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 deep dive into the success of Brandon Birdsell

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

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.

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/

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!

1. Cam Smith
2. Cole Mathis
3. Ronny Cruz
4. Ty Southisene
5. Ariel Armas
6. Ryan Gallagher
7. Ivan Brethowr
8. Edgar Alvarez
9. Brooks Caple
10. Matt Halbach
11. Eli Lovich
12. Daniel Avitia
13. Evan Aschenbeck
14. Cameron Sisneros
15. Hayden Frank
16. Christian Gordon
17. Ben Johnson
18. Thomas Hangus
19. Owen Ayers
20. Brayden Risedorph

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

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

• Alfonsin Rosario's historic start in Myrtle Beach
• Cole Roederer's future as a 4th outfielder
• The grouping of starting pitchers in the organization after Cade Horton
• Owen Caissie's promotion to Chicago timeline
• MLB Draft prep just 2 weeks out from the event

Jack McMullen, broadcaster for the Indianapolis Indians, joins the show with Greg Huss to talk...

• Moises Ballesteros' first week in Iowa
• Owen Caissie at the plate and on defense
• What Matt Mervis and Alexander Canario have to prove
• Triple-A relievers Hunter Bigge, Michael Arias, and Ethan Roberts

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

• Crazy ump show in the South Bend game
• Drew Gray's less than stellar start
• Moises Ballesteros promotion to Iowa
• James Triantos not yet promoted to Iowa
• Frankie Scalzo Jr's scoreless innings streak and promotion to Iowa
• Cristian Hernandez might be back
• Ethan Roberts added to 40-man roster
• DJ Herz shows out with his new team