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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m.garza debuts tuesday vs pitt
vanillawafers (with recently shaved mustache) to the pen
Ugh
they have an entire section of the bleachers today...kinda creepy.
Mets fans are louder than Cubs fans. A new low point.
Brett Jackson...
"Some of the best advice I've gotten is, I was sitting with Ian Stewart, talking about hitting and I was feeling for my swing as you do early in the season," Jackson recalled. "He asked if I was comfortable at the plate and I said I'm not very comfortable right now. He's like, 'You need to be yourself at the plate and be comfortable and be the type of hitter [you] want to be.'"
Geiger-Soler put on a fireworks show in yesterday's Daytona Cubs doubleheader...
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130518&...
Over his past three games, Geiger is 10-for-13 with eight extra-base hits.
Soler...
Interesting tweet in the tweet box: z'Remember when Rizzo was striking out a lot? No K's in last 31 AB's..tied for 2nd longest active streak in majors"
Don't know if that includes last night, but it sure goes a long way to explaining his improved hitting. It's a curious thing, though, the difference between the way his season started and now. How does that happen?
A short doc on a long ago MLB legend
Semi NSFW
Baseball America Hot Sheet:
Christian Villaneuva, 3b, Cubs
Team: Double-A Tennessee (Southern)
Age: 21
Why He’s Here: .435/.500/.739 (10-for-23), 3 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBIs, 1 BB, 6 SO, 1-for-2 SB
wow...Arizona Phil's universe intersects with Wrong-way Phil Rogers!
per Roto...
The Cubs will wait to see how Matt Garza (lat) feels and how his bullpen session goes Saturday before they make a decision about activating him.
Garza declared himself ready to rejoin the Cubs' rotation after six scoreless innings during Thursday's rehab start. It's probably just a formality at this point before the team announces that he'll rejoin the rotation next week. Carlos Villanueva is the likeliest candidate to be demoted to the bullpen.
Remember Albert Almora? The Cubs’ first-round pick last June is almost all the way back after breaking his hamate bone in mid-March. He’s been playing center field and hitting in extended spring games in Arizona and should soon be assigned to the low-A Kane County Cougars. There’s no sign yet of Junior Lake, who suffered a stress fracture to the top rib on his right side in mid-March. Outfielder Reggie Golden, a second-round pick in 2010 recovering from two torn ligaments in his left knee, appears close to completing his recovery.
USA Today Article on Mark Appel.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/...
Scouting report
#2 Mark Appel
"Analysis: This is Appel or Gray, assuming one of them goes first, with Appel the preference. The Cubs are in the catbird seat in this draft -- they don't have to pay the premium that comes with picking first overall but are guaranteed to get one of the two huge arms in the class."
Why would you want the threading on the balls to be different?
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Comments
Re: Caption This!
on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:35am Permalink
"Big league math! 9 times 2 is... Err..."
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:55am Permalink
holy scrap!
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:24am Permalink
"I'm taller than you..."
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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.
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:02am Permalink
The Cubs trio of little white guys scour the horizon for scrappiness.
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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!?!?!"
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:38am Permalink
Hey! How'd they get my locker combination?
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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).
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:11am Permalink
"I hate when they let only tall guys play."
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:32am Permalink
What happened to the Cubs on September 2, 1917?
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:34am Permalink
an early leader...
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:12am Permalink
"Reed Johnsot scans the field for the equipment manager who misspelled his name."
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:49am Permalink
lol
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:30am Permalink
in light of skyrocketing sleevemaking expenses, Sam Zell orders Theriot and Johnson to share an arm
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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!
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 10:38am Permalink
Johnson: Hey, is that Alyssa Milanno?
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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!
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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?"
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:36am Permalink
Caption:
With Dusty Baker gone, the ban on scrappy white players is lifted.
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:12pm Permalink
In the most sarcastic Friends' Chandler voice possible:
"Can they MAKE this railing any higher..?"
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:18pm Permalink
"Anybody hear how Pie and Eric did at Iowa today?"
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:27pm Permalink
Scrappy, Scrappier, Scrappiest
The evolution of Scrappy
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:35pm Permalink
*golf clap*
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:55pm Permalink
"Los Angeles, CA 90217"
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 1:34pm Permalink
"9 game win streak, 2 losses in LA, 17 game win streak..."
/so mote it be
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:18pm Permalink
"So Ryan, ever heard of this thing called Parachat?"
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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
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:05pm Permalink
You must be 6' to ride this ride
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on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 7:10pm Permalink
My favorite!
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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."