Updates from Tuesday, Aug. 5
The Chicago Cubs confirmed Javier Baez's inclusion in tonight's lineup:
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The Chicago Cubs haven't had a playoff contender to look forward to come August and September in some time, but the winds of change are blowing in the Windy City. Maybe not for this season, but the organization is loaded with promising young talents in the farm system.
And Cubs fans will be getting an extended look at one of them this season, as dynamic prospect Javier Baez will be joining the team:
Mike Axisa of CBS Sports has more on what Baez has done in his young ...
Regardless of what happens in the remainder of the 2014 season, Cubs fans should feel confident about the future of their lovable losers. Heck, the team may even be able to shed the nickname "lovable losers" in due time.
The reason for the hype surrounding a team that is 16 games below .500 is simple: talented prospects.
The Cubs are rich with talent in the minors, including some potential stars on the verge of being called up to the majors.
In fact, the Cubs have three of the top 10 prospects in baseball, including Kris Bryant, Addison Russel and Javier Baez, all of ...
The focus of Chicago Cubs fans in 2014 continues to be as much on cities like Knoxville, Tennessee, and Des Moines, Iowa, as it is on the city of Chicago.
That's where the team's Double-A and Triple-A affiliates reside and where a number of the team's promising young prospects are currently playing on the path to the big leagues.
With Albert Almora and Jorge Soler recently promoted and C.J. Edwards finally healthy and back pitching, each of the team's top six prospects are now playing in either Double-A or Triple-A, as the big league club is headed for an influx of high-end young talent.
So ...
This trade deadline, the Cubs added to an already loaded system of young talent. Even though they've yet to add any elite pitching prospects to the system, the team continues to claim it can build the pitching staff through trades and free agency.
They better hope that plan works because almost every one of their top prospects is a hitter. It's a good bet that most of those players will eventually see time in the major leagues while a few will be shipped away for pitching. Here is what the team's top-10 prospect list looked like at the beginning of the ...
Fans knew the Cubs would be sellers once again this trade deadline, and with their flurry of deals over the past month, they've added several more key prospects. By dealing solid pieces for future returns, the Cubs have made their next few seasons seem even brighter than before. Here is a breakdown of each trade over the past month:
Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to Athletics for SS Addison Russell and OF Billy McKinney
Trade Grade: A+
Clearly the biggest trade the Cubs made, this blockbuster helped turn the Athletics into World Series favorites and made the Cubs' farm system the best in ...
Fair warning—if you are a player on the Chicago Cubs who is not named Anthony Rizzo, you may very well get traded this season. Just ask Jeff Samardzija, Darwin Barney and Jason Hammel.
The Cubs clearly aren’t going to compete for a postseason berth down the stretch in 2014, and the playoffs in 2015 probably aren’t going to happen either. However, Chicago is loaded with young and talented prospects, including Kris Bryant, Addison Russell and Javier Baez, and counts Rizzo and Starlin Castro as potential franchise cornerstones.
Cubs fans may always say “wait ’til next year,” but for once it may just ...
The focus of Chicago Cubs fans in 2014 continues to be as much on cities like Knoxville, Tennessee and Des Moines, Iowa, as it is on the city of Chicago.
That's where the team's Double-A and Triple-A affiliates reside and where a number of the team's promising young prospects are currently playing on the path to the big leagues.
This past week saw a pair of those top prospects take the next step in their development. On Tuesday, the team promoted Jorge Soler to Triple-A and Albert Almora to Double-A, as the two outfielders remain a big piece of the future puzzle.
So here's an ...
Despite the team's 41-58 record, fans of the Chicago Cubs have quite a few things to be excited about for the remainder of the 2014 season.
Yes, that's right. Be excited for the future, Cubs fans. Then again, the motto "wait until next year" has been the party slogan for over a century.
Though the big league team is struggling, prospects throughout the Cubs farm system are progressing steadily, and core players for the team are improving as well.
Many aspects of the Cubs organization have already changed, from beer vendors to advertising. And according to Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts, Wrigley Field will soon ...
With a pair of home runs in Tuesday's 6-0 win over the San Diego Padres, Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in the National League to reach 25 homers this season, per ESPN Stats & Info.
After hitting solo shots in the third and seventh innings of Tuesday's game, the red-hot first baseman has eight homers in July and five over his last four games. He's pushed his season-long slash line to a robust .283/.385/.539, with his .924 OPS good for fifth-best in the National League.
Set to turn 25 on August 8, Rizzo is in the midst ...
The focus of Chicago Cubs fans here in 2014 continues to be as much on cities like Knoxville, Tennessee, and Des Moines, Iowa, as it is on the city of Chicago.
That's where the team's Double-A and Triple-A affiliates reside and where a number of the team's promising young prospects are currently playing on the path to the big leagues.
This past week was certainly a memorable one for the team's top prospects.
Albert Almora hit for the cycle on Monday, and then all three of the team's top three prospects in Addison Russell, Javier Baez and Kris Bryant homered on Thursday.
That said, ...
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