JoT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-14-13 10 Comments
Alburquerque Isotops 1 @ Iowa Cubs 4
Chris Rusin made his 3rd start of the season for the I-Cubs on Sunday. He had his best start of the year. He had allowed 7 runs (6 earned) over ...
Kyuji Fujikawa placed on DL 36 Comments
The Cubs new closer, Kyuji Fujikawa has been placed on the 15-day DL. He has what they're calling a right forearm strain.
"It can't get worse right now and being in an ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-11-13 127 Comments
Iowa Cubs 0 @ Round Rock Express 2
In Brooks Raley’s first start of the season he allowed a bunch of hits, didn’t strike many out and walked nearly as many as he struckout. ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-10-13 75 Comments
Iowa Cubs 3 @ Round Rock Express 2
The Cubs got their first win of the season behind a decent start from Drew Carpenter. Carpenter pitched 5 innings, allowed 3 hits and walked 2 while ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-9-13 35 Comments
Iowa Cubs 2 @ Round Rock Express 4
The Iowa Cubs are off to a fantastic 0-6 start after losing yet again last night.
Chris Rusin threw 6 innings and allowed 7 hits and 4 runs. He walked ...
Jim Callis on Albert Almora 51 Comments
Baseball America's Jim Callis answered a reader's question in one of his recent articles. Asked which of Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, David Dahl and Yasiel Puig had the the best ...
Cubs minor leaguers compared to league median age 27 Comments
Baseball America was nice enough to publish the median age for each league in the minor leagues. This is useful information. We often talk about a prospect being young or old for his ...
Chance to win $200 gift card at The Outside Corner on Bloguin 4 Comments
We're glad that we're among your go to destinations for Cubs blogs. Despite my occasional attempts to cover MLB more thoroughly, it ends up failing. Since we don't cover ...
Jackie Robinson’s not so friendly departure from baseball 1 Comment
Great article on how alienated Jackie Robinson was from baseball at the end of his life. Very sad.
Robinson never bothered to hide his antipathy toward the game he had done so much ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-8-13 23 Comments
Iowa Cubs 5 @ Round Rock Express 13
Barrett Loux got the start for the Cubs and he didn't last long. Only an inning. He gave up 3 hits and 3 walks. All of the baserunners scored. ...
Prospect Profile: Ben Wells 16 Comments
After we started doing the minor league recaps, I quickly noticed that Ben Wells was absent from the list. He's certainly not the best pitching prospect the Cubs have, but he might ...
Cubs short list for 2013 MLB Draft 13 Comments
The 2013 MLB Draft gets under in under 2 months now. The draft is held June 6-8 and the Cubs have the 2nd pick in the draft. It appears the Cubs may have narrowed their choice down ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-6-13 8 Comments
Iowa Cubs 3 @ Alburquerque Isotopes 8
There’s not a whole lot to like about the Iowa pitching staff. Brooks Raley threw 4 innings, allowed 7 hits and 4 runs. He struckout 3 and ...
Matt Garza pushing for early May return 1 Comment
ATLANTA — Matt Garza rejoined the Cubs on Friday, one day after his first bullpen session since mid-February, and said he was already penciling himself into the rotation for ...
Anthony Rizzo vs left-handed pitching 56 Comments
Let me start by saying that this post is not the least bit inspired by Anthony Rizzo's 3 strikeouts in 6 plate appearances vs lefties this season. It's 6 plate appearances. ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-5-13 6 Comments
Iowa Cubs 6 @ Alburquerque Isotopes 10
The Iowa Cubs were first in the Cubs organization in 2013 to score more than 3 runs in a game. It's not like they've played that many ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow 4/4/13 27 Comments
The minor league season is officially underway. All four full season affiliates began their season on Thursday. I would think these updates would evolve as the season goes on. I’d ...
Cubs @ Pirates Game Chat 126 Comments
The Cubs are set to finish their first series of the year. They'll be looking to get back over .500. The game begins at 11:35 CT and the lineups are below.
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David DeJesus, ...
Prospect Profile: Nick Struck 9 Comments