Oklahoma City Redhawks 2 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (Game 1) Guillermo Monosco walked 3 and struckout 3 in 4 innings of work. He allowed 4 hits, a home run and 2 runs overall. Esmailin Caridad threw a scoreless 5th, allowed a hit and struck a batter out. Kyuji Fujikawa began his rehab at Iowa and threw an inning, walked 1 …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-4-2013
Bottom line: Cubs 2 out of 3. Not bad. Since Myles had a hard night last night, which we'll blame on the newborn, I volunteered to fill in today with my semi-annual OV post. You get what you pay for. Iowa Cubs vs a Better Team: postponed. Divine intervention saves us again. Tennessee Smokies Eric Jokisch was named Cubs Minor …
A Banner Year For International Free Agents
If we are judging by their names, that is. And I definitely am. We’re still a couple of months away from the beginning of the signing period, but this fanpost over at the Minor League Ball/ MLB Bonus Baby juggneraut is well worth your attention, at the very least to bookmark now so you can convincingly scoff at Cub signings when they …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-2-13
The Iowa Cubs and Kane County Cougars were postponed. Tennessee Smokies 7 @ Mississippi Braves 0 Dallas Beeler threw 6.2 innings, allowed only 1 hit and no runs. He walked 3 and struckout 5. In 38 innings already, he’s allowed 29 hits, 3 of which have been home runs. He’s walked only 10 and struckout 22. It would be easy …
The Only Thing Tom Ricketts Threatened Was Some People’s Delicate Sensibilities
The Cubs released more renderings of what they would like Wrigley to look like after the renovations they've been planning for four years are complete. There was nothing earth-shattering. We already knew what a jumbo video board would theoretically look like thanks to amateur fans with Photoshop skills. This version had lights on the top of it. Neat. Of course, …
Cubs Games Scores #1 (April 2013)
At the beginning of the season, I made a post with a new take on Game Score. That was the DiPS Game Score, found here. Tom Tango, a consultant for the Cubs, did similar work along these lines. He showed up in the comments (I still can't believe how cool that is, by the way) and pointed me towards his …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-1-13
Round Rock Express 1 @ Iowa Cubs 0 Chris Rusin had a very good start. He went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits and a run. He walked none and struckout 5. Hisanori Takahashi struck a batter out and allowed a hit in the 8th. Zach Putnam struckout 2 and allowed a hit in the 9th. Logan Watkins was 3-3 with …
Cubs Groundball Rate: Snorting Bosio’s Magic Sinker Dust
Prior to the season, I was set to write about how the Cubs were gradually amassing a bunch of fly-ball heavy pitchers. I never ended up getting around to it, but I'm not one to let a mediocre (or wrong) idea die, so I'll give you the condensed version: From 2010 to 2012, among pitchers with at least 280 innings pitched, …
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Minor League Leaders
Once a month, I'm going to take a look at the Cubs leaders at each level in various statistics and how they rank among the larger group. The stats are current through the end of April. It's awfully early in the season and these shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's far too early to the look at the pitchers so …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-30-13
Round Rock Express 2 @ Iowa Cubs 7 Guillermo Monosco threw 5 innings, allowed 3 hits and a run on a walk, 6 strikeouts. The run he allowed was on a solo home run. Yoanner Negrin threw 2 innings, allowed 3 hits and a run. He struckout 3. Casey Coleman allowed a hit in an inning pitched and Rafael Dolis …