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  • JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-18-13 36 Comments

    Tuscon Padres 4 @ Iowa Cubs 2 Chris Rusin threw 6.2 innings, allowed 5 hits and 4 runs. He walked 2 and struckout 3. He also hit a batter. Zack Putnam struckout the only batter he faced. ...

    JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-30-13 29 Comments

    Round Rock Express 2 @ Iowa Cubs 7 Guillermo Monosco threw 5 innings, allowed 3 hits and a run on a walk, 6 strikeouts. The run he allowed was on a solo home run. Yoanner Negrin threw ...

    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 ...

    JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-25-13 22 Comments

    Iowa Cubs 9 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 3 Barrett Loux isn’t very good at baseball. He threw 4.2 innings, gave up 8 hits and walked 4. That’s almost 3 baserunners per inning. ...

    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 ...
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    Kyuji Fujikawa placed on DL 36 Comments

    The Cubs new closer, Kyuji Fujikawa has been placed on the 15-day DL. He has what they're calling a right forearm strain. "It can't get worse right now and being in an ...

    Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-9-13 35 Comments

    Iowa Cubs 2 @ Round Rock Express 4 The Iowa Cubs are off to a fantastic 0-6 start after losing yet again last night. Chris Rusin threw 6 innings and allowed 7 hits and 4 runs. He walked ...

    Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-6-13 8 Comments

    Iowa Cubs 3 @ Alburquerque Isotopes 8 There’s not a whole lot to like about the Iowa pitching staff. Brooks Raley threw 4 innings, allowed 7 hits and 4 runs. He struckout 3 and ...

    Journeymen of Tomorrow 4/4/13 27 Comments

    The minor league season is officially underway. All four full season affiliates began their season on Thursday. I would think these updates would evolve as the season goes on. I’d ...
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    Cubs players who are out of options 7 Comments

    There are 6 Cubs players who are out of options meaning they cannot be optioned to the minor leagues. They would have to be placed on waivers instead. Those players are: Michael Bowden, ...

    2013 PECOTA Projections 70 Comments

    The 2013 PECOTA projections are out and I thought I'd post some of the Cubs below. Since you have to be a subscriber in order to download the spreadsheet, I'm only going to ...

    How many games will the 2013 Cubs win? 31 Comments

    Over at The Cub Contrarian, Kyle used an estimated WAR for players to get a team win total. I thought I'd do the same thing, but I'm going to do it two ways: projections and ...
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    The Top 20 Cubs performances in a 2012 game 106 Comments

    I was curious which players had the best games in 2012 for this shitty team we follow. I used Win Probability Added (WPA) from Baseball Reference to compile the list. There's no ...
    Mather celebrates after his game-winning hit against the Cardinals

    10 Best Games By A Cubs Player So Far 27 Comments

    We're only 31 games into the season, but I was curious for some unkown reason who had the best game of any player on the team. Win Probability Added (WPA) is the perfect stat for ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.21.12 132 Comments

    Practice Game(s) Recap Dempster went six innings against the Rangers, allowing 2 runs on four hits and 2 walks and striking out three. Marmol had a scoreless 2/3 of the inning before ...
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    OV’s Projected Playing Time for the 2012 Cubs 79 Comments

    On Saturday I published this year's playing time survey and more than 50 of you took the time to fill it out. Thanks for taking the time. I'm going to go ahead and publish the ...

    "You better know who your ninth starter's going to be" 252 Comments

    I’ve been a bit confused by one of Theo’s comments since taking over as President of Baseball Operations. “We need starting pitching. You can’t take your chances ...

    What kids? 45 Comments

    Every year the Cubs struggle the masses come out and say the Cubs should play the kids. It happens every single time. It happens when a veteran is struggling. It’s happened a ...

    Checking up on the Cubs top prospects, part 1 283 Comments

    A month ago I took a look at how the Cubs top prospects (ratings from John Sickels) were doing and the final part was a form for you so we could have our own top prospect list. The ...

    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 ...