Chicago Cubs 7 @ Milwaukee Brewers 2 CastroWatch: Starlin was 2-5 with a double and a SB. Progress. Dioner Navarro was 1-4 with a homer. Matt Garza was 2-3, and, more importantly, carved up the Brewers, striking out 10 in seven innings and allowing 1 run on a walk and 8 hits. Price of the brick goin' up. Iowa Cubs …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-21-13 & 6-22-13
June 21, 2013 Nashville Sound 4 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (Game 1 of DH, 7 Innings) Nice game for the I-Cubs offense, which put up 10 hits, 7 going for extra bases. Logan Watkins had a big day,going 2-3 day leading off, with a double and a home run. Brad Nelson and Junior Lake each went deep as well on 1-3 days. …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-14-13
This one'll probably be a bit short; writing it in the car on the way to Pittsburgh and PNC Park. Tomorrow's will be a little more detailed. Omaha Storm Chasers 5 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (Game Postponed in the middle of the 6th) This game got rained out partway through. Thus far, Steve Clevenger has been the highlight, going 3-3 …
BS of the Day: 6-13-13
Hey, the Cubs decided to win today! This should be easy. Your Bright Spots: I'd be remiss to not start with this one: much-maligned Starlin Castro had a 3-7 day, including a 450-foot home run that the wind somehow knocked down into the ivy for a double. Even more than that, though, his at-bats looked really good today, and he …
BS of the Day: 6-12-13
Alright, let's find some sunshine through all the shit, eh? Your Bright Spots for today: Fairly decent day for the trade bait on the major league club: Nate Schierholtz was 1-3, with a home run that briefly gave the Cubs the lead. James Russell, after giving up a leadoff double in the eighth, got through Choo, Votto, Phillips, and Bruce …
BS of the Day – 6-12-13
I've got no hope to find in Garza getting shelled and the offense doing nothing against a guy with no command of anything but his fastball tonight, so let's go with Harold Reynolds making an idiot of himself. If Casten Starro and HR sheepishly admitting he confused Almora with Baez doesn't put a smile on your face, well, I can't …
BS of the Day: 6-10-13
It's depressing being a Cubs fan lately. The offense is terrible, the rotation seems to be coming back to earth, Starlin Castro is mired in the worst slump of his career, the best bullpen arm we have is Kevin Gregg…it's not pretty. Given all this, it seems worthwhile to try and find something to be optimistic about, some glimmer of light …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-8-13
Round Rock Express 5 @ Iowa Cubs 8 (Game 1 of doubleheader) Ian Stewart is apparently sick of riding the pine. You've undoubtedly by now heard about his 3-homer, 8 RBI game in the first half of today's doubleheader. Nobody else drove in a run, so he literally was the I-Cubs offense in this game. It'd be nice if this …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-7-13
Round Rock Express 3 @ Iowa Cubs 1 Another day, another uninteresting I-Cubs loss. Junior Lake had a nice game in his second day back, going 2-3 with a double, a walk and a stolen base. Brent Lillibridge was 3-5 with a K. Other than that this continued to be a pretty milquetoast offense. Steve Clevenger was 1-4 with a double. Brad Nelson …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-02-13
New Orleans Zephyrs 7 @ Iowa Cubs 6 Hey, a Kevin Kouzmanoff sighting! A fair amount of offense in this one. He had the third-best day at the plate, but Brett Jackson's 1-5, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 1 homer performance has me the most excited, as it was 3/4 of the way to the Brett Jackson Cycle, which we haven't …