Wrigley Rat

Here they are... Everyone from the trades look to be assigned: Chicago: - Chicago Cubs recalled Alberto Cabrera from Iowa Cubs. - Chicago Cubs recalled Chris Volstad from Iowa Cubs. - Chicago Cubs recalled RHP Casey Coleman from Iowa Cubs. - Chicago Cubs recalled 2B Adrian Cardenas from Iowa Cubs. - Chicago Cubs recalled C Welington Castillo from Iowa Cubs. Iowa: - Chicago Cubs optioned Casey Coleman to Iowa Cubs. - RHP Ty'Relle Harris assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - 1B Greg Rohan assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - C Juan Apodaca assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Chicago Cubs optioned RHP Jaye Chapman to Iowa Cubs. Tennessee: - 3B Matthew Cerda assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. - RHP Kyle Hendricks assigned to Tennessee Smokies (see note below...). - Chicago Cubs optioned Jacob Brigham to Tennessee Smokies. Daytona: - Kyle Hendricks assigned to Daytona Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Daytona Cubs placed SS Elliot Soto on the 7-Day disabled list. Hamstring injury. - Lendy Castillo assigned to Daytona Cubs from AZL Cubs. - Vladimir Frias assigned to Daytona Cubs from Chicago Cubs. (A SS from an Indy League) - 3B Christian Villanueva assigned to Daytona Cubs. Boise: - Pierce Johnson assigned to AZL Cubs from Boise Hawks. - Boise Hawks released RHP Roderik Pichardo. - Justin Amlung assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. Mesa: - Michael Hamann assigned to AZL Cubs from Boise Hawks.

(I'm sure a ton more transactions will be announced tomorrow/Thursday.) Iowa: - Iowa Cubs activated RHP Jairo Asencio. - Iowa Cubs placed 2B Blake DeWitt on the 7-Day disabled list. - Iowa Cubs placed RHP Rafael Dolis on the 7-Day disabled list. - Jeff Frazier assigned to Iowa Cubs from Chicago Cubs.

Tennessee: - Tennessee Smokies placed RF Jae-Hoon Ha on the 7-Day disabled list. - Matthew Szczur assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. Peoria: - Peoria Chiefs placed OF Taiwan Easterling on the 7-Day disabled list. - Peoria Chiefs activated SS Kenny Socorro from the 7-Day disabled list.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/cubs-promote-matt-szczur-to-double-a-team-in-tennessee/article_fa8f43bc-d83c-11e1-aa8f-0019bb2963f4.html Matt Szczur to Tennessee.

Iowa: - Chicago Cubs outrighted Jairo Asencio to Iowa Cubs. - RHP Marcus Hatley assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Ty'Relle Harris assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Chicago Cubs optioned Rafael Dolis to Iowa Cubs. Tennessee: - Brian Schlitter assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. Boise: - Daniel Vogelbach assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. Mesa: - LHP Brian Smith assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Ryan McNeil assigned to AZL Cubs. - OF Albert Almora assigned to AZL Cubs. - 1B Ryan Cuneo assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Tyler Bremer assigned to AZL Cubs. From BA: Released: 1B Ryan Cuneo Recalled: LHP Jeff Beliveau Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Rafael Dolis Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Corbin Hoffner, RHP Jose Rosario, OF Izaac Garsez Placed on 60-day DL: OF Rashad Crawford Reinstated from DL: 1B Ryan Cuneo

Wouldn't a B or B- prospect be a good return for Soto? I know he said *might*, but lets just say it's possible. From Sickels list (before the season)... Angels had 2 B and 6 B- prospects. They are in order: Garrett Richards/Jean Segura/Taylor Lindsey/Kaleb Cowart/CJ Cron/John Hellweg/Luis Jimenez/Nick Maronde. I'm not sure that they mean a B rating on Sickles' scale. Usually B prospects are "the next tier" of prospects after you get past an organization's Top 10 or so. I don't think Soto could fetch any of those prospects listed (but I'd love to be wrong!).

No Vitters in the lineup today - traded?

Summary of most of what happened this week and a bit more: Tennessee: - SS Dustin Harrington assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. Daytona: - Elliot Soto assigned to Daytona Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Daytona Cubs placed LHP Matthew Spencer on the 7-Day disabled list. hamstring injury - Daytona Cubs placed SS Arismendy Alcantara on the 7-Day disabled list. leg injury - Hunter Cervenka assigned to Daytona Cubs from Peoria Chiefs. - Timothy Saunders assigned to Daytona Cubs from AZL Cubs. Peoria: - Peoria Chiefs placed RHP Jose Rosario on the 7-Day disabled list. Strained arm. - Pete Levitt assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks. - Bryce Shafer assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks. - OF Bijan Rademacher assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks. Boise: - Izaac Garsez assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - LHP Matt Iannazzo assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - Hunter Ackerman assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - Carlos Escobar assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. Mesa: - Yasiel Balaguert assigned to AZL Cubs from Peoria Chiefs. - RF Jorge Soler assigned to AZL Cubs. Explanation from Arizona Phil: There were a series of roster moves made as the result of Daytona SS Arismendy Alcantara going on the DL. 1. Elliot Soto (who had been the back-up SS at Tennessee) was sent down to Daytona from Tennssee to be the #1 SS at Daytona. 2. Dustin Harrington (the utility INF at Daytona) was moved up to AA to be the utility INF at Tennessee. 3. Tim Saunders (who started games at 2B, SS, 3B, and CF at AZL Cubs) was promoted to Hi-A to replace Harrington as the utility INF at Daytona. The other option would have been to move Saunders up to Peoria and utility INF Wes Darvill up to Daytona from Peoria, but despite just having signed with the Cubs, the 22-year old Saunders is more-polished and a better defensive player than Darvill, and probably better-able to handle DSL pitching, too. BA: Draft picks signed: RHP Duane Underwood (2), OF Albert Almora (1) Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Kenny Socorro, RHP Randy Wells, RHP Tony York, LHP Gerardo Concepcion, LHP Matt Spencer, SS Arismendy Alcantara Reinstated from DL: RHP Justin Berg, RHP Corbin Hoffner, C Rafael Lopez, OF Rashad Crawford - Cubs Sign Juan Carlos Paniagua For $1.5 Million

Here is the list - I ranked the players based on who I would protect. Not sure if it's worth critiquing, but I was thinking about it since the Cubs must be thinking about their 40-man roster as it may look after all of the trades they might be making in the coming weeks. Plenty will disagree, but I don't think many players would be taken anyway! Definitely: Brett Jackson, OF Probably: Frank Batista, RHP Marcus Hatley, RHP Maybe: Trey McNutt, RHP Logan Watkins, INF Rob Whitenack, RHP Brooks Raley, LHP Nick Struck, RHP Chris Rusin, LHP Austin Kirk, LHP Esmailin Caridad, RHP Jose Rosario, RHP Not sure: Justin Bour, 1B Jeffry Antigua, LHP Rebel Ridling, 1B-OF A. J. Morris, RHP Ty Wright, OF Ryan Searle, RHP Brian Schlitter, RHP Luis Liria, RHP Jeff Lorick, LHP Eduardo Figueroa, RHP David Cales, RHP Michael Burgess, OF Nelson Perez, OF Evan Crawford, OF Matt Cerda, INF Ty’Relle Harris, RHP Hunter Cervenka, LHP Greg Rohan, IF-OF Roderik Pichardo, RHP Casey Weathers, RHP Felix Pena, RHP Starling Peralta, RHP Larry Suarez, RHP Brett Wallach, RHP Matt Spencer, LHP (ex-OF) Willengton Cruz, LHP Michael Brenly, C Francisco Turbi, RHP Antonio Encarnacion, RHP Alvido Jimenez, RHP Enyelberth Pena, RHP Jose Montesino, INF Julio Sanchez, RHP David Macias, IF-OF (player-coach) Nate Maldonado, C (player-coach) Pedro Medina, RHP (ex-OF) Melvin Rosa, RHP

Mesa: - RHP Justin Amlung assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Duane Underwood assigned to AZL Cubs. http://www.thehour.com/sports/iannazzo-promoted-to-boise-takes-next-step-toward-cubs/article_5cc1371e-cedf-11e1-8767-001a4bcf6878.html

Tennessee: - C Chad Noble assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. Daytona: - Anthony York assigned to Daytona Cubs from AZL Cubs. - Rafael Lopez assigned to Daytona Cubs from Peoria Chiefs. Peoria: - Peoria Chiefs placed SS Kenny Socorro on the 7-Day disabled list. Sprained right ankle. - Peoria Chiefs placed LHP Gerardo Concepcion on the 7-Day disabled list. Virus. - C Chadd Krist assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks. - Justin Berg assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Iowa Cubs. Boise: - Carlos Escobar assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - Pierce Johnson assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - Rashad Crawford assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - Brian Smith assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. Mesa: - Shawon Dunston assigned to AZL Cubs from Boise Hawks. - RHP Carl Lang assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Lendy Castillo assigned to AZL Cubs. - AZL Cubs released 2B Gregori Gonzalez. BA: Released: RHP Mike MacDougal, 2B Gregori Gonzalez Recalled: RHP Chris Volstad Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Chris Volstad Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Alvaro Sosa, LHP Kyle Shepard, LHP Brian Smith, OF Rashad Crawford, OF Anthony Giansanti, OF Ty Wright Transferred to 60-day DL: RHP Amaury Paulino, RHP Brett Wallach, LHP Andrew McKirahan Reinstated from DL: RHP Kenny Socorro

Iowa: - Chicago Cubs optioned Chris Volstad to Iowa Cubs. - Iowa Cubs placed LF Ty Wright on the 7-Day disabled list. stress fracture in right leg - CF James Adduci assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. Tennessee: - LHP Zachary Rosscup assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Peoria Chiefs. Peoria: - Jeffry Antigua assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Tennessee Smokies. Mesa: - C Rafael Lopez assigned to AZL Cubs. BA: Signed: RHP Michael Bowden*, RHP Alvaro Sosa (re-signed) Draft picks signed: RHP Justin Amlung (12), RHP Tyler Bremer (27), RHP Ryan McNeil (3), RHP Jasvir Rakkar (26), SS David Bote (18) Released: RHP Ricardo Estevez, RHP Ramon Garcia, RHP Shane Lindsay, LHP Hung-Chih Kuo, OF Eduardo Gonzalez Recalled: RHP Rafael Dolis, 1B Anthony Rizzo Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Casey Coleman, 2B Adrian Cardenas Optioned to Rookie-level Arizona League: OF Jorge Soler Option transferred: RHP Alberto Cabrera (Double-A to Triple-A) Removed from 40-man: RHP Randy Wells (outrighted to Triple-A) Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Corbin Hoffner, RHP Amaury Paulino, RHP Kenny Socorro Reinstated from DL: RHP Ricardo Estevez, RHP Shane Lindsay, LHP Hunter Ackerman, LHP Hung-Chih Kuo, OF Taiwan Easterling *Any player listed with an asterisk (*) signed a minor league contract with the organization after being removed from the 40-man roster and clearing waivers.

Chicago: - Chicago Cubs recalled RHP Chris Volstad from Iowa Cubs. Iowa: - Chicago Cubs optioned RHP Casey Coleman to Iowa Cubs. Peoria: - Peoria Chiefs placed C Anthony Giansanti on the 7-Day disabled list. Left ankle sprain - Peoria Chiefs activated SS Kenny Socorro from the 7-Day disabled list. - RHP Joseph Zeller assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks. Mesa: - C Alberto Mineo assigned to AZL Cubs.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120703&content_id=34381026&vkey=pr_chc&c_id=chc

Iowa: - Chicago Cubs outrighted Randy Wells to Iowa Cubs. Tennessee: - Greg Rohan assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. - RHP Tony Zych assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. - C Juan Apodaca assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Iowa Cubs. - C Luis Flores retired. Daytona: - Matthew Cerda assigned to Daytona Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Matthew Spencer assigned to Daytona Cubs from Peoria Chiefs. Boise: - Boise Hawks released OF Eduardo Gonzalez. - Trey Martin assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - RHP Eduardo Orozco assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - RHP Michael Hamann assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - OF Bijan Rademacher assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - LHP Michael Heesch assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. Mesa: - Gregori Gonzalez assigned to AZL Cubs from Boise Hawks. - Amaury Paulino assigned to AZL Cubs from Boise Hawks.

From BA: Signed: RHP Tony York (NDFA—UC San Diego) Draft picks signed: OF Bijan Rademacher (13), RHP Pierce Johnson (1.5), RHP Trey Lang (6) Released: 1B Jair Bogaerts, 1B Richard Jones, 2B Brian Inoa Placed on 7-day DL: C Nathan Maldonado, SS Carlos Figueroa, LHP Hunter Ackerman, RHP Dillon Maples Placed on 60-day DL: RHP Josh Conway, RHP Austin Urban Reinstated from DL: LHP Zach Rosscup, RHP Zach Cates, RHP Su-Min Jung, RHP Casey Weathers The Cubs released Jair Bogaerts, the twin brother of top Red Sox prospect Xander, whom they received as a throw-in in the protracted Theo Epstein transaction. Chicago received Epstein and Bogaerts, while Boston acquired righthanders Chris Carpenter (who hasn't pitched this season and is on the 60-day DL) and Aaron Kurcz (a wild, but high-strikeout, reliever in Double-A).

Mesa: - Daniel Adrian assigned to AZL Cubs from DSL Cubs1. - RHP Anthony York assigned to AZL Cubs. - David Bote assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs.

Just activated today. I'm glad to see him at Iowa.

Chicago: - Chicago Cubs recalled Rafael Dolis from Iowa Cubs. - Chicago Cubs recalled Anthony Rizzo from Iowa Cubs. Iowa: - Alberto Cabrera assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Chicago Cubs optioned 2B Adrian Cardenas to Iowa Cubs. Peoria: - Peoria Chiefs placed SS Kenny Socorro on the 7-Day disabled list. right hamstring - LHP Zachary Rosscup assigned to Peoria Chiefs. From BA: Signed: LHP Matt Iannazzo (NDFA—Pittsburgh), LHP Kyle Shepard (NDFA—Stonehill (Mass.)) Draft picks signed: RHP Paul Blackburn (1.5), RHP Josh Conway (4), RHP Mike Hamann (16), RHP Corbin Hoffner (14), RHP Chad Martin (10), RHP Eduardo Orozco (22), RHP Steve Perakslis (21), LHP Nathan Dorris (17), LHP Michael Heesch (8), LHP Anthony Prieto (5), C Carlos Escobar (15), C Chadd Krist (9), C Lance Rymel (28), 1B Jacob Rogers (40), 2B Steve Bruno (7), 3B Ben Carhart (35), SS Tim Saunders (32), OF Rashad Crawford (11), OF Izaac Garsez (30) Elected free agency: C Koyie Hill Recalled: LHP Scott Maine Removed from 40-man: C Koyie Hill (outrighted to Triple-A) Optioned to Triple-A: C Welington Castillo Added to 40-man roster: 2B Luis Valbuena Placed on 7-day DL: OF Taiwan Easterling Reinstated from DL: RHP Frankie de la Cruz, RHP Kenny Socorro, LHP Matt Spencer, 2B Blake Dewitt, OF Matt Szczur MLBTradeRumors.com: - The Cubs cut first baseman Jair Bogaerts, the twin brother of Red Sox prospect Xander Bogaerts, according to Eddy (via Twitter). Bogaerts came to Chicago as a throw-in in the Theo Epstein compensation trade. - Doug Padilla of ESPNChicago.com expects the Cubs to add Jorge Soler to the team's 40-man roster upon his official signing after designating Randy Wells for assignment on Wednesday. Soler has until July 1 at 11:59 p.m. to sign the deal with Chicago or he stands to lose approximately $27MM as any international deal signed after that date can only be for a maximum of $2.9MM.

Peoria: - Zach Cates assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Daytona Cubs. - Matthew Spencer assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks. - Peoria Chiefs placed OF Taiwan Easterling on the 7-Day disabled list retroactive to June 14, 2012. Boise: - 2B Gregori Gonzalez assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs. - Boise Hawks released DH Brian Inoa.

http://www.ksby.com/news/mcneil-agrees-to-terms-with-cubs-eager-to-start-pro-career/

Somewhat official on David Bote signing: http://www.krextv.com/sports/juco-world-series-2012/JUCO-World-Series-Alum-David-Bote-Signs-with-Cubs--160085025.html

Nicely done.

Tennessee: - Tennessee Smokies activated RHP Casey Weathers from the 7-Day disabled list. - Nelson Perez assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs. Daytona: - Kyler Burke assigned to Daytona Cubs from Peoria Chiefs. Boise: - RHP Su-Min Jung assigned to Boise Hawks. - Zachary Rosscup assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs.

Here are a few more... Daytona: - 1B Rebel Ridling assigned to Daytona Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - RHP Brian Schlitter assigned to Daytona Cubs from Tennessee Smokies. - Daytona Cubs released 1B Richard Jones. Boise: - RHP Joseph Zeller assigned to Boise Hawks from Daytona Cubs. - Felix Pena assigned to Boise Hawks from Peoria Chiefs. - Stephen Bruno assigned to Boise Hawks from Chicago Cubs. - Chadd Krist assigned to Boise Hawks from Chicago Cubs. - Lance Rymel assigned to Boise Hawks from Chicago Cubs. Mesa: - RHP Corbin Hoffner assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - SS Timothy Saunders assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Paul Blackburn assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - OF Izaac Garsez assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - 3B Benjamin Carhart assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Steve Perakslis assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - OF Rashad Crawford assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - LHP Michael Heesch assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - LHP Matt Iannazzo assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Carlos Martinez-Pumarino assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP David Henrie assigned to AZL Cubs. - LHP Anthony Prieto assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Chad Martin assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Austin Urban assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Zach Cates assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Arturo Maltos-Garcia assigned to AZL Cubs. - C Justin Marra assigned to AZL Cubs from Boise Hawks. - 1B Trevor Gretzky assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Ethan Elias assigned to AZL Cubs. - RHP Dillon Maples assigned to AZL Cubs. - Shane Lindsay assigned to AZL Cubs from Cubs Extended Spring Training. - RHP Eduardo Orozco assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Ramon Garcia assigned to AZL Cubs. - 3B Jacob Rogers assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP David Cales assigned to AZL Cubs. - LHP Zachary Rosscup assigned to AZL Cubs. - Michael Hamann assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Joshua Conway assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - RHP Pierce Johnson assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - LHP Nathan Dorris assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs. - C Carlos Escobar assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs.