Double-A this year with crazy early success (and scouting reports). https://t.co/1fbU4KsV6f
Tennessee Smokies
Starter
Javier Assad pitched well over 2.2 innings, allowing no runs and just one hit. Assad struck out two and walked no one. He threw 37 pitches, of which 25 were strikes.
Montgomery took the lead in the top of the fifth when they scored two unearned runs off of reliever
Ryan Kellogg. The Smokies scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 lead.
Bryan Hudson pitched two innings and gave up the lead when he gave up an RBI double in the seventh. He got the win when the Smokies retook the lead in the bottom of the eighth. Hudson pitched two innings and allowed one run on one hit and one walk. He also hit one batter. Hudson struck out two.
Cubs minor leagues: Get to know the Myrtle Beach Pelicans
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(tap, tap, tap.) Ahem. Is this thing on? Is it still working? I don’t remember how to turn it on anymore. We’re really going to do this thing, huh? OK. Let’s go. I’ll give it my best shot.
On September 14, 2019, the South Bend Cubs beat the Clinton LumberKings 5-0 to sweep the best-of-five series three games to none and claim the Midwest League title. Five hundred and eighty-eight days later, on Tuesday, May 4, there will be Cubs teams playing minor league baseball again.