Owen Caissie #17

Will play for Team Canada in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, his second time participating in the tournament for his country (also 2023)...Graduated from Notre Dame High School in Burlington, Ontario...Was committed to the University of Michigan to play baseball prior to signing with San Diego...Player for Canada's Junior National Team as a 17-year-old.

2025

Entered the season as the Cubs' No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline and made his Major League debut with the club on Aug. 14, 2025, in Toronto...Split the season between Triple-A Iowa (99 games) and the Cubs (12 games)...Began the season in Iowa, batting .286 (106-for-370) with 28 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs, 55 RBI and a .937 OPS...Homered in three-straight games from June 8-12...From July 1-Aug. 13, batted .349 (37-for-106) with a .708 SLG and a 1.134 OPS. The SLG and OPS both ranked second among all Triple-A batters in that span...Recorded three multi-homer efforts in a six-game span from July 3-8 (six total homers)...Was named the International League Player of the Week on July 6...Was named to the 2025 MLB Futures Game during All-Star Week in Atlanta. Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two walks in the contest...At the time of his promotion, led the I-Cubs hitters in home runs, OPS (.955) and runs scored (69) and was second in SLG (.566)...Was recalled by Chicago on Aug. 14 for his Major League debut, and on Aug. 18 vs. Milwaukee recorded his first Major League hit. His 100.3 mph single was the third-fastest pitch hit for a player's first career hit under pitch tracking in 2008 (also: Kameron Misner - 100.8 mph in 2024 and Logan Forsythe - 100.4 mph in 2011)...On Aug. 19, recorded his first Major League home run in the first game of the doubleheader vs. Milwaukee, finishing the day with four total RBI and three hits (3-for-6) across both games...Recorded the third-hardest hit ball by a Cub in 2025 with his 114 mph double in the seventh inning on Aug. 23 at Los Angeles-AL...Was optioned to Iowa on Aug. 31 and recalled on Sept. 13....Left the game on Sept. 13 vs. Tampa Bay and was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Sept. 14, where he remained for the rest of the regular season.

2024

Owen spent the entire 2024 campaign with Triple-A Iowa, batting .278 (131-for-472) with 29 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs, 75 RBI and an .848 OPS in 127 games...Was tied for the lead among all Cubs Minor Leaguers in doubles, third in RBI and OPS (among qualified hitters), while his 19 home runs were tied for fourth...Hit .279 (94-for-337) with 14 home runs and an .854 OPS vs. righties, compared to .274 (37-for-135) with five home runs and an .832 OPS vs. lefties...Recorded five home runs and 21 RBI in 24 games in June...Recorded multi-homer efforts on Aug. 25 in Toledo and Sept. 6 in St. Paul.

2023

Owen in 2023 helped lead Double-A Tennessee to the Southern League championship, spending the entire season with the club...Set career-marks in doubles (31), home runs (22), RBI (84), walks (76) and slugging percentage (.519) in 120 games...Ranked among the Southern League leaders in on-base percentage (first, .399), slugging percentage (second), RBI (third), home runs (fourth) and walks (fifth)...His 22 home runs were tied for the third-most among Cubs Minor Leaguers, while his 84 RBI ranked third...Hit .315 (99-for-314) with 23 doubles, 17 home runs and 64 RBI vs. righthanders...Prior to the season, played in three games with Team Canada during the World Baseball Classic, going 3-for-13 (.231) with one home run and four RBI...Tallied three multi-homer games, including a three-home run, six-RBI effort April 12 in Montgomery...Posted a six-game hitting streak from May 25-31, batting .370 (10-for-27) with four home runs and seven RBI during the run...From July 1-end of the season, batted .317 (65-for-205) with 18 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 36 RBI in 57 games...Batted .484 (15-for-31) during an eight-game hitting streak from July 25-Aug. 4...Following the season, was named a Southern League Postseason All-Star, an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star, a Baseball America Double-A All-Star, a Minor League All-Star and was a member of the All-MiLB.com Prospect First Team.

2022

In 2022, played in 105 games with High-A South Bend, batting .254 (96-for-378) with 21 doubles, one triple, 11 home runs and 58 RBI...Stole a career-high 11 bases...Was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Month for May 2022, after batting .313 (26-for-83) with six doubles, four home runs and 26 RBI...His 26 RBI in May marked the most in a single month in his career...Tallied seven multi-hit efforts in May, including in three straight games twice from May 13-15 and May 20-22...Recorded his first career multi-homer game May 20 at Wisconsin...Played in 16 games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season, batting .220 (13-for-59).

2021

Split the 2021 campaign between the Rookie Level ACL Cubs and Single-A Myrtle Beach, combining to play in 54 games...Made his professional debut with the ACL Cubs in June, batting .349 (38-for-109) with seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 20 RBI in 32 games...Hit his first career home run July 13 vs. ACL Royals Blue...Homered in back-to-back contests twice in July, July 13-15 and July 26-27...Hit safely in 13 of 14 games from July 19-Aug. 10, batting .392 (20-for-51) during the stretch...Aug. 23 was promoted to Myrtle Beach where he appeared in 22 contests to end the season.