Iowa Cubs 3 @ Nashville Sounds 4 Of course, the I-Cubs would lose to the Astros of AAA. No one really had a great day. I can tell you who had a bad day: Brett Jackson. He was 0-3 with a walk and 3 strikeouts. Dave Sappelt had a double and a walk, and that was the best day from any Cub. Logan …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-28-13
Iowa Cubs 6 @ Nashville Sounds 2 The Sounds are 14-36. That's insane. This is how much the Cubs hate Ian Stewart. Josh Vitters is back on the DL and they are giving the majority of starts at 3B to Edwin Maysonet (1-3, HR, 3 RBI). Hyde Yokids also had a home run and went 2-4. Brett Jackson and Donnie Murphy had the only other extra-base hits; each …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-27-13
Programming Note Due to external factors, we will no longer be doing weekend JOTs. I will recap the weekends on Monday (or Tuesday, since Monday was a holiday). I'll be taking the M-F beat, and dmick89 is now minor league wonk-emeritus. Think of me as like New Pope, and dmick as Pope Classic. I'm sure that'll help. The Weekend That …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-24-13
Las Vegas 0 @ Iowa Cubs 4 Logan Watkins was good and rested for today's game after getting yesterday off. He hit his 4th home run to lead off the game, and went 2-4 with 2 RBI. Brett Jackson 2: Aftersucks went 1-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Dave Sappelt was 2-3 with a walk and a run. Josh Vitters had a nice …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-22-13
Las Vegas 51s 9 @ Iowa Cubs 4 Logan Watkins had the day off. Brian Bogusevic had a nice one, with a solo shot and 3 walks. Brett Jackson 2: The Umpire Strikes Back had a triple, a run scored, and 2 strikeouts. Dave Sappelt did well, with 2 singles and a walk. Josh Vitters had another 0-4 day. Donnie Murphy had a solo shot and a …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-21-13
Las Vegas 51s 1 @ Iowa Cubs 2 (Game 1, 7 innings) Quiet game. Logan Watkins got a start at 2B and went 1-3 with a CS (his 8th of the year). Brian Bogusevic was scheduled to be called up for 15 seconds yesterday after the Borbon collision, but he seems to be fine. He went 1-3 with a solo shot. Brett Jackson 2: Des …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-20-13
Las Vegas 51s @ Iowa Cubs: Postponed – Rain Tennessee Smokies 9 @ Chattanooga Lookouts 2 (Game 1 – 7 innings) Matt Szczur had a double and 2 RBI, and a strikeout also. Ronald Torreyes continues to cool off with an 0-4 performance. Arismendy Alcantara is really picking it up as of late, going 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI and …
Rule 5 Draft revisited
I was curious to see how the Rule 5 draft has worked out for the Cubs this year. This will be a short piece on those players. Hector Rondon Honestly, Rondon hasn't been as awful as his numbers would indicate. He's used very sparingly (13 games thus far), and in those 15.2 innings he's allowed 2 HR, 8 walks, 3 HBP, …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-19-13
Tucson Padres 3 @ Iowa Cubs 7 Logan Watkins went 0-4 today without walking or striking out. Both Brian Bogusevic and 2 Brett 2 Jackson went 1-3 with a walk, strikeout, and run scored. Dave Sappelt is coming around, with a 2-4, 2 run performance. Brad Nelson had a great day; he had a 2-run jack and a double, scoring 5 RBIs. Donnie Murphy also had a …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-17-13
Tucson Padres 9 @ Iowa Cubs 8 As I was typing this, it was 9-6. The Cubs had to score 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it interesting, but of course they failed to win it. Logan Watkins went yard for the 3rd time this season. It was his only hit; he also walked once and struck …