Despite all of my grumbling about the rumored pricetag for Jorge Soler, I was ecstatic when the initial reports today said that the Cubs had signed him to a 9/30 contract. Then we discovered that whenever he has enough service time to be elgible for arbitration, he can opt out of the deal and go through the usual arbitration process …
Cubs sign Jorge Soler to 9-year deal for $30 million (UPDATED!)
The Cubs apparently signed Jorge Soler today. I hear the #Cubs won out for Jorge Soler. #Yankees tried, but didn't get him. — Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) June 11, 2012 Bed Badler of Baseball America wrote about Soler a few days ago here. He talks about the way in which he was declared a free agent. Jim Callis wrote more about …
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Iowa– Anthony. Rizzo. I can't remember the last time the Cubs had a prospect just destroy a level the way Rizzo is doing. Last night he hit two more HR's to raise his OPS to 1.163. If you take his AB's from last year in AAA and combine them with this year you have about a full season's worth and …
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Iowa Brett Jackson was 1-3 with a double and is now batting .262. Josh Vitters was 2-3 with a walk and Rizzo went 1-3 with a walk of his own. Chris Volstad struck out 7 in 7 innings pitched while allowing 3 earned runs. Smokies Logan Watinks was 2-4 with a pair of walks and also got a walkoff single …
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Iowa No Game Smokies Trey McNutt had a decent start working 5.2 shutout innings. He walked 4 and struck out 3 batters. His ERA remains find but man oh man his secondary stats are ugly. Daytona Matt Loosen struck out 6 in 5.2 IP. Matt Szczur hasn't played in over a week and I have idea why not. Peoria Taiwan …
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Iowa Everyone pretty much sucked. Smokies Jae Hoon Ha went 2-3 with 2 walks and is now hitting .278. Logan Watkins 2-4 with a pair of walks as well. Eric Joksich went 7 IP allowing 0 ER and striking out 1 batter. Daytona Austin Kirk had a nice start striking out 7 in 6 IP. He only allowed 1 run. …
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Iowa Rizzo went 3-5 and Brett Jackson drew a pair of walks. TRANSFORMED! Josh Vitters went 0-5. Smokies Jae Hoon Ha went 1-3 with a BB and Alberto Cabrera lowered his ERA to 2.57 while earning his 5th save. Daytona Alcantara went 2-5 and Frank Del Valle worked 6 innings while allowing 1 ER. Peoria Javier Baez earned a walk …
Cubs Select Pierce Johnson 43rd Overall (Paul Blackburn 56th)
With the second pick of the night and the 43rd overall, the Cubs have selected Pierce Johnson from Missouri State. He was Baseball America's highest rated draft prospect not yet drafted. Here's what they say about him. Few colleges can match Missouri State's recent track record for producing pitchers. Since 2001, the Bears have had three hurlers drafted in the …
Cubs First Round Pick: Albert Almora
In the first rund with the 6th overall pick the Cubs selected Albert Almora. No surprise here. Almora is a latter-day A.J. Hinch in that he has become a go-to player for USA Baseball national teams from a young age. Almora was USA Baseball's 2011 athlete of the year after being MVP of the 18-and-under Pan American Championships in Colombia …
Honest Dylan's Crop Report-The System as of June 4.
Time for another review of our pre-season top 20. I have taken the liberty to note when I booted a guy and replaced him with somebody I like more because well…I can. 1. Brett Jackson OF Iowa– We talked a lot about Jackson since last month because there was a lot of struggling going on. He finished May with a …