OV Daily Facepalm 5.21.13 16 Comments
Matt Garza returns tonight
Garza is back and ready to go tonight, bumping Villanueva to the bullpen. The Cubs say Villanueva will be used in long relief, but given how their late inning ...
2013 MLB Draft: Could the Astros pass on Mark Appel again? 6 Comments
The 2013 MLB Draft is set to begin June 6th and we're going to try and provide at least one or two things per week between now and then.
The Astros had the first pick in the 2012 ...
Jim Callis on Albert Almora 51 Comments
Baseball America's Jim Callis answered a reader's question in one of his recent articles. Asked which of Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, David Dahl and Yasiel Puig had the the best ...
Myles’ Top 15 Positional Prospects List 37 Comments
Now that I've done the AtP for all of the positional players, I've got my Top 15 prospects list ready. I did it all on my own, but the list is really similar to many of the ...
Baseball America Top 100 Prospects 46 Comments
Don't forget to check out the OV Bunt Tournament Contest if you haven't already entered.
The Baseball America top 100 prospects are out today and Javier Baez is the highest ...
The Next Generation of Cub Players and Plate Discipline 42 Comments
The Cubs Convention took place this past weekend. OV's own Aisle424 was present and will summarize his thoughts on it shortly (I think). In the meantime, Josh has already weighed ...
Nick Cafardo on the Cubs and a Matt Garza non-rumor 54 Comments
MLBTR led to me this article by Nick Cafardo, which talks a bit about the Cubs.
“We’re certainly farther along than we were last year at this time,” said Epstein. “When we ...
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 ...
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, ...
Daily Facepalm – 11.8.12 41 Comments
The Cubs may or may not be discussing Justin Upton with the Dbacks.
It could go either way. Basically all there is to this report is Rosenthal saying that the Dbacks are having "active ...
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. ...
Epstein, Bush, and the coaching staff 27 Comments
Theo Epstein talked Cubs a year after his hiring was official.
One year ago, the Cubs had one player who projected as part of the core Epstein and Co. are trying to develop and that ...
Jonathan Mayo’s top 100 prospects (and top 20 Cubs prospects) 5 Comments
Despite promoting top prospects Anthony Rizzo and Brett Jackson this year, the Cubs still managed to land five guys on Mayo's top 100 list. (EDIT: Apparently Jackson still qualifies ...
The Children Are Our Future – Minor League Update Sponsored by TGI Friday’s 1 Comment
AZL Cubs
Shawon Dunston, Jr.'s minor league career has not gotten off to a fast start. He was 0-4 last night. After spending 71 plate appearances at Boise he was demoted to the ...
2012 MLB Draft: Best Available Prospects 15 Comments
The first day of the draft is over, which means we've only seen 60 selections so far and have 39 rounds to go. I thought I'd post a roundup of the stuff we posted yesterday ...
Cubs First Round Pick: Albert Almora 110 Comments
In the first rund with the 6th overall pick the Cubs selected Albert Almora. No surprise here.
Almora is a latter-day A.J. Hinch in that he has become a go-to player for USA Baseball ...
Jim Callis’ Final 2012 Mock Draft ***UPDATED*** 32 Comments
Callis has published his final mock draft and he has the Cubs still taking Albert Almora.
6. CUBS. Some teams think Chicago would take Florida high school outfielder Albert Almora ...
2012 MLB Draft Notes 27 Comments
It wasn't that long ago when you couldn't find much coverage of the MLB Draft. I remember a few years ago how easy it was to navigate through Google to find exactly the information ...
Cubs Prospects on the Decline 3 Comments