The Cubs have clinched the #2 spot in the 2013 draft. Congrats?
2013 Draft Pick Order
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Last updated 5-23-2013
Cubs Depth Chart
Cubs 40-Man Roster Info
MLB Rules Info
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39 players are on 40-MAN ROSTER (one slot is open)
One player is on 15-DAY DL
One player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT(does not count against 40-man roster)
Three players are on 60-DAY DL (do not count against 40-man roster)
13 players have been optioned to the minors
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS (12)
Rafael Dolis
Scott Feldman
Kyuji Fujikawa
Matt Garza
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):
Shawn Camp, P
60-DAY DL (3):
Scott Baker, P
* Steve Clevenger, C-IF
Arodys Vizcaino, P
OPTIONED (13):
Alberto Cabrera, P
* Brett Jackson, OF
Junior Lake, IF-OF
Trey McNutt, P
* Brooks Raley, P
* Chris Rusin, P
Eduardo Sanchez, P
Dave Sappelt, OF
Jorge Soler, OF
Matt Szczur, OF
Christian Villanueva, 3B
Josh Vitters, 3B-1B
* Logan Watkins, INF
DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT:
Michael Bowden, P

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Garbage song, I Hate Love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOcVhBu0YjE
scrubbies lose...18-28
as an aside...though jim d. hasn't been awful in the booth, it's a bit disappointing he didn't/doesn't do the amount of "homework" getting to know the team or critiquing things being done like bob did.
so far, when i hear jim d. calling a game it feels like he's a national "game of the week" generic type announcer that doesn't know the team well.
he's a full-on 100% replacement for "bad joke bob" type humor, though.
link is fine
MLB.com's error page
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2013/5/23/4359426/mlb-error-page-gifs
Now pitching for the Pirates --- Jose Contreras?!
welly gets his 2nd walk of the season in his 141st PA.
I imagine that things will pick up a bit with the draft, promotions, and trades. It seems that most of the remaining posters are on board with the rebuilding process so the discussions have been slim.
all kidding aside, this team really has been running on a single bright spot (the starting rotation) and rizzo pounding the ball hard when he's not slumping (and his extension)
welly's doing as expected (though a few more homers/doubles would be nice)...valbuena is helping people forget about i.stewart, though he's not doing anything extraordinary...kevin gregg has been a nice surprise as the new closer...castro is being castro, though a few more walks or hits would be nice since he's performing slightly below expectations...
It's definitely hard to get excited about this team. When they suck like this it feels like a huge part of my summer is just completely missing, so I want to come here and get a little bit of a Cubs fix, but lately it's 100% split squad games at Fitch Park. I can't stand any of the major newspapers' coverage, and I really don't like BCB or any of the other Cubs blogs. I guess I just miss the good old days with 200+ comment threads, even if 90% of it was just The Real Neal arguing with himself.
The people demand more free entertainment, Rob G!
broken link...probably cuz MLB protects their rights on the innerweb on a scale music + film industries should be jealous of.
click this... http://mlb.com/ajkls
refresh for different lulz.
official Cubs MLB squad post for april/may - everyone sucks except for the starting pitching (sans e.jackson) and when a.rizzo isn't on a no-hit, major-K streak
save to cut/paste for june-september
So I haven't commented much lately, and I don't want to be that guy, but is this site now exclusively dedicated to Extended Spring Training? I absolutely love everything AZ Phil brings to the table, but could we maybe get a few posts about the big league squad?
I still love TCR, please don't hate me.
Nice start for Almora -- 3-4 with a double for Kane County.
Baez has picked it up lately, hits in 13 of his last 14 games..something like 19/56 with 3 BB and 9 K over that span.
That Liberace movie is on HBO this week end.
/just saying
wow...that rizzo K in the 8th was a swing even sammy sosa would rag on.
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Comments
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:35am Permalink
"Big league math! 9 times 2 is... Err..."
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:55am Permalink
holy scrap!
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:24am Permalink
"I'm taller than you..."
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:42am Permalink
"Anyone see Kerry's wife?"
Viciedo
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:43am Permalink
Dayan Viciedo, a 19-year-old third baseman said to be the best player to come out of Cuba in the eight years since Angels prospect Kendry Morales, has defected to South Florida. In Sunday's edition of the Miami Herald, the 6-2 slugger is pictured wearing a Cubs cap.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/99537...
Re: Viciedo
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 7:00am Permalink
defecting to the US a few days after the draft?
he should have defected to another country first...maybe it was a moment of opportunity to defect. it'll cost him money, but he'll make more than he would have any way you cut it.
-edit-
oh, he got here end of may...he's just caught up in "the system" of getting paperwork shuffled and lawyers doing lawyering things.
wonder how he'll project in next year's draft.
Re: Viciedo
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:08am Permalink
that kinda looks like a Cubs cap but it's actually a Cuba cap (pretty sure on this one)
Re: Viciedo
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:10am Permalink
He heard that the Cubs were being purchased by a Cuban.
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:02am Permalink
The Cubs trio of little white guys scour the horizon for scrappiness.
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:20am Permalink
Fontenot-" I heard there are alot of fruity guys that like to take pictures of ball players' asses at Dodger Stadium."
Johnson-"Where!?!?! Do you see one!?!?!"
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:38am Permalink
Hey! How'd they get my locker combination?
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:43am Permalink
f'n offdays...at least the next 2 games are night games at "normal" hours (at home, too).
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:11am Permalink
"I hate when they let only tall guys play."
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:32am Permalink
What happened to the Cubs on September 2, 1917?
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:34am Permalink
an early leader...
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:12am Permalink
"Reed Johnsot scans the field for the equipment manager who misspelled his name."
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:49am Permalink
lol
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:30am Permalink
in light of skyrocketing sleevemaking expenses, Sam Zell orders Theriot and Johnson to share an arm
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:37am Permalink
433:
in light of skyrocketing sleevemaking expenses, Sam Zell orders Theriot and Johnson to share an arm
^ LOL Winner!
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:38am Permalink
Johnson: Hey, is that Alyssa Milanno?
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:01am Permalink
No really, the grass out is here actually painted green (not like at Wrigley). Wow, and if you look out past the outfield stands, they have a circus tent!
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:28am Permalink
"So I have about 25% of my portfolio in T - Bills and fixed annuities, my financial guy says that's a good shelter to be in at this time."
"That's interesting, I've got $3MM invested in a real estate trust, but I don't know if that's more of a defensive move or not in this environment. Hey, did you guy's see the market close on Friday?"
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:36am Permalink
Caption:
With Dusty Baker gone, the ban on scrappy white players is lifted.
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:12pm Permalink
In the most sarcastic Friends' Chandler voice possible:
"Can they MAKE this railing any higher..?"
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:18pm Permalink
"Anybody hear how Pie and Eric did at Iowa today?"
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:27pm Permalink
Scrappy, Scrappier, Scrappiest
The evolution of Scrappy
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:35pm Permalink
*golf clap*
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:55pm Permalink
"Los Angeles, CA 90217"
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 1:34pm Permalink
"9 game win streak, 2 losses in LA, 17 game win streak..."
/so mote it be
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:18pm Permalink
"So Ryan, ever heard of this thing called Parachat?"
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 4:42pm Permalink
No caption, but the photo does remind me of these stupid pictures...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/46w2ua
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:05pm Permalink
You must be 6' to ride this ride
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 7:10pm Permalink
My favorite!
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 7:12pm Permalink
"Don't look back fellas, once Z gets done eating the water jug and fucking the bat rack we will walk slowly to the bench."