RiverDogs Lead from Start to Finish in 8-2 Win Over Myrtle Beach Cole Wilcox had 5 K s as the RiverDogs beat the Pelicans 8-2 on Wednesday (Source: Charleston RiverDogs) By Charleston RiverDogs | May 5, 2021 at 10:54 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 10:57 PM
Charleston, SC Nick Schnell blasted a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning and the Charleston RiverDogs never looked back, cruising to an 8-2 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Wednesday afternoon in front of 1,753 fans at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park. The trio of Cole Wilcox, Jose Lopez and Angel Felipe combined to record 12 strikeouts without a walk while slowing the Pelicans bats.
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.
At last viewing, the Iowa Cubs were in the middle of dropping the conference title series after winning their conference in the Pacific Coast League’s regular season. What we didn’t know then, of course, was that a novel coronavirus would begin to spread overseas a few months later, reaching the United States after the turn of the new year, and taking so much down with it, including the 2020 minor league season.
That Iowa Cubs playoff series was just over 600 days ago. The last Minor League Baseball we saw. Think about how long it’s been.
Minor League Baseball returns, finally, tomorrow. It looks considerably different than it did in those days, now with just four full-season affiliates per organization, no short-season Low-A, and everything kicking off much later than we’re used to. Fortunately for Cubs fans, the four full-season affiliates are familiar: the Triple-A Iowa Cubs (roster discussion here), the Double-A Tennessee Smokies (roster discussion), the High-A South Be
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Chicago Cubs Top 20 Prospect Countdown: 11 to 15
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Today is Day 3 of my trip through the Cubs minor league system. The names today should be more familiar, since four of them were in the Cubs system this time last year. Glad you could tune in.
A quick repeat of my daily disclaimer. This year’s prospect lists were really difficult to put together for reasons that you already know unless you’ve been in a coma since last March. There is always a lot of guesswork in these rankings, but this year there is even more guesswork. As always, all errors are my fault.