Owen Caissie - MLB News, Rumors, & Updates | FOX Sports

Selected to 40-man roster The Cubs selected Caissie to their 40-man roster Tuesday, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports.

Impact Caissie spent the entire 2024 campaign with Triple-A Iowa, where he slashed .278/.375/.472 with 19 homers and 75 RBI across 549 plate appearances. The 22-year-old is regarded as one of the most promising prospects in Chicago's farm system, and a strong spring could be all he needs to break camp with the big-league squad.

1 DAY AGO • ROTOWIRE

Power, Ks at Triple-A Caissie has four home runs, 14 strikeouts and five walks in 34 at-bats this month for Triple-A Iowa.

Impact The 21-year-old outfielder is slashing .278/.403/.454 with seven home runs, five steals and a 29 percent strikeout rate in 57 games at Triple-A. Caissie's power and strikeouts have both spiked over the past couple weeks. He hits the ball hard (30.3 percent hard-hit rate), especially for his age, but Caissie's .397 BABIP this year at Triple-A and .407 BABIP last year at Double-A are inflated marks that have propped up his batting averages.

JUNE 13 • ROTOWIRE

Doing damage for Smokies Caissie has a .269/.371/.502 slash line with 15 home runs and a 34.3 percent strikeout rate in 75 games for Double-A Tennessee.

Impact He had 26 strikeouts in his first 12 games of the year, but even since that whiff-happy start, Caissie's strikeout rate is 31.1 percent since April 23, so he still projects to hit for a relatively low average. Known for his 70-grade raw power, the lefty-hitting Caissie is right on track in that department, sporting his best full-season ISO (.233) and a strong 32.5 percent hard-hit rate.

JULY 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE