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Aw, crap. Lee and Castro were coming up lame coming home on that one.

Baker tweaked his back and is day to day. Woo Castro!

I'm actually glad DeWitt is getting time at 3B. I've always felt he and Baker should be switched when both are playing. Granted, I'm not a fan of Barney at 2B. Egh.

In this week's Hot Sheet, Chris Archer gets a spot. It's worth pointing out that Chris Archer was born 9/26/1988 and is not 19.

Box Scores Iowa won 5-0 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4, BB, 2B (12), CS (6) SS M. Camp 1/5 RF B. Snyder 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (19) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, BB, 3 R, K, E (7, fielding) LF T. Wright 0/3, BB, K 2B B. Scales 1/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (7), 2 K C R. Chirinos 2/4, E (1, throw) 3B M. Smith 1/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (18) PH B. LaHair 0/1, K SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 7 scoreless, 3 H, 3/2 K/BB, WP, 10-6 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 1 perfect, 1-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 8-4 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (20), 3 K LF B. Jackson 1/4, R, RBI, 3B (4), K 3B R. Canzler 2/5, R, E (14, throw) RF M. Spencer 1/5, R, 3 RBI, HR (15), Assist (2B) C S. Clevenger 2/5, R, 2B (12), K 2B T. Thomas 2/4, R, 2 K SS M. Gonzalez 0/4 SP C. Rusin 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 9-1 GO-FO RP K. Smit 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 2 HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 perfect, 0-1 GO-FO Daytona PPD Peoria PPD Boise lost 4-1 Box Score 2B P. LePage 2/4, 2 2B (15), K 1B R. Cuneo 0/4, 3 K LF J. Morelli 1/3, BB, Assist (3B) 3B D. Harrington 0/4 SS E. Soto 1/4, 2B (6), K DH C. Huseby 0/4, 2 K C M. Gibbs 1/2, BB, R CF KM Na 1/2, BB SP A. Kirk 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 2 HBP, 9-1 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 6/3 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP E. Rice 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 5-3 Box Score 2B V. Bieneme 1/5, 2 K SS W. Darvill 2/4, R, RBI, K, SB (7), E (4, throw) DH PC Chen 2/4, BB, R, SB (7) 3B D. Geiger 3/3, RBI, 2 2B (7) PR/1B S. Burruel 0/1, K C C. Noble 0/4, 2 K SP M. Perez 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP L. Liria 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 7/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP A. Jimenez 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, WP, 0-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 4-3 in the 13th Box Score 2B/SS G. Amaya 1/5, R, K, HBP SS M. Hernandez 1/4, BB, R, 2B (21), 2 K CF O. Zapata 0/3 DH D. Arcila 0/2, 2 K SP L. Villalba 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, HR, HBP, 2-5 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 15-14 Box Score 3B W. Contreras 3/5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B (2), HBP, E (11, fielding) 2B J. Rodriguez 2/5, RBI, K LF J. Casilla 2/5, 2 K PH G. Jimenez 0/1 OVERALL: 4-2

6 scoreless, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K I like.

Maybe he hasn't taken or passed a physical yet? :-k Him and DeJesus are the two confusing guys for me. I can understand Wells not being signed yet (to an extent), but those two guys don't exactly scream "super slot" to me.

Some good news today... Iowa: -C Robinson Chirinos assigned to Iowa from Tennessee -IF Jonathon Mota assigned to Iowa from Tennessee Tennessee -UTL David Macias assigned to Tennessee from Daytona

BA's Best Tools (subscription only) coverage rolls on with Low A. Trey McNutt was named as having the best breaking pitch in the MWL, while Hak-Ju Lee was named best defensive SS in the MWL.

According to Goldstein and Callis, MLB is sitting on a ton of signings and refusing to leak them. It might be a few days before we hear anything about guys like Ben Wells.

MIF depth with Renteria injured, plus Freddy Sanchez can't hit RHPs worth a damn.

He's now got more errors (31) than stolen bases (30).

Box Scores Tennessee lost 5-3 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/4, K, SB (41) RF B. Jackson 1/4 3B R. Canzler 1/4, 3 K LF B. Guyer 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR (11), E (2, throw) C S. Clevenger 1/4, CS (6) 2B T. Thomas 1/4, 2B (27), K, CS (2) SS N. Samson 1/3 PH M. Spencer 0/1, K SS M. Gonzalez 0/2, K SP C. Carpenter 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 7/4 K/BB, 2 WP, 5-3 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1.1 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO, E (1, missed catch) RP A. Shafer 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona won 8-7 Box Score CF E. Crawford 0/5, K, E (1, fielding) 3B DJ LeMahieu 2/4, 2 R, RBI DH R. Flaherty 1/3, R, 2 RBI, 2B (26) 1B R. Ridling 2/3, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (32), HR (12) RF K. Burke 0/3, BB C M. Brenly 3/4 2B J. Opitz 0/3 LF G. Rohan 1/4, R, RBI SS J. Lake 2/4, R, E (37, fielding) SP T. McNutt 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 6/2 K/BB, HBP, 2-1 GO-FO, E (3, fielding) RP J. Beliveau 2 scoreless, 2 H, 3/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 4-2 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 1 scoreless, 1 H, 0-1 GO-FO Peoria lost 2-0 Box Score SS L. Watkins 0/3, BB, 2 K 2B M. Cerda 1/4, K DH DJ Fitzgerald 0/4, 2 K 1B J. Bour 0/3, BB, 2 K RF JH Ha 0/4, K LF N. Perez 1/4, K CF A. Giansanti 1/3, K SP B. Wallach 6 scoreless, 2 H, 6/2 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO RP R. Morla 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO Boise won 6-3 Box Score 2B P. LePage 2/4, R, SB (5) DH R. Jones 1/4, R, 2 K LF J. Morelli 1/3, BB, 2 R, K, Assist (Home) 1B R. Cuneo 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (3), 2 K 3B D. Harrington 0/3, R, RBI, E (1, fielding) C J. Vigurs 0/4, RBI, K SS E. Soto 0/3, 2 K, SB (3) CF KM Na 1/3, R, 2 K SP E. Figueroa 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 2-7 GO-FO RP M. Loosen 3.1 scoreless, 2 H, 5/0 K/BB, HBP, 4-2 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 7-6 in the 12th Box Score 2B PC Chen 2/5, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (3), K, 2 SB (6) SS W. Darvill 3/5, BB, R, RBI, 2B (3), K, SB (6), E (3, throw) 3B D. Geiger 0/5, BB, 3 K PR/DH V. Bieneme 0/1, K, SB (14) C C. Romero 0/5, R, K SP D. Beeler 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO RP C. Richardson 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HBP, 2-3 GO-FO RP TA Wang 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO RP C. Hams 3.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/2 K/BB, 7-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 9-4 Box Score 2B G. Amaya 1/4, RBI, 2B (7) SS M. Hernandez 3/5, 2 R, 2B (20), K, CS (12) CF O. Zapata 0/4, CS (9) RP R. Diplan .1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, WP, HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP A. Colinas 4 scoreless, 2 H, 5/0 K/BB, 1-6 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 10-6 Box Score 1B J. Rodriguez 1/5, RBI, 2 K 3B W. Contreras 3/5, 2B (1) LF J. Casilla 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (2), 3 K RF G. Jimenez 0/3, BB, 2 K Iowa with an off day OVERALL: 4-3

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The Cubs want Anthony Rendon really really bad. http://www.baseballrumormill.com/images/gallery/anthony-rendon-walks-away.jpg “Hello, Cubs fans, look at your team, now back to me, now back at your team, now back to me. Sadly, they aren’t me.”

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He was drafted last year and BA had this on him: Sounds like a toolsy roll of the dice. BR says he's played CF all this season, so I'm guessing he'll continue being there in Peoria or Daytona. That's about what I'd figure the Cubs would get for someone like Fontenot.

Wrong Crawford in the Giants' system, Jimbo. Still, I figured the Cubs would just let Fontenot go for nothing. I'll take any kind of return at this point.

Jackson with a quality start, albeit not a particularly noteworthy one. 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Continuing BA's Best Tools series with High A today, Brett Jackson was named Best Batting Prospect and Best Strike Zone Judgment in the FSL, while Junior Lake took home Best Infield Arm in the FSL.

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/5, K SS D. Barney 0/4 RF B. Snyder 0/2, 2 BB, R, 2 K 1B B. LaHair 0/3, BB, R, K LF T. Wright 1/4, RBI, K 2B B. Scales 0/3, BB C C. Robinson 1/3, BB, R, 2 K 3B M. Smith 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (8) PH J. Adduci 0/1, K PH M. Camp 0/1, K SP J. Jackson 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HBP, 5-8 GO-FO, E (1, fielding) RP J. Gray 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP M. Atkins 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 0-4 GO-FO Tennessee won 2-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/4, K LF B. Guyer 1/4 3B R. Canzler 0/4, 2 K C R. Chirinos 0/2, BB, K, CS (5) RF M. Spencer 0/3, R 2B T. Thomas 0/3, K SS M. Gonzalez 1/2, BB, RBI PH J. Mota 0/1 PH B. Jackson 0/1 SP R. Dolis 5 scoreless, 5 H, 5/2 K/BB, WP, 6-3 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 2 scoreless, 0 H, 3/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP B. Parker 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona won 6-3 Box Score 3B DJ LeMahieu 2/4, BB, R, 4 RBI, E (12, fielding) 2B R. Flaherty 2/4, E (20, fielding) 1B R. Ridling 2/4, RBI, 2 2B (31) RF K. Burke 1/4, CS (2) DH J. Opitz 0/3, BB, K SS J. Lake 2/4, 2 R SP A. Cabrera 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 8/1 K/BB, HR, WP, 4-4 GO-FO RP O. Martinez 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-2 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Peoria lost 7-4 in the 11th Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/6, 2 K, E (31, fielding) 2B L. Watkins 1/4, BB, R LF DJ Fitzgerald 2/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (5), SB (10) 1B J. Bour 2/4, BB RF/CF JH Ha 1/5, K, CS (3), PO (1B), Assist (2B) 3B M. Cerda 2/4, BB, RBI, 2B (16), K DH B. May 0/4, BB, 3 K CF A. Giansanti 0/3, Assist (Home) PH/RF N. Perez 1/2, R, RBI, HR (8), K SP M. Hatley 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 0/2 K/BB, WP, 2-2 GO-FO RP N. Struck 6.1 scoreless, 4 H, 6/1 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO Boise won 4-3 Box Score 2B P. LePage 0/4, K, CS (4) DH R. Jones 2/2, 2 BB, 2 R LF J. Morelli 2/4 1B R. Cuneo 1/3, BB, RBI 3B A. Alcantara 0/4, 2 K, E (18, fielding) SS E. Soto 0/4, R CF KM Na 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K SP JY Serrano 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, HR, 4-4 GO-FO RP J. Latham 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO RP A. Kurcz 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 14-4 Box Score 2B V. Bieneme 0/2, 2 BB, R, SB (13), HBP, E (6, fielding) DH PC Chen 0/4 3B D. Geiger 2/4, R, RBI, 3B (1), HR (1), K, E (6, throw) C S. Burruel 0/4, 3 K, E (5, throw) SS W. Darvill 1/4, R, 2B (2) SP A. Reed 2.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Zeller 2.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 2-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 6-3 Box Score SS M. Hernandez 4/5, R, RBI, 2 2B (19), 2 SB (22), CS (11) 2B G. Amaya 0/4, 3 K RF D. Arcila 0/3, BB, R, 3 K CF O. Zapata 0/1, R, K SP A. Paulino 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 6/1 K/BB, HR, 2-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 9-7 Box Score 2B J. Rodriguez 2/5, R, K LF J. Casilla 1/5, R OVERALL: 4-4

I agree with you on all of that except the last part. I have little doubt in my mind Hendry is going to re-sign Derrek Lee.

Well, at least 2007 was a really good rebound from 2006.

BA's started on their Best Tools by level feature. Yesterday was AAA (subscriber only). The only name from the Iowa Cubs mentioned was Ryne Sandberg as best managerial prospect in the Pacific Coast League. Today, they did AA (sub. only). Only one Cub was listed, with Robinson Chirinos named the best defensive catcher in the Southern League.

Jim Callis' Ask BA this week dealt with some interesting subjects with the signing deadline six days away. A few facts: And...