JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-28-13 20 Comments
Iowa Cubs 10 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 6
In 6 innings today, Brooks Raley struck a batter out, walked 3 and gave up 2 home runs. He only gave up 4 runs, which is kind of impressive when ...
WSD’s Rice Cube on MLB doing away with the draft 6 Comments
Here's a great article by frequent OV commenter Rice Cubs on his blog: Total Market Freedom.
If you’re a good software engineer or a good web designer, you get to work for ...
Theo Epstein on the closer by committee in 2003 74 Comments
Prior to the season, Jim Leyland expressed why he doesn't want to use a closer by committe. I appreciated his honesty.
And you automatically understand — and this sounds ...
Gordon Wittenmyer goes out on limb, predicts Cubs likely to take one of the top two talents available at number 2 18 Comments
I don't have a subscription to the Sun-Times. Can't imagine I ever will, so I got this info from MLBTR.
Major League Baseball's draft is still about six weeks away, but ...
Another Matt Garza setback and what to do with Scott Feldman 39 Comments
Matt Garza's rehab start was scratched the other day due to soreness in the arm. It's being called dead arm, which is common for players. It's especially common for those ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-24-13 5 Comments
The only team scheduled to play was the Smokies so here we go.
Montgomery Bisquick Biscuits and Gravy 5 @ Tennessee Little Smokies 4
Matt Loosen threw 4.2 innings, allowed 5 hits and ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-23-13 12 Comments
Iowa Cubs 1 @ Memphis Redbirds 4
This will be short since the I-Cubs barely hit the ball last night.
Nick Struck went 6 innings, allowed 5 hits and 2 runs. He walked 2 and struckout ...
Et tu, Keith Law? 61 Comments
I went over to Keith Law's blog to see if he had any draft info and I couldn't look past the first article.
Candidates for demotion and promtion
So I figure Keith Law is going ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-22-13 60 Comments
Iowa Cubs 5 @ Memphis Redbirds 2
Brooks Raley gave up 5 hits and 2 runs in 5.1 innings. He walked 2 and struckout 3. Zach Putnam, Rafael Dolis and Blake Parker finished the game without ...
Prospect Profile: Ronald Torreyes 64 Comments
This is a continuation of the weekly series of of writing about a Cubs prospect profile. Early on, I will be writing about guys that Dave and I did not cover in our Prospect Ratings. ...
2013 MLB Draft: Potential Penalty Figures for Cubs 30 Comments
Last year MLB and the MLBPA agreed to some draconian rules regarding the draft. Gone were the days when you could spend whatever you want. You might think that MLB may have adopted ...
2013 MLB Draft: Could the Astros pass on Mark Appel again? 6 Comments
The 2013 MLB Draft is set to begin June 6th and we're going to try and provide at least one or two things per week between now and then.
The Astros had the first pick in the 2012 ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-18-13 6 Comments
The Iowa Cubs were rained out.
Tennessee Smokies 5 @ Huntsville Stars 3
Kyle Hendricks got the start and lasted only 2 innings. He gave up 5 hits and 3 runs while walking a batter. ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-17-13 15 Comments
This is a short Cubs minor league recap seeing as the Iowa Cubs and Kane County Cougars were postponed.
Tennessee Smokies 4 @ Huntsville Stars 1
Eric Jokisch struckout 7 and walked ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-16-13 24 Comments
Cubs Minor League recap
Nashville Sounds 1 @ Iowa Cubs 4
Brooks Raley was very good as he threw 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, no runs or walks and struckout 7. Yoanner Negrin threw 2, ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-15-13 41 Comments
Alburquerque Isotopes 11 @ Iowa Cubs 5
Drew Carpenter is not very good at pitching, but we already knew that. He struck a batter out, walked 2, gave up 2 home runs and 7hits. He somehow ...
Mark Appel and leverage in the draft 21 Comments
Last year when Mark Appel turned down the Pirates offer, which was well below what he was expecting to get, it seemed like Appel would not have any leverage in the 2013 draft. The reason ...
Cubs Prospect Profile: Jae-Hoon Ha 27 Comments