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The Daily CCO: A Good Year for the Emeralds and Other Cubs News and Notes

December 27, 2016 8:45 am By Neil Leave a Comment

The Eugene Emeralds, the Short-Season Class-A affiliate of the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, had a good year. The Emeralds won the Northwest League Championship, one of three titles in the Cubs system during the 2016 season. The Emeralds had the best record in the Northwest League (54-22, .711) and took home the first outright championship for the franchise in 41 years. On the way to the being the best team in the league, the Emeralds set the Northwest League record for consecutive wins … [Read more...]

Cubs Announce 2017 Minor League Managers, Staff and Coordinators

December 16, 2016 2:30 pm By Neil Leave a Comment

Cubs announce Minor League Managers, Coaching Staffs and Field Coordinators for the 2017 season The Cubs announced Friday the organization’s minor league managers, coaching staffs and field coordinators for the 2017 season. The top five teams in the Cubs’ system will all have the same skippers as last season. Marty Pevey (Triple-A Iowa), Mark Johnson (Double-A Tennessee), Buddy Bailey (High-A Myrtle Beach), Jimmy Gonzalez (Low-A South Bend) and Jesus Feliciano (Short-Season Class-A Eugene) … [Read more...]

Cubs 2016 Organization All-Stars

November 8, 2016 12:05 pm By Neil Leave a Comment

MiLB.com released its Cubs Organizational All-Star Team. And it is headlined by four of the top position-player prospects in the system. Ian Happ, Eloy Jimenez, Jeimer Candelario and Donnie Dewees stayed on their individual player plans this past season. Happ, Jimenez, Candelario and Dewees put up the numbers on the field to remain at the top of the position-player prospects in what remains a stocked minor league system. MiLB.com pointed out that The World Series Champions, “despite a … [Read more...]

Four Cubs Land in Baseball America’s Northwest League Top 20 Prospects List

September 30, 2016 12:05 am By Neil Leave a Comment

Dylan Cease, Wladimir Galindo, D.J. Wilson, Chris Pieters ranked by Baseball America as four of the top 20 prospects in the Northwest League Baseball America has ranked the top prospects for each level and every league in the minor league system. And on Thursday, Baseball America released its ranking of the Top 20 Prospects for the Northwest League. The Eugene Emeralds, the Cubs Short-Season Class-A affiliate, won the Northwest League Championship this past season. It was the first title … [Read more...]

Cubs Down on the Farm Report – Eugene Emeralds Win NWL Championship

September 14, 2016 12:45 am By Tom U. Leave a Comment

Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/14/16 Congratulations to the Eugene Emeralds, the Northwest League Champions! The pitching of Manuel Rondon and key plays by Kevonte Mitchell helped the Emeralds secure their first title in 41 years. Meanwhile, Myrtle Beach took a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five series as High Class-A Pitcher of the Year Trevor Clifton obliterated Lynchburg. For all of the happy totals, come inside today’s Down on the Farm Report. Short Season Class-A – Eugene Emeralds … [Read more...]

Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/12/16

September 12, 2016 2:05 am By Tom U. Leave a Comment

The playoffs continued for the Cubs’ affiliates as two teams advanced to their league finals and one went home. Yeiler Peguero was instrumental in Eugene winning their divisional playoff and Game 1 of the Northwest League Championship. Meanwhile, David Bote remains unstoppable for Myrtle Beach, who evened their Mills Cup Championship Series. But the season is over for South Bend despite the efforts of Connor Myers and Tyler Alamo. As usual, the details are inside today’s Down on the Farm … [Read more...]

Cubs Weekend Headlines: Winning in Houston, Pelicans and Emeralds Advance, Prospect News and Five

September 12, 2016 1:05 am By Neil Leave a Comment

The Cubs took two of three in Houston and won a series on the road against a team fighting to make the playoffs. The Cubs became the first team to 90 wins on Friday behind Jon Lester and a two-run homer from Kris Bryant. The offense broke out in Sunday’s finale and put a nine-spot on the board before the Astros tried to make a game of it. The Cubs are 91-51 on the season, 40 games over .500 and have a 16-game lead in the NL Central. With the Cardinals losing on Sunday, the Cubs’ magic number … [Read more...]

Two Cubs Prospects Named Northwest League Year-End All-Stars

September 11, 2016 12:05 am By Neil Leave a Comment

RHP Dylan Cease, LHP Manuel Rondon named Northwest League Year-End All-Stars The Northwest League announced its postseason All-Star team this past week. Two of Short-Season Eugene’s starting pitchers made the list, RHP Dylan Cease and LHP Manuel Rondon. And Jesus Feliciano was named the manager of the Year-End All-Star team. Manuel Rondon, the Northwest League Pitcher of the Year, had a tremendous season for Short-Season Eugene. Rondon was 6-1 in 12 starts with a 1.10 ERA and 1.26 WHIP. … [Read more...]

Eugene Takes Down Hillsboro, Advances to Northwest League Finals

September 10, 2016 6:25 am By Neil Leave a Comment

Cubs’ Class-A Short-Season affiliate Eugene Emeralds defeats Hillsboro Hops to advance to Northwest League Finals The Eugene Emeralds advanced to the Northwest League Finals late Friday night with a 2-1 victory over two-time defending champs Hillsboro Hops. The Ems held off the Hops late for the one-run win to move on and play for a championship. Three Cubs affiliates played in win or go home games on Friday night. Myrtle Beach and Eugene advanced to their league championship series. South … [Read more...]

Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/09/16

September 9, 2016 12:05 am By Tom U. Leave a Comment

Its playoff time for the Cubs affiliates as the early games produced mixed results. South Bend used home runs from Tyler Alamo and Matt Rose to even their series, while Myrtle Beach got some great pitching from Trevor Clifton in their opener. Robert Garcia also went deep, but it wasn’t enough for Eugene. To find out more, take a look at today’s Down on the Farm Report. Short Season Class-A – Eugene Emeralds Pitching for Eugene could not contain Hillsboro on Wednesday as the Emeralds lost … [Read more...]

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