Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jul 31, 2025
Cubs Minor League Wrap: July 30
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty ImagesThe Cubs have activated right-hander Porter Hodge and assigned him to Iowa.
Right-hander Dawson Netz joins Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa.
There are some big rehab assignments today that we’ll get to.
These are the final group of minor league games before the Trade Deadline.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs drove past Indianapolis (Pirates), 5-2.
Javier Assad made his first Iowa rehab appearance and gave up two runs in the top of the first. But he was terrific after that. Assad finished the day pitching 3.2 innings and allowing two runs, but just one earned, on four hits. He walked one and struck out two.