Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/02/13
Happy Labor Day to everyone from the CCO! As the minor league season entered its final weekend, both the Iowa Cubs and the AZL Cubs were eliminated in their desperate attempts to make the playoffs....
View ArticleBryant and Johnson Receive Minor League Honors and Other Cubs News and Notes
The Cubs named 3B Kris Bryant and RHP Pierce Johnson the organization’s Minor League Player and Pitcher of the month for August on Tuesday. The D-Cubs’ teammates finished up their regular seasons with...
View ArticleCubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/05/13
The Daytona Cubs are the FSL North Champions and are Florida State League Championship Series bound after Wednesday’s 4-0 victory over the Dunedin Blue Jays. The D-Cubs swept the best of three series...
View ArticleCubs Down on the Farm Report – 09/09/13
The post-season continued for three of the Cubs’ affiliates and Monday will be a big day down on the farm. The Smokies forced a deciding game five by winning back-to-back games over the Barons on...
View ArticleThe Daytona Cubs Win the Florida State League Championship
C.J. Edwards set the tone on Monday night with five innings of one-hit shutout ball, Ryan Searle pitched four perfect innings in relief of Edwards, Dan Vogelbach drove in the first run and the D-Cubs...
View ArticleCubs Go With a Six-Man Rotation, a Tentative Schedule and Other News and Notes
The Cubs announced on Tuesday that they will be using a six-man rotation the next two times through the rotation. The addition of Scott Baker will help limit innings for Jeff Samardzija and Travis Wood...
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Baez and Bryant Top Baseball America’s List of Cubs Prospects for 2014
Baseball America released their list of the Cubs top 10 prospects for 2014 on Monday. Javier Baez topped the Cubs’ ranking with Kris Bryant just behind him at number two on BA’s list. C.J. Edwards is...
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Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 11/14/13
Pitching Analysis The CCO’s off-season look at the Cubs’ minor league system continues today. After viewing the possible pitching staff for Triple-A last week, we now turn to the staff for Double-A...
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Cubs Close to Announcing Coaching Staff? And Other News and Notes
The Cubs were expected to announce Rick Renteria’s coaching staff this week. The official announcement may be a couple of days away but they appear close to finalizing the coaching staff according to...
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The Daytona Cubs Named Baseball America’s Minor League Team of the Year
The Cubs’ farm system received another accolade on Wednesday morning when Baseball America named the 2013 Daytona Cubs their minor league team of the year. The D-Cubs won the Florida State League...
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Top Five Moments of the 2013 Season in the Cubs Minor League System
The Cubs’ farm system had a very memorable 2013 season. Several players, even the ones not making headlines, showed a lot of improvement on the field. Three of the Cubs’ affiliates made the post-season...
View ArticleMinor League Ball’s Top Cubs Prospects for 2014
John Sickels released his list of the top prospects in the Cubs’ organization on Wednesday. Javier Baez and Kris Bryant topped Sickels’ ranking of the best players in what he labeled a “dramatically...
View ArticleKeith Law’s Top 10 Cubs Prospects for 2014
ESPN’s Keith Law concluded his week-long look at the best prospects in the game Friday with his top 10 lists for each of the National League teams. Keith Law, as has been the case with nearly every...
View ArticleBaseball America’s Top 31 Cubs Prospects for 2014
Baseball America’s 2014 Prospect Handbook arrived Wednesday with the Twins’ Miguel Sano on the cover and more positive news about the Cubs’ farm system. Like Baseball Prospectus (No. 2) and Keith Law...
View ArticleThe CCO’s Top 20 Cubs Prospects for 2014
The Cubs farm system has improved dramatically over the last three years. As the current president of baseball operations said, the Cubs finally got it in 2011. And Tim Wilken’s last draft pointed the...
View ArticleMLB.com’s Pre-Season Top 25 Cubs Prospects
Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo released MLB.com’s pre-season ranking of the Cubs top 20 prospects earlier in the week, along with five more players and a sleeper for the upcoming season. As with the case...
View ArticleCubs Down on the Farm Report – 03/24/14
Minor League Preview – Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa Good Morning to everyone at the CCO! Today is the last of a three part installment previewing the 2014 minor league season. We will be...
View ArticleTennessee Smokies Release Tentative Opening Day Roster
The Tennessee Smokies, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, released their first roster of the season on Monday afternoon. Buddy Bailey’s team opens the 2014 season on Thursday night at...
View ArticleCubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/07/14
Welcome everyone to a new minor league season. Jacob Hannemann, Pin-Chieh Chen and Gioskar Amaya have started the season hot at the plate, while Tyler Skulina, Daury Torrez and Tayler Scott have...
View ArticleCubs Down on the Farm Report – 04/14/14
Week two saw some fancy pitching in Iowa as Kyle Hendricks and Tsuyoshi Wada helped the I-Cubs to a winning record. Tennessee even their record thanks to clutch hitting by Stephen Bruno and Wes...
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