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Cub prospects at the ML level in 2013

The prospects we hear the most about these days have little relevance to a season-ticket holder at Wrigley this season, unless that fan also plans to take in games at Fifth Third Stadium in Geneva, IL, where the Kane County Cougars, the Cubs’ new Midwest League affiliate, will play their home games. Almora and Vogelbach [...]

Posted 18 February 2013 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Not exactly barren

We hear a lot lately about the Cub minor leagues being barren of talent except at the lower levels. This note is struck mainly in the blogosphere but it really started in Boston when the Red Sox and Cubs were negotiating compensation for Theo Epstein. This was Nick Cafardo in the Boston Globe last October: [...]

Posted 22 August 2012 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cub minors: Who’s on first?

We are always looking for clues as to how the organization is doing and who’s up/down within the organization. One daily clue, of course, is who is playing at what position, both in the batting order and in the field. Since opening-day lineups represent a little more thought and planning than do the ones that [...]

Posted 08 April 2011 † Phil § lineup § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,