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The Chicago Cubs announced Thursday that 2014 Tennessee Smokies pitcher C.J. Edwards has been added to the Major League club’s 40-Man Roster. Thursday was the final day to protect players who were previously not on the 40-man roster from being selected in next month’s Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. Edwards […]

February 13th has arrived, meaning Chicago Cubs Spring Training in Mesa, Arizona has opened with pitchers and catchers reporting. The report date for Cubs position players is February 18. In total, 25 Tennessee Smokies alums will begin Major League camp with the Cubs, while 40 others have either been invited to their respective teams’ Big […]

The Arizona Fall League had many ups and downs for every player there, but for the Cubs players there were a lot more of the former. The Cubs sent four position players and four pitchers to the fall league; the most highly regarded being pitcher Dallas Beeler, right fielder Jorge Soler, center fielder Albert Almora […]

Ballpark Digest, the highly regarded everything baseball website recently announced their annual ‘Broadcast of the Year’ award. This year Mick Gillispie received honorable mention for the third time in as many years. When all levels of minor league baseball are taken into consideration, there are a host of broadcasters who can be potential candidates for the […]

The Surprise Saguaros defeated the Mesa Solar Sox 2-0 in the 22nd annual Arizona Fall League Championship Game, for the first shutout in the game’s history. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon for baseball in Scottsdale, Arizona, 3,645 fans made their way through the gates in the spring home of the San Francisco Giants, and winter […]

The Cubs are well represented in the 22nd annual Arizona Fall League Championship game today. Dallas Beeler is getting the call and will start on hill for the Mesa Solar Sox. Beeler came into the Arizona Fall League recovering from a finger injury and has shown steady improvement throughout. He enters the championship game sporting […]

Tennessee Smokies starting pitcher Dallas Beeler recently took the time to speak with the Smokies Radio Network about his growth at the Arizona Fall League. The 24 year-old Tulsa native is sporting a winning record in the fall league sitting at 3-1 with a 3.24 ERA and 7 strikeouts over 16.2 innings pitched. Beeler said […]

Smokies pitcher Dallas Beeler recently sat down with the Smokies Radio Network to discuss his progress in the Arizona Fall League. Last season with Tennessee, Beeler went 4-2 in nine starts with a 3.13 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 54.2 innings of work. The Oklahoma native had his season cut short by an injury to […]

By: Nick Roark The Chicago Cubs are sending their top prospects packing for Arizona this fall as the organization announced it’s sending five of its top six prospects to play in Mesa. The list of eight includes four current Smokies in shortstop Javier Baez and pitchers Dallas Beeler, Matt Loosen and Armando Rivero. Baez was […]

By: Nick Roark The 2013 season looked to be a promising one for Dallas Beeler. The Tennessee Smokies starter had built a 4-2 record with a 3.13 ERA and looked as if he would surpass his win total from last year by mid-June. All of that momentum came to a screeching halt in late May […]