The results of this year’s minor league fan poll are now in. The seventy players nominated surpassed last year’s poll by twenty-five, with one caveat. A vote for yet unsigned outfielder Jorge Soler was counted, just in case the Cubs did sign him prior to the beginning of the season. At this time, it appears [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 03/12/12
March 12, 2012 By 9 Comments
Minor League Preview – Rookie and Short-Season A-Ball Good Morning to everyone at the CCO! Today is the first of a three-part installment previewing the 2012 minor league season. With a Dominican Summer League team making the playoffs in 2011, a 2011 rookie team narrowly missing the playoffs, and the most celebrated draft class for [...]
One More Week Before Cubs Camp Begins
February 11, 2012 By 22 Comments
The countdown to pitchers and catchers officially reporting to Fitch Park has hit in the one week mark. In seven days pitchers and catchers will be on the field with the first official workout of the spring. Several of the players are already in Mesa preparing for the start of Spring Training. The long off-season [...]
The CCO’s Top 20 Cubs Prospects for 2012
February 2, 2012 By 47 Comments
The CCO’s off-season look at the Cubs’ farm system continues with our list of the top 20 prospects in the Cubs’ system. The Cubs’ minor league system is coming off a good and bad season. Like the big league team, several of the top prospects down on the farm dealt with injuries … and those [...]
Baseball America’s Updated Top 10 Cubs Prospect List
February 1, 2012 By 8 Comments
Baseball America updated their top 10 prospects lists for all 30 big league teams. With all of the movement throughout baseball this winter, BA’s lists were already dated by the time they shipped their 2012 Prospect Handbook. The top 10 prospects in the Cubs’ system shifted just slightly with the addition of Anthony Rizzo. Brett [...]
Baseball America’s Top Cubs Prospects for 2012
January 28, 2012 By 20 Comments
The CCO’s off-season look at the Cubs’ farm system continues with the top 31 prospects in the Cubs organization according to Baseball America. Baseball America’s 2012 Prospect Handbook arrived with the Angels’ Mike Trout on the cover. For the second straight year, the Cubs made changes to the system after Baseball America went to the [...]
Minor League Ball’s Top Cubs Prospects for 2012
January 19, 2012 By 33 Comments
The CCO’s look at the Cubs’ farm system this off-season continues with Minor League Ball’s ranking of the Cubs’ top prospects. Minor League Ball released their list soon after the Anthony Rizzo-Andrew Cashner trade was announced and also includes what the Cubs received from the Reds in the Sean Marshall deal. John Sickels pointed out [...]
… And About Those Cubs Prospects Lists
December 23, 2011 By 74 Comments
Over the past weeks, fans have been treated to an annual ritual, the posting of the organizational rankings by Baseball America (henceforth to be known as BA) and Baseball Prospectus. This year’s rankings have generated concerns by Cubs fans as to the state of the minor leagues and the organization as a whole. To accompany [...]
FanGraphs Top 15 Cubs Prospects for 2012
December 22, 2011 By 108 Comments
Prior to the Winter Meetings, FanGraphs released their list of the top 15 prospects in the Cubs’ system. Unlike Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs ranked Javier Baez the top prospect in the Cubs’ organization with Brett Jackson, Matt Szczur, Dillon Maples and Trey McNutt rounding out the top five. FanGraphs stated the Cubs’ system [...]
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