Tonight's a good night to once again thank Brad, Itsacon, Todd ⚾️🐻🦌, Jordan Miller, and everyone who does video capture of Cubs prospects. I cannot reiterate often enough how helpful it is. It's time consuming and you save me like an hour each morning I write.

I can't do justice to the number of great performances on the farm last night in a one tweet summary. Just click the link and enjoy. It will be worth your time. Trust me. Cubs Den chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2022/…

Make sure to check this out if you are curious about the improvements being made by the Cubs development staff working with pitchers.

Alexander Canario continues his rampage at the plate. Jake Washer records his second 2-HR game of season. Matt Mervis misses his third 2-HR game by inches. Matt Dermody and Anderson Espinoza combine on Iowa's 2nd straight shutout. Cubs Den chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2022/…

#Cubs 2022 Draft signings update. Roughly $4M left to sign Ferris, Mule, and to cover any bonuses from 11-20th round picks or UDFAs which exceed $125K

Thread: Random Cubs prospect thoughts Morel and Mervis look like guys who could reach their projected ceilings and are both about a year ahead of schedule in doing so. Canario might be on the brink of a similar big leap too. Breakthroughs like that can accelerate a rebuild.

Luis Devers delivers 5 shutout innings to lower ERA to 0.42. Matt Mervis and Narciso Crook homer again. D.J. Herz effectively wild. Wade Miley kicks off rehab. Jackson Ferris and J.P. Wheat sign to conclude Cubs draft class. Cubs Den chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2022/…

Rough day for pitchers in the system as full season affiliates get swept. Notes on Zach McKinstry deal. Jacob Wetzel homers. Nick Madrigal records another multi-hit game. Five Smokies batters reach base 3 times each. Cubs Den chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2022/…

Luis Devers deals once again and Fabian Pertuz blasts a pair of homers. Levi Jordan and Darius Hill lead Iowa's third comeback win in a row. Yonathan Perlaza is unstoppable. Pagan hits his 10th homer but Pelicans blow a 6-run 9th inning lead. Cubs Den chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2022/…

The Chicago Now servers have been shut down. I'm working to set up a website that has all of John's work uploaded to it. Once I have it available I will let everyone know. Thank you to all the readers and contributors who made Cubs Den a success over the years.

Cheers to Michael Ernst for his work these past many years to keep Cubs Den, in the form John left it, in tact. The combination of John and Michael — two of the best evaluators I’ve come across — created a site with a legacy worth preserving. Can’t wait to see what’s next for Mike.

One of the most influential websites for Cubs content for a long, long time.

One of the longest running blogs at Chicago Now was so important for many of us that wrote sports there. And John was always a wonderful conversation at parties. He is missed. And Michael Ernst has done a great job carrying the legacy forward.

Hearing that the Chicago Tribune has shut down Chicago Now is sad. Writing there opened so many doors and created so many opportunities for folks. It was a great community of writers and readers for years and I’m thankful for relationships that started there.

Cubs Den was an absolute institution. I do want to give a special shout-out to Michael Ernst who steered the ship out of true passion after the legendary John Arguello left us all too soon.

In my most recent newsletter, I wrote about the impact of John Arguello and the value of tangible artifacts: jaredwyllys.substack.com/p/artifacts

I told you guys I’d be back. Thrilled to announce that I’m starting up a new podcast, doing what I love most — talking Chicago Cubs prospects. Cubs On Deck will debut THIS FRIDAY! (More details below ⬇️)

Here’s a LinkTree with all the possible locations you can find Cubs On Deck, so be sure to use that to get your fix! Again, thank you so much and I’m so damn excited to get this show kicked off and make everyone proud! linktr.ee/cubsondeck

I'm excited to share some new things in the works for my newsletter, which enters its fourth year this month! Take a look: open.substack.com/pub/jaredwylly…