Saw this on my rss feed today about Trey McNutt. As in the abstract, McNutt is saying, this process is not exact. Unfortunately, Chicago's seventh-ranked prospect has been far from spot-on himself. Southern League batters are batting .266 against him, and he's posted a 55-to-39 strikeout-to-walk ratio unbefitting his powerful repertoire. After 17 starts, his last eight appearances have come out of …
Arodys Vizcaino plans to be ready by spring
Arodys Vizcaino is planning to be ready by spring training. On Tuesday, Vizcaino was at Petco Park to work out for pitching coach Chris Bosio and meet the staff. He won't make his Cubs debut this season, having undergone Tommy John surgery in March. Vizcaino will continue his rehab in Mesa, Ariz., at the Cubs complex. "I'm going to be …
Cubs trade Jeff Baker to Tigers for 2 PTBNL
The Cubs dealt away another veteran player on Sunday, sending utility man Jeff Baker to the Tigers for two players to be named. Baker has played mostly first base, second base and right field this year, batting .269 with a .753 OPS, four home runs and 20 RBIs in 54 games. The 31-year-old is a career .304 hitter against left-handed …
Javier Baez promoted to Daytona – tweet
The Cubs have promoted SS Javier Baez to high Class A Daytona. Monster bat potential.
— Ben Badler (@BenBadler) August 4, 2012
Theo on Dempster
Theo talked about Ryan Dempster a bit today. "Ryan never got the opportunity for more than an hour to fully contemplate Atlanta with a deal actually in place," Epstein said. "I feel for him. Instead of having time to contemplate it privately, he had everyone telling him what to do and asking questions about it. I think it's hard to …
Cubs acquired 2 of top 10 prospects moved at the deadline
According to Baseball America, the Cubs acquired 2 of the top 10 prospects moved at or near the trade deadline. 3. Arodys Vizcaino, rhp, Cubs. Chicago has very little advanced young pitching, so it was willing to take the sidelined Vizcaino and throw-in Jaye Chapman from the Braves in exchange for Paul Maholm and Reed Johnson. Considered untouchable a year ago, …
WTF 7/27: We Talk About Ryan Dempster, Santo and Soriano… But Mostly Dempster
As you may or may not already know, Adam (AC), Julie DiCaro (CubbieJulie) and I (Aisle424) do a weekly podcast on Friday afternoons called Wrigley Talk Friday, or simply, WTF. It is not edited, it is rarely pre-scripted, and we're never sure which of us will actually be free to do the podcast at any given time (usually at least …
Podcasting the Cubs
Before gallivanting off to the hinterlands of Molina-esque interwebs, Berselius recorded a podcast with longtime reader, sometime commenter sitrick2. We talked the Cubs for about an hour, including talk of prospects, the Dempster situation based on what we knew on Tuesday (not much), and The Future. We also talked some Breaking Bad, Parks and Rec, and other TV stuff to …
Matt Garza throws off flat ground
Matt Garza has taken a step forward in his recovery as he's thrown on flat ground for the first time. Cubs pitcher Matt Garza threw on flat ground Saturday, the first time he's done so since he came out of his last start one week ago with cramping in his right triceps. Garza will throw a bullpen session on Monday, …
Jae-Hoon Ha taken off field on stretcher
Cubs prospect Jae-Hoon Ha was taken off the field on a stretcher tonight as he collided with the wall. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tennessee Smokies outfielder Jae-Hoon Ha was injured chasing a foul ball down the right field line during Tennessee’s Thursday night contest against the Jacksonville Suns at the Baseball Grounds. Ha ran into a side-wall down the right field …