The Cubs have officially signed the following draft picks:
1st round—RHP Cade Townsend
3rd round—RHP Carson Jasa
4th round—RHP Dylan Marionneaux
7th round—LHP Cole Tryba
10th round—RHP Luke Alwood
Catcher Owen Ayers was promoted from Double-A Knoxville to Triple-A Iowa.
Right-hander Jace Beck was also promoted to Iowa from Knoxville.
Right-hander Kevin Valdez was promoted to Knoxville from High-A South Bend
Catcher Miguel Useche also went from South Bend to Knoxville.
Smokies right-hander Yenrri Rojas was transferred to the development list.
Iowa Cubs right-hander Liam Hendricks, right-hander Kyle Wright, left-hander Aaron Bummer and catcher Eric Yang have all been released.
Right-hander Jake Woodford has elected to become a free agent.
If I missed anyone, I apologize. I know there are a lot of announcements on amateur free agents, but none of those have been made official yet.
Mesa won at least.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were edged by the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals), 10-9.
Jaxon Wiggins started this game and ran into a lot of trouble in the third inning, giving up five runs. The final line on Wiggins was five runs on two hits and five walks over 2.2 innings. Wiggins struck out three.
Iowa fought back and took the lead with a four-run fourth and a two-run fifth, but the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead. Corbin Martin ended up getting the loss after giving up a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth. Martin’s final line was one run on three hits over 1.1 innings. The run was unearned, but it was his own throwing error that caused it to be unearned, so he has no one to blame but himself. Martin walked two, one intentionally, and struck out one.
Iowa had 12 hits and ten walks in this game, but all 12 of the hits were singles.
Center fielder Brett Bateman was 2 for 6 with three RBI and one run scored.
Third baseman Owen Miller was 2 for 5 with two RBI.
Second baseman James Triantos was 2 for 4 with a walk and a run scored.
DH Owen Ayers didn’t slow down in Triple-A. Ayers was 3 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base in his I-Cubs debut.
Nice defense from Bateman.
Bateman two-run single.
The title says it all.
Ayers’ third hit.
Martin took the loss in the ninth, but he got out of trouble in the eighth on this nifty double play.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were burnt by the Montgomery Biscuits (Rays), 5-1.
Luis Martinez-Gomez was activated off the injured list and pitched the first four innings. Martinez-Gomez allowed one run on two hits, with one of those hits being a solo home run in the fourth. He walked two, hit one batter and struck out one.
Evan Taylor pitched the next two innings and got the loss after allowing one run on two hits. Taylor struck out one and walked no one.
The Smokies managed just three hits tonight. DH Andy Garriola was 1 for 2 with a sac fly. Right fielder Alex Ramírez went 1 for 4 with a double and he scored on the sac fly.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs were caged by the Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals), 9-3.
Starter Ethan Flanagan pitched 3.1 innings and surrendered two runs on two hits. The two hits were a triple and a home run though. Flanagan struck out five and walked no one.
Luis Rujano had a rough go of it and took the loss. Rujano got rocked for five runs on three hits and two walks over just one-third of an inning. He struck out one.
First baseman Josiah Hartshorn was 2 for 3 with a walk. He had an RBI single in the third inning and later scored in that frame.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans got blasted by the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox), 9-1.
Emilio Ramos started and got the loss after he was tagged for three runs on four hits over just two innings. Ramos walked three and struck out one.
Just four hits, all singles, for the Pelicans. Left fielder Ethan Conrad was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Alexis Hernández was also 1 for 3 with a walk. He scored once.
ACL Cubs
Beat the Reds, 11-6.
Second baseman Ezequiel Pena hit his first professional home run.
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