Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 05/13/13 Signs that thing are starting to change in the minors arose at the end of the week as several players were promoted and traded. Kane County is starting to live up to some of their pre-season hype, due in large part to a nine-game hitting streak by Bijan Rademacher. Daytona had to battle weather conditions, but Jorge Soler seems to be heating up at the plate. The fortunes of Tennessee were starting to look bleak until a rehab start by Matt Garza. As for … [Read more...]
Garza Completes Third Rehab Start, Next Up is Iowa
Matt Garza completed his third rehab start on Saturday afternoon. Garza started for the Smokies, his second start for the Cubs’ Double-A affiliate in his three outings. Garza was not as sharp as he was in his previous start last Monday for Iowa but he was able to get his work in and is scheduled to pitch in the coming week for the I-Cubs. Garza threw 3 1/3 innings of shutout ball on Saturday. Garza allowed three hits with two walks and three strikeouts on 66 pitches, 40 for strikes. Garza was … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/29/13
In what can be considered an inconsistent end to this past week, highlighting the consistencies seems to put a positive foot forward. Kane County has been able to rely on players like Rock Shoulders and Bijan Rademacher. Outfielder John Andreoli and infielder Dustin Geiger have been rocks in the line-up for Daytona. Jae-Hoon Ha and Rubi Silva have been the go-to performers for Tennessee, while Brian Bogusevic and Ryan Sweeney have been persistent threats for Iowa. To find out how they all did, … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/25/13
Iowa and Daytona continued their season long struggles this week in Memphis and against Dunedin respectively. But both teams saw glimmers of hope from pitcher Brooks Raley and infielder Tim Saunders. Kane County evened their record by splitting a pair with Peoria. Pin-Cheih Chen started to heat up and Dan Vogelbach has remained steady. However, Tennessee was stung a couple of times as some of their top rated talent failed to produce. All this, and more, in today’s addition of Down on the Farm. … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/18/13
The horrid Midwest weather has played havoc with the schedule for Kane County, as it was only dry enough for them to split a doubleheader. Daytona evened their record thanks to the bats of John Andreoli and Stephen Bruno. The two hottest players in the Cubs’ minor leagues are Jae-Hoon Ha and Rubi Silva, with Tennessee also at .500. Meanwhile, Iowa was able to add two wins to their total on strong pitching performances from Chris Rusin and Brooks Raley. … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/15/13
Poor weather has played havoc with all of baseball this spring, as postponements and hostile conditions have had their effect, even in the minor leagues. The conditions aren’t the only thing that was hostile this week, as tempers flared in Daytona, resulting in an ejections and suspensions. Kane County can’t seem to do things easy as they played their fourth extra inning game of the season. Tennessee ended a four game losing streak with excellent back-to-back pitching performances by Eric … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/08/13
Welcome everyone to a new minor league season. This week, pitching seemed to be the word in Tennessee as their staff struck out 38 batters in the first three games. Daytona also received excellent pitching performances from Starling Peralta, Yao-Lin Wang, and Frank Del Valle. However, things are a struggle in the early going for Kane County and Iowa. … [Read more...]
Iowa Cubs Announce 2013 Opening Day Roster
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 serving as the team’s hitting coach while Mike Mason will handle the pitching staff. Brett Jackson, Logan Watkins and Josh Vitters highlight the position players on the roster while … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 03/22/13
Spring Training Game Thirty: Cubs (13-15) vs. Brewers (9-13-2) Game Time - 3:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN-TV – Radio: Cubs.com Location – Maryvale Baseball Park, Phoenix Carlos Villanueva (0-2, 6.17/1.80) vs. Yovani Gallardo (0-2, 7.27/1.27) Countdown to Opening Day in Pittsburgh: 10 Days The Cubs will spend their final Friday of the Cactus League schedule in Maryvale taking on one of their division rivals, the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers topped the Cubs back on March 3 at … [Read more...]
Rusin and Bogusevic Among Fifth Round of Cubs Spring Roster Cuts
The Cubs announced the fifth round of spring roster cuts on Friday morning, and all but set the 25-man roster they will begin the season with on April 1 in Pittsburgh. Dave Sappelt has made the Opening Day roster and will begin the year as the Cubs' fifth outfielder. Chris Rusin was optioned to Triple-A Iowa, and will be used as a starter in the I-Cubs rotation. The Cubs re-assigned several players that were non-roster invites to camp after signing minor league deals with the team over the … [Read more...]