Last season Matt Garza enjoyed a breakout season. His strikeouts increased. His walks decreased. He kept the ball on the ground and therefore in the park a lot more often. He was even so lucky last year that he allowed only 7.7% of his fly balls to leave the yard. While Fangraphs had him with a cool 5.0 WAR, Baseball …
Tigers asked about Darwin Barney
From MLBTR: The Tigers asked the Cubs about second baseman Darwin Barney a couple of weeks ago, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reports (on Twitter). However, talks didn't progress.
Big Dylan’s BIG Prospect Update
Time for another review of how the prospects that John Sickles picked as our top 20 are doing. 1. Brett Jackson AAA- We've talked to death about Jackson's struggles this year but it bears repeating. Jackson has struck out an amazing 33.8 % of the time this year. It's an insanely high number and it doesn't seem to be getting …
New Plan
All Garza has to do is fake an injury and then pretend like he went to a faith healer and it got better. Everybody wins. Except the Rangers.
Baseball America Mid-season Top 50
Baseball America has released their mid-season top 50 prospects. The only Cub on the list is Javier Baez at 25. Likely to be a 3B when he hits the big leagues, but his bat is potent enough to play anywhere
The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts
Iowa Brett Jackson got a pair of hits and stole and pair of bases as well. Along the way he collected strikeout # 122. Vitters picked up a walk and a hit as well. Smokies The Greg of Rohan hit his first HR as a Smokie. Rohan has had a great year earning a spot on the FSL All-Star squad …
Mural in Bussey, Iowa
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In the Beginning
For newer Cubs fans, The Sandberg Game was one of many, many amazing games that did not result in a World Series title.
The Children Are The Future – Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Cookies Bar “B” “Q”
Iowa Cubs Brett Jackson was 1-4 and struckout twice. He has an astronomical 33.8% strikeout rate, but is still managing a wOBA near .370, which is good for a wRC+ of 113. It's not as good as his stint in Iowa last year, but it's still above average. Josh Vitters was 1-3 with a walk and is now sporting a …
OV Contest mid-season update
At the beginning of the season we started an over/under contest that would take wouldn't reveal a winner until the end of the season. People chose whether a player would end the season over or under his projections. Under was a bit confusing for pitchers and I made that clear in the post. If you thought the pitcher was going …