NEWSLETTER
With the new month upon us, it was apparently the right time for a flurry of significant promotions throughout the Chicago Cubs farm system.
You already know about the possible big league arrival of Miguel Amaya, but that has to do with a potential injury to Yan Gomes. The other promotions are more developmental in nature, and say a lot about the status of a number of prospects. For example, starter Ben Brown and reliever Bailey Horn got the bump to Triple-A Iowa on the strength of their dominating start to the season, putting them both on a path toward the big leagues sooner rather than later.
Elsewhere in the system, two 2022 draft picks are already getting a significant bump.
Chicago Cubs second rounder Jackson Ferris, the way-overslot signing the Cubs paired with the Cade Horton pick last year, has been assigned to Myrtle Beach:
… which is a WOWWWW situation. That’s a high school draft pick getting assigned to full-season ball in May after the draft. No rookie ball. Just straight into full-season ball. It suggests that Ferris looked very impressive in instructional ball last year and then again in spring training. It also suggests that the Cubs have a whole lot of confidence in Ferris’s ability and maturity. It’s an aggressive assignment for the young lefty, which is pretty exciting.
Meanwhile, another 2022 draft pick is getting an aggressive promotion, but it’s because he’s not really giving the Cubs a choice:
You may remember McGeary as the DII catcher who was putting up video game numbers and earning himself a transfer to Kentucky. The Cubs drafted him in the 15th round and got him to give up college ball for the pros. The 23-year-old, who now mostly plays first base, hit last year at Low-A after the draft, and got the assignment to High-A to open this season. There, his numbers were just kind of hilarious, and it was clear he was not even close to being challenged.
So up to Double-A he goes, where joins a lineup that already features Pete Crow-Armstrong, Owen Caissie, Luis Vazquez, B.J. Murray Jr., Pablo Aliendo, and more. (Heck, it featured Miguel Amaya, too, until this maybe promotion to the bigs (it’s possible he never goes back to Double-A, and instead heads to Triple-A Iowa whenever his big league time is over).)
