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78. Broadcaster Alex Cohen Breaks Down the Top Prospects in Iowa Sep 17, 2024

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Hosts Greg Huss and Alex Cohen break down a whole host of prospects that currently call Iowa home: Owen Caissie, Kevin Alcantara, Matt Shaw, James Triantos, Moises Ballesteros, Ed Howard, Brandon Birdsell, Connor Noland, and Michael Arias.

77. State of the System & the Rise and Fall of Cubs Top 100 Prospects Sep 10, 2024

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Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Greg Zumach:

Storylines from the Myrtle Beach Pelicans season
Storylines from the South Bend Cubs season
Tracking Baseball America's Top 100 list and where Cubs prospects have fallen on it over the course of the season (spoiler: it doesn't look as good now compared to the middle of summer)
State of the System

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76. Cam Smith Hot, James Triantos History, AFL Predictions, Smokies in the Playoffs Sep 03, 2024

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Topics on today's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith:

Cam Smith's hot performance to start off his pro career and if we see him finish the season in Tennessee
James Triantos crazy stolen base numbers and what it means for his long-term projection
Predictions for the Arizona Fall League including Moises Ballesteros, Ben Cowles, Brody McCullough, and Luis Rujano
How the hot Smokies got into the playoffs

75. Tackling Listener Questions About Blocked Prospects, Potential Trade Pieces, and More Aug 20, 2024

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Greg Zumach flies solo for this episode as he answers plenty of your questions from draft classes through guys knocking on the door to Chicago!

74. Cade's Injury & MLB ETA for Caissie, Ballesteros, Shaw, Triantos, & Alcantara Aug 13, 2024

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Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith:
- Cade Horton and Ben Brown's extended absences due to injury and what it means for their projection in future seasons
- Why the Cubs system was ranked outside the top 10 by both ESPN and Baseball America
- Estimating when Owen Caissie, Moises Ballesteros, Matt Shaw, James Triantos, and Kevin Alcantara will make their MLB debuts
- A deep dive into the success of Brandon Birdsell

73. Shaw, Triantos, & Alcantara Promoted to Iowa, Myrtle Beach Continues to Improve Aug 06, 2024

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Greg Huss is joined by Myrtle Beach broadcaster Sam Weiderhaft in this episode as the guys talk...

The promotions of Matt Shaw, James Triantos, and Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa
What it would mean for Cam Smith to play in Myrtle Beach
The Pelicans hot streak
Individual analysis on Eriandys Ramon, Cristian Hernandez, Alfonsin Rosario, Carter Trice, Leonel Espinoza, Yenrri Rojas, Christian Olivo, Nico Zeglin, Kenten Egbert, Miguel Pabon, and Nazier Mule

72. Prospects Added & Lost at the Trade Deadline, Interview with Frankie Scalzo Jr. Jul 31, 2024

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In this week's episode, Greg Huss and Bryan Smith take a look at each of the three trades the Cubs made at the trade deadline and give their in-depth thoughts on the prospects added (Jack Neely, Ben Cowles) and lost (Hunter Bigge, Ty Johnson, Yohendrick Pinango, Josh Rivera). Stick around for the end when Greg interviews one of the true fan-favorite prospsects in the system in Frankie Scalzo Jr.

71. Answering Listener Questions About My New Prospect List Jul 24, 2024

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Greg Huss just released his new Cubs prospect rankings at North Side Bound and he’sanswering your questions about why he ranked certain players where he did! He gives some tidbits about all 30 prospects on his list.
Full rankings and write-ups: https://northsidebound.com/2024/07/08/greg-huss-updates-his-top-30-prospects-with-plenty-of-new-guys-in-the-mix/

70. Get To Know Each of the New Cubs Draft Picks Jul 18, 2024

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You get three hosts for this episode with Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, and Bryan Smith. The crew breaks down each of the 20 Cubs draft picks from this week!

Cam Smith
Cole Mathis
Ronny Cruz
Ty Southisene
Ariel Armas
Ryan Gallagher
Ivan Brethowr
Edgar Alvarez
Brooks Caple
Matt Halbach
Eli Lovich
Daniel Avitia
Evan Aschenbeck
Cameron Sisneros
Hayden Frank
Christian Gordon
Ben Johnson
Thomas Hangus
Owen Ayers
Brayden Risedorph

69. Our New Prospect Lists, Big Names in the Futures Game, and Bigge's Promotion to Chicago Jul 09, 2024

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Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith:
- Owen Caissie and Matt Shaw selected to the Futures Game
- Moises Ballesteros to participate in the first ever Futures Skills Showcase
- Hunter Bigge promotion to Chicago
- Brandon Birdsell promotion to Iowa
- Brennen Davis back injury
- Our brand new prospect lists

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