News -- May 2013
5/19 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 18, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports) : Full Box Score At The Plate – The losing ways continue for the Iowa Cubs and they can blame themselves as they made four ...
5/15 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 15, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports) : Full Box Score At The Plate – It was smooth sailing for the Smokies until the eighth inning when they saw their 4-2 lead ...
5/14 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 13, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports) : Full Box Score At The Plate – Nice comeback win for the Cubs as they trailed for most of the game and really couldn’t generate ...
5/9 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 9, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Recaps) : Full Box Score At The Plate - Not a lot went right for Iowa in this one as they only managed one run on seven hits en route ...
5/4 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 3, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports) : Full Box Score At The Plate – The Smokies had a rough go of it last night as they were only able to record eight hits and ...
5/4 Obstructed View: JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-3-13 : Tennessee Smokies 2 @ Mississippi Braves 3 (11 innings) Matt Szczur drew the start in center, going 0-5 with a walk. ...
News -- April 2013
4/27 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – April 26, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Recaps) : Full Box Score At The Plate – Iowa fought back in this one scoring twice in the ninth inning to tie the game at four, only ...
4/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Luke Scott Begins Rehab as Stone Crabs Rally to Beat St. Lucie Mets : The funnest part of following minor league baseball is watching the top prospects with the ability to be the big league superstars ...
4/23 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – April 23, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports) : Full Box Score At The Plate - Not a lot going on for the Cubs in this one as they could only manage one run on four hits in the ...
4/19 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – April 18, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Recaps) : Full Box Score At The Plate – The Smokies trailed 3-0 early but fought their way all the way back to win this one 5-3. Arismendy ...
4/16 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – April 15, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Recaps) : Full Box Score At The Plate – The Cubs built an early lead but once again had trouble holding it as they dropped to 3-9 ...
4/13 Obstructed View: Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-12-13 : Albuquerque Isotopes 15 @ Iowa Cubs 5 This game was ugly. I'll start with the only bright spot: Logan Watkins went 0-2 with ...
4/9 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – April 8, 2013 : Full Box Score At The Plate – Things have not gone well for the Iowa Cubs, that is reflected in their now 0-5 record. Logan ...
4/2 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Tennessee Smokies Announce Opening Day Roster, Pitcher Heavy : As you will see by the Iowa roster, there is a reason why there are so many solid arms at Tennessee, they are blocked from Iowa ...
News -- March 2013
3/12 Justin Jabs: Sunday/Monday Reader Round-up: Bunt Tourney, Spring Cuts, Favorite Brewer : A few days ago I started playing Skyrim again for the PS3, and discovered the Hearthfire DLC. It’s safe to say I’ve ...
3/11 Cubbies Crib: Cubs’ Spring Training Roster Trimmed to 53 : Some players dream of playing in the bigs, and other have to continue working to attain the dream. Being cut is just another part ...
3/11 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Cubs Make Second Round of Cuts; McNutt Included : As we inch towards opening day we will be seeing more of these reports, these are both good and bad, good meaning we are finally ...
3/4 Cubbies Crib: Cubs Avoid Pre-Arbitration With All Eligible Players : In what was one of those “potentially a big deal but not really a big deal until something goes wrong” issues, the ...
News -- February 2013
2/28 Lasorda's Lair: Amezaga, Herrera Lead The Pack as Dodgers Crush Cubs 11-7 : Alfredo Amezaga, a non roster invite had a huge day for the Dodgers, leading the boys in Blue to an 11-7 victory over the Chicago ...
2/27 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Cubs Pitching, Castro, Beat Up Against Dodgers : Full Box Score Now THAT is an early Spring Training game if I’ve ever seen one, and I didn’t even see this one. ...
2/2 Cubbies Crib: Who and Where are the Cubs Top 20 Prospects? Part 2 : Due to some technical difficulties, I had to skip posting prospects 15-11 last week. Without further adieu, here they are: NOTE: ...
News -- December 2012
12/7 Cubbies Crib: Epstein Up To His Old Tricks In Chicago : Theo Epstein may be the craftiest son of a **** in baseball. I’m not even joking. I’m just happy he’s working ...
News -- November 2012
11/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cubs | Four added to roster: The Chicago Cubs added SP Trey McNutt, 3B Christian Villanueva, 2B Logan Watkins and P Robert Whitenack to the 40-man roster. ...[+]
News -- September 2012
9/4 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: 9/3: Around the Cubs Minor League System : Peoria and Tennessee were the only Cubs minor league teams with regular season games today. Boise played game one, which we ...
News -- August 2012
8/8 Obstructed View: Trey McNutt makes best of it : Saw this on my rss feed today about Trey McNutt. As in the abstract, McNutt is saying, this process is not exact. Unfortunately, ...
News -- July 2012
7/4 Obstructed View: The Children Are The Future – Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Cookies Bar “B” “Q” : Iowa Cubs Brett Jackson was 1-4 and struckout twice. He has an astronomical 33.8% strikeout rate, but is still managing a wOBA ...
News -- June 2012
6/20 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Tennessee Smokies First Half Recap : The only team that might be hotter than the Peoria Chiefs is the Tennessee Smokies. The Smokies won 10 of their last 11 leading ...
6/18 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: 6/17: Around the Cubs Minor League System : A look at the minor leagues. FULL BOX SCORE Boise had a 3-0 lead headed to the bottom of the eighth, however the bullpen ...
6/12 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: 6/11: Around the Cubs Minor League System : Here is your minor league recap from June 11, 2012. FULL BOX SCORE Games don’t get much more wild than this one last night. ...
6/4 Cubbies Crib: Wrap-Up: Chicago Cubs Vs. San Francisco Giants (6/4/2012) : May 18, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein in attendance before the game against ...
News -- May 2012
5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 5.0: First 60 picks : The 2012 MLB amateur draft is now just a month away, and with much of the high school and college seasons either finished or nearing ...
News -- April 2012
4/19 FanSided: Arizona Fall League Pitch F/X: Trey McNutt : The Chicago Cubs have a tough process ahead of them. Under the new leadership of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, the Cubs look to ...
4/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Chicago Cubs farm report: Anthony Rizzo hits two more bombs, Wellington Castillo, Brett Jackson also go yard : Chicago Cubs top prospect Anthony Rizzo must have gotten the memo that Bryan LaHair, the Cubs current first baseman, hit a grand ...
News -- March 2012
3/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Scouting 101: Why arms end up in the bullpen : After an offseason of digesting colossal amounts of information about prospects, all the major writers and publications have slapped ...
3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Chicago Cubs top 30 prospects for 2012 : The Chicago Cubs farm system has ranked among the worst in recent years. However, through trades, international signings and quality ...
News -- February 2012
2/27 Cubbies Crib: Could Randy Wells Be Traded? : Aug 19, 2011; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Randy Wells during the second inning against the St. Louis Cardinals ...
2/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Red Sox still waiting on compensation for Theo Epstein : UPDATE: The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox just reached an agreement on compensation. The Red Sox will receive relief pitcher ...
2/21 Obstructed View: Daily Facepalm 2.21.2012 Start Losing Already : What's Going On? Take a look at the headlines at cubs.com. Truly scintillating. Trey McNutt is willing to not pitch. Outstanding. ...
2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Epstein Compensation Deal Is Close : 9:15am: The Red Sox will receive a pitcher from the Cubs' 40-man roster, tweets WEEI's Alex Speier. That'd rule out McNutt. ...
2/15 Blogging From The Bleachers: The Unresolved Theo Epstein Compensation Issue : This past October, the Boston Red Sox unsurprisingly granted the Chicago Cubs permission to speak with then-GM Theo Epstein about ...
2/5 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : The Cubs 2012 Composite Top 10 Prospect List (version 2.0) : With the Super Bowl now over, I thought it would be a good time to update the Cubs 2012 Composite Top 10 Prospect List. ...
2/5 Obstructed View: Selig to rule on Theo Epstein compensation soon : The compensation the Cubs will send to the Red Sox for Theo Epstein has been going on for seemingly ever. It’s now in Bud ...
2/5 Seedlings to Stars: Jeffry Antigua, Deep Sleeper : The Cubs have a bit of a vacuum at the top of their heap of pitching prospects. Trey McNutt took a big step backward in 2011 statistically, ...
2/1 Cubbies Crib: Non-Roster Players Have An Opportunity : Sep 11, 2011; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Jaramillo (35) singles against the Florida Marlins during ...
2/1 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Could Cole Hamels be on the horizon for the Cubs? : The Cubs have undergone a major overhaul this offseason, as Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have worked hard at making the team younger ...
News -- January 2012
1/31 Obstructed View: Selig to rule on Theo Epstein compensation soon : The compensation the Cubs will send to the Red Sox for Theo Epstein has been going on for seemingly ever. It’s now in Bud ...
1/29 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : What is Theo Epstein worth? : With baseball Commissioner Bud Selig on hand at the White Sox convention to present Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf with the 2011 ...
1/23 The "Mc" Effect: N.L. Central Top Prospects - Chicago Cubs : I'm going around the division looking at each team's top 20 prospects and giving a brief overview of their system. This is the ...
1/5 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Projecting the Cubs future starting rotations and closers : With the acquisition of Chris Vostad for Carlos Zambrano and it looking less likely that the Cubs will trade Matt Garza, due ...
1/4 Cubbies Crib: Cubs Sleeper Prospects for 2012 : Part of the fun of minor league baseball is waiting each year to see which players will suddenly come out of nowhere and arrive ...
News -- December 2011
12/14 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : The 2012 Cubs Composite Top 10 Prospect List (version 1.0) : Its time once again to unveil the Cubs Composite Top 10 Prospect List.
For those of you who were not around last year, this ...
12/12 MLB Dirt: 2012 Chicago Cubs Top 16 Prospects : (Photo by: Chris Donahue/Iowa Cubs) The Cubs have an odd system to rate. They have a lot of good picks from last year’s ...
News -- November 2011
11/30 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Pitching Tops My Cubs Christmas Wish List : OK, I'll admit it. I've been a little burned out writing about the Cubs. After another disappointing season, I found ...
11/3 Mastersball.com: Bryce Harper: First Swing : OK, so it was not his first swing of the game.
That is, after Todd and I met Perry Van Hook and Don Drooker in Surprise Tuesday ...
11/2 The Golden Sombrero: Rosters finalized for Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game : On Tuesday afternoon, Major League Baseball and the Arizona Fall League announced this year’s parti**** for the 2011 Rising ...
News -- October 2011
10/25 Cubbies Crib: The AFL and the 2012 Cubs : The Arizona Fall League has earned its re**** as a prospect heavy league. The level of competition is very high, and for many ...
10/20 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs, Red Sox Nearing Epstein Deal : The Red Sox and Cubs are working toward an agreement that would send Theo Epstein to Chicago and one or more prospects to Boston. We ...
10/20 MLBTradeRumors: Epstein, Hoyer To Join Cubs; Byrnes In As Padres' GM : 2:18pm: The deal is done, according to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com (on Twitter). Hoyer will join Epstein in Chicago and Byrnes ...
10/18 Cubbies Crib: Front Office Dream Team : Today was the day that the both the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox had in mind as the unofficial deadline to have an agreement ...
10/18 Cubbies Crib: Farm System Best of the Best : We’ve named our All-Star team from the Cubs minor league system, and now it is time to crown the Best of the Best: the season’s ...
10/18 Obstructed View: Relax, Cubs fans! : Brett on Bleacher Nation has done a fantastic job rounding up the Theo rumors over the past week. It's been one of the few sites ...
10/18 Cubs Stats: FanGraphs: What Is Trey McNutt Worth? : Well, it's pretty hard to put a value on a guy, specifically Trey McNutt still in the minors especially when he's only ...
10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Theo Epstein Rumors: Tuesday : The latest on the Cubs' attempt to add Red Sox GM Theo Epstein to their front office...
Current Padres GM Jed Hoyer is being ...
10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Wanted Matt Garza For Epstein : The Red Sox asked the Cubs to include Matt Garza as compensation for GM Theo Epstein, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. ...
10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Focused On McNutt In Epstein Talks : The Red Sox are "believed to be focused" on Cubs pitching prospect Trey McNutt in the Theo Epstein compensation talks, writes ...
10/14 Obstructed View: More on compensation for Theo : We've talked a bit about compensation for Theo Epstein here and it's been discussed a lot all over the internet. I thought it ...
10/14 Cubbies Crib: Cubbies Crib Farm System All Stars : 2011 was a pretty good year for the Cubs farm system. While some of their high ceiling prospects such as Trey McNutt and Hayden ...
10/13 Obstructed View: Compensation for Theo Epstein : Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote that the compensation talks between the Red Sox and Cubs were set to begin soon. Apparently ...
10/13 Fire Brand of the American League: Compensation for Letting Epstein Walk : The deal is reportedly in place. Theo Epstein, who helped to bring two World Series titles to Boston in his nine seasons with ...
News -- September 2011
9/2 Obstructed View: What the **** are the Cubs going to do this offseason? : I started blogging about the Cubs after the 2003 season. Myself and a couple others eventually started our own blog, but even ...
News -- August 2011
8/30 Obstructed View: The Cubs should not call up Brett Jackson : I've been reading a lot of things from fans the last few days about how silly it is that the organization may not call up Brett ...
8/11 Cubbies Crib: Mike Quade Planning For September Call-Ups : September is a very interesting month in regards to the baseball season. During the last month of the regular season, there are ...
8/3 Obstructed View: Checking up on the Cubs top prospects, part 2 : Yesterday we looked at the Cubs prospects ranked 11-20 and today we'll look at the top 10. You can read about how they were doing ...
News -- July 2011
7/17 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Minor League Monday: Cubs Mid-season Top 10 Prospects : With Baseball America releasing its Midseason Top 50 Prospects on July 7th (Brett Jackson was ranked 32nd and Matt Szczur was ...
7/12 Obstructed View: Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 4 : Over the last week we've looked at the top 20 Cubs prospects according to John Sickels and how they're performing this season. ...
News -- June 2011
6/26 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Minor League Monday: Catching up with the Cubs top 10 prospects : With the minor league season at the halfway mark, its time to check in on how the Cubs Composite Top 10 Prospects are faring:
Brett ...
6/26 Obstructed View: Some thoughts on the so-called team meetings :
On Saturday Tim explained how silly the Cubs are, but I came to a much different conclusion than he did after reading the ...
6/22 Blog Red Machine: LotW: Catcher in the Corn : Now is the time for the Cubs front office to start making decisions, and now is the time for Cub prospects to make those decisions ...
6/13 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Minor League Monday: Who's next to get the call? : Due to injuries and other factors, the Cubs have employed 8 rookies so far this year: Darwin Barney, Welington Castillo, ...
6/11 Blog Red Machine: Remember Angel Guzman? : Before the Andrew Cashners, and Trey McNutts of the Cubs farm system there was Angel Guzman. Guzman was once a top tier pitching ...