Hail Szczur: Official Cubs Prospects and Off-season Leagues Thread

[Mr. Cub]

12-7. Wow! The ultimate collapse.

 

[Jntg4]

Candelario error leads to 7 unearned runs and a 12-9 defeat. That's it guys, Cubs Minor League teams are officially championless this year.

 

[Rice Cube]

Soler = Sosa?

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cub...to-sosa?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[2SeamHeat]

Soler = Sosa?

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cub...to-sosa?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Sosa.... pre-roids maybe. That would be excellent if he could live up to Sosa's 93-97 form (minus the injuries) this will turn out to be one of the greatest signings the Cubs have ever made.

 

[Rice Cube]

Sosa.... pre-roids maybe. That would be excellent if he could live up to Sosa's 93-97 form (minus the injuries) this will turn out to be one of the greatest signings the Cubs have ever made.

That'd be cool. I'm hoping for 1998-2003 Sosa as well

 

[2SeamHeat]

That'd be cool. I'm hoping for 1998-2003 Sosa as well

Well, sure... but let's remain at least remotely realistic here.

 

[Rice Cube]

http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2012/09/12/912-cubs-to-stay-in-boise/

The Cubs and Boise Hawks have agreed to a two-year extension of their player development contract. The Idaho Statesman first reported the news today, and a team official confirmed. The Hawks have been a short-season Class A affiliate of the Cubs since 2001. In 12 seasons with the Cubs, Boise has qualified for the Northwest League playoffs six times, including each of the last two years.

The Cubs have yet to announce whether they will renew their PDC with Class A Daytona and Class A Peoria. Chicago has agreements with Triple-A Iowa thorugh the 2016 season and with Double-A Tennessee through 2014.

 

[Jntg4]

MinorLeagueSource made me think Iowa was up this year too, not my fault :fist:

Only thing left is when KC affiliation is official and then Daytona. Not many Advanced Rookie affiliates are available, and since there is a limit of 6 US-based teams and 8 total in any farm, we'd have to fold Mesa to do so anyway, so I doubt it.

 

[Rice Cube]

Beyond the Box Score on Theo Era, so far:

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/9/13/3276408/theo-epsteins-modus-operandi

 

[Jntg4]

Beyond the Box Score on Theo Era, so far:

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/9/13/3276408/theo-epsteins-modus-operandi

They messed up saying only Wood had previous MLB experience from Marshall trade, meet Dave Sappelt haha

 

[Rice Cube]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/13512/cubs-dangle-wrigley-carrot-in-front-of-almora

Albert Almora was at Wrigley today.

 

[Jntg4]

And Soler tomorrow

 

[Jntg4]

Soler proving he can clear a major league outfield fence, 3 of last 4 swings at one point were HR in BP at Wrigley

 

[Rice Cube]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=chicagocubs&id=13549

Soler and Almora are buddy buddy.

 

[Rice Cube]

http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2012/09/16/916-instructional-league/

The Cubs’ instructional league begins on Monday, and it’s another chance for some of the team’s top prospects to fine tune their skills. Games begin on Sept. 21. Here’s a list of players who will participate at the Cubs’ facility in Mesa, Ariz.:

Pitchers

Jose Arias, Dallas Beeler, Paul Blackburn, Gerardo Concepcion, Nathan Dorris, Corbin Hoffner, Pierce Johnson, Trey Lang, Dillon Maples, Chad Martin, Carlos Martinez, Ryan McNeil, Juan Paniagua, Stephen Perakslis, Starling Peralta, Anthony Prieto, Austin Reed, Duane Underwood, Ben Wells.

Catchers

Wilson Contreras, Chadd Krist, Rafael Lopez, Justin Marra, Lance Rymel.

Infielders

Arismendy Alcantara, Gioskar Amaya, David Bote, Stephen Bruno, Jeimer Candelario, Ben Carhart, Marco Hernandez, Jesse Hodges, Carlos Penalver, Jacob Rogers, Tim Saunders, Dan Vogelbach.

Outfielders

Albert Almora, Yasiel Balaguert, Shawon Dunston Jr., Trevor Gretzky, Trey Martin, Bijan Rademacher, Jorge Soler.

Who are these fuckin' guys?

[video=youtube;IXaqDcb51tI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXaqDcb51tI[/video]

 

[Jntg4]

Pretty talented instructional league team there

 

[dabynsky]

Well the list is made up of a couple of groups just like the AFL roster was, except with more guys and guys farther down in development. Got a few guys like Arias, Peralta and Beeler that are all rule 5 eligible this offseason that they need to make a call on roster them and a lot more guys that were draft picks or signings the past couple of years with big names like Johnson, Vogelbach, Dunston Jr., etc. and the low bonus guys from this draft like Carhart, Bote, Saunders, Peralksis. Interesting list to get a gauge on how the Cubs feel about a lot of these guys. Seems to answer some rule 5 questions (Michael Brenly, Justin Bour, Rebel Ridling, Austin Kirk and some others that are probably going to be exposed).

 

[Rice Cube]

http://www.chicitysports.com/2012/0...com-sits-down-with-cubs-prospect-jorge-soler/

Zack wrote up the interview and didn't even post it. Way to go!

 

[Rice Cube]

Peoria ---> Cardinals

http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/...ially-affiliated-with-the-st-louis-cardinals/

Expect a Cubs ---> Kane County announcement at some point.

 

[Rice Cube]

Still waiting for a press release but Cubs ---> Kane County seems a reality.

Here's something from last month wondering whether the leak was a violation subject to fine:

https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120821/news/708219817/