The minor league season starts tomorrow so we’ll continue our look at the Opening Night rosters of the four Cubs full-season minor league affiliates. Today we have the High-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans and later, the Double-A Tennessee Smokies. Tomorrow we’ll take a look at the Triple-A Iowa Cubs.
Who is in charge? Pelicans manager Buddy Bailey is a minor league legend, having won over 2,100 games in his 30-year career as a minor league manager. He was also the Red Sox bench coach in 2000. Bailey returns to Myrtle Beach for the third straight season and has been managing in the Cubs system since 2006.