Iowa Cubs slugger Matt Mervis hit his 33rd home run of the season Wednesday, one off the minor-league lead.
Either way, get a load of the most prolific hitter in the Cubs organization now.
Mervis, whose amateur stock jumped after a good showing in the prestigious Cape Cod League the summer ahead of his senior season at Duke, is headed to the Arizona Fall league in a few weeks and is expected to be back in Mesa for his first big-league spring training in February. Mervis said he reached out to Altman and bought one. I-Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen has started using it on home run calls. And Obvious Shirts has picked up on it since.But at least as appropriate would be borrowing old-school tag worn by Louisville’s No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Pervis Ellison.
And his not-a-breakout season probably couldn’t have come at a better time for the left-handed slugger, who has one eye on the ball and the other on what looks like a wide-open opportunity to put in a long-term claim on that spot Rizzo vacated.
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