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How about this one? Greg and Jimmy interview Ethan Roberts, who is the very first player to be on the 40-man roster at the time of their interview! The new addition talks about everything from his spin rates in college to his pitch repertoire. He finishes off the show by giving some love to guys like Scott Effross, Cayne Uckert, Nelson Velazquez, and Andy Weber.

After what seemed like forever, the guys are back in your ears with another episode to discuss Nelson Velazquez's tear in the AFL and their prospect lists. Listen to Greg and Jimmy break down their rankings and provide insight to why players are ranking higher than others. You can find their lists at the link below: Greg: https://northsidebound.com/2021/10/31/greg-huss-cubs-top-prospect-rankings/...

The first prospect interview of the year is with lefty reliever Brandon Hughes. His story is a wild one as he gives some exclusives behind his transition from outfielder to pitcher (7:20). Later on in the episode, Hughes gets the chance to hype up his teammates a bit (39:40). We wrap up the show with Brandon taking over as host and taking the opportunity to ask Greg and Jimmy questions as the trio...

Jimmy and Greg kick off the offseason with their first interview in almost five months! But first, they begin the episode by giving an update on the seven Cubs prospects in the Arizona Fall League and what their season in Arizona could mean for their future. When they get around to interviewing Max Thoma they discuss everything from the home run call on the ferris wheel, why he started broadcastin...

It is finally time for the second annual Growing Cubs Award Show! (Can it really be annual if there was no minor league season last year?) Greg and Jimmy hand out all of your favorite awards from standard ones like Hitter and Pitcher of the Year, to quirky ones like Best Name and Best Mustache, to some superlatives such as Best Offspeed and Best Bat-to-Ball Skills. A total of 18 awards get handed...

The guys are back with the penultimate episode before the end of the minor league baseball season! Jimmy and Greg begin the episode discussing the recent promotions of Scott Kobos and Christopher Morel to the Iowa Cubs. Spoiler alert: Morel is a stud. Then, the guys spend the majority of the episode discussing potential prospects who could make their debuts in 2022 for the Chicago Cubs.

The boys are back and the season is over for everyone but Iowa. They aren't quite ready to wrap up the season, so they drool over the incredible Triple-A debut from Brennen Davis to begin the show followed by the other Iowa prospects they are keeping an eye on the remaining two weeks (19:45). Greg digs into Daniel Palencia's final start (36:00) while Jimmy digs into DJ Herz's final outing (43:00)....

Jimmy and Greg are back with another episode of the Growing Cubs Podcast as the 2021 baseball season comes to an end. The guys start the episode by discussing the recent Brennen Davis promotion to AAA Iowa and what that means for his future in the organization. Then, Jimmy dives into the great season Bryan Hudson has had out of the Tennessee Smokies bullpen. Greg also has some quirky stats of his...

The guys are in person and recording together for the first time in months! They dig into the South Bend debuts of Jordan Wicks and DJ Herz (2:00), debate who might win the Cubs minor league hitter and pitcher of the year awards (24:30), make sense of the "prospects that aren't prospects" in Chicago (30:15), and break down who might be promoted up a level to wrap up this minor league season (45:45...

Jimmy and Greg are back with another episode of the Growing Cubs Podcast! They spend the first half of the episode discussing the recent promotions of Cubs prospects Alfonso Rivas and Scott Effross, as well as Jimmy's time watching the South Bend Cubs play in Peoria. During the back half of the episode they take a deep dive into the seasons Luis Vazquez, Yohendrick Pinango, Chris Morel, Corey Abbo...

The guys spend the first half hour of the show answering questions from listeners regarding everything from the highest upside reliever to who they like best between Chase Strumpf, Nico Hoerner, and Nick Madrigal. They spend the back half of the show digging in real deep on some of the most interesting names in the system: DJ Herz, Strumpf, Kevin Made, Yonathan Perlaza, Burl Carraway, and Owen Cai...

In this weeks episode of the Growing Cubs Podcast Greg and Jimmy discuss the Marquee Sports Network airing Myrtle Beach Pelicans games (3:50), the addition of Justin Steele and Keegan Thompson into the Cubs starting rotation (10:50), and prospects who can hold down the fort in Chicago while the Cubs rebuild their roster (24:37).

Now that the dust has settled, the guys make an attempt at trying to decipher who the Cubs' top tier of prospects are (4:15). After that, they describe what they saw from the organization's new prospects now that they have suited up for in the blue and red (25:30). Greg and Jimmy finish out the episode by daydreaming about the best ways this system could finish off the season as the final month of...

Spoiler alert: the faces of the Chicago Cubs have been traded away at the deadline leaving the future wide open for the prospects in the system! In this episode of the Growing Cubs Podcast, Greg and Jimmy break down every trade the Cubs made at the deadline, answer listener questions, and discuss where the system now stands in all of baseball after the trade deadline.

Greg spent the entire week with the Iowa Cubs on their road trip to Columbus so he used the first portion of the episode to talk about his biggest takeaways from the Triple-A squad (2:45). The guys couldn't beat the news of the Andrew Chafin trade during their recording, but still discussed some potential returns for guys like Kris Bryant and Craig Kimbrel (24:45). They wrap up this episode by dig...

After a long episode from last week's special draft coverage of the 2021 MLB draft, Jimmy and Greg are back to their regular podcast format. They discuss who is hot in the Cubs system, including 2021 Futures Game MVP Brennan Davis (2:35), the new Prospect in the Cubs system Bryce Ball (31:13), and wrap up the show covering draft picks from rounds 2-20 (37:43).

If you think this episode seems exceptionally long, it's because we pulled over our live draft coverage that was featured on The Rant Live, also presented by Cubs Insider. Listen in to our Cubs-centric coverage from pick #1 on through our analysis of the Cubs selection at #21. We are joined by your favorite guests: Evan Altman, Mason McRae, Todd Johnson, and Bryan Smith. Be sure to stick around to...

After spending some time in Indianapolis to watch the Iowa Cubs series against the Indianapolis Indians, Greg and Jimmy talk about the exciting game they watched in person on Thursday. The guys got to see Marty Peavey get ejected, Hermosillo continue his tear, the good Iowa Cubs bullpen, while also getting the chance to spend a half inning in the booth with Iowa Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen. The re...

We have a special edition episode this week as we pull on Ivy Futures' Greg Zumach to talk about the upcoming MLB Draft! No Cubs affiliate prospect coverage, but we dig into all of the possible options for the Cubs in the first round at pick number 21 including Colson Montgomery and Trey Sweeney. We also take a look at some possible options for the Cubs further along in the draft including Braden...

Jimmy and Greg have one of the longest episodes of The Growing Cubs Podcast this week! Now that the MiLB season is almost 1/3 of the way over, the guys revisit their prospect predictions from the beginning of the year. The guys look back at their predictions for the systems biggest riser (5:55), how many prospects would make their debut in 2021 (11:38), the breakout player of the year (24:00), Cub...

Segments are back! Only two players in action for the Top Tier Update (2:30), Ryan Reynolds and Michael Hermosillo are our Dudes of the Week (15:30), Scott Kobos and Yohendrick Pinango stand out in Bandwagon Jumping (22:45), the South Bend Cubs were no-hit and DJ Herz struggled on the mound and You Hate To See It (30:45), and You Love To See Max Bain dominate in his start (41:45).

Greg and Jimmy are back this week with a very special guest! Phil Goyette, writer for RotoBaller, Baseball Farm, and Baseball America joins the Growing Cubs Podcast to take a deep dive into the Cubs prospects whose numbers may be even better than they appear (33:50). But first, Greg and Jimmy give an update on the incredible year DJ Herz is having (2:30), the various promotions throughout the syst...

Shockingly, there was more to talk about on the farm this week than just the major benches-clearing brawl in South Bend, but the guys were sure to dig into the fun from that fight in detail (2:00) before getting into the usual segments. - Top Tier Update with Davis, Amaya, Howard, Marquez, Franklin, and Jensen (14:00) - Dudes of the Week featuring Burl Carraway and Brandon Hughes (22;45) - Bandwag...

The boys are back with their new "normal" segments after Week Three's minor league action! - Top Tier Update (1:45) - Dudes of the Week featuring Delvin Zinn and Scott Effross (20:00) - Bandwagon Jumping featuring DJ Herz and Taylor Gushue (28:15) - You Hate to See It (39:00) - You Love to See It featuring Jacob Olson (48:45) - Quirky Stat of the Week (54:00)

The Growing Cubs Podcast is back with their weekly podcast to discuss the second week of the MiLB season and introduce new segments into the show. Greg and Jimmy begin the episode with a new segment Top Tier Update (2:50), then move on to Dude of the Week (21:45), Bandwagon Jumper (28:10), You Hate to See It (37:50), You Love to See It (47:00), and Quirky Stat of the Week (51:12). They end the epi...