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Mr. Zambrano Goes to Wrigley (Maybe?) 13 Comments
ESPN free-lance reporter, and all-around good guy, Sahadev Sharma tweeted out one of the more interesting Cubs tweets I have seen in quite awhile:
Big Z just pulled into Wrigley players ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-16-13 24 Comments
Cubs Minor League recap
Nashville Sounds 1 @ Iowa Cubs 4
Brooks Raley was very good as he threw 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, no runs or walks and struckout 7. Yoanner Negrin threw 2, ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-15-13 41 Comments
Alburquerque Isotopes 11 @ Iowa Cubs 5
Drew Carpenter is not very good at pitching, but we already knew that. He struck a batter out, walked 2, gave up 2 home runs and 7hits. He somehow ...
Mark Appel and leverage in the draft 21 Comments
Last year when Mark Appel turned down the Pirates offer, which was well below what he was expecting to get, it seemed like Appel would not have any leverage in the 2013 draft. The reason ...
Cubs and Chicago Come to Agreement to Allow Wrigley to Be Less Shitty, More Expensive 75 Comments
When the Ricketts family first took over the Cubs, some of the first words out of their mouths were expressions of unbridled love of Wrigley Field. They were going to win and they ...
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 ...
Prospect Profile: Nick Struck 9 Comments
This is a continuation of the weekly series of of writing about a Cubs prospect. Early on, I will be writing about guys that Dave and I did not cover in our Prospect Ratings. Links ...
A Two-Week Season: The Dale Sveum Chicago Cubs 43 Comments
I know the numbers don't mean a ton at this point in the season; eleven games does not a representative sample make, especially not for any one player. And as a team, there's ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-13-13 10 Comments
Albuquerque Isotopes 1 @ Iowa Cubs 6
Logan Watkins had a great day. He collected another 2 walks and a HR en route to a 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI day. Watkins WAS caught stealing, though. Brett ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Week 2 Prospect Watch 16 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 ...
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: 4-12-13 18 Comments
Albuquerque Isotopes 15 @ Iowa Cubs 5
This game was ugly. I'll start with the only bright spot: Logan Watkins went 0-2 with 3 walks. That's kind of cool. Brett Jackson 2.0 went ...
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. ...
Series Preview (and game thread): Giants (6-3) at Cubs (3-5) 82 Comments
The Cubs will get a whiff of success this weekend, and it will probably be coming from the other dugout. (Blatantly plagarized from Brett's preview blurb at Bleacher Nation, because ...
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 ...
Better Know a Cub: Nate Schierholtz 37 Comments
When Nate Schierholtz signed with the Cubs, he was coming off of two pretty identical seasons:
G
PA
AB
HR
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
OPS+
2011
27
SFG
NL
115
362
335
42
93
22
1
9
41
7
4
21
61
.278
.326
.430
.756
114
144
5
4
0
2
3
2012
28
TOT
NL
114
269
241
20
62
8
5
6
21
3
2
23
46
.257
.321
.407
.728
104
98
1
1
1
3
2
That ...
Our Long Nightmare is Finally Over (Lillibridge DFA) 8 Comments