11/16 AFL & winter ball update
This is the final week of games for the Arizona Fall League. Josh Vitters apparently is recovered from the strained muscle, and hit a two-run homer Saturday in Mesa’s 4-2 win over Peoria. He’s batting...
View Article11/29 Winter ball update
Jake Fox hit his first home run this winter on Saturday, a solo shot, for Licey in a 6-5 win over the Toros del Este in the Dominican Republic. In four games, Fox is 5-for-15 with one double and five...
View Article11/30 Winter ball update
Jake Fox went 3-for-5 Sunday for Licey with a double and two RBIs, and now is batting .350 with seven RBIs in five games in the Dominican Republic. In the Mexican League, Matt Camp went 4-for-5 on...
View Article12/14 Winter ball update
Brad Snyder went 2-for-4, including a triple, and drove in two runs for Mexicali on Sunday. The outfielder was batting .380 with eight homers and 47 RBIs in 52 games in the Mexican League. Snyder...
View Article12/22 Winter ball update
Cubs prospect Robinson Chirinos has been on fire in Venezuela. On Friday, he went 4-for-4, hitting a home run and driving in two runs, to help Magallanes beat Caribes, 7-4, in the Venezuelan Winter...
View Article1/8/10 Winter ball update
Brad Snyder went 3-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs for Mexicali, but it wasn’t enough as the Mexican Winter League team lost, 14-9, to Obregon and was eliminated in the playoffs. Snyder, expected...
View Article3/14 Roster moves
The Cubs trimmed nine players from their Spring Training camp roster on Sunday. Mitch Atkins was optioned to Triple-A Iowa and David Patton was optioned to Double-A Tennessee. Catchers Steve Clevenger...
View Article9/5 Iowa Cubs FINAL
Allen Craig hit a RBI single with one out in the 15th inning off Jeff Gray to lift Memphis to an 8-7 win over the Iowa Cubs on Sunday. Iowa starter Jeff Gray gave up seven runs on eight hits over six...
View Article3/14 Cubs extra bases – UPDATED
The Cubs have 16 Cactus League games remaining, including split squads on Tuesday. A few odds and ends: * Starlin Castro ranks third in the Cactus League with a .485 batting average. He went 6-for-6...
View Article3/24 Cubs trim 5: Scales, Ojeda, Moore, Camp, Perez
The Cubs trimmed five more players from the spring roster, optioning outfielder Fernando Perez to Triple-A Iowa and assigning Bobby Scales, Augie Ojeda, Scott Moore and Matt Camp to the Minor League...
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