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Cubs minor leagues: Get to know the Iowa Cubs
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Our preview of the four Cubs minor league affiliates wraps up now with the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. This preview will be a little shorter than the other three since many of these players have seen time in Chicago with the Cubs or with other other major league teams. Most of them got a lot of playing time in Spring Training in Mesa this year as well. I don’t think I need to explain who most of them are.
Who? The Iowa Cubs have been the Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate since 1981, which is the fourth-longest affiliation in baseball, behind only Reading (Double-A Phillies), Lakeland (Low-A Tigers) and Omaha (Triple-A Royals). They’ve been with the Cubs so long that this is now their third league that they’ve played in since joining up with the Cubs organization. From 1981 to 1997, they played in the American Association. From 1998 to 2019, they were a part of the Pacific Coast League.