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The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman

Jacob Zanolla; Blake Cowell

The Cubbie Climb podcast focuses on Cubs prospect Brett Bateman and his journey through the minor leagues. Brett discusses the life of a ballplayer during a grueling baseball season, joined by co-hosts Jacob Zanolla and Blake Cowell, who help bring fans closer to the team they love.

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62:37

113. The Road to Wrigley and Who's Hot

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/08/14

Greg and Jimmy are back in your ears after all of the trade deadline and draft craziness to give you folks an update on how the current Cubs minor league players are performing throughout the system. First, Greg and Jimmy discuss the new Marquee Sports Network show the Road to Wrigley, and then they highlight some of the players in each affiliate who have performed well in August.

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60:11

112. New Prospects and Trade Deadline Analysis

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/08/07

Even though the Cubs weren't as active on the trade market as we expected them to be, there are still three newly acquired prospects to tell you about! After talking about the trade deadline fallout from the MLB team's perspective (2:30), Greg and Jimmy discuss Hayden Wesneski (14:45), Ben Brown (30:30), and Saul Gonzalez (47:25).

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60:43

111. Who is Next Up to Chicago After the Trade Deadline?

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/08/01

Believe it or not, this episode isn't entirely dedicated to the upcoming MLB trade deadline, although Greg and Jimmy spend the back half of the episode discussing who might get called up from Iowa to replace the traded Cubs players in the Majors. Before that, they dig into some news and notes including Brailyn Marquez undergoing surgery, Koen Moreno's debut, Luke Little's performance, and Owen Caissie and Yonathan Perlaza tearing it up at the plate.

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53:39

110. Who Is Hot, Promotions, and Miguel Amaya Is Back

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/07/25

Greg and Jimmy are back this week to discuss the top Cubs prospects! They go into detail about the prospects in the system who are hot in the month of July, recent promotions, and Miguel Amaya's first couple of games in AA Tennessee.

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59:43

109. Recapping the Entire MLB Draft

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/07/20

The title describes this one pretty well. The Cubs 2022 Draft class is complete and Greg and Jimmy took to the podcast to break down the entire thing. They start off the episode by giving their thoughts on the front office's draft strategy before talking about nearly every pick from #1 (Cade Horton) to #20 (Ke'Shun Collier).

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83:26

108. Breaking Down Our Own Midseason Prospect Lists

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/07/11

In another specialty episode, Greg and Jimmy take a look at their personal midseason prospect Top 25 lists and answer each other's questions about why they ranked certain guys where. They start off at the top and work their way through until they explain why Brailyn Marquez didn't fall on either of their lists.

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63:42

107. Pre-Draft Show With Draft Expert Greg Zumach

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/07/03

With the draft quickly approaching, Greg and Jimmy bring back Greg Zumach to discuss who the Cubs could be eyeing for the 7th pick in this years 2022 MLB draft. Greg Zumach then goes on to discuss the Cubs potential draft strategy, guys who are climbing up people's boards, and who the Cubs could be looking at during the later rounds of the draft.

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71:39

106. Who Will Replace Willson Contreras at Catcher...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/06/26

It's time for another mailbag episode as listeners went above and beyond in sending in plenty of questions for Greg and Jimmy to answer on the show. The guys spend some time at the beginning of the show talking about the brilliance of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans playoff run (2:05) before digging into the questions. Once there, they chat about Matt Mervis (7:45), Cristian Hernandez (13:10), catchers of the system (25:45), DJ Herz (39:15), and Caleb Kilian (52:10).

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47:33

105. Next Relievers Up to Chicago, Jensen Tweaks,...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/06/19

With the MLB trade deadline looming, Greg and Jimmy take a long look at what current Iowa relievers might be making the trip up to Chicago soon (3:45). After that, the guys get into some deeper individual analysis, breaking down the mechanical tweaks to Ryan Jensen's arm motion (19:50), the fade on Luis Devers' changeup (28:15), and the splits and role of Jared Young in Chicago in the second half of the year (34:15).

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60:23

104. The Kevin Alcantara Game, Who Deserves a...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/06/13

Greg and Jimmy are back with this week's Growing Cubs Podcast, fresh after watching the Kevin Alcantara Game where had had 8 RBI's. After discussing the Kevin Alcantara Game (3:30), the guys discuss who deserves a promotion (16:15), debate players to buy or sell (32:00), and discuss Yovanny Cruz's recent outing in the AZL (54:46).

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58:17

103. Caleb Kilian's MLB Debut, Brennen Davis Has Back...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/06/06

Caleb Kilian was added into MLB Pipeline's top 100 prospects recently, and now he has made his debut for the Chicago Cubs! Greg and Jimmy start their discussion with Kilian's recent start on June 4th against the Cardinals. Also, they talk about the recent news of Brennen Davis' recent back surgery and where that would put him on their prospect lists. They finish the episode talking about Yohendrick Pinango's recent power surge and debate which struggling prospect in the Cubs system they still

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55:08

102. Velazquez Promotion, Morel Deserves to Stay,...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/05/30

The guys hit both ends of the spectrum in this episode as they cover prospects in the Majors and young kids all the way down in Myrtle Beach. They lead off the episode with the big news that Nelson Velazquez has been promoted (8:00) before explaining why Christopher Morel has earned a more permanent spot on the big league roster (21:15). We then head south to discuss the big seasons from both Luis Devers on the mound (27:50) and Kevin Alcantara at the plate (44:40).

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61:54

101. The One With Morel, Hughes, Kilian, Ball,...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/05/23

There are plenty of great prospect performances happening down on the farm and Greg and Jimmy dig into some of them in this episode. Tune in to this episode for info and analysis on Christopher Morel (2:00), Brandon Hughes (11:25), Caleb Kilian (20:40), Bryce Ball (29:45), Chase Strumpf (35:35), Kevin Made (41:55), and Luke Little (48:00).

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78:53

100. Injury Updates, Promotions, and a Look Back at...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/05/16

It is episode 100 of the Growing Cubs Podcast! Greg and Jimmy provide updates on the injuries of top prospects Ed Howard and Brennen Davis (3:55), give updates and analysis on the first massive wave of promotions in the system (13:40), and finally the guys end the podcast by reminiscing on episode 1 of the Growing Cubs Podcast and look back and compare the system in 2019 to the system today (25:20).

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67:06

99. Mailbag Episode: PCA's Timeline, Howard's...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/05/09

Greg and Jimmy dip into their mailbag to answer 14 different listener questions about all kinds of players from top prospects Brennen Davis, Pete Crow-Armstrong, and Ed Howard to more off-the-radar guys like Richard Gallardo, Jake Reindl, and Yeison Santana. They finish off the episode by giving their unnoficial top ten prospects as of right now!

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66:11

98. MLB Draft, Best Pitching Performers, Luke Little,...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/05/02

Greg and Jimmy are back with another week of the Growing Cubs Podcast. In light of the recent NFL draft, the guys discuss how to grow the MLB Draft (5:55) and then discuss some of the best pitching performers this year (20:12), Luke Little's dominant pitching performance (33:10), Alexander Canario's power this week (41:52), and James Triantos and Pete Crow-Armstrong's hitting surge in Myrtle Beach (50:23).

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66:42

97. Rating our Levels of Concern & Excitement in the...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/04/24

There have been enough minor league games for Greg and Jimmy to have thoughts but not necessarily conclusions. They spend this episode giving out ratings for 14 total players based on two questions: On a scale from 1 to 10, how worried are you about Player X? And on a scale from 1 to 10, how excited are you letting yourself get about Player Y? Join the guys to hear what they think about Pete Crow-Armstrong, Owen Caissie, Brennen Davis, and Caleb Kilian!

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65:07

96. The Pitch Clock, New 40-Man Additions, and 2022...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/04/18

It has been another exciting week during week two of Cubs minor league baseball. Jimmy and Greg discuss the new pitch clock implemented in minor league games (5:10), the players DFA'd and put on the 40-man roster (22:00), Riley Martin's superb piggyback outing (40:00), Kohl Franklin and Riley Thompson's starts after coming back from injury (50:22), and some of the Cubs 2022 MiLB debuts (55:15).

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63:35

95. Dominant Pitching is the Storyline in MiLB...

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/04/11

The first week of the minor league season is in the books and the guys couldn't be more excited to finally analyze players doing new things on the field. They broke this episode up by running affiliate by affiliate starting at the lowest level: Myrtle Beach (2:15), South Bend (17:30), Tennessee (29:50), Iowa (42:40), and Chicago (51:30).

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51:26

94. Cubs Minor League Roster Preview

The Cubbie Climb: with Brett Bateman ·

2022/04/05

Jimmy and Greg are back for the last episode of the Growing Cubs Podcast before the 2022 minor league season kicks off! This episode is another off the cuff discussion about where various prospects are rostered to start the 2022 season. Jimmy and Greg give their insights on what they are excited about to watch at each affiliate and predict the type of season some of the prospects will have.

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