Cubs On Deck

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith: Daniel Palencia, Luke Little, Ryan Jensen, and Riley Thompson in the bullpen A game of "Are They Legit?" featuring Luis Vazquez, Ezequiel Pagan, and BJ Murray Which prospects do we think are the most underrated?

Greg Huss is joined by Iowa Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen in this episode. Topics: Alex talks Greg off the Kilian-sized ledge Miguel Amaya's insane start in Triple-A Why Brennen Davis has had a more successful season than you'd think What it is like for Cam Sanders and Riley Thompson to convert to the bullpen Who is up next for a big league promotion?

Greg Huss is joined by Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Just Baseball, Aram Leighton. As Cubs fans, we can be a little blinded by our fandom as we rate the legitimacy of the system. Covering the entire league and their prospects, Aram provides some much-needed context for players like PCA, Matt Mervis, Owen Caissie, and Kevin Alcantara while also breaking down the depth and pitching infrastructu...

The two Gregs discuss a ton of player movement throughout the system... The MLB debuts of Matt Mervis and Miguel Amaya Jackson Ferris in his first pro start Promotions for Cade Horton and Luke Little DJ Herz on his way back from injury A trio of Arizona rehabbers in James Triantos, Ed Howard, and Alexander Canario They end the show with some draft talk with the event just two months out.

On this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith: The guys spend the question answering one question for 13 players... Are you higher on Player X than you were before the season? Listen to find out what they had to say about Matt Mervis, Yonathan Perlaza, Miguel Amaya, Pablo Aliendo, Haydn McGeary, Moises Ballesteros, Jefferson Encarnacion, Riley Thompson, Ben Brown, Bailey Horn, Brandon Bird...

On this week's episode with Greg Huss and Myrtle Beach Pelicans broadcaster Sam Weiderhaft: The guys spend the majority of the show going in-depth into some of the best Pelicans performers this season... Marino Santy, Cade Horton, Brody McCullough, Felix Stevens, Cristian Hernandez, and Moises Ballesteros. But they couldn't finish the episode without talking about three notable performers elsewher...

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith: What does the Ian Happ extension mean for outfield prospects like PCA, Kevin Alcantara, Brennen Davis, Owen Caissie, Nelson Velazquez, and Alexander Canario? Breaking down the most exciting triple we have seen in years, courtesy of PCA Owen Caissie's interestingly hot start at the plate Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel and how they mig...

Topics on this week's episode with Greg and Greg: - Brandon Birdsell, Luke Little, Brody McCullough, Riley Thompson, Ben Brown, Ryan Jensen, and Jordan Wicks shine in their starts in MiLB's first full week - Kevin Alcantara and Haydn McGeary are large human beings - How excited should we get about Pedro Ramirez? - Who should the Cubs draft and who does Zumach like in this year's draft?

Iowa lit up the scoreboard in our first minor league action of the year. Greg Huss and Bryan Smith talk about a couple players that give prospect vibes but aren't actually prospects in Christopher Morel and Nelson Velazquez, then get excited once again about Matt Mervis and Jake Slaughter. They break the bad Ben Leeper news while digging into a rough start from Caleb Kilian. The fellas end the sho...

We've reached the final season preview of the Cubs affiliates. The Pelicans round out the festivities as broadcaster Sam Weiderhaft joins Greg Huss to discuss some brand new players we have yet to lay our eyes on, his experiences at the Spring Training backfields, and some familiar faces including Moises Ballesteros and Pedro Ramirez.

We continue to churn through the affiliate previews, this time with South Bend broadcaster Max Thoma. There are plenty of returners in the rotation that Max spent plenty of time around in 2022 including Porter Hodge and Luke Little. The duo ends the show talking about an absolutely loaded lineup.

We keep the season preview festivities rolling, this time breaking down the Double-A Tennessee Smokies. Greg Huss is joined by one of the South Bend Cubs broadcasters, Brendan King, to discuss a ton of the players he saw take the field a year ago.

We're starting off a series of affiliate previews with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. Greg Huss is joined by a new co-host, I-Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen, to talk about both the prospects and veteran guys that will make up the rotation, the absolutely loaded bullpen, and a hitting group led by Brennen Davis and Matt Mervis.

Greg and Bryan dig being able to watch Cubs prospects on the same field as the Major Leaguers so they talk about some standout performances by PCA, Darius Hill, Caleb Kilian, and Ryan Jensen. They also give their reaction to some of the pitch clock outcry as two guys that spent all year in 2022 watching minor leaguers play with the clock. The guys end the show by identifying Major League players a...

All three co-hosts of the show sit down for an episode as Greg Huss, Greg Zumach, and Bryan Smith run a snake draft to try to assemble the best roster of Cubs prospects. Each guy drafts 20 players a piece! You get to decide who has the most stacked squad!

There is simply no way you can listen to Cole Roederer speak and not get amped up. The outfield prospect joins the show to discuss his battle back to regular playing time after his injuries, what it was like playing this winter in Australia, the mindset you have to have when facing a pitcher like Eury Perez, and he gives us an update on the fellas!

For the first time this winter, we have enough news to do a big analysis episode! The two Gregs talk about all the goings on at the Cubs Convention in Chicago which came with a prospect panel with plenty of good sound bites and a fair bit of news including PCA in Major League Spring Training, some players on World Baseball Classic rosters, and plenty of International Free Agency signings to dicsus...

Greg and Bryan sit down to chat with one of the top pitching prospects in the system, Jordan Wicks. The lefty talks about his comparisons to another lefty by the name of Jon Lester, why he has incorporated a brand new cutter, and why he and DJ Herz are inseperable.

As we prepare to enter 2023, Greg and Greg make 8 New Year's resolutions on behalf of the Cubs farm system: 5:10 Matt Mervis cements himself as a MLB first baseman 11:05 DJ Herz establishes a breaking ball 15:10 DJ Herz improves his command 19:30 One starting pitcher breaks out in Myrtle Beach 26:50 Multiple catchers step forward 35:40 Reliever develop train does not slow down 44:30 Outfield prosp...

Bryan joins Greg in this episode as the guys put some finality to the Rule 5 Draft saga followed by some talk of new/old friend Brailyn Marquez. The majority of the episode is spent addressing the all important question of “What prospects might we see in Chicago next year and in the future if the front office fails to sign one of the four free agent shortstops?” The guys end the episode by answeri...

Greg Zumach joins Greg Huss in his first episode as co-host of the show. In this episode, the talk about the Cubs adding Brennen Davis, Kevin Alcantara, Ben Brown, and Ryan Jensen to the 40-man roster and mention a few players that might be worth drafting in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. They finish the episode by digging into their new prospect lists, dropped on NorthSideBound.com!

Greg Huss is joined by Bryan Smith in the very first episode of Cubs On Deck! True to form, the guys dig in deep on many prospects as they take a look at who warrants being added to the 40-man roster ahead of the Rule Five Draft deadline.

The Chicago Cubs have one of the most prospect-obsessed fanbases in all of baseball, so it is only appropriate that we fans deserve a podcast dedicated entirely to the Cubs minor league system.