Jon Heyman is providing some suggestions about how the Red Sox can be fixed. One of them is acquiring a starting pitcher and he names Ryan Dempster. One obvious suggestion could be Ryan Dempster of the Cubs. He has an 0.95 ERA, the lowest ever for a pitcher who has yet to win a game through five starts. He is …
Cubs Put Marmol on DL, Call Up Casey Coleman
I'm not sure who had it first and I don't care enough to go back and look, but both Carrie Muskat and Paul Sullivan have reported that Carlos Marmol has been placed on the disabled list after injuring his right hamstring last night, with Casey Coleman being called up to replace him on the roster. Muskat is also reporting that …
Blake DeWitt DFA’d
The Cubs have DFA'd Blake DeWitt and re-caled Travis Wood who will start today against the Dodgers. I don't believe Berselius published a projection for Wood, but Oliver did project him to be worth 2.5 WAR at the time the Cubs traded Sean Marshall for him. Wood has had mixed results so far at Iowa. He has struckout over 9 …
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Iowa Josh Vitters hit his first HR of the year and got a pair of RBI's for his effort. On the pitching side Frank Batista has been promoted and was stuck with the loss in relief. Smokies Trey McNutt got the start and was lit up giving up 5 R (2 ER) in 2.2 IP. I watched McNutt on milbtv …
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Today is really special guys. I'm going to give you an update on how the top 20 prospects in our organization are faring. (hint- not well!) All rankings come from John Sickels 1. Brett Jackson OF AAA – Jackson is sporting a slash line of .255/.357/.436 which is what a lot of people think he will do in the majors- …
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Iowa The Iowa Cubs faced top prospect Shelby Miller last night and roughed him up. Miller gave up 7 hits and 4 runs in 5 innings as Adrian Cardenas touched him up for a HR. On the AGGRESSIVE BASERUNNING side of things Rizzo and Brett Jackson were caught stealing. This is a reoccurring theme at about every level this year …
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Iowa PPD Smokies Not worth a summary. Worst team EVER. Daytona F7 Jr went 2-4 and continues to raise his batting average. He is putting together a decent season so far. The Cubs decided to try Hayden Simpson out of the pen today but it didn't work. Simpson went 1.2 IP walked 3 guys and gave up 2 ER. He …
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Iowa PPD Smokies Trey McNutt made his return from the 7 day DL and worked 3 scoreless innings. His MO this season is 3-4 inning appearances and unless he can get his stamina up its time to give him the bullpen test. Daytona Erick Joksich had a strong start working 7 IP striking out 8 and only allowing 1 ER. …
Welcome Back, Welington?
So here we all were, basking in the glory of defeating Roy Halladay and minding our own business, and suddenly the Cubs Twitterverse is abuzz about a tweet. The tweet causing the commotion is from Enrique Rojas: #Cubs call up catcher Wellington Castillo, agent said. — Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) April 28, 2012 Of course, nobody on the Cubs beat has …
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Iowa Off Day Smokies Nobody did anything. Daytona Szrzrzr drew a walk and stole a pair of bases, his plate discipline has really improved from last year. Torreyes had a pair of hits and non prospect Greg Rohan hit his 5 HR of the year. On the pitching side Tony Zych earned his 2nd save of the year. Peoria The …