NEWSLETTER
For the Cubs organization, 2017 minor league baseball is over. Vancouver beat Eugene 2-1 last night, and that means Vancouver wins the Northwest League Championship three games to one.
Once again Eugene benefitted from some very good pitching, but the bats could not come alive. For the second straight day Eugene scored one run on four hits and wound up losing by a run.
The pitching, though, was again all we could ask for. Jose Albertos pitched four no hit innings to open the game, and finished with five innings of work. He did allow both Vancouver runs, but did so on just two hits. He also walked five and struck out four. From there the bullpen tossed three hitless innings of relief. The bats just couldn’t find the runs to back that effort.
Eugene did not repeat as league champions, but they did make it to the championship game two years in a row. That is impressive. For the organization as a whole, the Cubs finish with one championship team (Arizona) and two runners up (Myrtle Beach and Eugene). Winning minor league titles is just a side effect of the Cubs’ focus on talent acquisition and player development, but that is a pretty good year for the farm system.
Short Season A: Eugene Emeralds
Vancouver 2, Eugene 1
Eugene scores two runs in their final eighteen innings of the season.
Other Notes
Brett: for myself, and everyone here who enjoys fantastic Cubs prospect coverage, let me say thanks, Luke. You are a stud.
