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  1. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Jovan Rosa was activated from the DL for Peoria. - Josh Whitlock was placed on the DL.
  2. Wrigley Rat
    Interesting line for 32nd rounder Ken McNutt at Boise: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 0 HR, 1.33 ERA
  3. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Thomas Diamond claimed off waivers by Chicago and optioned to Iowa. - Bobby Scales promoted to Chicago. - Vince Perkins placed on the temporarily inactive list.
  4. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Jose Rosario promoted from Mesa to Daytona - Henry Williamson promoted from Daytona to Iowa
  5. Wrigley Rat
    Ouch - Gaub gave up 3 earned runs in 1 inning pitched today.
  6. Wrigley Rat
    Aaron Shafer has had 5 straight solid starts. 4 earned runs in 23.2 innings with 21 K's, 4 BB's, and 22 H's.
  7. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Drew Rundle to the 7-day DL - Brett Jackson activated from the DL
  8. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Brandon Guyer (officially) to Tennessee. - Doug Deeds to Iowa - Julio Pena from Mesa to Daytona! - Kevin Soto from Mesa to Daytona! - Ezequiel Astacio pitched for Iowa (so he must have been signed as a FA)
  9. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Chris Robinson placed on the temporarily inactive list (no word as to why) - Mark Johnson activated from the 7-day DL
  10. Wrigley Rat
    No Gaub? :( Anyone could be an option, but these are the guys currently on the 40-man roster. My guess is that they won't add anyone new to the 40-man roster until after the season in order to save roster spots for free agents or trades (and maybe a Rule 5 pick). But there is very little reason otherwise not to add Gaub now.
  11. Wrigley Rat
    The options for the remaining three call-ups are: - Mitch Atkins - Esmailin Caridad - Marcos Mateo - Jeff Samardzija - Jeff Stevens - Bobby Scales (My predictions are Stevens, then Samardzija, then Caridad. Scales is an option, but he is in a big slump.) There are also two players on the DL, who are eligible to come off: - Reed Johnson (I think he's close, but not ready yet) - Chad Fox (I don't think he will never pitch again) Mitch Atkins was named PCL player of the week for his past two starts (a shutout and 2 ER's). I still don't think it's enough to get him back up here, though.
  12. Wrigley Rat
    Len Kasper said on today's game that the following players will be here tomorrow: - Micah Hoffpauir - Andres Blanco - Justin Berg David Patton will be here on Wednesday. About three more guys will be here after the minor league season ends.
  13. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: RHP Steven Grife assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. LHP Austin Kirk assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. LHP Brooks Raley assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. RHP Dae-Eun Rhee assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. CF Francisco Guzman assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs.
  14. Wrigley Rat
    http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_28_clrafa_dbcafa_1 Searle did a nice job - just gave up 2 runs in the 1st inning.
  15. Wrigley Rat
    They lost in extra innings 3-2 (it was going to be a 7-inning game, but ended up going 9). I didn't listen to it though.
  16. Wrigley Rat
    Done and done. Oswaldo Martinez has been solid since getting to Daytona and apparently Marwin Gonzalez made a stellar defensive play in the first inning to preserve the game. Against the first hitter of the game! It sounded great.
  17. Wrigley Rat
    Daytona gets second no-hitter of the year (against Clearwater)! Multiple pitchers.
  18. Wrigley Rat
    Daytona is in the second game of a double header. They are entering the 7th (and final) inning of the game & they have not yet given up a hit. Tune in & listen to hear if they can pitch their second no-hitter of the season!
  19. Wrigley Rat
    That's a really nice night for Samardzija! His next pitch will happen as a member of the major league team, so it's a great way to leave the minors!
  20. Wrigley Rat
    Starting Pitchers: Iowa: Jeff Samardzija Tennessee: Chris Carpenter Daytona Game 1: Ryan Searle Daytona Game 2: Oswaldo Martinez Peoria: Justin Bristow Boise: Chris Rusin Tonight is Mesa's last game: Not sure
  21. Wrigley Rat
    Transactions: - Brett Jackson to the DL - Jose Valdez promoted to Peoria
  22. Wrigley Rat
    Welcome to the board!
  23. Wrigley Rat
    Well good - then that means it was negotiated into the CBA. It no longer falls under the category of "loophole". That also explains why teams don't do it more often.
  24. Wrigley Rat
    So here's my problem with that. (Your statement above is true & accurate, but unfortunate.) The players' union negotiates free agency dates, arbitration dates, no cap on draft picks, etc. The market dictates the number of years on contracts, the salary, and no-trade clauses. But when ownership finds a loophole in the system that works to their advantage, they can't use it because they need to remain "stand-up guys"? Alfonso Soriano is still a stand-up guy even though he isn't giving back any of his $160 million that we continue to pay him despite his lack of production (and apparent lack of drive). (I know the union won't allow players to give it back, but that's part of my point.) I don't think it's a "dirty trick" to offer arbitration in the hopes of earning a draft pick or two. His consolation prize is $1,250,000 or more in the spring and the opportunity to earn a heck of a lot more from the next team who signs him. If the players' union thought that was unfair, they would have negotiated it out. But instead, they agreed to allow teams to do that, but teams have to pay a player 25% of their contract for the right to do that. I tell Hendry to do it if he has the money to do it.
  25. Wrigley Rat
    Looks like Bautista's in Peoria. Yeah - whoops. Rosa is on the Peoria DL as well.
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