Iowa Brett Jackson had a pair of hits and stole his 3rd base of the year and Anthony Rizzo continues to mash AAA pitching to the tune of .380 as the Iowa Cubs lost 2-6. It might be time for Jay Jackson to say goodbye as he is just terrible. Yesterday also marked the debut of Frank Batista in AAA. …
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Iowa Adrian Cardenas just keeps hitting and is up to .350. You are worthless Blake DeWitt. Chris Rusin had a great start working 8 innings and only allowing 2 hits while striking out 4. Brett Jackson is struggling a bit as of late and is only hitting .239 with a bit less power than you would hope for. Smokies Logan …
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Iowa Dave Sappelt hit his 2nd HR of the year and Anthony Rizzo knocked in 3 RBI's. Adrian Cardenas keeps killing the ball down there and Vitters is now sporting a sweet .635 OPS. But at least he has 5 walks vs 6 k's. Keep in mind he is still young for AAA. Casey Coleman had a good start but …
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Iowa Josh Vitters took a walk. Move along sir. Smokies Kevin Rhoderick and Alberto Cabrera both had good outings in relief. These are two guys you could see up in the majors at some point this year as the Cubs continue to develop relief pitchers and 2nd basemen. Its all part of the plan people. Daytona Ronald Torreyes had a …
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Iowa Brett Jackson got a double and a walk, Luis Valbuena hit a HR and Josh Vitters has started his annual slide into obscurity as the Iowa Cubs lost 4-6. Jay Jackson continued to be a fantastic 5th starter in AAA. Smokies Game 1 Dallas Beeler worked 5.2 IP and gave away 1 unearned run. He struck out 5. Game …
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Iowa It was a sloppy game for the Iowa Cubs as Vitters, Rizzo and Cardenas each committed an error. Brett Jackson went 1-5 with a triple and Nate Robertson continued his inspired campaign to be released within the first month. Smokies Rain Out Daytona There's just no way to sugarcoat it- Hayden Simpson was awful tonight. His final line was …
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Iowa Brett Jackson drew a pair of walks got a double and stole a base as he continues his impressive minor league career. Right now Jackson is sporting the kind of line that you would expect-mid range batting average, some power, some walks, lots of k's and some stolen bases. Despite all the experts saying he still has work to …
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Iowa Iowa cranked out 22 hits and still managed to lose yesterday in a 10-11 slugfest. In a sure sign that he has given up his soul to the lord of the light Tony Campana hit a big boy HR. Rizzo was 3-7 and Adrian Cardenas had 4 hits. Honestly at this point I would like to see Cardenas up. …
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Well yesterday was interesting here in the great midwest. After 3 days of the media beating us over the head with forecasts of DOOM! it finally arrived in the form of 99 tornadoes all hitting Salina. Which is fine because Salina sucks. Anyways, the only tornado near me was actually near my hometown so naturally I got in a large …
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Iowa Anthony Rizzo see's LaHair's HR and raises him a pair of HR's as he went deep for # 5 and 6 tonight. His OPS is currently some enormous figure I don't care enough to look up but trust me people is big. And thick. Beef Castle hit a HR himself and Brett Jackson went yard for the first time …