Pittsburgh Pirates 1 @ Chicago Cubs 4 Anthony Rizzo had a good day, going 0-2 with a pair of walks and no strikeouts. Starlin Castro continues to be awful (0-4, 2K). None of the trade bait really played today. Scott Hairston is theoretically trade bait and he went 0-3 with 2 strikeouts and an RBI. Carlos Marmol and Kevin Gregg each threw a scoreless frame. Edwin …
Cubs Prospects at wRC+ 100 or better
Iowa Cubs (threshold: 24 years) Josh Vitters, 105 wRC+ Tennessee Smokies (threshold: 23 years) Arismendy Alcantara, 143 wRC+ Jae-Hoon Ha, 139 wRC+ [Rubi Silva, 121 wRC+, 24 years old] Christian Villanueva, 121 wRC+ Ronald Torreyes, 106 wRC+ Daytona Cubs (threshold: 22 years) Stephen Bruno, 166 wRC+ Jorge Soler, 140 wRC+ Dustin Geiger, 136 wRC+ Javier Baez, 132 wRC+ Kane County Cougars (threshold: …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-6-13
Round Rock Express 6 @ Iowa Cubs 0 Junior Lake returned. He was 1-4 at 3B and hit 6th. He was the only player to get a hit and not double; Logan Watkins, Steve Clevenger, and Donnie Murphy each had a single double. No one else had a hit. Guillermo Moscoso had another dicey performance, allowing 3 runs in 6 innings. He also walked …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-5-13
Programming Note Would people derive some benefit from my inclusion of yesterday's major league game in these? If so, I can start doing those as well, but I'm just assuming you follow the Cubs enough to know what happens day by day at the MLB level. Triple A wasn't scheduled, Double A and A+ were postponed. Kane County Cougars 8 @ …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-4-13
New Orleans Zephyrs 2 @ Iowa Cubs 10 Both Ian Stewart and Logan Watkins had their 6th errors of the season today. The former hit a solo home run in 4 plate appearances (striking out twice), and the latter went 3-5 with two runs scored. Brett Jackson was 1-5 with 2 RBI and 2 SO. It's about to get really crowded in 3B/CF when Junior Lake starts …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-4-13
New Orleans 10 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (13 innings) Logan Watkins was 1-6 with a strikeout today. He's been ice cold as of late, and his line now sits at .227/.343/.387. Repeat for Dave Sappelt. Brett Jackson went 4-6 with a home run and no strikeouts. He's only had 8 strikeouts in his last 10 games. Ready for the big show, right? Brent Lillibridge went 0-5 …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-2-13
Thanks to sitrick (Vanilla Pope) for taking the weekend beat. New Orleans Zephyrs 5 @ Iowa Cubs 3 Logan Watkins had a Logan Watkins day. Again. 1-4, RBI, 2 SO. Dave Sappelt, now in the 2 hole, went 2-4 with a run scored. Brett Jackson had a walk and an RBI (0-2). Ian Stewart continues his torrid pace, going 0-4 with 3 SO. …
Cubs Projected Standings
This is the the NL Central for a few of the projection systems as of 5/31/13: FanGraphs Cards 95-67 Reds 89-73* Pirates 89-73* Cubs 76-86 Brewers 73-89 Cubs finish in a 3-way tie for 7th in Race To The Top (Padres, Royals) Chance of 90 or more wins: 0.49% 95% confidence interval: 67-85 wins BP Cards 93-69 Reds 91-71* Pirates 88-74* …
JOT Quick Hits: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-30-13
This is going to be quick. Iowa Cubs 1 @ Nashville Sounds 6 No one did good except Logan Watkins, who was 2-5. Blake Parker struck out 3 in the ninth. Tennessee Smokies 5 @ Birmingham Barons 1 Ty Wright and Chad Noble each had 2 RBI. The Smokies had 11 hits this game but only 2 walks. Alberto Cabrera had a nice …
The Cubs Are “Lucky”
Brett at the Nation had a good article about the Cubs' horrid luck this year, and so did frequent commenter on that site Dr. Wimsey. I agree with the main thrust of both arguments. However, I'm here to tell you it's the BEST thing that could have happened this year. The Cubs are, by rights, a .500 team by any …