Chicago Cubs 5 @ Seattle Mariners 3 Starlin Castro hit his first home run in forever. He was 2-5 on the day. Alfonso Soriano hit a 2 run, game winning homer in the top of the 11th and was 3-5, pretty much begging AL clubs in need of a DH to take a look at him. Ryan Sweeney was 0-1 and …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-28-13
Iowa Cubs 5 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 1 Dave Sappelt went 3-5 with a double. Logan Watkins had a 4-5 day. Darnell McDonald, Luis Flores, and Ty Wright were all 2-5, Flores adding a double. Junior Lake was the only I-Cub without a hit, and he walked once. The roster had 16 hits with only 2 going for extra bases, …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-14-13
This one'll probably be a bit short; writing it in the car on the way to Pittsburgh and PNC Park. Tomorrow's will be a little more detailed. Omaha Storm Chasers 5 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (Game Postponed in the middle of the 6th) This game got rained out partway through. Thus far, Steve Clevenger has been the highlight, going 3-3 …
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 …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-27-13
Programming Note Due to external factors, we will no longer be doing weekend JOTs. I will recap the weekends on Monday (or Tuesday, since Monday was a holiday). I'll be taking the M-F beat, and dmick89 is now minor league wonk-emeritus. Think of me as like New Pope, and dmick as Pope Classic. I'm sure that'll help. The Weekend That …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-13-13
Iowa Cubs 6 @ Reno Aces 4 Brett Jackson 2: The Second Part of the Tragedy went 0-4 with a walk. Logan Watkins had a single, a walk, a strikeout, and a run. Dave Sappelt hit cleanup, and went 0-3 with a walk and a run scored. Josh Vitters had a single and a run scored. He also had an RBI. Donnie Murphy had the best day, going 2-4 …
JoT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-11-13
Iowa Cubs 4 @ Reno Aces 1 Logan Watkins had a very un-Watkins like day. He went 1-4 with no walks or strikeouts. He was also hit by a pitch and had his 3rd error. Brett Jackson 2: Revenge of the Fallen Prospect Status went 2-5 with a double and 2 RBI. He also struck out once, for old times sake. Josh Vitters …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-20-13
Iowa Cubs 5 @ Memphis Redbirds 8 Logan Watkins had a Logan Watkins-type day, going 1-4 with a double and a walk. He also struck out twice. He was also caught stealing. He actually hasn't stolen a base all year and has been caught thrice. Brett Jackson 2: The Secret of the lOoze pinch-hit and had a single. He'd come around to score. …
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Week 2 Prospect Watch
Each Saturday, I'm going to summarize the weekly performance top prospects at each level. Hopefully, this will give more of a snapshot of how our future Cubs are doing. AAA Brett Jackson 2: HyperJackson has a .235/.316/.324 line over 34 PA. His K% is 28.9%, which is better than it has been (but not so much that you can't attribute it to …
Daily Facepalm 3.16.12 – Too Much Chalk Edition
Was there a Cubs game yesterday? I was so in shock at Wisconsin's ability to score more than 60 points that I failed to pay attention to yesterday's games. It looks like it was probably a good thing. In the Dbacks game, Ryan Dempster gave up eight hits and a walk in three and 2/3 innings, but shocklingly only three …