On his way home from the OU baseball facilities Wednesday evening, Skip Johnson’s phone buzzed. On the other line was a pitching pupil and one of the Chicago Cubs’ top prospects in Cade Horton, a leader from OU's 2022 College World Series runner-up squad.

Cade Horton earned the win with four solid innings of relief in his major league debut, and the Chicago Cubs held off the New York Mets 6-5.

Horton made his major league debut almost three years after the Cubs selected him seventh overall in the 2022 amateur draft out of the University of Oklahoma. He posted a 2.65 ERA

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Starting in six games so far for the Cubs' Triple-A affiliate, the Iowa Cubs in 2025, Horton has posted a 1.29 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP, giving up just 12 hits, four walks and two home runs in 29 innings pitched.

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