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Callis thinks Estrada will sign: [tweet] [/tweet] The signing deadline is this Friday.

[tweet] [/tweet] Not bad for Rosscup.

Box Scores: Iowa won 12-7 Box Score CF J. Hannemann 2/5, R, 2 K LF K. Schwarber 0/4, BB, 2 K DH M. Zagunis 1/4, 2 R, 2B (14), BB, K 3B C. Young 3/5, 3 R, 2B (13), RBI, K, SB (4) RF J. Andreoli 2/4, 2 R, 3B (5), HR (7), 3 RBI, BB, K SP A. Brooks 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 6-3 GO-FO, 110-70 pitches-strikes RP P. Johnson 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 4-1 Box Score RF C. Burks 1/4, K SS A. Ely 0/3, BB, K 2B D. Bote 1/2, 2 BB 3B J. Vosler 0/4, K LF C. Penalver 0/4, 2 K SP J-H Tseng 6.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 1 HBP, 4-6 GO-FO, 107-71 pitches-strikes RP D. Garner 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 11-7 (11 innings) Box Score SS Z. Short 0/5, BB, 3 K LF E. Jimenez 4/6, 3 R, HR (8), 2 RBI, K 1B M. Rose 3/5, 2 R, 2B (14), 3B (1), HR (7), 3 RBI, BB DH T. Alamo 1/3 PH-DH B. Flete 1/2, R, 2B (15), BB, K 3B J. Hodges 2/6, 2 R, 3B (2), HR (7), 5 RBI, K SP T. Hatch 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 5-1 GO-FO, 86-56 pitches-strikes RP D. Berg 1 IP, 0 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Norwood 1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO RP P. Araujo 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 8-2 Box Score CF L. Ayala 1/4, R, K RF J. Heyward 2/3, R - rehab LF K. Mitchell 1/2, 2B (10), RBI, BB, K 2B A. Upshaw 2/4, 2B (1), E (2, throw) 1B J. Martarano 0/3, 2 K, E (1, pickoff) C J. Pereda 0/3 K, PB (2) SP E. Moreno 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 4 WP, 7-1 GO-FO, 93-54 pitches-strikes RP T. Miller 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 6-2 GO-FO, 63-38 pitches-strikes Eugene lost 7-2 Box Score 2B R. Narea 1/5, 2 K SS A. Ademan 1/5, 2 RBI 1B M. Amaya 0/4, K 3B A. Filiere 1/3, BB, E (1, throw) RF K-M Kwon 0/3, BB, K SP J. Assad 4 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 6-2 GO-FO, 80-47 pitches-strikes RP A. Rondon 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 7-6 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 2/3, 2 R, 2 HR (2), 3 RBI, SB outfield assist at third base - rehab CF J. Gutierrez 0/2 2B Y. Perlaza 1/5, E (3, fielding) RF J. Sierra 0/4, BB, 2 K, SB (3) DH K. Zamudio 0/4, 2 K LF-1B R. Mejia 2/4, R, 2B (2), HR (2), 2 RBI, outfield assist at home 3B F. Mejia 2/4, R, RBI SS D. Zinn 2/4 SP J. Albertos 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 4-5 GO-FO RP E. Palma 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GO-FO, balk DSL Cubs 1 won 9-0 Box Score 2B L. Diaz 2/6, 2B (4), K, SB (7), E (6, fielding) SS C. Morel 2/6, 2 R, RBI, 2 K, SB (6) RF J. Jules 0/4, 3 K, HBP C Hen. Perez 0/2, RBI, HBP, PB (6) 3B Her. Perez 1/5, R, RBI, SB (7) SP Y. Cruz 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 8-1 GO-FO, balk DSL Cubs 2 won 9-6 Box Score 2B O. Nuñez 2/5, R, 2 RBI, K SS J. Huma 2/5, R, 2 RBI RF C. Alfonso 2/4, R, K, 2 SB (4) 3B H. Pedra 1/4, 2 R, 3B (2), SB (7), 2 E (9, fielding, throw) SP D. Correa 2.1 IP, 0 H , 3 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 4-1 GO-FO RP F. Heredia 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 K, 2-0 GO-FO

Welington Castillo was always a catcher, never was converted. You might be thinking of Robinson Chirinos, who converted from middle infielder. Willson was signed as an infielder Haugh writes about it here According to FanGraphs he started 45 games at 3B as late as 2011 The dirty little secret to all those awesome stories about how Willson Contreras converted from his original position as an infielder to catcher is that he actually originally signed as a teenager with the Cubs as a catcher, then moved to infielder, and then converted back: [tweet]https://twitter.com/jorgearangure/status/2438567866[/tweet]

Welington Castillo was always a catcher, never was converted. You might be thinking of Robinson Chirinos, who converted from middle infielder.

I'm going to go ahead and call it a good road trip for Kris because his leg didn't die at third base in Washington.

Holy crap. Strop hitting 100!?

CEJ!

The hit Grimm gave up and Uehara's first hit were bounced through the infield. Feels like we're running through relievers pretty quickly this half inning. Hope Edwards is good here.

Low 90's sitting 92-93, topping at 94. He's probably never going to get back to his previous mid-90s velocity but if he can command his pitches like he did today with that movement, he can still be a very good pitcher. Hopefully he can build on today's start but I'm guessing he'll continue to be inconsistent start to start.

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Yesterday would've been a horrible time for it. i pretty much just think that at every plate appearance for him at this point. I assume he's capable of hitting at least one this year Jay hit his first HR yesterday.

Yesterday would've been a horrible time for it.

I wonder if the folks at New York who do reviews know a baseball player can't be out if he's never tagged. What horseshit.

Looks like we won't get the official details on Serrano today: [tweet] [/tweet]

BA's #10 and 15 prospects, Raimfer Salinas and Antonio Cabello likely won't sign today or during this period, according to Ben Badler. Here's Eric Longenhagen on why:

It's July 2nd! [tweet] [/tweet] Ben Badler says the Cubs have also signed the other three guys linked to them in recent articles:

Box Scores: Iowa lost 8-4 Box Score CF J. Hannemann 1/4, R< BB LF K. Schwarber 1/3, R, RBI, BB DH B. Rademacher 1/4, RBI SS C. Young 1/3, BB, K 3B S. Bruno 1/3, BB, 2 K RF J. Andreoli 1/4, R, 2 K SP Z. Hedges 3 IP, 13 H, 8 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4-1 GO-FO, 73-47 pitches-strikes RP A. Acevedo 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 4-0 GO-FO RP J. Leathersich 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP M. Carasiti 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee won game one 5-4 (7 innings) Box Score CF C. Burks 1/4, RBI, 2 K SS A. Ely 1/3, 2 R, BB 2B D. Bote 2/3, R, 2 2B (18), BB 3B J. Vosler 1/3, RBI SP T. Clifton 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 4-6 GO-FO, 92-53 pitches-strikes; batting: 1/1 RP D. Torrez 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO RP D. Maples 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won game two 9-3 (7 innings) Box Score CF C. Burks 0/4, 3 K SS C. Penalver 2/4, R, 2B (6) 2B D. Bote 0/3, R, BB 3B J. Vosler 2/3, 2 R, RBI, K, CS (1) C I. Rice 2/3, 2 R, HR (11), 4 RBI SP B. Markey 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2-3 GO-FO, 57-40 pitches-strikes; batting 0/0, BB RP R. McNeil 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1-0 GO-FO RP C. Brooks 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K Myrtle Beach alost 9-7 Box Score 2B B. Flete 3/4, 3 R, 2B (14), HBP, 2 RBI, SB (4), CS (@) C PJ Higgins 3/3, 2 RBI, BB, HBP DH E. Jimenez 0/5, 3 K LF E. Martinez 2/2, RBI 1B M. Rose 1/5, 2B (13), 2 K SS Z. Short 1/4, R, BB SP A, Alzolay 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HR, 5-4 GO-FO, 94-61 pitches-strikes, 1 balk South Bend won 11-4 Box Score LF-RF R. Caro 2/4, 3 R, 2B (5), RBI, BB, SB (10) RF J. Heyward 1/1, R, RBI, BB - rehab LF K. Mitchell 2/3, 2 R, HR (9), 3 RBI, SB (11) 1B J. Martarano 0/5, RBI, 2 K 2B A. Upshaw 1/4, 2 K, E (1, fielding) - South Bend debut C A. Mieno 2/4, R, 3B (3) CF L. Ayala 1/3, R, BB, E (8, fielding) SP M. Rondon 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 7-6 GO-FO, 72-45 pitches-strikes RP M. Malave 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-0 GO-FO - South Bend debut Eugene lost 9-8 Box Score CF Z. Davis 0/2 SS A. Ademan 0/4, BB, K 1B M. Amaya 0/1, K C G. Polanco 1/5, 2 R, 2 K 3B A. Filiere 1/2, 2 R, 3 BB, K, CS (1) 2B J. Bethencourt 1/3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HBP, CS (4), 2 E (4, fielding, throw) LF-RF K-M Kwon 1/3, 2 RBI, 2 K SP A. Garcia 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 11-2 GO-FO, 69-41 pitches-strikes RP J. Marte 1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP, 0-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 had the day off DSL Cubs 2 had the day off

Without looking at stats to back me up, I feel like Kershaw gets pushed longer than most starters in the playoffs because of how shitty his bullpen is (besides Kenley) and that is partially to blame for his memorable playoff meltdowns.

I'm kinda thinking that the plan once everyone is back would be Schwarber-Happ-Heyward. Almora and Jay cycle in against good matchups. Yeah, I think I'd rather have Heyward in CF than Happ, but Happ has proven to be reliable and solid-average in his short time in CF. We'll see how it all shakes out once everyone is healthy and Schwarber returns. J. Jay is a great weapon to bring off the bench as a PH. I didn't think much of it when we signed him, but that was a great pickup. Agreed that the optimal defensive alignment is Heyward in center and not Happ.

That doesn't do it justice. Can't wait for robot umps.

Hopefully the silly demotion is over. I doubt he's learning too much at AAA and the big league offense could use the help.

I was just about to ask if his advanced stats suggested he was actually pitching well and not continuing to get lucky because he's only allowed 1 ER in his past 12 innings. But now he will give up a 3 run inning and it will be your fault (and a little mine) His FIP is like 4.2, which is solid. But that's only because he hasn't been giving up homers. And that's a complete aberration since everyone gives up homers now. And he's given up a ton of long flys to the wall. Basically, he's pitched pretty well, even if a little worse than his results indicate. But it's not likely to continue, because he actually sucks. He's also partially protected by only going about 60 pitches/twice through the order.

Box Scores: Iowa won a game suspended on 6/25 13-4 Box Score LF J. Hannemann 3/6, 2 R, 2B (7), RBI 1B J. Candelario 0/1 RF B. Rademacher 1/3, 2 R, RBI, 3 BB, SB (1) C V Caratini 0/1 DH K. Schwarber 0/2, 2 R, 2 BB 2B-3B S. Bruno 4/5, 2 R, 2 HR (7), 6 RBI SP S. Frankoff 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO, 29-19 pitches-strikes RP D. Rollins 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GO-FO RP D. Floro 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-0 GO-FO Iowa won 5-2 (7 innings) Box Score RF J. Andreoli 2/3, R, CS (4) LF K. Schwarber 2/2, 2 R, 2 HR (4), 3 RBI, HBP SS C. Young 0/2, RBI CF J. Hannemann 0/1, 2 HBP DH B. Rademacher 0/3 SP W. Perez 6 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 7-2 GO-FO, 100-61 pitches-strikes RP P. Johnson 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K Tennessee PPD - Rain Myrtle Beach won 4-1 Box Score 2B B. Flete 2/5, R, K C PJ Higgins 1/3, BB, pickoff at third base LF E. Jimenez 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K RF E. Martinez 1/4, R, 2B (4), K DH T. Alamo 1/4, K 1B M. Rose 2/4, R, HR (12), 2 RBI SS Z. Short 0/3, BB, 2 K SP J. Steele 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 4-3 GO-FO, 78-51 pitches-strikes RP D. Mekkes 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GO-FO RP P. Araujo 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO South Bend won 5-4 Box Score RF R. Caro 1/3, 2B (4), BB, CS (2) C A. Mineo 0/3, R, BB LF K. Mitchell 2/4, R, SB (10) SS I. Paredes 0/3, RBI, 2 K, E (6, throw) CF L. Ayala 3/4, 2 2B (13), RBI, K, outfield assist at home 1B J. Pereda 2/3, BB SP D. Robinson 5.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 12-1 GO-FO, 94-57 pitches-strikes RP C. Hockin 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO Eugene won 5-2 Box Score CF Z. Davis 3/5, R, SB (9) SS A. Ademan 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, SB (4), 2 E (9, throw, missed catch) C M. Amaya 0/4, RBI, 2 K 1B G. Polanco 2/3, 2 RBI, BB 2B R. Narea 0/3, BB, K, SB (3) RF K-M Kwon 0/3, R, BB, 3 K, SB (1) SP M. Swarmer 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP-, 6-3 GO-FO, 85-49 pitches-strikes RP M. Rodriguez 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 6-0 Box Score CF Y. Cuevas 0/4, K 2B Y. Perlaza 1/4, K RF J. Sierra0/4, K 1B K. Zamudio 0/2, BB, K 3B A. Upshaw 0/2, 2 E (3, throw, throw) LF R. Mejia 1/3 DH F. Mejia 0/3, K SS D. Zinn 1/3 SP A. Colorado 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 WP, 1 BB, 3 HR, 5 K, 7-1 GO RP J. Rosario 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K - rehab DSL Cubs 1 won 3-1 Box Score SS L. Diaz 0/3, 2 K 3B C. Morel 1/2, R, BB, SB (5), CS (5) RF J. Jules 0/3 C Hen. Perez 0/2, 2 K 2B Her. Perez 0/3, K SP O. Venura 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 6 BB, 3 K, 4-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 11-2 Box Score 2B O. Nuñez 3/5, 2 R, 2B (5), BB, K, SB (12) SS J. Huma 2/5, R, RBI, E (9, throw) 3B J. Brete 2/5, R, 2B (2), HBP, SB (1) CF C. Alfonzo 3/5, R, 2B (1), RBI, K SP J. Tejada 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 10-0 GO-FO

Another tape measure shot.