JOT: Minor League Recap 5-14-13 67 Comments
Iowa Cubs 1 @ Reno Aces 11
Barret Loux is just another terrible I-Cubs player. Last night he threw 3.1 innings, gave up 9 hits and 7 runs. He walked 3 and struckout 2. On the season, ...
A look at Anthony Rizzo’s new contract 12 Comments
The Cubs signed Anthony Rizzo to a contract last night. GW wrote about it in the wee hours of the morning today. Let's recap the specifics, along with GW's take on it.
Anthony ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-12-13 20 Comments
Iowa Cubs 8 @ Reno Aces 9
Here are the I-Cubs pitchers today: Chris Rusin, Casey Coleman, Hisanori Takahashi, Rafael Dolis and Blake Parker.
Here are the I-Cubs pitcher today who have ...
Anthony Rizzo Signs Extension With the Cubs 3 Comments
Anthony Rizzo has signed a long term extension with the Cubs. Ken Rosenthal has the details. The deal is for at least seven years (including 2013) and $41 million, which includes ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-9-13 10 Comments
Iowa Cubs 1 @ Colorado Springs Sky Sox 5
Drew Carpenter pitched 5 innings, struckout 6 and walked just 1. He allowed a home run, a total of 6 hits and 3 runs. Casey Coleman gave up ...
2013 MLB Draft: Could the Cubs Force the Astros to Pass on Appel? 27 Comments
Kiley McDaniel has posted his first mock for the 2013 MLB Draft and passes along some potentially interesting machinations from behind the scenes. Dmick has previously addressed ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-8-13 31 Comments
This will be brief.
Iowa Cubs 8 @ Colorado Springs Sky Sox 6
Barret Loux had a typical Barret Loux start. He threw 4 innings, allowed 8 hits and 4 runs while walking 3 and striking ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-6-13 57 Comments
Oklahoma City Redhaws 1 @ Iowa Cubs 6
Matt Garza threw 54 pitches and 37 of them were strikes. Not that it matters, but he threw 3.1 innings, allowed 4 hits and a run while walking ...
Sweeney up, Sappelt down 16 Comments
From cubs.com:
The Cubs are expected to call up outfielder Ryan Sweeney from Triple-A Iowa and option Dave Sappelt to the Minor Leagues on Monday.
This is an interesting move. On one ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-5-13 2 Comments
Oklahoma City Redhawks 2 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (Game 1)
Guillermo Monosco walked 3 and struckout 3 in 4 innings of work. He allowed 4 hits, a home run and 2 runs overall. Esmailin Caridad threw ...
A Banner Year For International Free Agents 28 Comments
If we are judging by their names, that is. And I definitely am. We're still a couple of months away from the beginning of the signing period, but this fanpost ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-2-13 17 Comments
The Iowa Cubs and Kane County Cougars were postponed.
Tennessee Smokies 7 @ Mississippi Braves 0
Dallas Beeler threw 6.2 innings, allowed only 1 hit and no runs. He walked 3 and struckout ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-1-13 23 Comments
Round Rock Express 1 @ Iowa Cubs 0
Chris Rusin had a very good start. He went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits and a run. He walked none and struckout 5. Hisanori Takahashi struck a batter ...
Tom Ricketts finally threatens to move Cubs away from Wrigley Field 72 Comments
Figured this was worthy of discussing.
If we don't have the ability to generate revenue in our outfield, we will have to take a look at moving. There is no question. — Tom ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mark Appel Could Pitch in the Majors This Year 11 Comments
Keith Law, ESPN super-scout, has been talking 2013 draft lately. I happened to hear him on two podcasts today; he spent a few moments talking specifically about Mark Appel ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-15-13 6 Comments