Spring Training Game Four – Cubs 4, Rockies 2 WP – Andrew Carpenter (1-0) LP – Jorge De La Rosa (0-1) Save – Nick Struck (1) The Cubs won for the third time in four Spring Training games on Tuesday afternoon behind an excellent start from Edwin Jackson, home runs by Christian Villanueva and Dave [...]
Day Twelve of Cubs Camp: The White Team Tops The Blue Team in Intrasquad Action
February 21, 2013 By 5 Comments
The Cubs beat the Cubs on Thursday afternoon at HoHoKam Park in the first of two five-inning intrasquad matchups. The White Team, full of mostly veteran players, beat the Blue Team, that consisted of mostly minor leaguers, 7-3 in five innings. Jorge Soler stole the show on Thursday at HoHoKam Park. Soler hit a mammoth [...]
Day Eleven of Cubs Camp: Rainy Days and Spring Training
February 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Cubs received a little breathier on Wednesday when rain and bad weather in the Phoenix area shortened practice. Wednesday was the big league team’s last full day of Spring Training at Fitch Park. The Cubs moved down the street to HoHoKam Park to prepare for the start of the Cactus League schedule. The organization [...]
Day Seven of Cubs Camp: First Full Squad Workout Straight Ahead for the Cubs
February 17, 2013 By 11 Comments
As the last few position players made their way to camp on Saturday ahead of the first full squad workout on Sunday, Dale Sveum announced Travis Wood will start the Cubs Cactus League opener against an Angels split squad team in Tempe on Saturday. Jeff Samardzija will start the home opener against the Giants in [...]
Cubs Off-Season Heating Up as Winter Meetings Begin
December 2, 2012 By 31 Comments
The Winter Meetings have not officially begun but the Cubs appear to have already made an addition to their bullpen. The Cubs reportedly agreed to terms on a two-year, $9.5 million contract with free agent reliever Kyuji Fujikawa. The deal includes a vesting option for a third year based on games finished and $2 million [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 11/20/12
November 20, 2012 By 31 Comments
Arizona Fall League Recap The Arizona Fall League completed its regular season last Thursday and it ended up being a rough fall for the Mesa Solar Sox, the team the Cubs’ prospects are assigned to in the AFL. The Solar Sox finished dead last with a 10-20-2 record. While the Cubs’ prospects were not the [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 11/19/12
November 19, 2012 By 4 Comments
As the winter leagues kicked into high gear this week, a pair of players with aspirations for the big league club in Luis Valbuena and Dave Sappelt had huge showings in Venezuela. Starting pitching had some encouraging signs with fine efforts by Michael Bowden, Eduardo Figueroa, Jay Jackson and Yoanner Negrin. It was the final [...]
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