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Iowa: LHP Rich Hill (3-1, 3.66 ERA) vs. former Cub RHP Frank Castillo (7-6, 4.87) West Tenn (game 1): LHP Ryan O'Malley (3-0, 4.46 ERA) vs. RHP Dustin Nippert (5-1 2.75) West Tenn (game 2): RHP Federico Baez Daytona: RHP Anderson Tavarez (3-8, 5.81 ERA, 88.1 IP) Boise: RHP Mitch Atkins (1-2, 4.94 ERA, 23.2 IP) The DJaxx will actually be playing a doubleheader tomorrow:

This week, Ryan Harvey is the sole Cub prospect and he's "In the Team Photo" only.

AHH! Why do you have that........THING......as your avatar. Kill it. Kill it! <- doesnt like him. You point to your Tupac avatar, though. :-k Don't hate on Stephen A.

And I complained when it hit 90 (dry!) degrees today.

Boise holds on and wins 4-3. Hyle and Evenson were impressive in relief.

Yes so do I... he'll be in the lineup on days when E-Patt is given a day off. Fontenot-haters!

Boise leads 4-3 after 8. Carlos Quinones and Davey Gregg made specatcular catches at the wall to preserve the lead in the 8th. EDIT: Mark Reed hit a HR today, just his second of the year.

The Dodgers aren't a very good team right now. To put it mildly.

And I bet it will be very humid too. Thank goodness I have never been to St. Louis.

Me too, warpt. Me too.

Mark Prior should bat 7th.

Confirmed. Veal made his professional debut with Mesa today.

Mesa lost 5-0 and Mark Pawelek gave up his first professional ER. :( Pawelek went 4 IP, gave up 1 ER on 2 H, struck out 3 and walked one. The run scored in Mark's last inning, via an IF single to SS, a ground single to CF (runner advances to third) and run-scoring DP. Also, LHP Donald Veal (second round pick) made his professional debut. He pitched a scoreless 5th, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one. Amusingly enough, MILB.com has Veal listed as an IF.

I'd wear a prom dress to work if Dusty does that. I'll strip down to a g-string if Cedeno starts along with them. Not that any of you want to see that. I'd take one for the team and see it. I'll never be the same again but darn it a fans gotta do what a fans gotta do. Yeah, I vote that Cuse takes one for the team and sees badger wearing that.

What happened to Neifi? He stopped looking back at the catcher before every pitch.

He has been working on the new swing all off season and through the season (so he was definitely listening). And Corey apparently has not one, but three coaches at the big leagues.

Grieve won his ROY with the Oakland A's. He probably is a bench hitter for the rest of his career.

Nope. :wink: Thanks, another lefty. Weird, Corey, Pie, Greenberg, Fuld all lefties. Isn't Bacon a lefty as well? Switch.

Apparently not, his FB is still in the upper 80s. He appears to be learning how to pitch with less velocity though, a la Brownlie last year at AA (hopefully he'll have better results at AAA).

Wow, updates straight from the game! Thanks!

That's a misprint, he went from Peoria to West Tenn (AA).

I doubt Hendry is done. Hopefully he doesn't think the OF is good as is.

Strained muscle. He was probably placed on the DL in the last few days. Per Ron Potesta (and DJAXX who was listening at the time), it shouldn't be too serious and Sean should only miss one start.

Way to jinx Prior.

There's still a possibility that trade could end up being a bust for bust trade. Minor league performances are awesome and everything, but, you gotta go with ML performance to evaluate trades. I disagree. Even if Bay turns out to be a bust, the Cubs didn't optimize his trade value - they surely could have gotten more for him than Bartosh (and if not, they should have kept Bear). Yes, I just read the whole thread. :shock: Call me a sucker, but I still believe Bartosh will be a solid pitcher for the Cubs. Here is a listed of pitchers who are on the ML roster who have similar ht/wt as Bear Bay (non-Asian): Ezequiel Astacio 1.87/.357/9.47 Ervin Santana 1.62/.281/5.66 Casey Fossum .245/1.31/4.02 Chad Gaudlin 2.71/.453//12.19 And those numbers are BAA/WHIP/ERA. The ONLY one on that listed who is even having a remotely solid season is Casey Fossum, and he is ALREADY on his third team. Gaudin is 5'11, about 4 inches shorter then Bay. So really there are two pitchers are EXACT some measurement of about 6'3 and around 150-160 lbs. And those two kids have BLAH numbers. Both maybe talented, but like Bay they need to pack on the LBS so that injury doesn't become a problem. And gaining weight has been Bay's problem. I like the kid, but I believe Bartosh will produce more for the Cubs then Bay will for the Indians. First off, Ervin Santana is a very exciting prospect for the Angels who has had a couple of bad games. The odds are still against Bay succeeding in the big leagues, despite his great season at high A and AA (stats). But his season has increased his trade value, and right now, Bartosh's is not that high. My main point is that a bust-bust trade is not necessarily a wash, becauze it ignores the opportunity cost of the players traded.