The Cubs are set to mercifully play their final game of the season against the San Diego Padres tonight. Other than the rather meaningless goal of Ryan Dempster hitting 200 innings, a win or loss could be the difference between drafting Ryan Braun or Wade Townsend.
As you probably know, the Cubs are in a September race of their own that has come down to the final day. Oh sure, nothing as immediately gratifying as the current wild card races, but depending on how the games play out tonight, the Cubs can do as well as the 5th spot in the draft or fall back as far as the 8th spot. The ramifications of which could be rather meaningful for next year's draft and upcoming Cubs seasons. Just going back to 1995, here's who was picked #5 through #8:
brendan harris (LAA) breaks an 0-24 slide with a single vs SEA.
in other news...brendan harris is still playing baseball.
h.rodriguez...5 pitches...0 outs...men on 2nd and 3rd.
welcome to the cubs, guy.
hbp, single, soriano fielding error allowing runners to advance, sac fly, ground out to SS, popout at the wall in CF.
1ip 1h 0bb 0k..1r/0er
Jim Callis@jimcallisBA
#Cubs sign 2nd-rder Rob Zastryzny for $1.1 mil. Missouri LHP, adds & subtracts from 86-95 mph FB, flashes plus changeup.
Slot value was $1,361,900.
Reyburn's been terrible all night. What an asshat.
EPIC cubbery in the bottom 7th...holy crap...wow.
swaimy's busy trying to get tossed...
he gets his wish.
just wow.
w.castillo picks up his 8th walk of the season tonight...
it's his 7th walk since May 23rd.
I would be doing the same.....in the stands. St. Louis is swampy.
game on...
10 pitches in and s.miller is POURING sweat...he looks like a glazed doughnut.
tarp off the field...
"Carrie Muskat @CarrieMuskat
#Cubs vs #STLCards hope to start at 8 pm CT"
wow...a desipio article that doesn't turn into frat boy chest bumping or a series of profanities before 3-4 paragraphs end...someone's going to get fired.
This morning I got wind of a new Al Yellon article so poorly thought out, so unreasonably daffy and so incompetent that I cursed the Twitter Gods for suspending my account because I wanted to share some good old Steve Stone motherboy flesh with the world. http://www.desipio.com/?p=4452
rain delay...tarp on field...not heavy, but they're not going to be playing baseball for 30-60 minutes, minimum.
I managed to read it all. I'll summarize: "I want the Cubs to win".
Dude is really going out on a limb.
BA says Cubs are going after OF Eloy Jimenez out of the Dominican
http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/eloy-jimenez-stands-out-amo...
and MLB.com article says Cubs are 1 of 7 teams with serious interest in RHP Miguel Gonzalez out of Cuba
Like base coaches, they'll probably end up with helmets on
Ben Badler@BenBadler
With minor league all-star games this week, expect a slew of prospect promotions very soon.