OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2008: CHICAGO CUBS RESERVE LIST (40-MAN ROSTER) AS OF 10/7/08: * bats or throws left# bats both NOTE: There are presently 40 players on the Cubs RESERVE LIST (40-man roster), plus two additional players on the 60-day DISABLED LIST (players on 60-day DL do not count against the   more...
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Brandon Guyer slammed a two-run homer and had three hits, and sixA pitchers combined to throw a three-hitter, as theA Cubs defeated theA A's 6-2 in AZ Instructional League Opening Day action at the Papago Sports Complex in Phoenix this afternoon. The Cubs got on the board almost   more...
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- Sean Marshall will start Tuesday and Rich Harden will start Thursday. Letting Marshall start Tuesday means he'll likely get the start for the likely season finale on Sunday as well. Lou also said he won't be lightening any workloads for Harden or Zambrano this series. Pushing Harden to Thursday   more...
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While most of the focus is on the playoff roster, the Cubs quietly made a move that effects their 40 man roster, claiming Brad Snyder off waivers from the Indians and DFA'ing Adam Harben. Snyder is a 26 year old left-hand hitting OF who spent the season at Buffalo, the AAA affiliate of the   more...
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Beyond the MLN FAB50 Baseball 2007 prospects on the fast track to the major leagues, there is another group of rising stars just starting out, or not quite ready to advance as fast as our FAB50 picks. They are the MLN Ones2Watch™. Tyler Colvin of the Daytona Cubs (Chicago Cubs) is no. 1 in a list   more...
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Two centerfield prospects that had talent evaluators divided, but have gotten off to completely different starts to begin the year. Below is an excerpt from the article:"The list of players with poor plate discipline and average contact skills that become successful major leaguers is a short one.   more...
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Getting robbed in the playoffs is SO last year. Getting flat-out robbed before the season even begins? Now we're talking.
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Albuquerque @ Iowa, W, 6-10Tenn @ West Tenn, L, 2-10Clearwater @ Daytona, W, 1-5West Mich @ Peoria, W, 0-2Eugene @ Boise, L, 10-6AZL Angels @ AZL Cubs, W, 5-6DSL Cubs1 @ DSL White Sox1, L, 1-3DSL Blue Jays1 @ DSL Cubs2, W, 2-3Performances:Felix Pie: 3/6, 1 3B, 3 RBI, slightly distraught over not   more...
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AAANew Orleans (38-38) 12 @ Iowa (43-32) 8Hitters:Felix Pie: 1/4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, BB, KJason DuBois: 2/4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, KJosh Kroeger: 2/5, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBIPitchers:Rich Hill: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO, 45-23 P-K, E (pickoff), I'm convinced it's either entirely mental, or   more...
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The Games:Iowa @ Albuquerque, W, 6-2Tenn @ West Tenn, L, 4-10Clearwater @ Daytona, W, 1-3Kane County @ Peoria, W, 3-5Eugene @ Boise, L, 4-1AZL Cubs has no record for the scheduled game @ AZL Rangers.  Not sure if it was postponed, but none of the AZL games played yesterday have had their box   more...
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Today we'll just do June 16, 2008's minor league games:Iowa had a double-header:Game 1:Nashville 3, Iowa 1Hitters:No offensive heroes.Pie: 0/1, RBI, SFPitchers:R. Wells: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 108-61 P-K, 8-7 GO-FO, 2.28 ERA on seasonGame 2:Nashville 4, Iowa 8Iowa put up 6 runs in the   more...
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In this week's ATAtM, the Cubs system has a busload full of succesful relievers, Jovan Rosa may have set a record for most extra base hits out of a power spot with only one RBI, and much, much more!IowaFelix Pie-Pie has been getting a lot of AB's and a lot of hits of late. This week, he went 9 for   more...
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Angel Guzman (September '07 TJS) had what was likely his final rehab outing last night at Iowa, pitching the 8th & 9th in a GF non-save situation in an I-Cubs victory, throwing two shutout inings (31 pitches - 23 strikes). With his minor league rehab going well, I fully expect the Cubs to   more...
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Tentative rosters for the 2008 Arizona Fall League (AFL) were announced yesterday (they are incomplete and also subject to change), and six of the seven Cubs prospects who will be playing for the Mesa Solar Sox this fall have been named: SS Darwin Barney RHP Justin Berg OF Tyler Colvin   more...
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