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JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-29-13 30 Comments
Round Rock Express 10 @ Iowa Cubs 9
Nick Struck walked 4 and struckout 1. He gave up 3 home runs. In just 3 innings he gave up 4 hits and 5 runs. The only other pitcher worth mentioning ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (9-15) vs San Diego Padres (9-15) 21 Comments
It was nice to see the Cubs beating up on another team for once this year. They get to face another team that may be worse than they are in the Padres. The Padres have had a weird ...
Cubs Prospect Profile: Jae-Hoon Ha 27 Comments
This is a continuation of the weekly series of of writing about a Cubs prospect profile. Early on, I will be writing about guys that Dave and I did not cover in our Prospect Ratings. ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-28-13 20 Comments
Iowa Cubs 10 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 6
In 6 innings today, Brooks Raley struck a batter out, walked 3 and gave up 2 home runs. He only gave up 4 runs, which is kind of impressive when ...
Obstructed View Daily Facepalm 4.28.13 – The Matt Garza Trade Revisited 31 Comments
The Matt Garza trade, revisited
Bruce Miles has a piece looking back at the Matt Garza trade over at The Daily Herald. I still go back and forth on the trade myself. On one hand, it ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Week 4 Prospect Watch 20 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 ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-27-13 14 Comments
Iowa Cubs 2 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 12
This one was ugly. The Cubs walked twice and mustered only 5 hits. They were:
Logan Watkins: 2-4, 3B, 1 RBI, 1 SO
Brett Jackson 2: Red, White ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-26-13 32 Comments
Iowa Cubs 4 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 5
Another day, another walk for Logan Watkins. He went 1-4 with a walk and a strikeout. Brett Jackson II: The Adventure of Stink went ...
WSD’s Rice Cube on MLB doing away with the draft 6 Comments
Here's a great article by frequent OV commenter Rice Cubs on his blog: Total Market Freedom.
If you’re a good software engineer or a good web designer, you get to work for ...
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 ...
Series Preview: Cubs (6-14) at Marlins (5-16) 42 Comments
The Cubs get a double-breather in this matchup with the Marlins. Not only do they get to face one of the rosters in the majors that's in even worse shape than theirs, but they ...
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 ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-24-13 5 Comments
The only team scheduled to play was the Smokies so here we go.
Montgomery Bisquick Biscuits and Gravy 5 @ Tennessee Little Smokies 4
Matt Loosen threw 4.2 innings, allowed 5 hits and ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-23-13 12 Comments
Iowa Cubs 1 @ Memphis Redbirds 4
This will be short since the I-Cubs barely hit the ball last night.
Nick Struck went 6 innings, allowed 5 hits and 2 runs. He walked 2 and struckout ...
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 ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-22-13 60 Comments
Iowa Cubs 5 @ Memphis Redbirds 2
Brooks Raley gave up 5 hits and 2 runs in 5.1 innings. He walked 2 and struckout 3. Zach Putnam, Rafael Dolis and Blake Parker finished the game without ...
Cubs Regression To The Mean 64 Comments