Let me start by saying that this post is not the least bit inspired by Anthony Rizzo's 3 strikeouts in 6 plate appearances vs lefties this season. It's 6 plate appearances. That's it. This is something I've been meaning to write since the 2012 season ended and I'm just finally getting around to it. We all know Anthony Rizzo had …
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-5-13
Iowa Cubs 6 @ Alburquerque Isotopes 10 The Iowa Cubs were first in the Cubs organization in 2013 to score more than 3 runs in a game. It's not like they've played that many games (8th game), but it's still nice to see some offense. Drew Carpenter got the start for the Cubs and wasn't good. He gave up 6 …
Journeymen of Tomorrow 4/4/13
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 …
Cubs @ Pirates Game Chat
The Cubs are set to finish their first series of the year. They'll be looking to get back over .500. The game begins at 11:35 CT and the lineups are below. Cubs David DeJesus, CF Starlin Castro, SS Anthony Rizzo, 1B Alfonso Soriano, LF Nate Schierholtz, RF Dioner Navarro, C Luis Valbuena, 3B Hide your kids, 2B Travis Wood, P …
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Daytona (A+) and Kane County (A-) Rosters
It was reported the other day that Javier Baez would begin the 2013 season down at Low A in Kane County. However, the rosters announced yesterday have him, and Jorge Soler, in Daytona. Below is the roster for the Daytona Cubs. Pitchers RHP Yeiper Castillo: The 24 year old signed out of Venezuela never played above High A with the …
TOOTBLAN Tracker
The TOOTBLAN Tracker is up and running. Love it. Be sure to follow @TOOTBLANTime on Twitter.
74 win Cubs
RLYW posted their annual projections blowout this week. The Cubs win between 72 and 74 games with all the projections and average 74 wins.
PECOTA Percentiles are live
Baseball Prospectus has updated their player pages to show the PECOTA percentile forecasts. PECOTA percentiles are now available to subscribers. Those of you new to BP, or to PECOTA, might wonder why we publish percentiles in addition to the weighted-mean projections for players, which we’ve already released. The answer is that forecasting is an inexact science; the future is not …
Tim McCarver to retire
Tim McCarver will be retiring after the 2013 season. Good riddance. In honor of our second anniversary, Mish put this together.
The 2008 Draft Retrospective
I think 5 years is a pretty good amount of time to review a draft class. That would put us at 2008 (well, it's 4.5 years, but close enough for me). 1/19: Andrew Cashner This pick has worked out relatively well, all things considered. Cashner had definite starter potential, and still profiles as a really good closer. Unfortunately for him, …