Lots of Cubs prospect stuff I wanted to get into today. It makes me happy to have minor league baseball back, AND that the Cubs’ system is already providing so much to discuss …
There are multiple possible reads on this, depending on your natural bent:Cubs top pitching prospect Jaxon Wiggins, who was originally slated to start Friday for the @IowaCubs, is no longer listed in the team's pitching probables.Cubs farm director Jason Kanzler to the Des Moines Register: "We are being strategic with how we deploy our pitching."
BJ Murray Jr.'s 4th home run of the year brings home three more!I-Cubs lead 12-3 pic.twitter.com/SMCeU4a6YG
— Iowa Cubs (@IowaCubs) April 8, 2026 Obviously too early to draw conclusions, but a good opportunity to reiterate what matters most for Kane Kepley this year:Kane Kepley smokes his second double of the night and then promptly steals third base.He’s been spraying line drives all over the diamond early this season, going 4-for-7 with 3 doubles to begin the year. pic.twitter.com/ObrSeAgSde
— Carson Wolf (@TheWrigleyWire) April 9, 2026 What I like about his hits so far this year is that he’s sending them to the wall. Even if loads of home run power isn’t in the future for Kepley, having ENOUGH power to keep defenses and pitchers honest is really the key to unlocking his overall productivity. He can do most of his damage on making lots of contact, spraying line drives, and using his speed, but as we know about this kind of profile, if there’s zero power potential, then the production gets squeezed on all sides as the pitching gets better. The dream scenario on Kepley is that the Cubs absolutely nailed it on drafting a guy with all the other skills, believing they could help improve his power just enough. A Kane Kepley with even 40-grade power – if he holds it into the big leagues – is a potential All-Star center fielder. If Kepley keeps on raking, he might get the bump to Double-A Knoxville right around the time fellow 2025 outfield draftee Josiah Hartshorn forces the Cubs to bump him up to High-A South Bend. I really, really don’t want to get ahead of myself, but Hartshorn had another big game for the Pelicans (2-4, 2 BB, 0 K, SB). You can’t start your pro career off much better than Hartshorn has, especially heading straight to full-season ball as a high school pick. Speaking of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, by the way, they have been kinda ridiculous up and down the lineup. Monster numbers not only from Hartshorn, but also Ty Southisene, Cole Mathis, Jose Escobar, Eli Lovich, and Michael Carico (who is finally healthy). They’ve just continued on being an offensive overload going back to midseason last year when they collective all exploded at once (other guys who were raking at that time, Kane Kepley, Angel Cepeda, Matt Halbach, and Owen Ayers, got the bump to South Bend to open the year). Brooks Caple, 23, was the Cubs’ 9th rounder in 2024, and he spent much of 2025 at High-A South Bend. He’s back there to open the season, and the first start was QUITE a success:Brooks Caple tonight:5.0 IP | 1 H | 0 ER | 0 BB | 7 KHe attacked hitters all night, filling up the zone and mixing well to keep opponents guessing. pic.twitter.com/gQ7a3FO6om
— Carson Wolf (@TheWrigleyWire) April 9, 2026 Alfredo Romero followed Caple with four innings of dominant ball of his own (just one hit, no runs, no walks, and five strikeouts). Romero, 22, was basically unhitable at Myrtle Beach last year, but it mostly because of a ton of walks and crummy contact. When you’re going only by the numbers, that’s pretty hard to project, because a 14+% walk rate at Low-A doesn’t bode well unless something fundamentally improves. Heckuva first outing this year! That South Bend win made for a little history:A historical night in Peoria!With tonight's win, we earned the 2500th victory in South Bend franchise history, dating back to 1988.RECAP ⬇️ t.co/RGeRaGDGhu
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