David J. Sappelt

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 2, 1987 in Buffalo, NY
High School: Southern Alamance HS (Graham, NC)
School: Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 2011 (Age 24)   vs. CHC 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$492k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.086, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 5/22 Obstructed View: JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-21-13: Las Vegas 51s 1 @ Iowa Cubs 2 (Game 1, 7 innings) Quiet game. Logan Watkins got a start at 2B and went 1-3 with...
• 5/20 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 19, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports): Full Box Score At The Plate – The Cubs did most of their damage in just two innings and that was enough to win as they scored...
• 5/20 Obstructed View: JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-19-13: Tucson Padres 3 @ Iowa Cubs 7 Logan Watkins went 0-4 today without walking or striking out. Both Brian Bogusevic and 2...
• 5/18 Obstructed View: JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-17-13: Tucson Padres 9 @ Iowa Cubs 8 As I was typing this, it was 9-6. The Cubs had to score 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth to...
• 5/17 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 16, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports): Full Box Score At The Plate - Iowa didn’t really have a lot going offensively, but they didn’t need it as the one...
• 5/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy insight: I’m not buying Travis Wood: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Every weekend,...
• 5/14 Obstructed View: JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-13-13: Iowa Cubs 6 @ Reno Aces 4 Brett Jackson 2: The Second Part of the Tragedy went 0-4 with a walk. Logan Watkins had...
• 5/13 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 12, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Recaps): Full Box Score At The Plate – Tough one to swallow for the Cubs in this one as they blew a 6-1 lead that they had in the...
• 5/12 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 11, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports): Full Box Score At The Plate – The Cubs left some runs out on the bases in this one but they found just enough offense to...
• 5/12 Obstructed View: JoT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-11-13: Iowa Cubs 4 @ Reno Aces 1 Logan Watkins had a very un-Watkins like day. He went 1-4 with no walks or strikeouts. He was also...
• 5/8 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Minor Matters – May 7, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports): Full Box Score At The Plate – The Cubs really had nothing going all night against the Sky Sox as they were blanked 5-0....
• 5/6 FFLockerRoom: Chicago Cubs Recall Pitcher Rafael Dolis, Option Dave Sappelt: The Chicago Cubs have recalled right-handed pitcher Rafael Dolis from their Triple-A Iowa affiliate. To make room for him, the...
• 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Designate Kameron Loe For Assignment: The Cubs designated reliever Kameron Loe for assignment to open a 40-man roster spot for outfielder Ryan Sweeney, tweets MLB.com's...
• 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Outright Cody Eppley: Today's minor moves: Yankees righty Cody Eppley cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A, tweeted Daniel Barbarisi...
• 5/4 Blog Red Machine: Reds v Cubs – 5/4: Starters, Lineups and Notes: The local returns. Tony Cingrani, born in Evergreen, IL and attendee of Lincoln Way Central HS in New Lenox, IL and of South Suburban...

• 4/26 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Cubs Win Second Straight Behind Rizzo’s Monster Shots: Full Box Score If you are going to break out of a slump, do it in impressive fashion.  That’s exactly what Anthony Rizzo...
• 4/24 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Cubs Find a Way to Win Despite Another Blown Save: Full Box Score Same thing every night it seems as once again the Cubs blew a ninth inning lead, this time it was Carlos Marmol...
• 4/24 Redbird Dugout: Game 20 Notes: Cardinals 2, Nationals 0: Waino is bueno Through his first five starts of 2012, Adam Wainwright had thrown just 26 2/3 innings, was allowing 1.31 walks...
• 4/22 Obstructed View: Prospect Profile: Ronald Torreyes: This is a continuation of the weekly series of of writing about a Cubs prospect profile. Early on, I will be writing about guys...
• 4/22 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of April 22: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 4/21 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Cubs Continue to Beat Themselves: Full Box Score I understand that the Cubs won’t be competitive this year, maybe competitive in games, but not to the point...
• 4/19 Obstructed View: Cubs Progress Report 1: Now that the Cubs have completed 10% of their season (well, they've been rained out twice), I thought it'd be nice...
• 4/19 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Cubs Claim Julio Borbon From Rangers: Julio Borbon was designated for assignment by the Rangers last week, they were unable to work out a trade so he was placed on...
• 4/18 Justin Jabs: Baseblog joins the Rondon Fan Club: Here’s a fluffy meta update to get you through your day. It’s very early, but Chicago Cubs Rule 5 pick Hector Rondon...
• 4/13 Splash Hit Blog: Lineups for Darwin Barney Gold Glove Day; another Cubs closer goes down: Following a pretty good comeback yesterday afternoon by both squads, the Giants and Cubs meet up again for their third game of...
• 4/9 Justin Jabs: Brewers look for their first series win tonight at Wrigley: After walking off on Opening Day, the Milwaukee Brewers lost five games in a row (including two that I attended) before beating...
• 4/5 Obstructed View: 4/5 Game Thread – Cubs at Braves: Lineups (With ZiPS projected wOBA or FIP) Cubs CF Dave Sappelt (.304) SS Starlin Castro (.334) 1B Anthony Rizzo (.365) LF Alfonso...
• 4/3 Obstructed View: The Journeymen of Tomorrow: Iowa (AAA) and Tennessee (AA) Rosters: The minor league season begins in earnest tomorrow, and Obstructed View is going to do better than ever at covering it. DJ had...
• 4/2 Justin Jabs: Baseblog sponsors Jeff Samardzija’s PITCHf/x page: In an ongoing attempt to increase readership*, I’m always on the lookout for ways to help the site’s traffic while...
• 4/1 Obstructed View: 2013 Cubs Prospects Ratings: A little over 2 weeks ago, I wrote an article with Uncle Dave's help about a different way to rate prospects. Dave got the...

• 3/27 Redlegs Review: Wednesday's mixed bag of Reds news and notes: We are coming down the home stretch of spring training, folks. It's been a long, cold offseason, but the start of the regular...
• 3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Red Sox, Cubs, Cabrera: Red Sox prin**** owner John Henry has no intention of selling the team, he says in a wide-ranging interview with Steve Buckley...
• 3/24 Cubbies Crib: Cubs, Sappelt look for consistency in ’13: With the Opening Day roster beginning to fall into place, many players are learning where they will open the 2013 campaign. On...
• 3/22 Justin Jabs: Liveblog: Cubs making “major cuts”: An hour ago, Chicago Cubs beat reporter Carrie Muskat tweeted this. #Cubs making major cuts today. Stay tuned — Carrie Muskat...
• 3/15 Blog Red Machine: Spring Flings: 2013 Cincinnati Reds Edition: It happens every spring. Many towns and colleges have an event called a “Spring Fling”. It is usually a huge social...
• 3/11 Cubbies Crib: Climbing The Ivy Episode 5 – Grin and Bear It: It was one of the loneliest episodes of Climbing The Ivy yet. I was left to my own devices as Stan was watching his Dominican...
• 3/2 Cubbies Crib: Cubs 5th Outfielder Position Up For Grabs: When it comes to baseball and the positions within the game, there are a few basic rules that are followed. For example, most...

• 2/26 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Edwin Jackson Strong in Cubs Debut: Full Box Score   If the Cubs can bottle this Spring pitching and take in North when they break camp they will be more than just...
• 2/22 Blog Red Machine: The Cincinnati Reds ‘Other Trade’: So much focus was given to the Mat Latos deal that sometimes I got a feeling the Cincinnati Reds deal to acquire Sean Marshall...
• 2/20 Obstructed View: What’s wrong with the 2013 Cubs Oliver projections?: I noticed yesterday on Fangraphs that they had published the 2013 Cubs Oliver Projections. Actually, they'd posted all the...
• 2/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: Head injuries in football are well documented, but what about baseball?Catchers have masks. Batters are helmets. What about pitchers though?...
• 2/13 Obstructed View: 2013 PECOTA Projections: The 2013 PECOTA projections are out and I thought I'd post some of the Cubs below. Since you have to be a subscriber in order...

• 1/28 Obstructed View: Assume the Position: 2nd Base: I'm pretty excited about the lower levels of our second basemen, but that's not to say that everything is roses. There's...
• 1/27 Splash Hit Blog: Dave Sappelt (@SappySappelt6), the poor @Cubs OF that Twitter is harassing: It’s a pretty slow day in the baseball off-season, but every now and then someone says something and doesn’t realize...
• 1/26 Cubbies Crib: Cubs Patch Up Out Fielding Issues, But Did They Create A New Problem?: The Cubs have been busy this off season, taking a refreshing stance on how to solve their obvious pitching and out fielding issues....
• 1/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Scott Hairston signing gives Chicago Cubs outfield options: The Chicago Cubs were active again in the free-agent market, signing Scott Hairston to a two-year deal. It was initially believed...
• 1/24 Obstructed View: Cubs Sign Scott Hairston: The Cubs have come to an agreement with outfielder Scott Hairston on a two year deal that could be worth up to six million dollars....
• 1/7 Redlegs Review: What exactly are the Cubs doing? : After trading away a vast amount of talent last season, the Chicago Cubs have done little to replace it. What exactly does...
• 1/3 Justin Jabs: With Reed gone, Baseblog sponsors a new player: For the past year, Baseblog has proudly supported fourth outfielder and former Cub Reed Johnson by sponsoring his Baseball-Reference...

• 12/25 Cubbies Crib: Trade Talks: Could DeJesus Be On The Move?: Happy Christmas Eve to all those out there celebrating tonight. Hope Santa doesn’t park his reindeer on your roof too loudly...
• 12/21 CAL Prospects: Reds Draft History: Reds general manager Walt Jocketty and senior director of amateur scouting Chris Buckley have now worked together to draft five...
• 12/15 Cubbies Crib: Dave Sappelt Tearing Up The Venezuelan Winter League: WARNING: The following stat lines in this column may cause drooling, limpness in the extremities, unnatural giddiness, and...
• 12/10 Cubbies Crib: Prospect Check: Dave Sappelt: Off season baseball can often have a tumultuous impact on the even the most casual of baseball fans, and OF Dave Sappelt is giving...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Outfielders: This is the final article of MLBRandomFandom's Up-And-Comers series. Today: Outfieldersby Jon BeckerIn the 2012 season, many good...
• 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...
• 12/7 Cubbies Crib: Nate Schierholtz: Worth Every Penny: There was a certain amount of urgency for the Cubs this offseason to address their very obvious holes in the outfield. With Alfonso...
• 12/7 Justin Jabs: Friday Morning Reader: Marcum thoughts, Counsell staying put, Dickey on the Daily Show and more: I’ve been trying to get into a pattern lately. Every morning, I wake up to the wonderful app Mornings (highly recommended)...
• 12/5 Justin Jabs: Free Agent Watch: Braves extend offer to Reed Johnson: As the offseason progresses, I’ll periodically give updates on free agents of note, under the category Free Agent Watch....
• 12/4 Blog Red Machine: Cincinnati Reds Winter Meetings, Day 2: Nothing Yet: No trades, huh? Got ya bummed? Don’t know why. If so, you have been warned for at least the past two weeks that the Reds...

• 11/29 Rally Caps: Rally Caps Offseason Outlook - Chicago Cubs: Pos Player Salary Total C Welington Castillo $500,000 2008 $118,345,833 1B Anthony Rizzo...
• 11/17 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Outfielders: This is the final article of MLBRandomFandom's Up-And-Comers series. Today: Outfieldersby Jon BeckerIn the 2012 season, many good...
• 11/9 Redlegs Review: Analyzing all the trades from the past year: Acquiring Latos proved to be fruitful this season by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer Walt Jocketty made quite a few...
• 11/1 Blog Red Machine: Grading the 2012 Reds’ trades: Part 2: Early in the season, I took a look at a few of the trades that Reds general manager Walt Jocketty made in the offseason. Obviously...

• 10/20 Blog Red Machine: Should the Reds Pursue Free Agents or Look for Trades?: In the wake of today’s trades involving Arizona, Oakland and Miami, the off-season clock for teams has already started ticking....
• 10/8 Cubbies Crib: Cody Ross May Figure Into The Cubs’ Plans: The traditional hot stove season has yet to begin for the Chicago Cubs, but the front office will likely take these next couple...
• 10/3 Cubbies Crib: Smile! 100+ Losses Couldn’t Be Better For the Cubs: Yes, you read that correctly. And no, I haven’t lost my mind. I’m absolutely thrilled to see the Cubs drop over 100...
• 10/1 Cubbies Crib: Mark Appel: Viable As a Cub: Its been a long, painful seasons for Cubs’ fans. I’m not talking about like “long car ride to the in-laws house...

• 9/26 Cubbies Crib: Sveum To Meet With Cubs Brass To Discuss Direction: While Major League Baseball’s regular season is the focal point for anyone involved in the baseball industry, there is no...
• 9/23 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs St Louis Cardinals: Pre-Game Notes, Starting Lineup, and TV Info: The Chicago Cubs are not the only Chicago team playing a team from St Louis on Sunday. The Bears take to soldier field to play...
• 9/22 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs St Louis Cardinals: Pre-Game Notes, Lineup, and TV Information: The Chicago Cubs have the St Louis Cardinals’ number at Wrigley Field. In the teams past 7 games against each other at Wrigley...
• 9/16 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs Pittsburgh Pirates: Pre-Game Notes, Lineup, and TV Information: The Chicago Cubs take the field today in an attempt to add to the Pittsburgh Pirates woes. The Cubs failed on that opportunity...
• 9/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Streak finally snapped: For the first time in over a week, the Jolly Roger has been raised as the Bucs finally jumped out to a big lead and held on to...
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: You Know it Don’t Come Easy: The Pirates sent Joel Hanrahan to the mound in the ninth with a 7-4 lead, and Joel came about as close to blowing the save as...
• 9/12 Climbing Tal's Hill: Mickey Storey hit by line drive: Astros reliever Mickey Storey was hit in the side of the face by a line drive in Wednesday night’s game against the Cubs....
• 9/12 Obstructed View: Daily Facepalm – 9.12.2012: The Cubs lost to the Astros 1-0 in what quite possibly could be the worst game of baseball ever played. Between the two teams...
• 9/9 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs Pittsburgh Pirates: Pre-Game Notes, Lineup, and TV Info: The Chicago Cubs probably will not have a lot of viewership from the Chicago land area today for their game against the Pittsburgh...
• 9/5 District On Deck: Game 136: Nationals 9, Cubs 1:   In their resounding 9-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs (51-85) , the Washington Nationals (83-52) did so much so well and,...
• 9/3 District On Deck: Game 134: Nationals 2, Cubs 1: In a season the Washington Nationals hope to fill with milestones, few in the regular season will match the significance of the...
• 9/3 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs Washington Nationals: Pre-Game Notes, Lineup, and TV Info: The Chicago Cubs are celebrating the Labor Day holiday in the Nation’s Capitol as they begin another week of labor beginning...
• 9/2 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs San Francisco Giants: Pre-Game Notes, Lineups, and TV Info: Before we dive into too much detail about the Chicago Cubs attempt to win their weekend series against the San Francisco Giants...
• 9/1 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Vs San Francisco Giants: Pre-Game Notes, Lineup, and TV Info: The Chicago Cubs set their playoff roster today. Despite speculation among the fan base that the Cubs could trade left fielder...

• 8/7 Obstructed View: Revisiting the Cubs offseason transactions: Since the Cubs changed management this past offseason I thought it might be fun to look back at the transactions and see how they've...

• 7/31 Cubbies Crib: Hugs All Around As Maholm, Johnson, and Soto Are Traded: For much of the past two weeks, the Chicago Cubs have been criticized by their fan-base for the lack trade activity. The belief...
• 7/11 D'Backs Venom: Marc Krauss Is Having a Fantastic Season for AA Mobile: LF Marc Krauss slipped on most prospect lists after a so-so campaign with Mobile in 2011 (.779 OPS). But in 2012, Krauss has...

• 6/20 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: 6/19: Around the Cubs Minor League System: A look at the minor leagues on June 19. FULL BOX SCORE After getting their first win of the season Boise dropped the game on Tuesday...
• 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. ...

• 3/23 The Writer's Journey: Fun Cards: 2012 Topps Denis Phipps: The Reds don’t have a whole lot of guys in the outfield, especially with the trade of Dave Sappelt to the Cubs, so Denis...
• 3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Cincinnati Reds: The Reds are going for it in 2012 after acquiring Mat Latos, Ryan Madson and Sean Marshall this past offseason. Major League...
• 3/10 The Writer's Journey: Wearing new hats…: @D_Train35, @mo44maloney & Sappelt I was taken aback this morning when I saw a Tweet written by Matt Maloney, but he wasn’t...
• 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Cubs ST Game 3: Break up the A’s! Oakland traveled to Mesa today to play the Cubs of Chicago at HoHoKam Park, the future spring home of...
• 3/8 The Writer's Journey: Wearing new hats…: @D_Train35, @mo44maloney & Sappelt I was taken aback this morning when I saw a Tweet written by Matt Maloney, but he wasn’t...
• 3/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Cubs ST Game 3: Break up the A’s! Oakland traveled to Mesa today to play the Cubs of Chicago at HoHoKam Park, the future spring home of...
• 3/6 Obstructed View: What’s all this Jeff Samardzija starting crap?: I paid so little attention to Cubs baseball after the first few weeks that it's hard for me to believe that Jeff Samardzija...
• 3/1 Cubbies Crib: Cubs Roster Profiles: Dave Sappelt: As the 2012 season approaches, Cubbies Crib is profiling each and every member of the Cubs forty man roster. Today, we are talking...

• 2/20 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Reviewing the Cubs Winter Moves.: For those of you still getting caught up on the Hot Stove happenings, here is a breakdown of the Cubs offseason moves as new President...
• 2/9 Baseball Musings: Changes, Chicago Cubs: Anthony rizzo represents the big prize of the Cubs winter. Photo: Tony Medina/Icon SMI The Chicago Cubs finished in fifth place...
• 2/5 Obstructed View: Evaluating the Cubs likely lineup: It's hard to believe that February is here, which means pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Mesa in a couple weeks....
• 2/2 Obstructed View: Evaluating the Cubs likely lineup: It's hard to believe that February is here, which means pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Mesa in a couple weeks....
• 2/1 Cubbies Crib: Baseball America Updates Cubs’ Top 10 Prospects: September 24, 2011; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Padres first baseman Anthony Rizzo (27) is congratulated by teammates after...

• 1/12 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Top 21 Prospects: Revised: It has not been that long since I published my Top 21 Prospects for the Cubs farm system, but in that time the Cubs traded away...
• 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs To Sign Paul Maholm: The Cubs' revamped rotation has gotten deeper, as they've reached an agreement with lefty Paul Maholm according to his Twitter...
• 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Have Some Interest In Ross, Ankiel, Ludwick: The Reds are looking for depth in left field, and though they maintain some interest in Cody Ross, they haven’t had discussions...
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• 1/2 Cubbies Crib: Cubs Minors Stocked With Infielders: When the Chicago Cubs dealt Sean Marshall to the Reds, they received left handed starter Travis Wood along with two prospects....
• 1/1 The Writer's Journey: So long, Travis Wood and Dave Sappelt: The Reds made another off-season move late last week, but I didn’t find out about it until early this morning. Travis Wood,...

• 12/26 The Writer's Journey: So long, Travis Wood and Dave Sappelt: The Reds made another off-season move late last week, but I didn’t find out about it until early this morning. Travis Wood,...
• 12/25 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/18/11 - 12/24/11: There was plenty of action this week as teams looked to get deals done before the holiday.. This week, the Nationals further...
• 12/24 Blog Red Machine: Torreyes, Sappelt finalize Marshall-for-Wood Trade: Walt Jocketty, general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, is known as a crafty wheeler and dealer who makes moves that seem almost...
• 12/7 Fanspeak.com: The Nationals Need To Go To Plan B In Center Field

• 11/29 Through The Fence Baseball: A look at the 2012 Cincinnati Reds’ everyday eight (and the guys backing them up): Since the departure of Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn a few years ago, the Cincinnati Reds have ranked near the top of the National...
• 11/29 Through The Fence Baseball: A look at the 2012 Cincinnati Reds’ everyday eight (and the guys backing them up): Since the departure of Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn a few years ago, the Cincinnati Reds have ranked near the top of the National...

• 9/21 The Writer's Journey: That’s a wrap!: Joey Votto batting in the first inning I went to the Reds game today, the last home game of the season, with my dad. We got to...
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• 9/2 Blog Red Machine: Bats Rack: This Just Isn’t Fair…: Rooting for a Triple-A team is simply not fair. You get used to players doing such awesome things for your team, then WHAM!, they’re...

• 8/30 Brotherly Glove: Hamels Shows the Best of Signs: Whatever concerns we had about Cole Hamels were dispelled Monday, as he pitched a brilliant six innings in his return from shoulder...
• 8/11 The Writer's Journey: Dave Sappelt…a few days after the debut: The photo is actually from the preseason, but since nothing appeared in the wire photos featuring Dave Sappelt on Sunday during...