For those of us that enjoy keeping tabs on the minor league system, the 2010 Cubs Spring Training season has been a fun one. We’ve finally starting to see some progress with developing homegrown talent in the Cubs’ organization. With a mostly veteran starting eight at the big league level, it’s important to know that [...]
Same Ole Samardzija – Cubs 3 Brewers 12
Game Eight – Cubs (ss) 3 Brewers 12 WP – Doug Davis (1-0) LP – Jeff Samardzija (0-1) Save – None The Cubs long weekend of exhibition games got off to a bad start on Friday afternoon. The Brewers lit up Jeff Samardzija in the first inning and Doug Davis continued his domination of a [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 06/22/09
Here is the latest from the Cubs’ minor league system. Jeff Samardzija put together an excellent outing on Saturday … and Tyler Colvin is beginning to prove why the Cubs used a first round pick on him. Also Michael Brenly has really turned it on. The Boise Hawks began play on Friday and one of [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 05/14/09
Here is your mid-week update for our Young Cubs. Please check out Iowa’s box scores from Tuesday and Wednesday. They scored 33 runs in their last two games…and Jake Fox is back and on a tear. Everything went as planned for Carlos Zambrano on Wednesday. His bullpen session went well and he will make a [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/23/09
I’m back and so is the Shark, Jeff Samardzija will be called up on Thursday to pitch out of the Cubs’ pen. He had made two starts for Iowa and did very well for himself; in his last start he threw six innings of one-hit baseball in front of Jim Hendry who was in Iowa [...]
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