JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-25-13

In Minor Leagues by dmick8922 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. Esmailin Caridad walked 2 and struckout 3 over 2.1 innings. Cory Wade gave up 2 hits and a walk in .2 innings. Rafael Dolis got the save with …

JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-24-13

In Minor Leagues by dmick895 Comments

The only team scheduled to play was the Smokies so here we go. Montgomery Bisquick Biscuits and Gravy 5 @ Tennessee Little Smokies 4 Matt Loosen threw 4.2 innings, allowed 5 hits and 2 runs. He walked 4 and struckout 3. Marcus Hatley allowed a hit and a walk in an inning of work and surrendered a run while striking …

Journeymen of Tomorrow 4/4/13

In Minor Leagues by dmick8927 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 really like to highlight players we don’t typically consider prospects, as well as covering the prospects we all know about. My intention is to let the first part of that …

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Minor League Update 4-7-12

In Minor Leagues by Obstructed View Staff166 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. He also walked again. I'm not holding my breath, but if Vitters could learn to become more patient he'd suddenly have quite a bit of value. …

Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 3

In Minor Leagues by dmick89119 Comments

We’ve taken an extensive look at the top 20 Cubs prospects this season by Sickels so it’s time to look at some others who weren’t ranked. John Gaub Gaub is coming of a season in which he walked almost a batter per inning and allowed a tons of runs, but this season he’s been pretty good. His strikeouts are through …