Baseball America’s Top 31 Cubs Prospects for 2013

The CCO’s off-season look at the Cubs’ farm system continues with Baseball America’s ranking of the top 31 prospects in the organization. Baseball America’s 2013 Prospect Handbook arrived on Wednesday with the Rangers’ Jurickson Profar on the cover. Baseball American ranked the Cubs’ system 13th in baseball, up one spot from last year. Theo Epstein, [...]

A Stocking Full of Cubs Prospects Videos

Merry Christmas from the CCO! It is hard to believe it is Christmas time again and another year is almost in the books. The convention will soon be here and it will be time for pitchers and catchers to report before we know it … baseball is just around the corner. But just in case [...]

Minor League Ball’s Top Cubs Prospects for 2013

The CCO’s look at the Cubs’ farm system this off-season continues with Minor League Ball’s ranking of the top prospects in the organization. John Sickels released his ranking of the top players in the Cubs’ system just prior to the Winter Meetings. Sickels said he was surprised how much the Cubs system had improved over [...]

FanGraphs Top 15 Cubs Prospects for 2013

The off-season look at the Cubs’ farm system continues with FanGraphs ranking of the top 15 prospects in the Cubs’ system. For the second year in a row, FanGraphs ranked Javier Baez as the best prospect in the Cubs’ system followed by newcomers Albert Almora and Jorge Soler. Dillon Maples received the nod as the [...]

Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Cubs Prospects for 2013

Baseball Prospectus released their list of the top 10 prospects in the Cubs’ system. Last year’s first round draft pick, Albert Almora, topped BP’s ranking with Javier Baez, Jorge Soler, Arodys Vizcaino and Dan Vogelbach rounding out the top five. Six of this year’s top 10 were either drafted, acquired by trade or signed by [...]

Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/10/12

The CCO’s post-season minor league awards continue with the Minor League Player of the Year. Tim Saunders and Daury Torrez were named Short-Season Player and Pitcher of the Year last week. Several players took positive steps forward in the Cubs’ system this season as a new philosophy was implemented throughout the organization. But one position [...]

Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 08/30/12

Entering the final week of the minor league season has different meanings at each level. For the players in Iowa, such as Greg Rohan and Dave Sappelt, it means their last chance to make an impression and hope for a September call-up to the big leagues. In Boise and Arizona, players like Stephen Bruno, Jeimer [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 08/28/12

Game One Hundred Twenty-Eight: Cubs (49-78) vs. Brewers (60-67) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183/914 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (4-10, 4.76/1.26) vs. Yovani Gallardo (13-8, 3.62/1.28) Update 4:06pm CDT – Cubs DFA’d LHP Alex Hinshaw – Activated RHP Blake Parker [...]

From the Wire … Cubs Sign Juan Carlos Paniagua

According to a report from Baseball America, the Cubs signed right-handed pitcher Juan Carlos Paniagua for $1.5 million. The signing of the 22-year old Dominican right-hander will count against the Cubs’ international free agent pool of $2.9 million for the 2012-2013 signing period once the deal becomes official. The Cubs’ signed 16-year old Dominican shortstop [...]