The week long look at the Cubs farm system continued Wednesday when Jonathan Mayo and MLB.com published their rankings of the top prospects in the National League Central. As expected Javier Baez topped MLB.com’s Cubs list with Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, Brett Jackson and Arodys Vizcaino rounding out the top five. Seven of the 21 [...]
Theo Epstein Takes to the Airwaves and Talks Cubs Baseball
February 6, 2013 By 14 Comments
Theo Epstein spent Tuesday morning on two Chicago radio stations, 670 the Score and ESPN 1000. The Cubs’ President of Baseball Operations discussed a variety of topics with Mulley and Hanley then with Waddle and Silvy. Theo Epstein told Mulley and Hanley that he’d bet on Anthony Rizzo’s future and admitted he would like to [...]
Five Cubs Make Keith Law’s List of Top Prospects in the Game
February 5, 2013 By 6 Comments
Keith Law released his ranking of the top 100 prospects in the game on Tuesday morning, along with the ten that just missed the list. Five of the top players in the Cubs’ system made Keith Law’s ranking of the top 110 prospects in the game … Javier Baez (31), Albert Almora (33), Jorge Soler [...]
Weekend Update: One Week Until Cubs Pitchers and Catchers Report to Camp
February 3, 2013 By 5 Comments
While many will be focused on some large game in The Big Easy, as Matt Garza pointed out on Saturday it is one more week until the action starts in Mesa. Once the big game is over, a majority of the focus will shift to baseball with only a week before pitchers and catchers report [...]
Cubs Move One Step Closer to Spring Training
February 2, 2013 By 8 Comments
Pitchers and catchers do not officially report to Fitch Park until next Sunday but the Cubs loaded the equipment truck on Friday destined for Mesa. The Cubs announced six players from the system will join the big league team in camp this spring. Javier Baez will spend his spring with the Major League team but [...]
Three Cubs Prospects Ranked Among the Top 50 in Baseball and Other News, Notes and Rumors
January 30, 2013 By 56 Comments
Three of the top players in the Cubs’ system were ranked among the top 50 prospects in the game by MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo. Javier Baez made quite a leap in one year and made it into the top 20. The top prospect in the Cubs’ system checked in at number 16 while Albert Almora (39) [...]
Cubs System Ranked Tenth by Minor League Ball and Other Prospect News
January 29, 2013 By 7 Comments
The Cubs’ farm system was front and center on Monday as several of the top players in the system were ranked among the best prospects at their position in the game. John Sickels released his 2013 Baseball Farm System Rankings on Monday afternoon … and the Cubs system made a significant jump from a year [...]
Baseball America’s Top 10 Cubs Prospects for 2013
January 8, 2013 By 22 Comments
Baseball America released their list of the top prospects in the Cubs’ system for the upcoming season on Monday. To no surprise, Javier Baez topped BA’s ranking with Albert Almora and Jorge Soler rounding out the top three. Last year’s top prospect in the Cubs’ system, Brett Jackson, slipped to fifth while Arodys Vizcaino was [...]
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