JOT Minor League Recap 5-16-13 25 Comments
Tucson Padres 0 @ Iowa Cubs 1
Matt Garza’s final rehab start was a fantastic one. He threw 6 innings and allowed 4 hits and a run. He didn’t walk anybody and struckout 8. ...
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 ...
Prospect Profile: Ronald Torreyes 64 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. ...
Prospect Profile: Ben Wells 16 Comments
After we started doing the minor league recaps, I quickly noticed that Ben Wells was absent from the list. He's certainly not the best pitching prospect the Cubs have, but he might ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-5-13 6 Comments
Iowa Cubs 6 @ Alburquerque Isotopes 10
The Iowa Cubs were first in the Cubs organization in 2013 to score more than 3 runs in a game. It's not like they've played that many ...
That revamped Cubs rotation 96 Comments
Much has been written here in the last few days about the Cubs rotation injuries and what it means for the overall strength of the rotation. Most, or actually all of that has been negative. ...
Random crap 45 Comments
I've had a very sore neck, back and shoulders for the last couple of weeks so I haven't written much over that time. It's still not 100% and I'm beginning to feel as ...
Has Junior Lake passed Josh Vitters on the depth chart? 74 Comments
Ian Stewart is injured. It's not his wrist this time, but he'll be out a few weeks. Luis Valbuena has already made the team. Josh Vitters is also out an other 2-3 weeks, but ...
A closer look at Josh Vitters 49 Comments
We've already taken a closer look at Brett Jackson so let's now take a closer look at Josh Vitters. He had about the worst imaginable start to his big league career in 2012. ...
A closer look at Brett Jackson 7 Comments
A lot of things have been said and written about him over the last year so I thought a closer look at Brett Jackson was appropriate. We'll also take a closer look at Josh Vitters ...
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 ...
Dale Sveum on Brett Jackson 3 Comments
Dale Sveum on Brett Jackson and his issues with making contact.
CHICAGO — Cubs manager Dale Sveum and hitting coach James Rowson were happy Brett Jackson accepted the drastic ...
Rethinking Pitching Philosophies, Derek Johnson, and Carlos Gomez 29 Comments
Cubs Den has a post up drawing attention to a Baseball America article on changes in the Cubs’ organizational philosophy related to developing pitching talent. The BA piece focuses ...
Winter Meetings Facepalm ***UPDATED*** 78 Comments
The Winter Meetings are underway and even though the Cubs won't be that active, I wanted to keep up with what's going on with them.
Kyuji Fujikawa
It still appears as though ...
Venezuelan league team was worse with Josh Vitters so they released him 51 Comments
Josh Vitters had a decent season in AAA and then was ridiculously bad at the MLB level. He was playing the Venezuelan Winter League until yesterday when Leones del Caracas released ...
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, ...
Cubs Prospects on the Decline 3 Comments