The top prospect in the Cubs’ system was named player of the week in the Florida State League. After a slow start, Javier Baez has heated up. Baez was named the FSL’s Player of the Week after hitting .435 with two home runs, two doubles, six RBI and five runs scored. Baez is hitting .265/.299/.520/.819 [...]
Garza Scheduled for Rehab Start and Other Cubs News and Notes
April 27, 2013 By 3 Comments
Matt Garza announced on his Twitter account that he will make a rehab start on Wednesday, May 1. Garza acknowledged he had a tiny setback but “everything is all good now.” Garza said that May 1 is his day. Garza participated in PFPs with the Smokies on Friday and apparently his long-toss session went well. [...]
Rambling While Wondering, Can It Get Worse?
April 26, 2013 By 38 Comments
Hello again everybody, and welcome to another Friday filled with Ramblings for the Faithful. The four weeks of the season have been an outright disaster, and unless Ernie and Billy walk through that door sometime soon, it does not have much promise of improving. It is not as if you don’t know, but hopefully the [...]
Sveum Talks Accountability and Other Cubs News and Notes
April 23, 2013 By 56 Comments
Prior to Monday’s game with the Reds, Dale Sveum was asked about the comments he reportedly made on Sunday about Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro. As it appeared on Sunday, Sveum’s comments about Rizzo and Castro possibility being sent down to Iowa were misunderstood. Dale Sveum explained that everyone on the team is accountable, including [...]
The Cubs Have Underperformed and Other News and Notes
April 17, 2013 By 105 Comments
The Cubs made changes to their bench and bullpen on Tuesday. The Cubs added Kameron Loe and Kevin Gregg to the pen while Cody Ransom was claimed off waivers from the Padres and will take the place of the DFA’d Brent Lillibridge. The front office also designated Hisanori Takahashi for assignment leaving James Russell as [...]
Jorge Soler Suspended for Five Games and Fined
April 11, 2013 By 9 Comments
Jorge Soler received a five-game suspension and was fined an undisclosed amount of money for his actions on Wednesday night in which he approached the opposing team’s dugout with a bat. Reports on Wednesday night indicated that Soler swung the bat and hit the dugout walls but those reports were proved to be inaccurate on [...]
Matt Garza Throws a Bullpen Session and Other Cubs Bits
April 5, 2013 By 29 Comments
The Cubs received good news on Thursday in regards to Matt Garza. Garza completed a 25-pitch bullpen session in Mesa before he left Arizona to meet up with the team in Atlanta. Garza tweeted that he had a great bullpen on Thursday and that both his body and arm feel great. Garza is scheduled to [...]
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