The Cubs placed Kyuji Fujikawa on the 15-day DL prior to Saturday’s game with a muscle strain in his right forearm. The Cubs quickly clarified Fujikawa’s elbow is fine that the injury is to the muscle in his forearm. The Cubs recalled Rafael Dolis from Triple-A Iowa to fill Fujikawa’s spot in the bullpen. Dale [...]
Iowa Cubs Announce 2013 Opening Day Roster
April 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
With the roster set, at least for the time being, with the big league team, the Iowa Cubs announced their 2013 Opening Day roster on Monday afternoon. The I-Cubs open the 2013 season on Thursday, April 4 (7:35pm CDT) at Albuquerque against the Isotopes. Marty Pevy will lead the I-Cubs in 2013 with Brian Harper [...]
Barring Late Moves, Cubs Opening Day Roster All But Set
March 27, 2013 By 16 Comments
The Cubs basically announced the seventh round of spring roster cuts on Tuesday when Alberto Gonzalez and Zach Putnam were informed they would not be making the team out of camp. While the moves are not official, the Cubs have 32 players remaining on the Spring Training roster. The Cubs are watching the waiver wire, [...]
Is Ian Stewart … Blake DeWitt Version 2.0?
March 20, 2013 By 47 Comments
As Cubs fans endure yet another report of third baseman Ian Stewart still not being ready for action after suffering a quad injury and starting the season on the disabled list, I am humorously reminded of former Cubs’ left-hander Steve Barber. As a member of the 1969 Seattle Pilots, Barber was immortalized in Jim Bouton’s [...]
Baez, Soriano and the Cubs Bash the Royals – Cubs 8, Royals 3
March 16, 2013 By 6 Comments
Spring Training Game Twenty-Three – Cubs (ss) 8, Royals 3 WP – Hisanori Takahashi (1-1) LP – Bruce Chen (1-1) Save – None While Jeff Samardzija was the story in Las Vegas, the Cubs bats were the show at HoHoKam Park on Saturday afternoon. The Cubs completed the split squad sweep with a spring win [...]
Baez and the Cubs Walk-Off Team Japan – Cubs 7, Team Japan 5
March 15, 2013 By 7 Comments
Spring Training Game Twenty-One – Cubs (ss) 7, Team Japan 5 WP – Jensen Lewis (1-0) LP – Tekeru Imamura (0-1) Save – None In what was technically an exhibition game in which none of the stats will count, the Cubs walked off with a win over Team Japan on Friday afternoon at HoHoKam Park. [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Dodgers – 03/14/13
March 14, 2013 By 17 Comments
Spring Training Game Nineteen: Cubs (7-11) vs. Dodgers (6-8-4) Game Time – 3:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: MLB.tv – Radio: Cubs.com Location – Camelback Ranch, Glendale Chris Rusin (1-0, 1.13/0.88) vs. Chris Capuano (0-0, 10.80/1.60) The Cubs make the first of back-to-back trips to Glendale this afternoon to take on the Dodgers for the third [...]
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