Bruce Levine says 10 teams have shown interest in Ryan Dempster. With a little more than two weeks until baseball's trade deadline, 10 teams have shown legitimate interest in acquiring Dempster's services for the remainder of the season, according to industry sources. Those clubs include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers,New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Atlanta Braves. The Cubs have started, …
BP’s Hitter and Pitcher Profiles
Baseball Prospectus came out with hitter profiles last week and today they released their pitcher profiles. Here's Starlin Castro's swing rate in each location. Here's the whiff rate. Here's his tAV (true Average, kind of like wOBA, but scaled to batting average).
Tigers asked about Darwin Barney
From MLBTR: The Tigers asked the Cubs about second baseman Darwin Barney a couple of weeks ago, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reports (on Twitter). However, talks didn't progress.
Baseball America Mid-season Top 50
Baseball America has released their mid-season top 50 prospects. The only Cub on the list is Javier Baez at 25. Likely to be a 3B when he hits the big leagues, but his bat is potent enough to play anywhere
Cubs Near Deal With SS Frandy De La Rosa
The @Cubs near deal w/ SS Frandy De La Rosa (#10 on @MLB's Top 20 Int'l Prospects list) for $700K mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/… mlb.mlb.com/news/article.j… — MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) July 2, 2012
Castro: "I don't have to change"
After some talk about Bobby V's criticism of Castro's focus last year, the Hobbiton Press has some quotes from Castro about the new hitting coach and whether he'll change his approach. "I don't have to change," he said. "The walks and those kinds of things, they're coming. I try to be more patient, but right now, the pitchers are throwing …
Baseball America on Matt Szczur's 2nd Full Season
Baseball America has a nice article up about how well Matt Szczur has progressed so far in his young career. He was drafted in the 5th round in 2010 and after giving up football altogether the Cubs signed him to a $1.4 million contract and added him to their 40-man roster. He's rated as the 64th best prospect in baaseball …
Cubs to be patient with Javier Baez
The Cubs top pick in the 2011 draft, Javier Baez, is off to a fantastic start. So far he's hitting .315/.403/.537 with 3 home runs in about 60 plate appearances. Prior to his game yesterday he had a wOBA of .415, which is good for a 161 wRC+. He's still young and this is just 60 plate appearances so the …