Omaha Storm Chasers 2 @ Iowa Cubs 5 Mike Olt went 1-2 with 2 walks. Kyle Hendricks continues to be damn impressive this year. He went 8 innings, allowing 6 hits and 2 runs. He walked 1 and struck out 4. His K% hovers around 20%, even with the promotion to Iowa, and the only real difference is a slight …
Sally and the Midwest: Minor League Run Environments (A-Ball)
The minor league run environment in the Midwest League and the South Atlantic League.
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-27-13
This is the 50th anniversary of perhaps the greatest speech of all time. Please, do yourself a favor and listen to this. Now to the baseball, baseball batman! Omaha Storm Chasers 6 @ Iowa Cubs 7 Mike Olt went 1-3 with 2 walks and 2 errors. Woof! Justin Grimm went 5 innings and allowed 2 runs (1 earned). He only …
You Are Not The Sun
Al has done it again. As most of you have seen by now, Yellon Fever has posted an open letter to Cubs fans. It's bad, it's sad, and it's more than a little embarassing. "There's going to be an apology coming up, but first I want to tell you a couple of stories. Please note! This post is going to be quite …
Race to the Top (of the 2014 Draft)
Welcome back to the 3rd installment of OV's annual Race to the Top series! This has become an extremely fun tradition where we flip the stadings upside down, reverse wins and losses and track the Cubs "progress" towards achieving the top draft pick in the next draft! We sure do know how to have fun around here! In previous years, …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-25-13
Memphis Redbirds 11 @ Iowa Cubs 5 Dave Sappelt went 2-4 with a double and a home run, Mike Olt went 1-4, and I went into my bedroom and cried for watching this shitpile of a team. Brooks "Lendy Castillo" Raley went 2 innings and allowed 7 runs. Thanks, Obama. Mobile BayBears 2 @ Tennessee Smokies 0 Javier Baez had half …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-24-13
Better late than never, it's yesterday's JOT. Sorry for the delay. Chicago Cubs 3 @ San Diego Padres 2 Is it April? Because Jeff Samardzija just put together two good starts in a row. 8 innings, 7 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 7 Ks. PETCO helps, but he's almost got his ERA back under 4. He hit a double, …
JavyGraphs: Career Trends for Javier Baez
A look at trends in walk rate, strikeout rate, and power for Cub prospect Javier Baez.
Anthony Rizzo’s season is not comparable to Starlin Castro’s
Lately there have been some comparisons between Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro that have come out of nowhere. We've talked a lot about Starlin Castro around here so before we get back to a comparison, let's take a look at what Rizzo has done this season. Myles wrote about it awhile back, but it's been over a month so let's …
Anti-Anti-Steroidist
I love this article. h/t to Tangotiger