The Children Are the Future- Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Phillip Morris 83 Comments
Iowa
It was a sloppy game for the Iowa Cubs as Vitters, Rizzo and Cardenas each committed an error. Brett Jackson went 1-5 with a triple and Nate Robertson continued his inspired campaign ...
Minor League Update 4-7-12 166 Comments
I'm really liking that the minor league season has begun at the same time as the MLB season this year. It's usually a week after MLB starts.
Iowa Cubs
Josh Vitters was 1-3 again. ...
Minor League Update 4-6-12 79 Comments
I'd like to make this a daily feature here at Obstructed View, but have you looked at the minor league rosters? I'd suggest you avoid doing so if you haven't looked already. ...
Daily Facepalm 3.19.12 – Weekend of Samardzija 233 Comments
Playing Time Projections
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Weekend practice game roundup
Geovany Soto homered, ...
Daily Facepalm 3.14.12 48 Comments
Practice Game recap
Chris Volstad pitched three strong inninngs yesterday, extending his spring training scoreless streak to six innings. As with Samardzija and the other starter candidates, ...
Daily Facepalm – 2.18.12, Evening Edition 90 Comments
Neverending Story
Remember when we were on the 5-yard line in the Theo compensation talks? Remember when Bud Selig said he'd get involved if a decision hadn't been agreed to ...
Corpas gone, Wood to 40-man, Josh Vitters 25 Comments
I had forgotten that the Cubs still needed to open a spot on the 40-man roster before they could add Kerry Wood. They did that yesterday when they released Manny Corpas. Corpas was ...
Teams interested in Matt Garza and Sean Marshall 78 Comments
The rumors surrounding teams interested in Matt Garza have been around for a long time. Every year teams have inquired on his availability so it’s no surprise he’s once ...
A comparison of two prospects 132 Comments
I’m going to compare two Cubs prospects who I’ll refer to as X and Z until the end.
X turns 22 in March while Z turned 22 at the end of August. Both players just finished ...
More on compensation for Theo 91 Comments
We’ve talked a bit about compensation for Theo Epstein here and it’s been discussed a lot all over the internet. I thought it would be interesting to compare what the Marlins ...
Compensation for Theo Epstein 133 Comments
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote that the compensation talks between the Red Sox and Cubs were set to begin soon. Apparently Ben Cherington has already been told he will be the ...
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects, part 2 279 Comments
Yesterday we looked at the Cubs prospects ranked 11-20 and today we’ll look at the top 10. You can read about how they were doing a month ago if you’d like.
10) Alberto ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 4 113 Comments
Over the last week we’ve looked at the top 20 Cubs prospects according to John Sickels and how they’re performing this season. We’ve also looked at 15 or 16 additional ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 2 143 Comments
A few days ago we looked at Sickel’s Cubs prospects ranked 11-20 entering the season and how they’ve done so far. This time we’ll look at the top 10.
10) Alberto ...
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects 195 Comments
I have always wanted to write more about the minor leagues, but whenever I start to do so I have failed to keep it up. As a result, I’ve mostly stopped writing articles about ...
Should Brett Jackson be starting for the Cubs? 61 Comments
Brett Jackson was the Cubs first round pick in 2009 and the 31st pick overall. It was the first time that I could remember that the Cubs selected someone who knew how to get on base. ...
Who do the Cubs trade for Theo Epstein? 55 Comments