Minor League Report: May 14-20, 2012
Iowa Cubs – Brett Jackson has contact issues. He strikes out in over a third of his at-bats, including 3 in 5 at-bats Sunday. However, he also has a triple and a double in his last two games, and...
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Deciphering the “Cubs Way”: Replacing the house of cards with a house of bricks
Here’s the deal. We know that prospects are important in baseball. We know that one of the primary methods of acquiring these prospects is through the amateur draft, and that the guys who are picked...
View ArticleMinor League Report: April 23-29, 2013
Up in the Majors - Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo have both had their shares of up-and-downs this season, but are showing signs on heating up. Castro’s OBP lays at a mere .291, thus dragging his OPS...
View ArticleMinor League Report: April 30-May 6th, 2013
The Cubs are on their way to improving their record to a slightly-less bad but still very bad 12-20, a winning percentage of 0.375. Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo have been producing as of late,...
View ArticleRicky Bobby Grades some Cubs Prospects
The Cubs’ minor league system 2-3 years ago was not a pretty sight. One of the last top picks before Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer were hired was Hayden Simpson. In 2011 the Cubs selected shortstop Javier...
View ArticleJim Callis talks about the Cubs and prospects
Jim Callis was making the rounds on radio stations around the country tonight, and was on WGN tonight: I’ll talk @Cubs & the @MLBPipeline Top 100 w/@thekapman on @WGNRadio (720 AM) in Chicago at...
View ArticleAnthony Rizzo’s Swing
This is mostly an excuse to share three really cool gifs I found (care of @Kazuto_Yamazaki), but I’m sure you’ll pardon me for doing so as we look at the development of Anthony Rizzo‘s dangerous swing:...
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