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Purke did not sign with the Rangers and will be going to TCU.

Reports are coming in that he's signed for $15m.

Did he sign? Yep. $15m.

Come on Dodgers, get Smokey the Cardinal to cough up a run.

Hell..... I'd settle for a few regular runs. :wink: :amen: You rock, Fred Even the occasional irregular run would nice every now and again.

Close enough. Gotta learn how to be more subtle, CubsGM. :-)) Seriously, the guy can't help but troll the game threads. If he just sat back, kept quiet, and acted normally, no one would ever realize it was him.

Close enough. Gotta learn how to be more subtle, CubsGM.

Tigers signed Turner; it's reportedly a major league deal (!!) ($5.5m plus incentives) Athletics signed Krol and Green (2.75m) Padres officially signed Tate, although reportedly he has been signed for the past week or so. They also announced the signing of Keyvius Sampson. Orioles signed Mychal Givens ($800,000) Twins signed Gibson (1.85m) Giants signed Wheeler (3.3m) Rockies signed Matzek (3.9m) Mariners signed Ackley ($9.5m major league deal) Indians signed Alex White (2.25m)

Box Scores Iowa lost 6-3 Box Score SS A. Blanco 3/4, R, SB (4), PO (1B) LF/RF M. Hoffpauir 2/4, BB, R 1B M. Craig 3/4, 2 RBI, K RF B. Snyder 0/4, 2 K C S. Clevenger 0/4, K, E (6, fielding) 3B B. Scales 1/4, RBI, 2 K 2B D. Barney 2/4, K PH N. Spears 0/1 SP J. Samardzija 4 scoreless, 1 H, 3/2 K/BB, 5-4 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, 2-2 GO-FO RP J. Berg 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 2-1 Box Score 2B J. Mota 0/3, BB CF J. Adduci 2/4, 2B (21), 2 K 3B M. Smith 0/4, K 1B B. Lalli 0/4 RF T. Colvin 1/4, R, RBI, HR (10), K C W. Castillo 2/3, R, RBI, HR (11), SB (1), PB (8) LF D. Deeds 0/3, 3 K SS S. Castro 0/3, 2 K, E (4, throw) PH R. Canzler 1/1 SP J. Papelbon 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 8-4 GO-FO RP M. Mateo 2 scoreless, 2 H, 4/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB Daytona won Game 1 of their DH 5-4 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/3, BB 2B N. Samson 1/4, R 3B J. Opitz 0/2, 2 BB, K RF B. Guyer 2/4, R DH J. Vitters 2/4, R SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, RBI, E (19, throw) SP R. Dolis 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO RP C. Siegfried 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, WP, 4-1 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona lost Game 2 of their DH 1-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/3 2B N. Samson 0/3, K 1B J. Opitz 1/2, HBP RF B. Guyer 2/3, K 3B J. Vitters 0/3, K DH J. Jones 0/2, K SP O. Martinez 3.1 scoreless, 2 H, 2/1 K/BB, 4-3 GO-FO Peoria won 14-1 Box Score CF B. Jackson 0/3, BB, R, K, 2 SB (10), HBP DH R. Flaherty 1/5, R, 2 K 1B R. Ridling 1/4, 2 R, RBI, K RF K. Burke 2/3, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B (41), HR (12), K, HBP SS DJ LeMahieu 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2 K, E (1, fielding) LF N. Perez 1/4, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR (10), 2 K C M. Brenly 2/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (15), K 2B J. Lake 1/5, R, 3 RBI, 3B (6), 2 K 3B D. Macias 1/3, R, RBI, HBP SP J. Antigua 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 5-8 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO Ejections: P Erik Hamren, Manager Marty Pevey (8th) Boise lost 6-1 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/4, K, SB (21) DH L. Watkins 1/4, K, CS (5) 1B J. Bour 2/4, 2B (8), K 3B G. Rohan 1/4, 2 K C R. Jones 0/4, 2 K LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, R, RBI, HR (2), K RF JH Ha 1/3 2B G. Matheus 0/3 CF R. Davis 0/3, K SP C. Rusin 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 5-4 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 1.2 scoreless, 3 H, 3/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 7-6 in the 11th Box Score CF F. Guzman 3/6, 2 R, RBI, K C S. Burruel 3/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (3), PB (3) DH C. Thomas 2/5, RBI, 3B (3), 2 K 1B J. Petraitis 0/5, 3 K, E (6, throw) 2B W. Darvill 2/5, RBI, SB (4), E (9, fielding) 3B D. Kemp 3/5, R, K SS R. Bautista 0/5, 2 K SP J. Pena 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO RP D. Encarnacion 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP M. Perez 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP G. Pineda 2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 8-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 4-2 Box Score OVERALL: 4-5

Fontenot, Hill, Miles. I'll raise you Blanco, Hill, Miles Corey Patterson, Todd Hundley, Aaron Miles. Neifi Perez, Jose Macias, Aaron Miles

Burke has always shown better discipline than Rundle. agreed. it was pretty ridiculous how some Cubs fans (at other boards) got so giddy over Rundle's SSS at Boise last year. Yeeeeeeeeeeeah...um... *Looks around* I'm going to exit this particular discussion now! http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/405/homerandpoprocks.gif

Per BA: Ouch.

The only thing that bugs me about Burke is that he hasn't hit a lot of HRs. For a corner OF, I'd like to see more power from him than just a ton of doubles.

Heck, if I were Strasburg, I'd look into moving to Japan and playing over there for a year or two. At least then he'd be facing a decent level of competition.

Cashner might be in the rotation mix come mid-season, depending on where he starts and how he is looking health-wise. Apparently he's developed his changeup enough this season that he might end up with three quality pitches (along with his FB and slider), which would be excellent news for the Cubs. I'll be shocked if he starts the season in the Cubs' rotation, though. Samardzija...I've pretty much given up on trying to evaluate the guy. He still has a huge ceiling and a ton of promise, but the Cubs rushed him to the majors before he could effectively develop his offspeed stuff. He could develop enough in the offseason to vie for a rotation spot, but my gut is that he'll probably start next season in the AAA rotation until Lou gets grumpy with the bullpen and decides he needs another arm to yo-yo back and forth between the majors and AAA (along with the bullpen and rotation).

Use this as the general signings thread, since the discussion was trending that way in any case.

*Ahem*

Might be because these guys need to pass physicals and the like?

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Box Scores Iowa won 5-3 Box Score CF M. Camp 1/5 3B/2B A. Blanco 2/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (11), HR (5), K RF/1B M. Hoffpauir 1/4, BB, 2B (2), K, SB (1) DH M. Craig 1/4, R C C. Robinson 0/3, BB, 2 R PH/3B N. Spears 1/1, CS (5) 1B S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (10) SS D. Barney 2/4 SP C. Fossum 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, HBP, 7-5 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 1 perfect, 0-3 GO-FO RP G. Reinhard 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/1 K/BB RP J. Stevens 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, HR, 1-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 3-2 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 0/3, BB, R, 2 K CF J. Adduci 1/4, R, K LF T. Wright 0/4 1B B. Lalli 2/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (23), K, E (6, fielding) RF T. Colvin 2/4, 3B (5) 3B M. Smith 0/4 C W. Castillo 0/3, 2 K SS S. Castro 2/2, BB, R, PO (2B) PH R. Canzler 0/1 SP C. Carpenter 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP D. Sasser .2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP A. Maestri .2 scoreless, 1 H, 0/2 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona won Game 1 of their DH 3-2 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/4 2B N. Samson 1/3, BB, R 1B J. Opitz 2/4, R, 2B (16) RF B. Guyer 1/3, BB, R, RBI SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, 3 K 3B J. Vitters 3/4, RBI, 2B (5) SP R. Searle 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 6-5 GO-FO RP H. J. Pina 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 0-4 GO-FO RP L. Sommer .2 scoreless, 2 H, 0/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel .2 perfect, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona lost Game 2 of their DH 13-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/2, BB, CS (13) 2B N. Samson 0/3 1B J. Opitz 0/3, K RF B. Guyer 2/3 SS M. Gonzalez 0/3 3B J. Vitters 2/3 DH J. Jones 0/3, K SP B. Muldowney 1.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HR, 2-3 GO-FO RP H. Williamson 3.1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 4/1 K/BB, HR, WP, 2-4 GO-FO Peoria won 7-1 Box Score CF B. Jackson 1/5, R, K DH R. Flaherty 3/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (19), K 1B R. Ridling 1/4, R, RBI, 2B (31), K RF K. Burke 2/2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (40), Assist (1B) SS DJ LeMahieu 0/3, R, K, HBP LF N. Perez 1/4, R, 2 RBI, 3B (4), K C M. Brenly 1/4, RBI, E (2, throw) 2B J. Lake 0/3, BB, 2 K 3B D. Macias 0/4, 2 E (10, throw, fielding) SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 3-13 GO-FO RP C. Huseby 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Boise won 5-1 Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/5, 2 R, K, 2 SB (2) 2B L. Watkins 2/2, BB, 2 R 1B J. Bour 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (7) 3B G. Rohan 1/3, K, HBP LF R. Wagner 1/3, RBI DH R. Jones 1/4, 2 K, CS (1) RF JH Ha 0/4, 2 K C M. Williams 0/4, 2 K CF R. Davis 2/4, R, SB (7) SP J. Nagel 3 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, WP, 3-4 GO-FO RP J. Lansford .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB RP Y. Gonzalez 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 9-3 Box Score CF F. Guzman 1/4, R, RBI, K DH C. Thomas 1/4, BB, 2 R, 2 K, CS (1), PO (1B) 3B J. Petraitis 2/3, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (3), 2 E (5, fielding, missed catch) SS W. Darvill 1/5, RBI C S. Burruel 0/0, BB 2B D. Kemp 3/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (5) SP C. Rojas 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO RP A. Spencer 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 PPD: Rain DSL Cubs 2 PPD: Rain OVERALL: 6-1

Eh, we still have a leg up on the Pirates' system. A year or two from now, I'd expect things to be different in that regard, especially given how their 2009 draft has panned out so far.

Also, if anyone could dig up those columns Sandberg wrote on Yahoo awhile back, you'd see why I have no interest in having the man manage. He said a lot of the same things mentioned in his HOF Speech about fundamentals, bunting, etc.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, memories...