Chase Strumpf #15

Chase is in his sixth professional season, all with the Cubs organization...Owns a career .233 average (267-for-1,145) with 70 doubles, three triples, 52 homers, 176 RBI and an .806 OPS over 337 career Minor League games...Is a non-roster invitee for the second-straight season...Was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star in 2022...Was rated by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 23 prospect following the 2021 season...Was named a Northwest League mid-season All-Star during his first season in 2019...Played three seasons at UCLA, finishing his college career with a .297 average (192-for-647) with 46 doubles, three triples, 28 homers, 127 RBI and a .916 OPS...Was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team in 2019 ...as a sophomore in 2018, was named to the All-American Second Team by D1 Baseball, Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game...Graduated from JSerra Catholic (Calif.) High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif....During his high school career, was a three-time All-Trinity League First Team selection, a 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and a 2016 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team selection.

2023

Chase split the 2023 campaign between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa...Finished the season with a career-high-tying 21 home runs and a career-best 66 RBI in 104 games...Was one of seven Cubs minor league players with at least 21 home runs...Drew 72 walks, one shy of his career-high set in 2022 (73)...finished with the fifth-most free passes among Cubs Minor Leaguers...Began the season with Tennessee where he hit seven home runs in 37 games...his seven home runs through May 29 were the most on the team...Spent the remainder of the season with the I-Cubs where he went 46-for-217 (.212) with six doubles, one triple, 14 home runs and 45 RBI in 67 games...Aug. 9 in Omaha, went 3-for-4 with two home runs and a season-high seven RBI in Iowa's 20-1 win. 

2022

Was with Double-A Tennessee for the entirety of the 2022 season...split time between second base (59 games), third base (55 games), first base (three games) and designated hitter (one game)... Hit .234 (92-for-393) with 22 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs, 57 RBI and a .839 OPS in 116 games, all of which were the highest of his pro career...his two three-baggers were his first professional triples.

2021

In 2021, reached the Double-A level for the first time in his career, combining to hit .231 (62-for-268) with 19 doubles, seven homers and 36 RBI in 78 games with Single-A South Bend and Double-A Tennessee... Began the season with South Bend, hitting .309 (17-for-55) in 16 games, before being promoted to Tennessee June 1... Tallied an RBI in five-straight games from May 6-20... Spent the rest of the season with the Smokies, batting .211 (45-for-213) with 15 doubles, seven homers and 29 RBI in 62 games... Hit a two-run homer in his first game with Tennessee June 1 at Birmingham... Finished the season ranked as the Cubs' No. 23 prospect by MLB Pipeline.

2020

Chase did not play due to the minor league season being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Combined to bat .244 (33-for-135) with 12 doubles, three homers and 17 RBI in 39 games between Rookie League Mesa, Single-A Eugene and Single-A South Bend in his first professional action...Hit .375 (15-for-40) with six doubles, two homers and 10 RBI in his first 10 games with Eugene from July 4-14...Promoted to Single-A South Bend, Aug. 17.