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 knew pretty quickly something was up. Triple-A Iowa pitching coach Tony Cougoule summoned Horton from his Toledo, Ohio, hotel room to head up to manager Marty Pevey’s room because he had been named the league’s pitcher of the month.

Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker will be among the stars on display when the New York Mets face the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET, at Citi Field. The Mets rank ninth in MLB with a .252 batting average. Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.01 ERA this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.

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