ALUM WATCH: Miguel Useche climbing the ladder with Cubs

[Steve]

I've commented previously that Eric Orze is likely the last guy that will ever come straight out of UNO and make it to major league baseball.

There's a decent chance that will hold up, but it bears mentioning the season that former Privateer catcher Miguel Useche is having in the Cubs' system.  He had a good run at Single-A South Bend, has been promoted to AA Knoxville, and has been tearing the cover off the ball since arriving at AA.  He just had home runs in both ends of today's doubleheader in Chattanooga and is, as of my typing this post, OPS'ing over 1.000.

Still don't think he's considered a big prospect, but just a guy to keep an eye on.

[Pdonahoe]

Glad to see him doing well as Nathan Blasick got called up to Double AA Hartford after winning 10 games in Single A. He has one scoreless inning in AA so he is another guy to keep a eye on. AlsoBeau Blanchard who started with UNO he got called up to Chattanooga in AA as well

[Steve]

He got another one tonight. Third homer in two nights for Miguel.

I'm hoping he will still be with the Smokies in three weeks when they visit Biloxi. I'm going to go catch a couple of those games and maybe see him play. Although if they want to promote him to Iowa that'd be fine too.