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In a landslide, you picked Iowa Cubs reliever
Ben Leeper as your choice for the BCB Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year! I guess when you don’t give up a hit all month, you’ll impress people. (That’s not quite what Leeper did as he gave up some hits in Double-A before his promotion. But he did not give up a hit in Triple-A all month.)
By the way, if any corporation wants to sponsor the BCB Cubs Minor League Awards, let me know. And don’t tell Al or SB Nation. But the Acme BCB Minor League Player of the Month Award has a nice ring to it, if the Acme Corporation would like to sell products to someone other than Wile E. Coyote.
Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: June 2
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A quick reminder that the polls are still open on the BCB Minor League Player of the Month Award.
Iowa
Alec Mills turned in a strong rehab performance tonight, throwing six scoreless innings and allowing just two hits. Mills struck out four and walked one. He threw 60 pitches and 44 were strikes.
The win went to
The save went to
Jake Jewell, who pitched the ninth. He allowed a one-out single, but nothing else. Jewell did not strike anyone out.
Iowa scored two runs in the top of the eighth, the only runs of the game. Shortstop