Iowa Cubs 7 @ Oklahoma City RedHawks 6 Logan Watkins had a double and a single, with 2 RBI. Dave Sappelt had a walk and a single and a single RBI. Brad Nelson went 2-4 with 2 HR. I can't imagine anyone in the organization having a better day than that. Junior Lake heard us arguing and wanted to let us know that he …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-9-13
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 @ Chicago Cubs 4 Anthony Rizzo had a good day, going 0-2 with a pair of walks and no strikeouts. Starlin Castro continues to be awful (0-4, 2K). None of the trade bait really played today. Scott Hairston is theoretically trade bait and he went 0-3 with 2 strikeouts and an RBI. Carlos Marmol and Kevin Gregg each threw a scoreless frame. Edwin …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-8-13
Round Rock Express 5 @ Iowa Cubs 8 (Game 1 of doubleheader) Ian Stewart is apparently sick of riding the pine. You've undoubtedly by now heard about his 3-homer, 8 RBI game in the first half of today's doubleheader. Nobody else drove in a run, so he literally was the I-Cubs offense in this game. It'd be nice if this …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-7-13
Round Rock Express 3 @ Iowa Cubs 1 Another day, another uninteresting I-Cubs loss. Junior Lake had a nice game in his second day back, going 2-3 with a double, a walk and a stolen base. Brent Lillibridge was 3-5 with a K. Other than that this continued to be a pretty milquetoast offense. Steve Clevenger was 1-4 with a double. Brad Nelson …
Cubs Prospects at wRC+ 100 or better
Iowa Cubs (threshold: 24 years) Josh Vitters, 105 wRC+ Tennessee Smokies (threshold: 23 years) Arismendy Alcantara, 143 wRC+ Jae-Hoon Ha, 139 wRC+ [Rubi Silva, 121 wRC+, 24 years old] Christian Villanueva, 121 wRC+ Ronald Torreyes, 106 wRC+ Daytona Cubs (threshold: 22 years) Stephen Bruno, 166 wRC+ Jorge Soler, 140 wRC+ Dustin Geiger, 136 wRC+ Javier Baez, 132 wRC+ Kane County Cougars (threshold: …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-6-13
Round Rock Express 6 @ Iowa Cubs 0 Junior Lake returned. He was 1-4 at 3B and hit 6th. He was the only player to get a hit and not double; Logan Watkins, Steve Clevenger, and Donnie Murphy each had a single double. No one else had a hit. Guillermo Moscoso had another dicey performance, allowing 3 runs in 6 innings. He also walked …
2013 MLB Draft: best prospects still available
Baseball America has the best available prospects after the first two rounds of the draft right here. 25. Jon Denney, c, Yukon (Okla.) HS 34. Connor Jones, rhp, Great Bridge HS, Chesapeake, Va. 35. Kyle Serrano, rhp, Farragut (Tenn.) HS 37. Bobby Wahl, rhp, Mississippi 42. Cord Sandberg, of, Manatee HS, Bradenton, Fla. 48. Rowdy Tellez, 1b, Elk Grove (Calif.) …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-5-13
Programming Note Would people derive some benefit from my inclusion of yesterday's major league game in these? If so, I can start doing those as well, but I'm just assuming you follow the Cubs enough to know what happens day by day at the MLB level. Triple A wasn't scheduled, Double A and A+ were postponed. Kane County Cougars 8 @ …
Javier Baez, John Andreoli and Jorge Soler are Florida State League All Stars
Javier Baez, John Andreoliand Jorge Soler each made the Florida State League All Star team for the North Division. NORTH DIVISION Catchers: Cameron Garfield, Brevard County (MIL); Logan Moore, Clearwater (PHI); Gary Sanchez, Tampa (NYY). Infielders: Carlos Alonso, Clearwater (PHI); Javier Baez, Daytona (CHC); Andy Burns, Dunedin (TOR); Maikel Franco, Clearwater (PHI); Dustin Geiger, Daytona (CHC); Nick Ramirez, Brevard County …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-4-13
New Orleans Zephyrs 2 @ Iowa Cubs 10 Both Ian Stewart and Logan Watkins had their 6th errors of the season today. The former hit a solo home run in 4 plate appearances (striking out twice), and the latter went 3-5 with two runs scored. Brett Jackson was 1-5 with 2 RBI and 2 SO. It's about to get really crowded in 3B/CF when Junior Lake starts …