On this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith, the guys evaluate the start of the year for 15 Cubs prospects and determine whether their hot starts AND cold starts are legit or if they will regress to the mean.

• Hot Bats: Owen Ayers, Cole Mathis, Ty Southisene, Brett Bateman
• Cold Bats: Kade Snell, Ariel Armas, Alexey Lumpuy, Jonathon Long
• Hot Arms: Mason McGwire, Dominick Reid, Marino Santy
• Cold Arms: JP Wheat, Jackson Kirkpatrick, Erian Rodriguez, Nazier Mule

Greg Huss is joined by Iowa Cubs broadcaster Jason Kempf! Topics include:

• What coaches think about Pedro Ramirez's breakout
• Has BJ Murray Jr. been just as impressive as Pedro?
• Why is Jonathon Long struggling so much at the plate?
• How does Kevin Alcantara fit on the MLB roster?
• James Triantos is doing typical James Triantos things
• Is Brett Bateman the (second) most patient hitter in all of baseball?
• An insane revolving door of pitchers on the Iowa roster
• Why veteran pitchers continue to re-sign with the Cubs to play in Des Moines

We all know the top pitching prospect in the Cubs organization is Jaxon Wiggins. But after him, who are the top arms in the system? Greg Huss and Bryan Smith make the case for a handful of arms:

Kaleb Wing, Dominick Reid, Brooks Caple, Brandon Birdsell, Mason McGwire, and Pierce Coppola

Greg Huss is joined by Greg Zumach on this live version of the podcast to talk:

• Brooks Caple and Mason McGwire's mini-breakouts
• Draft approach to catchers
• Is the organization's catching the best it has been in the last decade?
• Untouchable prospects in trades

Greg Huss and Bryan Smith spend the entire episode talking about one player: Pedro Ramirez. The infielder has quickly put himself on the national prospect radar with an unbelievably hot start in Triple-A. The guys talk about how he got to this point in his career, what he's doing so well this season, and how he fits into the Chicago Cubs' plans - both this season and into the future.

Topics on this week's episode with Greg Huss and new voice of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Joey Robertson:

• Joey's career journey to Myrtle Beach
• Hitting prospects Cole Mathis, Josiah Hartshorn, Michael Carico, Jose Escobar, and others
• Pitching prospects Dominick Reid, Mason McGwire, Hayden Frank, and others

This is your prototypical episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith. Topics include:

• Josiah Hartshorn popping onto Top 100 radars
• Owen Ayers continues his Arizona Fall League hot streak to the regular season
• Cole Mathis providing he doesn't belong in Myrtle Beach
• Grant Kipp nearly perfect to start the season
• BJ Murray Jr. proving himself at Triple-A
• Pedro Ramirez showing power
• Jace Beck looking like a potential breakout bullpen arm

In this episode, Greg Huss sits down pregame with 3 members of the South Bend Cubs:

• Outfielder Kade Snell talks about his added strength and experience in big league Spring Training games
• Outfielder Kane Kepley breaks down his hair-on-fire play style and what he's learned with each jump in competition level.
• Hitting coach Nate Spears discusses his time in the organization as a player following his involvement in the Corey Patterson trade and how it compares to the impact he makes on players now that he's a coach. He also talks about how the Cubs development team coordinates teaching hitting at the various levels of the system.

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

• Affiliate assignments that stand out like Cole Mathis to Myrtle Beach
• Riley Martin's promotion to Chicago and MLB debut
• There seems to be a new pitching development strategy, with almost all of the Cubs' lower level pitchers going multiple innings
• Kevin Alcantara's hot start
• Josiah Hartshorn's impressive pro debut
• James Triantos back on track

Two big-time segments on this week's episode with Greg Huss and Bryan Smith:

The first 40 minutes is spent making the hottest takes this podcast has ever seen (even if that's a very relative statement). From Jefferson Rojas making the bigs this year to Will Sanders' most important pitch and eating crow on Pedro Ramirez, the guys react to the first weekend of I-Cubs games and Spring Training.

The back-end of the show is the guys making their annual predictions for what Cubs prospects make their MLB debut in 2026. Jaxon Wiggins seems like an absolute lock to make it to Chicago, but when will it happen? And three-plus more guys that could make the leap.