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Velazquez marches on towards AFL MVP

No. 29 Cubs prospect stays hot with three hits, three RBIs
November 18, 2021

Mesa 3, Salt River 1 With less than a handful of games left on the docket, it's almost impossible to envision a scenario where Nelson Velazquez doesn't win Arizona Fall League MVP honors. The No. 29 Cubs prospect started off hot and with the season winding down, hasn't let up.

Lee slugs first Arizona Fall League homer

Top Astros prospect gets back on track with game-tying blast
November 17, 2021

Glendale 3, Mesa 2 Sometimes all it takes is one swing. For Korey Lee, Wednesday's sixth-inning at-bat might have been the one. Mired in a 2-for-25 slump entering his third plate appearance of the afternoon, the top Astros prospect evened the score with a two-run homer. The clout was Lee's

Tena claims Arizona Fall League batting lead

Cleveland's No. 12 prospect doubles, tallies three more hits
November 7, 2021

Scottsdale 11, Peoria 7 Jose Tena put together a three-hit performance that catapulted him into the AFL batting lead. The trio of base hits brought Cleveland’s 12th-ranked prospect’s slash line to .442/.537/.558 with five doubles in 12 Fall League games. The 20-year-old notched 116 total hits over 107 games with

Davis turns heads, points sails toward Windy City

No. 14 overall prospect provides steady hand as Cubs look to future
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November 3, 2021

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club. In the fifth season since their historic World Series victory, the Cubs decided

Velazquez, Haake turning heads in AFL

Cubs outfielder scores four times, Royals hurler tosses blanks
October 21, 2021

Mesa 11, Scottsdale 9 Nelson Velazquez is enjoying his first week in the Arizona Fall League. The No. 29 Cubs prospect snapped a brief 1-for-10 skid by reaching base three times and scoring four runs for the Solar Sox on Wednesday. Velazquez stroked his third double of the fall campaign

Baseball Returned to the Bend

A look back at the South Bend Cubs 2021 season
September 24, 2021

For the first time in over 600 days, the South Bend Cubs returned to action at Four Winds Field on May 4 this year. The 2020 season was cancelled due to Covid-19 and 601 days after Cole Roederer scored on a wild pitch to win game two of the Midwest

Prospect Roundup: Games of Sept. 3

Dodgers' Peters shows more pop; Cubs' Velazquez homers twice
September 4, 2018

Theme of the dayAll's well that ends well: With a few exceptions, Monday brought the 2018 Minor League regular season to a close, and it did not go quietly. Mets No. 2 prospect Peter Alonso hit a walk-off homer for Triple-A Las Vegas that not only gave him a share