| Chicago Cubs Organizational Depth Chart |
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| Pos. |
CUBS |
IOWA |
TENNESSEE |
DAYTONA |
KANE COUNTY |
| C |
Welington Castillo/Dioner Navarro |
J. C. Boscan/Luis Flores |
Rafael Lopez/Jair Fernandez |
Chadd Krist/Chad Noble/Taylor Davis |
Willson Contreras/Yaniel Cabezas/Carlos Escobar |
| 1B |
Anthony Rizzo |
Brad Nelson |
Tim Torres |
Dustin Geiger |
Dan Vogelbach/Rock Shoulders |
| 2B |
Darwin Barney |
Logan Watkins/Brent Lillibridge |
Roni Torreyes/Jonathon Mota |
Tim Saunders |
Gioskar Amaya |
| 3B |
Luis Valbuena/Cody Ransom |
Josh Vitters/Ian Stewart |
Christian Villanueva |
Ben Carhart |
Jeimer Candelario |
| SS |
Starlin Castro |
Donnie Murphy/Edwin Maysonet |
Arismendy Alcantara/Elliot Soto |
Javier Baez/Wes Darvill |
Marco Hernandez/David Bote |
| LF |
Alfonso Soriano/Ryan Sweeney |
Dave Sappelt |
Ty Wright |
John Andreoli/Taiwan Easterling |
Pin-Chieh Chen |
| CF |
David DeJesus/Julio Borbon |
Brett Jackson |
Matt Szczur |
Zeke DeVoss |
Albert Almora/Oliver Zapata |
| RF |
Nate Schierholtz/Scott Hairston |
Brian Bogusevic/Darnell McDonald |
Rubi Silva/Anthony Giansanti |
Jorge Soler |
Bijan Rademacher |
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| Starting Pitchers |
| 1 |
Jeff Samardzija (R) |
| 2 |
Matt Garza (R) |
| 3 |
Travis Wood (L) |
| 4 |
Scott Feldman (R) |
| 5 |
Edwin Jackson (R) |
| IOWA |
Chris Rusin (L), Brooks Raley (L), Nick Struck (R), Barret Loux (R), and Guillermo Moscoso (R) |
| TENN |
Alberto Cabrera (R), Eric Jokisch (L), Kyle Hendricks (R), Matt Loosen (R), and Yeiper Castillo (R) |
| DAYT |
Austin Kirk (L), Ben Wells (R), Zach Cates (R), P. J. Francescon (R), and Kyler Burke (L) | |
| KANE |
Pierce Johnson (R), Dillon Maples (R), Tayler Scott (R), Michael Heesch (L), and Jose Rosario (R) |
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| Relief Pitchers |
| 1 |
Kevin Gregg (R) |
| 2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa (R) |
| 3 |
James Russell (L) |
| 4 |
Carlos Marmol (R) |
| 5 |
Rafael Dolis (R) |
| 6 |
Hector Rondon (R) |
| 7 |
Carlos Villanueva (R) |
| IOWA |
Eduardo Sanchez (R), Blake Parker (R), Zach Putnam (R), Hisanori Takahaski (L), Yoanner Negrin (R), Esmailin Caridad (R), and Casey Coleman (R) |
| TENN |
Trey McNutt (R), Marcus Hatley (R), Tony Zych (R), Zac Rosscup (L), Frank Batista (R), Brian Schlitter (R), Kevin Rhoderick (R), and A. J. Morris (R) |
| DAYT |
Jeff Lorick (L), Austin Reed (R), Hunter Cervenka (L), Luis Liria (R), Sheldon McDonald (L), Eduardo Figueroa (R), and Frank del Valle (L) |
| KANE |
Eddie Orozco (R), Nathan Dorris (L), Steve Perakslis (R), Jeffry Antigua (L), Justin Amlung (R), Ian Dickson (R), Brian Smith (L), and Lendy Castillo (R) |
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| EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING |
| P |
Hunter Ackerman (L), Paul Blackburn (R), Tyler Bremer (R), Dayan Diaz (R), Jorge Diaz (R), Ethan Elias (R), Juan Francisco (R), Mike Hamann (R), Corbin Hoffner (R), Matt Iannazzo (L) Trey Lang (R), Erick Leal (R), Chang-Yong Lim (R), Chad Martin (R), Carlos Martinez (R), Angel Mejias (L), Loiger Padron (R), Starling Peralta (R), Anthony Prieto (L), James Pugliese (R), Jasvir Rakkar (R), Armando Rivero (R), Carlos Rodriguez (L), Orbandy Rodriguez (R), Alexander Santana (R), Larry Suarez (R), Daury Torrez (R), Duane Underwood (R), Luis Villalba (L), and David Villegas (L) - REHAB: Daniel Adrian (R), Scott Baker (R), Marcelo Carreno (R), Gerardo Concepcion (L), Josh Conway (R), Carlos Gutierrez (R), Michael Jensen (R), Jin-Young Kim (R), Andrew McKirahan (L), Ryan McNeil (R), Ryan Searle (R), and Casey Weathers (R) |
| C |
Erick Castillo, Justin Marra, Alberto Mineo, Wilfredo Petit, Rony Rodriguez, Neftali Rosario, and Lance Rymel - REHAB: Steve Clevenger and Jose Morales |
| INF |
Jose Dore (1B), Trevor Gretzky (1B), Jesse Hodges (3B), Danny Lockhart (2B), Mark Malave (3B), Carlos Penalver (SS), Jacob Rogers (1B), Francisco Sanchez (SS), and Brad Zapenas (2B) - REHAB: Junior Lake (3B) and Greg Rohan (1B) |
| OF |
Jeffrey Baez (RF), Yasiel Balaguert (RF), Xavier Batista (RF), Rashad Crawford (CF), Shawon Dunston Jr (CF), Kevin Encarnacion (CF), Reggie Golden (LF), Dong-Yub Kim (LF), and Garrett Schlecht (LF) - REHAB: Trey Martin (CF) |
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| DSL CUBS |
| P |
Gilberto Abreu (R), Pedro Araujo (R), Jesus Baldayaque (R), Jonathan Bautista (R), Pedro Brazoban (R), Enger Cabreja (R), Michael de la Cruz (R), Warner Eusebio (L), Frailyn Figueroa (L), Alexander Frias (R), Enyel Gonzalez (R), Luis Guillen (R), Jeffry Hernandez (R), Luis Hernandez (R), Eric Martinez (R), Hendry Mercado (R), Yomar Morel (R), Juan Carlos Paniagua (R), Jose Paulino (L), Jesus Pereyra (R), Hector Perez (R), Amalio Reyes (R), Alexander Castro (R), Oscar de la Cruz (R), Wagner Disla (R), Luis Hernandez (R), Carlos Llano (R), Jose Morel (R), Jesus Perez (L), Dilson Vasquez,(R), and Jose Zapata (R) |
| C |
Steven de la Cruz, Jhonny Pena, Carlos Ramirez, and Antonio Valerio
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| INF |
Luis Acosta (3B), Varonex Cuevas (2B), Frandy de la Rosa (SS), Jenner Emeterio (SS), Antonio Gonzalez (2B), Carlos Montero (3B), John Ortega (2B), Dalfis Ortiz (2B), Adonis Paula (3B), and Jeffry Puente (1B)
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| OF |
Roberto Caro (CF), Edwin Contreras (RF), Enderson Mercedes (RF), Jose Paniagua (LF), and Shamiel Ubiera (RF)
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| VSL CUBS |
| P |
Adbert Alzolay (R, Harrinson Bermudez (R), Francisco Carrillo (R), Jesus Castillo (R), Javier Castro (R), Augusto Colina (L), Alberto Diaz (L), Greyfur Eregua (R), Manuel Fuentes (L), Victor Garcia (L), Yomar Pacheco (R), Chris Pieters (L), Brohiglyn Rivero (R), Victor Salazar (R), Ramon Valera (R), and Mauro Vides (R) |
| C |
Leonardo Gonzalez, Jhonny Pereda, Roberto Vahlis, and Eufran Vargas, and |
| INF |
Roney Alcala (1B), Bryant Flete (2B), Humberto Garcia (2B), Danny Gutierrez (SS), and Miguel Rico (3B) |
| OF |
Delbis Arcila (RF), Arnaldo Calero (CF), Martin Hodwalker (RF), and Ricardo Marcano (LF) |
| INACTIVE LISTS |
| CUBS |
RHP Shawn Camp (toe) is on 15-day DL (5/22), C-IF Steve Clevenger (oblique) is on 60-day DL (4/14), RHP Scott Baker (2012 TJS) is on 60-day DL (3/31), and RHP Arodys Vizcaino (2012 TJS) is on 60-day DL (3/27), and RHP Michael Bowden has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (5/21) |
| IOWA |
RHP Jaye Chapman (hip), RHP Carlos Gutierrez (2012 shoulder surgery rehab), RHP Chang-Yong Lim (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Marcos Mateo (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Casey Weathers, INF Junior Lake (rib), and IF-OF Greg Rohan (back surgery) are on 7-day DL |
| TENN |
RHP Dallas Beeler, RHP Dae-Eun Rhee, 1B Justin Bour (broken wrist), OF Johermyn Chavez, and OF Jae-Hoon Ha (back) are on 7-day DL, and INF Carlos Figueroa is INACTIVE (player-coach) |
| DAYT |
RHP Marcelo Carreno, RHP Dayan Diaz, RHP Michael Jensen, RHP Ryan Searle (elbow), RHP Larry Suarez, RHP Yao-Lin Wang, and INF Steve Bruno are on 7-day DL, and C Nate Maldonado is INACTIVE (player-coach) |
| KANE |
RHP Jose Arias (elbow), LHP Gerardo Concepcion (illness), LHP Andrew McKirahan (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Felix Pena, INF Brad Zapenas (2012 shoulder surgery rehab), and OF Trey Martin (left shoulder surgery) are on 7-day DL, and INF Kenny Socorro is INACTIVE (player-coach) |
| BOIS |
NONE |
| AZLC |
NONE |
| DSLC |
RHP Juancito de la Cruz, LHP Andin Diaz, RHP Antonio Encarnacion, and RHP Pedro Silverio are on RESTRICTED LIST (all four PED suspensions) |
| VSLC |
NONE |
i'm just used to bob knowing a lot more about the team...noticing when someone is off their swing or a pitch and recalling when he's been better...comparative analysis of what was done in the past vs what's going on now. it's not like i pine for the days of bob vs aram...because that got old, but bob really dug down in his analysis of players without getting preachy or doing "i'm steve stone and here's how he could be perfect" type analysis.
bob also seemed to not only know who was in the minors, but how they were doing down there beyond the numbers and would talk about them.
I actually enjoy this team much more than last years squad. My twtw(the will to watch) is up 25%-30% from last year. If it wasn't for the shit bullpen, this team would be totally average! If they could dump E. Jax and his entire salary and replace him with one of the college arms, then we are on to something. Make a trade for Price, which I don't see happening, and you've got yourself a fantastic rotation.
Garza
Ninja
Wood II
College guy
Feldman
Let's hear some examples. It's a bit of a reach to suggest that you know he's not doing his homework without providing specifics.
I haven't been able to watch many games (and there is some apathy involved, too), but he's been fine as far as I'm concerned.
Also seems to be a lot of dead air time -- he and Len don't tseem to be in sync yet.
Almora goes 4-7 in yesterday's 14-inning Kane County loss, dropping his average to .636.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-2013-cubs-bette...
FG article from yesterday about the overwhelming underperformance of the 2013 Cubs. If I understand their 'Clutch' stat correctly, then the Cubs this year are 40% less clutch than the 29th-most clutch team in baseball.
I still love TCR, please don't hate me.
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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