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, [...]
Day Two of the 2013 Cubs Convention … From Draft Day to the Big Leagues
January 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
The third session on Saturday’s agenda was ‘From Draft Day to the Big Leagues’ and it featured four prospects from the system that were in town during the week for the Cubs’ rookie program. Matt Szczur was joined by three pitchers that have a chance to make it to the big leagues in the near [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 01/14/13
January 14, 2013 By 14 Comments
The ups and downs that are part of a baseball season blew their way through the winter league playoffs this past week. Esmailin Caridad pitched well as his team lost a series. Luis Valbuena’s good games didn’t seem to coincide with his team’s victories while Junior Lake, Nelson Perez and the rest of the Estrellas [...]
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 [...]
More Roster Moves on the Horizon for the Cubs … and Other News, Notes and Rumors
November 17, 2012 By 12 Comments
When the off-season began, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer said they were looking to add at least two starting pitchers, an outfielder, a third baseman, a veteran back-up catcher and relievers to the Cubs roster. The Cubs added two players to the roster this week and there are more roster moves on the horizon. The [...]
FanGraphs Top 15 Cubs Prospects for 2013
November 13, 2012 By 5 Comments
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 [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 11/12/12
November 12, 2012 By 6 Comments
Another week, another league begins play as the newly formed Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League started up in Puerto Rico. The Cubs have two players represented, for now, in newly signed infielder Edwin Maysonet and catcher Rafael Lopez. Meanwhile, back in Arizona, infielder Logan Watkins is beginning to make a name for himself while outfielder [...]
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