Minor League Movers

Iowa
Micah Hoffpauir made is return to Iowa upon D-Ward's return to the Bigs, and Hoff has hit .343 with 4 HR's in the past week. The flurry of moves over the past 3 weeks left the I-Cubs were two men short. That prompted the callups of SS Joe Simokaitis (10th round, 2005) from Tennessee and P Blake Parker (16th round, 2006) from Peoria. When Jose Ascanio returned to Iowa, the Cubs took Kevin Hart off the D.L., a positive sign that he is feeling no lingering effects of the concussion he suffered. Parker's stay at Iowa was short-lived, as he was sent down 3 days later, this time to Daytona, having only yielded one hit at Iowa (which, unfortunately was a two run HR) in 3 innings. In his place, Dumas Garcia (signed from an Independent League) was called up from Tennessee. more...