2013 Draft Pick Order

The Cubs have clinched the #2 spot in the 2013 draft. Congrats?

2013 Draft Pick Order

Houston Astros
Chicago Cubs
Colorado Rockies
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Miami Marlins
Boston Red Sox
Kansas City
Pittsburgh Pirates (for not signing Mark Appel)
Toronto Blue Jays

Cubs Roster Info

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ELIGIBLE FOR DECEMBER 2013 MLB RULE 5 DRAFT

Last updated 5-20-2013

Hunter Ackerman, LHP
Arismendy Alcantara, INF
Gioskar Amaya, INF
Jose Arias, RHP
Frank Batista, RHP
Xavier Batista, OF
Dallas Beeler, RHP
Justin Bour, 1B
Sergio Burruel, C
Esmailin Caridad, RHP
Marcelo Carreno, RHP
Lendy Castillo, RHP
Javier Castro, RHP
Zach Cates, RHP
Hunter Cervenka, LHP
Pin-Chieh Chen, OF
Casey Coleman, RHP
Gerardo Concepcion, LHP
Willson Contreras, C
Wes Darvill, INF
Antonio Encarnacion, RHP
Luis Flores, C
Anthony Giansanti, OF
Enyel Gonzalez, RHP
Carlos Gutierrez, RHP
Jae-Hoon Ha, OF
Eric Jokisch, LHP
Dong-Yub Kim, OF
Austin Kirk, LHP
Luis Liria, RHP
Matt Loosen, RHP
Jeff Lorick, LHP
Eric Martinez, RHP
A. J. Morris, RHP
Chad Noble, C
Loiger Padron, RHP
Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP (see NOTE)
Amaury Paulino, RHP
Felix Pena, RHP
Starling Peralta, RHP
Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP
Kevin Rhoderick, RHP
Greg Rohan, IF-OF
Jose Rosario, RHP
Zac Rosscup, LHP
Victor Salazar, RHP
Brian Schlitter, RHP
Ryan Searle, RHP
Elliot Soto, INF
Nick Struck, RHP
Luis Villalba, LHP
Yao-Lin Wang, RHP
Oliver Zapata, OF
NOTE: Player not eligible for selection if added to MLB 40-man roster by 11/20. Also, Juan Carlos Paniagua signed his first contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks as "Juan Callado" on 5-8-2009 and pitched for the DSL Diamondbacks in the Dominican Summer League in 2009-10, but the contract was "pending" for almost two years and was never officially approved by MLB. The contract was eventually rejected by MLB due to "fraudulent paperwork" and Paniagua (Callado) was suspended for one year and then was declared a free-agent. He signed with the New York Yankees in March 2011 but then was suspended again and that contract was rejected, too, because his birth certificate could not be verified. Paniagua was cleared by MLB in 2012 and he signed with the Cubs on 7-9-2012. Therefore, Paniagua could be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time in December 2013, since 2009 was his "first season" on the field and he was 18 on the June 5th immediately preceding the signing of his first contract, or he might not be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time until December 2015, if 2012 is considered Paniagua's "first season" for Rule 5 eligibility purposes.

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Awards

2007 TCR Postseason Award Show

Time to finish off the postseason awards circuit with TCR’s unique take on the season. It was a bit more difficult a task than last year, because, well, the Cubs didn’t completely suck, but the selection committee did their best.

Splendid Splinter Award (Honoring the Rookie who was firmly planted on the bench for no real good reason)

The Cubs looked set at the catching position going into the year with the offensive-minded yet defensively challenged Michael Barrett. Unfortunately the offense didn’t show up this year and the defense was never there. After serving as Z’s personal punching bag in early June and suffering mistake after mistake, he finally got shipped off to San Diego.

That would seem like a good chance to bring in the catcher tearing up the PCL and already on the 40-man roster, but instead the Cubs brought over Rob Bowen and his whopping _______ batting average. He managed to perform even worse as a Cub and the Cubs moved him to the A’s.

Alright, fine, no major harm done, let’s go Soto in that lineup.

Um, nope, time f

Tallest Midget of the Year (Perceived Greatness amongst Mediocre Peers)

“…people say “gritty” and “scrappy” and “smart” when they really just mean “short.” (Keith Law)

I think that best sums up the man who eventually took over shorstop duties for 2007.

Ryan Theriot

Nomar Garciaparra’s Groin Award (Crushing Injury That Ruined Hurt the Season)
Alfonso Soriano

Cecil Fielder Award (Most Unathletic Player)

Scott Eyre/

Mitch Williams Award (Heart Attack Bullpen Guy)

Ryan Dempster/Will Ohman

Lord Voldermort Trophy (Most Hated Cub)

Dempster? Barrett?

Brant Brown Award (The Most Amazing Way to Lose a Game)

Ronny Cedeno slide

Grady Little Award (Boneheaded managerial decision of the year)

Carlos Zambrano Game 1

Allard Baird Award (GM’s worst move; Could also be called the Cam Bonifay Award or Chuck Lamar award and by next year possibly the Jim Hendry Award)

Let’s see here, team is second in NL in ERA and Runs Allowed, everyone’s healthy, I know, we need to trade for a pitcher who was good about 10 years ago. YeahSteve Trachsel trade…

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