The last time I went on a golf trip was in September 2019, when a trip to Southern California led us to San Diego for the Cubs-Padres series … which just happened to be, by complete luck, Nico Hoerner’s debut. So imagine my surprise (and delight) when, on Saturday, I found out on the 13th hole that Cory Abbott had been called up, with a debut likely during the only Cubs game on our Northern California itinerary. That was fun; should we do it with Brennen next year, Jed?
When Cory debuts you gotta sneak close pic.twitter.com/ANFKS7IMjP
2. Cory Abbott
Color tmrrw at BN.
Honorable Mention: Scott Kobos finished up an amazing May yesterday with two more scoreless innings, making it 11 for the month. Kobos has struck out 19 of the 43 hitters he’s faced, and is just too advanced for Low-A … Shouts to Jacob Wetzel and Flemin Bautista for getting on base two times in both games of the MB doubleheader … Behind Amaya, the 3-4-5 of the Smokies lineup (Grayson Byrd, Tyler Payne, Chris Morel) each went 2-for-5. Morel in particular has found a groove recently, posting an above-average 771 OPS while playing five positions in the last 12 games … Michael Rucker is now up to 13 strikeouts in his last 25 batters faced … Chase Strumpf has been slumping a bit lately, but hopefully busted out of it last night with two hits and a walk.