The Cubs had an interesting draft in 2006. They had the 13th overall pick in the draft (they used it on Tyler Colvin, now with the Rockies). Then, they didn't pick again until the 149th overall pick. They used it on a player who many thought would not even sign; Jeff Samardzija. Samardzija has had a very interesting sporting …
Who Plays for the Cubs?
Let’s take a look at the current 40-man roster: Pitchers (21)Scott BakerJeff BeliveauMichael BowdenAlberto CabreraShawn CampLendy CastilloGerardo ConcepcionRafael DolisScott FeldmanKyuji FujikawaMatt GarzaCarlos MarmolTrey McNuttBrooks RaleyHector RondonChris RusinJames RussellJeff SamardzijaArodys VizcainoRob WhitenackTravis Wood Catchers (3)Welington CastilloDioner NavarroSteve Clevenger Infielders (8)Darwin BarneyStarlin CastroJunior LakeAnthony RizzoLuis ValbuenaChristian VillanuevaJosh VittersLogan Watkins Outfielders (7)Tony CampanaDavid DeJesusBrett JacksonDave SappeltNate ScheirholtzJorge SolerAlfonso SorianoMatt Szczur The first thing …
Better Know a Cub: Welington Castillo
Coming into the 2012 season, the Cubs had an interesting catching debate, and it wasn’t for the starting job. Geovany Soto still had some of that old sheen on him, but behind him was a pair of catchers that were dueling for the backup C job, neither a world-beater in the minors. One of the two was Steve Clevenger, the …
Better Know a Cub: Starlin Castro
As I try to re-boot this old blog, I thought it would be a good idea to include a post on each player on the Cubs 40-man roster as they enter it. Unfortunately for me (or fortunately, depending), that means I have a backlog of 40 profiles to do. I’m going to start with the people who (hopefully) are long-term …
Rice Cube on Theo and context
I love this blog. Last night, RC posted a link to a one-sided article about how Theo Epstein is overrated and I said that I wished someone would take a fair look at it. RC did just that and I'm glad he did. He was responding to this article from last year. Since that ‘04 title run, Epstein has been …
The Way We Were- A look back at Logan Watkins in 2012
My fellow eFriends, I have returned from my sabbatical and will be writing up a few prospect recaps for some of the more interesting Cubs minor leaguers. So enjoy that. Logan Watkins was drafted in the 21st round of the 2008 draft. He was a HS stud from Goddard KS which is a town as exactly small as it sounds. …
Fangraphs Top 15 Cubs Prospects
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, I'm sure OV will have our own top Cubs prospects list just as soon as the search teams find DJ and we can chain him back up to …
Profiles In Rebuilding- The Cleveland Indians
After Theo and Co. were hired at the end of last season, Cubdom was collectively filled with a sense of manifest destiny. A majority of us, I think, breathed a sigh of relief and started channeling our inner Alvin. Finally, a front office on the vanguard, saying all the right things about performance evaluation, rebuilding the organization from the ground …