Journeymen of Tomorrow: Week 1 Prospect Watch 41 Comments
Each Saturday, I'm going to summarize the weekly performance top prospects at each level. Hopefully, this will give more of a snapshot of how our future Cubs are doing.
AAA
Brett ...
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 ...
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 ...
John Sickels’ Top 150 Prospects 2 Comments
John Sickels has released his top 150 prospects for the 2013 season. There are 5 Cubs: Javier Baez (18), Jorge Soler (25), Albert Almora (44), Dan Vogelbach (98) and Arodys Vizcaino ...
Assume the Position: CF 51 Comments
Apparently, CF isn't as loaded as I thought (for my purposes, Soler is a RF, not a CF). There's at least one top 3-5 teamwide prospect in here, and a few ok-ish prospects as ...
Baseball America Top 100 Prospects 46 Comments
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The Baseball America top 100 prospects are out today and Javier Baez is the highest ...
Better Know a Cub: Jorge Soler 109 Comments
Last year was the final time that the Cubs could really flex their financial advantage on the IFA market. After missing on Yoenis Cespedes (who is incredible), the Cubs hit on two of ...
John Sickels’ 2013 Farm System Rankings 28 Comments
John Sickels has published his 2013 farm system rankings and the Cubs are 10th. That's 10 spots better than a year ago. The Cubs system has improved quite a bit.
10) Chicago Cubs ...
Assume the Position: First Base 72 Comments
First base looks to be quite a bit rosier for the Cubs than catcher does. They Cubs have a budding star at the top and some very intriguing options at the bottom.
Last ...
Young Minor Leaguers in the Cubs system 14 Comments
This is something interesting to document that doesn't deserve a real post.
I was curious to see what Cubs are "young" for their level. So, what I've done is gone ...
The Way We Were – A look back at Jeimer Candelario in 2012 No Comments
Jeimer Candelario was part of the Super Boise team and one of my favorite breakout threats for 2013. Candelario just turned 19 so he played his first full US season as an 18 year old ...
The Way We Were- A look back at Logan Watkins in 2012 114 Comments
My fellow eFriends, I have returned from my sabbatical and will be writing up a few prospect recaps for some of the more interesting Cubs minor leaguers. So enjoy that.
Logan Watkins ...
Fangraphs Top 15 Cubs Prospects 106 Comments
It's that time of the year, so Fangraphs released their version of the top Cubs prospects list right behind Baseball Prospectus' list from a few days ago. In case you are wondering, ...
Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Cubs Prospects 5 Comments
Baseball Prospectus has released their version of the Cubs top 10 prospects.
1. OF Albert Almora
2. SS Javier Baez
3. OF Jorge Soler
4. RHP Arodys Vizcaino
5. 1B Dan Vogelbach
6. ...
Cubs Winter League Update 26 Comments
The leagues that take place after the MLB regular season are referred to as the Winter Leagues even if they don't play in the winter. The Arizona Fall League (AFL) will be over ...
The Children Are The Future – Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Mish 105 Comments
Iowa
Mercifully the Iowa Cubs season ended last night due to the final 4 games in NO being canceled by Hurricane Issac. Iowa started the season off with more talent than any ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Daytona (A+) and Kane County (A-) Rosters 108 Comments