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 ...
2012 MLB Draft, Day Two (Cubs Take Duane Underwood) 171 Comments
The second day of the draft kicks off at 11 am ct and is available on mlb.com. I'll update this thread with scouting reports and other links as the Cubs pick.
61. Houston Astros: ...
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 ...
BA’s Jim Callis, BP’s Kevin Goldstein on the Cubs and the draft 84 Comments
Orange Guy had Jim Callis from Baseball America and Kevin Goldstein from Baseball Prospectus on the Cubs pre-pregame show today. The highlights
Callis:
Gaussman is the best player ...
2012 MLB Draft, Day One 146 Comments