Spring Training Game Eleven: Cubs (5-5) vs. Indians (6-5) Game Time – 2:05pm CST Coverage – TV: None – Radio: Cubs.com Location – HoHoKam Park, Mesa Alberto Cabrera (0-0, 6.75/1.50) vs. Carlos Carrasco (0-0, 27.00/5.00) After dropping three of four spring games in three days, the Cubs will get back to work this afternoon against [...]
Day Thirteen of Cubs Camp: The White Team Comes Out on Top Again in Intrasquad Play
The White Team beat the Blue Team for the second day in a row in Intrasquad action on Friday afternoon at HoHoKam Park. Luis Valbuena hit a two-run homer and Edwin Maysonet added a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the fifth off Jensen Lewis to lead the White Team to the 6-3 victory. [...]
Day Eleven of Cubs Camp: Rainy Days and Spring Training
The Cubs received a little breathier on Wednesday when rain and bad weather in the Phoenix area shortened practice. Wednesday was the big league team’s last full day of Spring Training at Fitch Park. The Cubs moved down the street to HoHoKam Park to prepare for the start of the Cactus League schedule. The organization [...]
Day Seven of Cubs Camp: First Full Squad Workout Straight Ahead for the Cubs
As the last few position players made their way to camp on Saturday ahead of the first full squad workout on Sunday, Dale Sveum announced Travis Wood will start the Cubs Cactus League opener against an Angels split squad team in Tempe on Saturday. Jeff Samardzija will start the home opener against the Giants in [...]
MLB.com’s Top 21 Cubs Prospects for 2013
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 [...]
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