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06-25-2015, 09:43 PM
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May 30th, 2015: Royals @ Cubs
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06-26-2015, 02:44 PM
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May 31st, 2015: Royals @ Cubs
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06-26-2015, 02:59 PM
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Monthly Wrap Up
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06-26-2015, 04:09 PM
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Down on the Farm
As the Cubs struggle in the big leagues, let's take a look at the up and coming Cubs prospects that may be coming up in the near future. #1. Carl Edwards Jr. RHP, 23, Iowa (AAA) - Edwards has been moved over to the bullpen from the starting Rotation which seems to be the hope that the Cubs find relief pitchers that are capable of going multiple innings, especially seeing as the Cubs relievers are struggling mightily this season. In Iowa, Edwards has thrown 17.1 innings and allowed 20 hits while striking out 25. Look for Edwards to get a bigger role in the Iowa bullpen as pitchers continue their trips up and down to the bigs. #2. Kyle Schwarber, C, 22, Tennessee (AA) - Schwarber has been tearing it up for the Cubs in AA, the most recent #1 pick of the Cubs is only in his first full year of pro baseball and is hitting .287 with 14 home runs and has driven in 38. Things you like to see are that he has only struck out 31 times in 150 at bats and has only committed 1 error behind the plate. #3. Albert Almora, OF, 21, Tennessee (AA) - Almora is in the same lineup as the powerful Schwarber and is likewise destroying AA pitching. Almora is hitting .344 with 9 homers and 30 runs driven in. He has also only struck out 33 times in 180 at bats. Though a troubling sign is that he is only hitting .179 with runners in scoring position. #4. Gleybar Torres, SS, 18, South Bend (A) - Torres is one of the youngest prospects in the Cubs organization. Torres could take some time until he reaches the big leagues but is hitting well in South Bend and may be promoted to Myrtle Beach soon. #5. Billy McKinney, CF, 20, Tennessee (AA) - McKinney is progressing quickly in the same lineup as Almora and Schwarber and Tennessee must be a scary team to pitch against as McKinney is hitting .280 with 1 dinger and 9 runs driven in after 150 at bats. #6. Duane Underwood, SP, 20, Myrtle Beach (A) - Underwood is looking like the player the Cubs had hoped he would be this season and continues to pitch at a high level. Depending on how things shake up he may spend the rest of the year in A ball or may get a late call to AA. #7. Pierce Johnson, SP, 23, Tennessee (AA) - Johnson has pitched 56 innings and has struck out 67. He has only allowed 45 hits through those 56 innings and despite being in the power packed Tennessee lineup is only 2-4 on the season. #8. Jen Ho Tseng, SP, 20, Myrtle Beach (A) - Tseng dominated at the 18-and-under World Championships in the fall of 2012, but his stuff and delivery regressed when he pitched for Taiwan at the World Baseball Classic the following spring. That didn't deter the Cubs from signing him for $1.625 million as part of their 2013 international signing spree. He looked more like his old self during his 2014 pro debut, when he demonstrated the best pitchability in Chicago's farm system. #9. Eloy Jimenez, RF, 18, Eugene (A) - The consensus top-ranked prospect on the 2013 international market, Jimenez landed a $2.8 million bonus as the most expensive of several Cubs big-ticket signings that summer. After he signed, one club official compared him to a 16-year-old version of Jorge Soler. #10. Jake Stinnett, SP, 22, Tennessee (AA) - Stinnett had screws placed in his elbow to repair a stress fracture in high school, which scared off scouts and recruiters. He started at third base for Maryland as a freshman and didn't pitch regularly until his junior year in 2013, when he turned down the Pirates as a 29th-round choice. That decision paid off in a storybook 2014 season in which he pitched a one-hitter and no-hitter in consecutive starts, set a school record with 132 strikeouts while helping the Terrapins set another mark with 40 victories, and signed for $1 million as a second-round pick. Stinnett has pitched 21.1 innings in Tennessee but has given up 27 hits and has an ERA of 6.33. #11. Carson Sands, SP, 20, Eugene (A) - The 2014 Draft worked out according to plan for the Cubs. Without sacrificing talent, they spent their first three picks on player who would sign for less than the assigned value for their slots (Kyle Schwarber, Jake Stinnett, Mark Zagunis), saving the money to overpay for high school pitchers with their next three selections. The first of those arms was Sands, whose $1.1 million was easily the most among fourth-rounders last year. #12. Jeimer Candelario, 3B, 21, Tennessee (AA) - Candelario was recently called up to Tennessee and in 33 games is hitting .254 with 4 long balls and 15 RBI's. #13. Dan Vogelback, 1B, 22, Tennessee (AA) - Vogelbach is also in the star studded Tennessee lineup and is hitting .270 with 5 bombs and 25 rbi's. #14. Justin Steele, SP, 19, Eugene (A) - Another of the mid-round high school pitchers the Cubs paid over-slot bonuses in 2014, Steele got the highest fifth-round bonus in the Draft at $1,000,000. The 139th overall selection, he was the earliest Mississippi prep pitcher taken since the Braves made Matt Butler a second-rounder in 1999. #15. Mark Zagunis, OF/C, 22, Tennessee (AA) - Sense a trend with Cubs hitters being in AA yet? In 25 games since being called up Zagunis is hitting .297 with 0 long balls and 7 RBI's. #16. Victor Caratini, C, 21, Tennessee (AA) - Caratini was called up following an injury to Wilson Contreras. In 5 games he is hitting just .211 with 2 RBI's but this is a small samble size. #17. Corey Black, RHP, 23, Tennessee (AA) - Like Edwards, Black was moved to the bullpen mid season and has already registered 8 saves on the season. Though his inflated ERA may keep him in Tennessee for a while. #18. Dylan Cease, SP, 19, Arizona (Rookie) - One of the hardest-throwing high schoolers in the 2014 Draft, Cease had a chance to go in the first round until he injured his elbow in March. The Cubs still drafted him in the sixth round and paid him $1.5 million, after which he had Tommy John surgery that will sideline him until this summer #19. Jacob Hannemann, LF, 23, Tennessee (AA) - In 29 games this season Hannemann is hitting .270 with 1 dinger and 11 runs knocked in. #20. Rob Zastryzny, SP, 23, Tennessee (AA) - Has pitched 62.2 innings and given up 64 hits. He has struck out 62 and is currently sitting at 4-3. #21. Christian Villanueva, 3B, 23, Iowa (AAA) - Villanueva is the other Cubs 3rd base prospect and is struggling in Iowa only hitting .216 in 125 at bats. #22. Daury Torrez, SP, 21, Tennessee (AA) - Torrez has been working out of the bullpen this year and in 14 games has pitched 14 innings with 6 saves picked up and only given up 16 hits. #23. Eric Jokisch, SP, 25, Iowa (AAA)- In 10 games, Jokisch has picked up 54.1 innings but has only struck out 38 while giving up 63 hits and 32 walks. #24. Paul Blackburn, SP, 20, Tennessee (AA) - In 9 games he has pitched 14 innings in relief and has struck out 8. #25. Kevonte Mitchell, CF, 19, Tennessee (AA) - In 16 games has hit .271 with 2 homers and 13 runs driven in. #26. Trevor Clifton, SP, 19, South Bend (A) - Clifton was extremely raw coming out of a Tennessee high school in 2013, but that didn't deter the Cubs from paying him a $375,000 bonus in the 12th round. He's already making progress with cleaning up his delivery and adding strength, showing glimpses of upside greater than most of the system's pitching prospects. #27. Bijan Rademacher, RF, 23, Tennessee (AA) - In 27 games he has hit .244 with 3 bombs and 14 ribbies. #30. Ivan Pineyro, SP, 23, Tennessee (AA) - In 10 starts, he has pitched 54.2 innings with 57 hits allowed while striking out 60. He is sitting at 3-3. Cubs #28 and #29 prospects did not make the game (Or at least not my roster of the game)
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06-26-2015, 05:35 PM
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June 1, 2015: Cubs @ Marlins
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06-26-2015, 05:50 PM
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MLB Draft Preview
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06-26-2015, 08:14 PM
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Re: 2015 Chicago Cubs --- Road to a Dynasty
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