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http://nbcsportsmedia3.msnbc.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/MSNBC%20Interactive/msnbc_demarco_tony.thumb.jpg His mustache tells me he's trustworthy. Also, LOL:

Carpenter pulled after 54 pitches. I'm hoping he was on a strict pitch count and it wasn't anything injury-related.

That's the logical move at this point, especially if Harden ends up leaving.

Dusty's not ready to conceed. Really though who would they sell? I guess Rhodes. Rhodes, Harang, Arroyo, Weathers, Cordero maybe? Cordero has a pretty bad contract. 09: $12m 10: $12m 11: $12m 12: Club option at $12m or a $1m buyout Yuck.

They're the suchiest bunch of suches that ever suched.

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-4 after blowing a three run lead in the 9th Box Score 2B A. Miles 1/4, RBI, K DH J. Dubois 1/4 1B M. Craig 0/4, K 3B B. Scales 1/4, K, CS (6) C S. Clevenger 1/4, K CF M. Camp 2/4, 2 R, K SS D. Barney 2/3, 2 R, RBI, 2B (4) SP E. Caridad 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HR, 5-9 GO-FO RP J. Waddell 2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/1 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP V. Perkins .2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 0/3 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 5-4 Box Score SS N. Samson 2/6, R, E (5, throw) CF J. Adduci 3/5, R, 2 RBI, 2 2B (19), HR (3) 3B M. Smith 1/5, R, 2 K 1B B. Lalli 2/4, BB, K, E (5, fielding) RF D. Deeds 0/4, K, CS (1) PH J. Mota 1/1 LF/RF T. Colvin 5/5, R, RBI, SB (3) C W. Castillo 2/5, K 2B T. Thomas 1/2, BB, R, RBI, K, E (14, throw) PH R. Canzler 0/1 PH/LF T. Wright 1/2, BB, K SP C. Carpenter 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 2 HBP, 54-29 Pitches-Strikes, 5-3 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2-4 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1 perfect, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 8-3 Box Score LF T. Campana 1/5, K, SB (43), CS (11) SS S. Castro 2/5, K CF B. Guyer 0/4, 2 K C R. Chirinos 1/2, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (13) 2B M. Gonzalez 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (13), K, E (12, throw) DH J. Made 0/4, 2 K SP R. Searle 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 6/2 K/BB, HBP, 8-1 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel 1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Pina 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Peoria won 15-8 Box Score CF B. Jackson 2/6, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (1), 2 K, 2 SB (2) 3B R. Flaherty 2/6, 2 R, RBI, 2 K 1B R. Ridling 4/5, 4 R, 4 RBI, 2B (24), HR (3) RF K. Burke 3/3, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B (35), HR (9), SB (11) SS DJ LeMahieu 2/5, 2 RBI, 2 K, SB (1) DH J. Rosa 1/4, R, RBI, K C M. Brenly 1/5, R 2B J. Lake 0/5, 3 K LF D. Macias 1/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (7) PH/LF N. Perez 1/1 SP A. Shafer 2.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 2 HR, WP, Balk, 1-6 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 2-3 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 2 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-4 GO-FO Boise lost 8-3 Box Score CF J. Valdez 0/5, 2 K 2B L. Watkins 0/5, K DH DJ Fitzgerald 0/4 1B J. Bour 3/4, R, 2B (4) RF JH Ha 0/4, K 3B G. Rohan 0/2, 2 BB, R C M. Williams 2/3, BB, R, RBI, K SS G. Matheus 2/4, 2B (2), E (11, fielding) LF R. Davis 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K, E (3, fielding) SP R. Whitenack 4.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HBP, 9-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 6-3 Box Score CF F. Guzman 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3B (1), K, SB (16), CS (5) 2B W. Darvill 1/5, R, RBI, 2 K RF B. Snyder 2/5, RBI, 2B (1), 3B (1), 2 K 1B C. Thomas 1/4, K 3B J. Petraitis 1/3, BB, R, K, SB (3) DH B. Springfield 0/4, 3 K SS R. Bautista 2/4, R, 2B (4) SP K. McNutt 2 scoreless, 1 H, 5-1 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 3-3 GO-FO RP J. Schmidt 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won Game 1 of their doubleheader 6-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 lost Game 2 of their doubleheader 5-3 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 20-11 Box Score OVERALL: 4-5

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Peoria's game was canceled. Looks like Flaherty's 15th HR is wiped off the books. :(

Welcome aboard, by the way! :D

If you want to get hyper-technical, we traded Jacque Jones, Omar Infante, Will Ohman, Phil Norton, John Koronka, Freddie Bynum, and Josh Harrison for Grabow and Gorzelanny. Oddly enough, I'd still make that trade if the Cubs had all those guys.

Pitch count?

I'm really curious to see what their rotation is going to look like come playoffs time. Kershaw's career high in IP was last season with about 181, which he easily should eclipse this season, meaning he might have to be shut down. Billingsley went over 200 IP last season and should be okay, but considering he's 25, it still might be an issue. Wolf and Schmidt have well-known injury histories. They might have some interesting issues on their hands as the season goes on.

Durability's my main issue. The Cubs have been really careful with Cashner this season due to his oblique strain early on, which is a bit worrying to me. Moreover, back in college, Cashner had great stuff, but when he was a starter, he was unable to sustain that stuff over the long haul, resulting in him having disappointing outings. It wasn't until he was moved to reliever that he developed his 1-2 fastball-slider punch into high quality offerings. Given his recent injury and his history of having issues maintaining his stuff as a starter, I'm leery. In his favor, apparently his slider has been inconsistent this season, meaning he's had to rely on his fastball and changeup. Reportedly, his changeup has looked very good and consistent. So, if he has three potential plus offerings in his arsenal, he'll have the stuff to be a top of the line starter. However, that won't mean much if he can't shoulder a season-long workload. The problem with that particular evaluation is we likely won't know if he can pitch 150+ innings a season until next season. As for Lee over Castro, there's a lot to compare, but not a whole lot to contrast. Lee's a very good base stealer (14 SB, 4 CS), but don't sleep on Castro's stolen base abilities (20 SB, 9 CS). Both have showcased great potential to be .300 hitters, but not a whole lot of power. Lee walks more, but Castro strikes out less. Both have defensive issues, with Lee having 16 errors and Castro having 32. Scouts rave about the defensive abilities and potential for both. Lee was a heralded major international signing, whereas Castro pretty much came out of nowhere this season. Lee's younger, but only by about 8 months. To me, the primary reason why I'd rank Castro over Lee is because Castro is at a higher level with much better pitching than Lee. Down the line, perhaps Lee will end up being the better prospect. However, as of now, what Castro has done in Daytona is much more impressive than what Lee has done in Boise.

I've gotta see his power and walk totals increase, as well as error totals decrease, before I put Castro ahead of Cashner. Granted a 19 year old Shortstop with an OPS over 700 in high-A ball is fairly impressive. But I can't rank him over a pitcher with an ideal frame, clean mechanics, plus mid 90's fastball, potential for a plus slider, and an ever improving changeup. Essentially with Andrew Cashner I see someone who with more polishing of his secondary pitches could be a top of the rotation pitcher. We really don't have any idea what Starlin Castro's upside is. Cashner seems like a safer bet to become an impact big league player. I understand the sentiment, but the one thing holding me back from ranking Cashner over Castro is that Cashner needs to prove he can start over the course of a full season, stay healthy, and maintain his stuff throughout. I think he has a chance of doing that, don't get me wrong. However, considering there is still a distinct likelihood he will end up as a reliever in the majors, I think that hurts his stock a decent amount.

Final line for Jackson: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 9 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP.

Two quick hits: 4 scoreless, 2 hits, 1 BB, 6 Ks for Jackson in Daytona so far. Rain delay in Peoria.

It seems like they're going based on prospect status rather than draft position. Matt Bush never had a very good prospect status. However, in terms of where he was drafted and the train wreck that followed, you could make an argument that he's one of the greatest busts of all time.

I'm guessing part of the reason this trade was made was that Ryan topped out at 87 when he made his Iowa debut.

Can't say this was a bad trade. Hart's value has never been higher and I've always been suspicious of his control. Ascanio flashed some good stuff and had some upside, but he's always been inconsistent. Harrison is an eh prospect who'll probably be a utilityman down the line. Grabow and Gorzelanny are not a great haul, but honestly, the Cubs didn't give up much.

No prob! A lot of people have been pitching in lately, which is awesome considering I spent the past two and a half months studying for one of the most horrific experiences in my life. However, since that ended yesterday, I'll be back to full strength and have the boxes updated a bit more regularly. :D

Box Scores Iowa won 6-1 Box Score SS A. Miles 1/4, R, K, E (4, fielding) DH J. Dubois 1/5, RBI, 2 K 1B M. Craig 1/4, 2B (11), K 3B B. Scales 1/4, R, K C C. Robinson 1/4, R CF M. Camp 1/2, 2 BB, R, SB (14) 2B D. Barney 1/4, 2 RBI, K SP JR Mathes 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 15-2 GO-FO RP BJ Ryan 1.2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO RP V. Perkins .1 perfect, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 5-2 Box Score SS J. Mota 0/4, 2 K, CS (5), HBP CF J. Adduci 1/4, BB, R, RBI, K 3B M. Smith 1/5, R, 2 RBI, HR (8), K LF T. Wright 2/3, BB, 2B (15), E (7, throw) RF T. Colvin 1/4, K C W. Castillo 2/4, R, 2 K 2B N. Samson 1/4, R, E (4, fielding) SP C. Coleman 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, Balk, 9-7 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1.1 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona won 2-1 in the 12th Box Score CF T. Campana 1/5, RBI, 2 K, 2 SB (42) SS S. Castro 2/5, BB, K, CS (10), PO (1B), E (32, throw) RF B. Guyer 2/6, RBI 1B R. Chirinos 0/4, BB, 2 K 2B M. Gonzalez 0/3, BB, K 3B J. Optiz 2/4, BB DH J. Jones 1/4, 3 K SP J. Jackson 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 9/1 K/BB, HBP, 5-3 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 2-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 3 scoreless, 1 H, 1/2 K/BB, 7-1 GO-FO, E (1, throw) RP H. Williamson 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria Canceled: Rain (Looks like they got two innings in, had a rain delay, got another inning in, and then called the game. Flaherty had his 15th HR in the game. Here is the box score if you want to check it out, although none of the stats will count.) Boise won 12-9 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/5, R, K 2B L. Watkins 2/4, 2 R, RBI, K, SB (7), HBP LF DJ Fitzgerald 0/5, K 1B J. Bour 3/4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI RF JH Ha 2/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (9), HR (1) 3B G. Rohan 2/3, 2 R, HBP C R. Jones 1/4, R, PB (1) DH R. Davis 3/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (2), 3B (2), K CF J. Valdez 2/4, R, RBI, 2 SB (13) SP SM Jung 1.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Lansford 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 1.1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 0-3 GO-FO AZL Cubs with an off day. DSL Cubs 1 won 5-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 2-1 in the 10th Box Score

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-0 Box Score 2B A. Miles 3/4 1B B. Scales 1/4, 2B (14), K C C. Robinson 2/3, BB, CS (3) CF M. Camp 1/3, BB, 4 OF assists (at 2nd base, at home, at 2nd base, at 3rd base) 3B N. Spears 0/4, E (10, fielding) SS D. Barney 2/3 SP G. Reinhard 2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 2-3 GO-FO RP J. Berg 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, HR, 5-0 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-2 GO-FO Tennessee wins game one of a doubleheader 12-2 (7 innings) Box Score 3B J. Mota 2/4, 2 R, HR (2), 3 RBI CF D. Deeds 1/3, 2 R, 2B (12), BB, K LF T. Wright 1/4, RBI, K, E (6, fielding) 2B T. Thomas 2/4, 2 R, HR (10), 2 RBI C W. Castillo 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR (10), 4 RBI - finally over the Mendoza line! SS N. Samson 2/4, R, E (3, throw) SP A. Cashner 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, WP, 8-3 GO-FO, 91 pitches; batting: 1/2 RP A. Maestri 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee wins game two 8-1 (7 innings) Box Score SS J. Mota 0/2, R, 2 BB CF J. Adduci 2/3, 2b (17), rbi 3B M. Smith 2/3, 2 R, 2B (28), BB LF T. Wright 2/3, 2 R, HR (7), 3 RBI, BB RF T. Colvin 2/4, R, 2B (6), 2 RBI, K SP HW Chen 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, HR, 6-7 GO-FO; batting: 1/2, R, 2B (1) RP C. Lambert 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 2-1 Box Score 3B J. Harrison 1/4 CF T. Campana 1/4, OF assist at 2nd base SS S. Castro 0/4, 2 K C R. Chirinos 2/4, R, 2 2B (12) RF B. Guyer 2/4 2B M. Gonzalez 1/F, RBI, K SP J. Leverton 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 10-3 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO Peoria scored 10 in the 9th inning to win 13-7 Box Score 3B R. Flaherty 2/6, R, 3B (4), 3 RBI 1B R. Ridling 2/5, RBI, E (11, fielding) CF-1B K. Burke 1/4, R, BB, 2 K SS DJ LeMahieu 1/5, R DH J. Rosa 2/4, 3 R, HR (3), 2 RBI, BB, K C M. Brenly 3/5, R, BB 2B J. Lake 3/4, 43 R, 2B (16), 3B (5), 3 RBI SP C. Archer 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GO-FO RP A. Cabrera 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 6-3 GO-FO RP M. Hatley 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-2 GO-FO Boise lost 15-5 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/3, R, 2 BB, K 2B L. Watkins 1/4, BB CF B. Jackson 4/5, R - has gotten on base in all 24 games at Boise RF JH Ha 1/4, R, 2B (8), RBI DH DJ Fitzgerald 2/4, 2 R, 2B (1), BB - Boise debut LF J. Valdez 2/4, RBI SP J. Nagel 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, HBP, 5-0 GO-FO RP E. Figueroa 1.1 IP, 6 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HBP, balk, 1-1 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 3 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, HBP, 6-3 GO-FO, E (2, throw) AZL Cubs won 7-4 Box Score 2B W. Darvill 0/5, 2 K 1B R. Wagner 1/4, 2 R, 2B (4), RBI, SB (1) DH B. Snyder 1/3, R, HR (1), RBI, K - rehab 3B J. Petraitis 1/3, R, 2B (4), K, CS (1) LF J. Morelli 0/2, R, 2 BB, K SS R. Bautista 1/3, R, 2B (3) SP T. Matchulat 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Peña 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, WP, HBP, 3-7 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 3-1 Box Score RF X. Batista 2/4, 2B (11), RBI DH Y. Fuenmayor 0/3, BB, 2 K, SB (2) LF R. Valdez 0/4, K 1B Y. Astacio 0/3 SP F. Turbi 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, K, HBP, 4-4 GO-FO RP R. Garcia 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 19-5 Box Score SS R. Disla 1/5, R, 3B (2), 2 RBI, 2 E (11, fielding, fielding) 3B W. Contreras 2/5, R, 2 K, E (3, fielding) DH H. Suarez 1/4, BB, 2 K 1B J. Altagracia 0/4, 3 K, E (21, fielding) C R. Parra 1/4, R, 2 K, PB (3) CF G. Robles 2/3, 2 R, BB, K 2B C. Henry 0/4, K SP W. Cruz 4 IP. 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, WP, HBP, 5-4 GO-FO RP R. Leyba 1.1 IP, 5 H, 10 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, WP, 2 HBP, 0-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 5-4

Box Scores Iowa lost 4-3 Box Score CF S. Fuld 2/5, 2 R, 3B (10) 2B A. Miles 1/4, 2 RBI DH J. Dubois 2/4, 2B (20), K C S. Clevenger 1/4, RBI 1B B. Scales 1/4 SS D. Barney 1/3, R, BB, K SP C. Fossum 5 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, HBP, 7-5 GO-FO RP J. Russell 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO RP BJ Ryan 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GO-FO - Cubs system debut Tennessee PPD: Rain. Daytona lost 3-2 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/5, K 3B J. Harrison 0/4, R, SB (10) SS S. Castro 1/3, BB, K, SB (20), E (31, fielding) RF B. Guyer 0/3, HBP B R. Chirinos 1/2, RBI, BB, K, CS (2) C L. Flores 2/4, 2B (3) SP C. Muschko 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 7-6 GO-FO Peoria won 4-3 Box Score SS R. Flaherty 2/5, R, 3 K 1B R. Ridling 2/4, R, 3B (1), RBI RF K. Burke 2/4, 2 K, SB (10) 2B DJ LeMahieu 1/4, RBI, 2 K - Peoria debut 3B J. Rosa 1/4, 2 K, E (5, throw) DH J. Lake 1/4, R, CS (4) SP J. Bristow 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, HBP, 4-6 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K RP C. Huseby 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO Boise with an off day. AZL Cubs lost 7-2 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 won 10-7 Box Score SS A. Alcantara 0/5, 2 K, 2 E (29, throw, fielding) RF X. Batista 2/5, 2 R, HR (7), 2 RBI, K 3B J. Peña 2/5, 2 R, 2B (11), K DH Y. Fuenmayor 2/4, 2 R, 3B (1), 3 RBI, BB 1B J. Rodriguez 2/3, 3B (1), 2 RBI, BB, K SP M. Rosa 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 3-2 Box Score 3B W. Contreras 0/3, R, BB, K, SB (1) SS R. Disla 1/3, R, 2B 96), BB, SB (14), 2 E (9, fielding, fielding) 1B J. Altagracia 0/2, RBI, BB 2B C. Henry 0/3, K SP A. Paulino 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, HBP, 6-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-4

Get Raley and one of Walker, Sheppard, or Whaley signed and I'll be a happy man. Burruel is an excellent signing.

Harang intrigues me as a possibility, but he's been having injury issues. I'd be iffy on getting him.