Cubs On Deck

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Greg Zumach: How legit is Cristian Hernandez's breakout and when will he crack Top 100 lists What are the internal options for the Chicago Cubs pitching staff depth following Justin Steele's trip to the IL? Moises Ballesteros is starting to tap into that all-important power An exercise to predict which prospects will end the season with the highest...

Hosts Greg Huss and Bryan Smith talk about the players that caught their eyes over the course of the first full weekend of the minor league season, as all four affiliates took the field for the first time!

Greg Huss details the newly released Double-A Knoxville Smokies roster in the team preview for the 2025 campaign: Rotation: Will Sanders and Sam Armstrong but no Jaxon Wiggins, Erian Rodriguez, Nick Dean, or Drew Gray Bullpen: Nick Hull, Frankie Scalzo Jr, Zac Leigh, Mitchell Tyranski, Ben Leeper, and Robert Kwiatkowski Infield: Pedro Ramirez, Haydn McGeary, Hayden Cantrelle, BJ Murray, and Ed How...

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register as the duo recaps opening weekend for the Iowa Cubs: Throwback to when Matt Murton and Eric Patterson were Cubs prospects Owen Caissie is healthy and in the starting lineup James Triantos and how his skillset might work in the bigs Moises Ballesteros hits the ball hard and the defense is better than it probably...

Marquee Sports Network and former Iowa Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen joins Greg Huss to preview the Iowa Cubs 2025 campaign. Iowa will be a team loaded with top prospects: Top 100 bats Moises Ballesteros, Kevin Alcantara, James Triantos, and Owen Caissie Other hitters Christian Franklin, Jonathon Long, Pablo Aliendo, Ben Cowles Starting pitchers Cade Horton, Connor Noland, and Brandon Birdsell Relie...

In his final appearance on the show, former Myrtle Beach Pelicans broadcaster Sam Weiderhaft helps Greg Huss preview the Birds 2025 campaign. Players of note include Jose Escobar, Yahil Melendez, Angel Cepeda, Christopher Paciolla, Alexis Hernandez, Anderson Suriel, Joan Delgado, Alexey Lumpuy, Owen Ayers, Michael Carico, Luis Martinez-Gomez, Naz Mule, and Jeral Vizcaino.

Greg Huss and Bryan Smith are joined by South Bend Cubs broadcaster Brendan King to preview the 2025 campaign for the High-A South Bend Cubs after a review of Saturday's Spring Breakout game that featured impressive performances by Cade Horton, Jaxon Wiggins, Will Sanders, and Kevin Alcantara. South Bend prospects to keep an eye on this year: Top hitters Cristian Hernandez, Eriandys Ramon, and Leo...

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and brand new Iowa Cubs broadcaster Jason Kempf: How Jason's path through the minors led him to Iowa His relationships with Alex Cohen and Sam Weiderhaft Riding in a trunk from a Mexican restaurant in Beloit Road tripping for a month in a half while with the Quad Cities Cubs prospects that caught his eye last year in Myrtle Beach Cubs prospects that wil...

Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, and Bryan Smith compete in the nerdiest event all year: a Cubs prospect fantasy draft! The trio drafts five starting pitchers, three relievers, a full starting lineup, and a few bench options to put together the best squads. Who came away with the best team?

On this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith, the guys discuss Opening Day assignments for certain players and how their work in the offseason and performance in Spring Training might impact where they begin the 2025 campaign. Players include: Jefferson Rojas, Cristian Hernandez, Eriandys Ramon, Angel Cepeda, Ty Southisene, Riley Martin, Frankie Scalzo Jr, Drew Gray, Luis Martinez-Gomez,...

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Greg Zumach: Trading away prospects Juan Bello and Michael Arias New Top 100 rankings from MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and The Athletic Cade Horton, Moises Ballesteros, Owen Caissie, and James Triantos: who makes it to Chicago first? How many prospects will make their MLB debut in 2025?

Topics on this week's solo episode with Greg Huss: Matt Mervis traded to Miami for Vidal Brujan Cole Roederer signs with the San Diego Padres Brennen Davis signs with the New York Yankees A wild run through notes on 72 different Cubs prospects in 62 minutes

A full panel of hosts hop on this episode, with Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, Bryan Smith, and guest host Brendan Miller all joining the show. Topics: The Cubs traded Cam Smith in a package for Kyle Tucker. What did the Cubs give up by trading away their 2024 first round pick? By trading away Isaac Paredes, it appears third base in Matt Shaw's for the taking. How likely is it that he can hold onto the j...

Cubs prospects and former Arkansas teammates Christian Franklin and Connor Noland join the show for individual interviews with Greg Huss in a jam-packed episode! The first part of the show is with the Rule 5 Draft eligible Christian Franklin where he talked about his hitting mentality, swing changes (or lack thereof), and tapping into more power. The back half of the episode is with pitcher Connor...

Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, and Bryan Smith discuss the Cubs' options as to who they should protect from the Rule 5 Draft. What prospects get added to the 40-man roster and who might get poached by another team? The trio runs through a whole host of names after the obvious selection -- Owen Caissie. The guys end the show by answering a few listener questions!

In this episode, Greg Huss is joined by Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year Brandon Birdsell. The righty covers all sorts of topics including his funky delivery, an uptick in stuff this year, a battle against a teammate for the most innings, how he manipulates the baseball, and plenty more.

In the first player interview of the offseason, Greg Huss is joined by Iowa Cubs reliever Riley Martin. The guys talk... Transitioning from college starter to pro reliever The journey from a 5th year senior in Division 2 to being one step away from the big leagues His competitive nature on the mound A hot finish to the year Things he's working on over the offseason

Topics on the first episode of the offseason with Greg Huss and Brendan Miller: The Arizona Fall League has started and we FINALLY have the chance to run through the Cubs players assigned to the league A comprehensive look into whether the Cubs should be more aggressive in promoting their prospects to the Majors Leagues including past examples, pros, cons, types of players that it works best for,...

Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, and Bryan Smith hand out 20 total awards on the 2nd edition of the Cubs On Deck Award Show. They span from standard ones like Hitter of the Year to weird ones like the I-80 Road Warrior Award followed by superlatives like Most Power and Best Breaking Ball. A huge thanks to everyone for tuning in each week this season. Your support has been absolutely incredible and we appre...

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.

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 Cubs On Deck's apparel today was provide...

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...

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!

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 dee...

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,...