The Cubs have clinched the #2 spot in the 2013 draft. Congrats?
2013 Draft Pick Order
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Last updated 5-10-2013
Cubs Depth Chart
Cubs 40-Man Roster Info
MLB Rules Info
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39 players are on 40-MAN ROSTER (roster is full)
Three players are on 60-DAY DL (do not count against 40-man roster)
One player is on 15-day DL
13 players have been optioned to the minors
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS (12)
Michael Bowden
Shawn Camp
Scott Feldman
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kevin Gregg
Edwin Jackson
Carlos Marmol
Hector Rondon
* James Russell
Jeff Samardzija
Carlos Villanueva
* Travis Wood
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CATCHERS (2):
Welington Castillo
# Dioner Navarro
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INFIELDERS (5):
Darwin Barney
Starlin Castro
Cody Ransom
* Anthony Rizzo
* Luis Valbuena
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OUTFIELDERS (6):
* Julio Borbon
* David DeJesus
Scott Hairston
* Nate Schierholtz
Alfonso Soriano
* Ryan Sweeney
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15-DAY DL (1):
Matt Garza, P
60-DAY DL (3):
Scott Baker, P
* Steve Clevenger, C-IF
Arodys Vizcaino, P
OPTIONED (13):
Alberto Cabrera, P
Rafael Dolis, P
* Brett Jackson, OF
Junior Lake, IF-OF
Trey McNutt, P
* Brooks Raley, P
* Chris Rusin, P
Dave Sappelt, OF
Jorge Soler, OF
Matt Szczur, OF
Christian Villanueva, 3B
Josh Vitters, 3B-1B
* Logan Watkins, INF

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Great update Phil. It is appreciated. Great to see the hitting over the last ten games. Looks like some of these guys are coming around.
I see Feldman and DeJesus as the most tradeable assets, with Shierholtz somewhere behind them, and the asking price for Garza being more than teams want to give up by a pretty good margin. Garza would still be likely to bring back the best haul, though. I mean, even in a good year, what are you really willing to give up for a Feldman or DeJesus?
It appears that Albert Almora is on his way to Kane County.
r.vogelsong (SF) broke the hell out of his pitching hand getting HBP on a swing tonight. the trainer threw a towel over his hand as soon as he saw it...already scheduled for surgery tomorrow...expected to miss 6 weeks.
True.
just when you think the Cubs are starting to look like a major league team, they go and lose 2 of 3 at home to the Mets.
Scott Feldman though looking good as trade bait.
RIP St Rita alum and great musician
grant balfour + live TV...what the hell was the MLB Network thinking?
he only let 1 swear fly (not bleeped)...that's about 3-4 times less than i expected.
as an aside...the worst SS i've ever seen in my life is/was bj upton.
words cannot describe how awful he was...it blows my mind he actually made it to AAA playing the position...and that he wasn't moved earlier in his minor league or AAA career. even when he wasn't making plays that would count as errors he was playing really bad SS.
they gave him an enormous amount of leeway trying to get him to stick at the position.
True, but if he's at least decent defensively, and could put up a .270/.350/.390
he'd be worth at least a utility spot.
Come on Soler, Almora and Baez!!!
That is kind of damming with faint praise. :)
That may be true. But is he any less of a prospect than Darwin Barney was?
Barney: .288/.337/.378 in the minors, 35/45 steals 1724 PA's
Watkins:.281/.372/.389, 88/124 steals, 2205 PA's
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/170...
It seems unlikely to me that Watkins will be able to keep up his walk totals in the majors, which kind of makes him a non-prospect.
Per the Baseball Cube (http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp...), Derek played the part of two seasons in A ball. He had 56 erros in 128 games in 1993, and 9 errors in 11 games in 1992.
I remember a conversation at TCR years ago with reference to Starlin's propensity for errors, and it was brought up that Jeter once committed 59 in A ball. It was a mini-point of discussion because different sources were reporting the number as either 59 or 159, but it was determined to be 59. Edit: I guess it was 56, funny we both thought of the same thing.
Not sure if it is a record, but in 1993 at Greenboro Derek Jeter had 56 errors.
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Comments
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 10:32am Permalink
The catch is whoever gets Castro must also take Crane Kenney. This condition drastically cooled the trade market for Starlin Castro.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 10:54am Permalink
Has anyone noticed that the girl wearing the SnorgTees T-shirt that says, "Meh" looks like she's related to former Guns N Roses guitarist Slash? Sweet Child 'O Mine, indeed!
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 10:59am Permalink
Funny, I can't make my mind think of Slash when I see her.
By the way, according to my daughter's animal books, a goat says "maa" and a sheep says "baa."
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 9:35am Permalink
Your daughters books are correct. I'm questioning our daughter's See n Say that tells us a rabbit says boing, boing, boing. That's not what a fucking rabbit says.
That meh girl should start a new genre of porn. Hipster porn.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 10:53am Permalink
Hipster porn
Newport, a quick Google search would show you that genre of porn already exists. I mean, come on. Do your research.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 12:29pm Permalink
I would watch it
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 11:53am Permalink
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php...
Goldstein mock draft has Cubs taking Zunino.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 12:23pm Permalink
They were talking about Castro on the Score 670 ( Chicago) today and said with his footwork
the only place to move him to is 3rd base.
Felt like calling and telling them Az. Phil said his best defensive position is 2nd base.
No way Theo trades him.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 12:30pm Permalink
a very goatse post
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 12:50pm Permalink
In the duh files...
Garza/Yankees/Red Sox rumors begin floating.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 1:10pm Permalink
@keithlaw: Cubs claimed RHP Jairo Asencio off waivers from Cleveland, designated RHP Michael Bowden for assignment
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 1:39pm Permalink
Bowden did look awful. Maybe they just wanted a last look to remind themselves not to make a similar mistake next week.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 1:54pm Permalink
he'll most certainly clear waivers and be assigned to Iowa.
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 2:11pm Permalink
One of the Cubs interns must have pulled off the Bowden-Asencio transaction, as everyone knows that Theo and Jed are only focused on the draft right now...
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 3:26pm Permalink
Nice art Tim.
I was hoping you would have done something on: "Cubs Braintrust Huddles For Draft", but may e next time...
Cool!
Re: Friday Funnies: Starlin Castro trade rumor - who is ...
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 4:10pm Permalink
Thanks E-Man. I gotta read about the draft here before I understand what the hell's going on. For as oddly slow and redundant and filled with losing this season is, there's actually so much going on I can't keep up.
5 Cubs make FSL All-Star Team
on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 4:35pm Permalink
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2012...
Szczur, Alcantara, Rohan, N. Perez and A. Kirk