After being ranked as one of the worst farm systems in the game a year ago by Baseball America, the Cubs organization made a lot of improvement in 2009 … and the industry is recognizing the strides made last season. Starlin Castro was recently named the 22nd best prospect in the game by MLB.com. Castro [...]
Cubs Top Prospects and the Hot Stove
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Award Week for Major League Baseball continues on Tuesday with the announcement of the AL Cy Young winner. Chris Coghlan of the Marlins and Andrew Bailey of the A’s were named NL and AL Rookie of the Year on Monday. With Coghlan taking the trophy, Geovany Soto will hopefully return to the form in 2010 [...]
Monday Morning General Manager
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There are 11 days remaining before the non-waiver trade deadline and it’s that time again at the CCO. Grab your GM hat, as always make sure it still fits and let’s play, ‘If You Were the Cubs GM…version 20.09‘. You may or may not know the drill by now. The CCO’s long-running debate topic made [...]
From the CCO Inbox – 5/12/09
May 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
With the Cubs spending Monday recovering from 20 games in 20 days and receiving good news on Derrek Lee, it seems like the right time to empty out the CCO Inbox and pass along information we have received over the last three weeks. So while Lou contemplates the next change or changes to his bullpen [...]
I-Cubs, D-Cubs and Chiefs Announce 2009 Opening Day Rosters
April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Iowa Cubs, Daytona Cubs and Peoria Chiefs released their 2009 Opening Day Rosters on Tuesday…a day after the Tennessee Smokies. The Iowa Cubs will open the season in Round Rock (Houston Astros) on Thursday. Mitch Atkins will get the ball for the first game. Jose Ascanio, Esmailin Caridad, Jeff Samardzija and Randy Wells will [...]
Baseball America’s Top Cubs Prospects for 2009
January 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Baseball America unveiled their list of the Cubs top prospects for the 2009 season along with which players possess the best tools in the organization on Monday. Only three players remain in the top ten from a year ago. Names such as Ryan Flaherty, Hak-Ju Lee and Jay Jackson have replaced the likes of Sean [...]
Another Look at the Cubs’ Top Prospects of 2009
December 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Scout.com released their annual list of the Cubs’ top prospects on Monday. The first of a two-part feature focused on the players they feel are the top 10 in the Cubs system. Scout.com is the third publication to release a list of the Cubs top prospects for 2009….Baseball America is scheduled to release their look [...]
Minor League Ball’s Top Cubs Prospects
November 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A couple of weeks following the release Baseball Prospectus’ top Cubs prospects list, John Sickels from MinorLeagueBall.com has unveiled his top 20 list of the Cubs’ prospects, along with a few honorable mentions. Baseball America’ top prospects in the Cubs system is due to be released on January 12th. Josh Vitters once again is tops [...]
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