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Given how mediocre Stinnett and Sands have been, how bad Steele has been and how Cease got hurt again, it's especially annoying seeing the Cubs' top second round target, Jack Flaherty, doing well in the Cardinals system. Whatever, Flaherty is a pitcher too.

It apparently looked like Cease was pointing to his shoulder when talking to the trainer.

Pedro Araujo this season: 1 ER in 27.1 IP at South Bend and Myrtle Beach with 32 K & 6 BB.

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee lost 4-0 Box Score 3B C. Young 2/3, BB DH I. Happ 0/4, 2 K 1B V. Caratini 0/3, HBP RF B. Rademacher 0/4, 2 K SS C. Penalver 0/4, 2 K SP C. Richard 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-2 GO-FO, 43-28 pitches-strikes - rehab RP B. Matusz 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 63-41 pitches-strikes RP RJ Alvarez 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach had the day off South Bend had the day off Eugene had the day off AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-8 Box Score LF J. Jules 1/4, R, BB, K SS Y. Perlaza 1/5, R, RBI, K, SB (7), E (5, fielding) RF J. Sierra 1/2, R, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SB (6) CF J. Gutierrez 1/4, R, BB, K, E (3, throw), 2 outfield assists (at first base, at third base) DH Hen. Perez 1/4, R, K 2B O. Nuñez 1/3, R, RBI, BB, K, CS (5) SP Y. Perez 3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 9-4 Box Score 3B L. Diaz 2/5, 2 R, 2B (4), 2 RBI, BB SS A. Ademan 1/4, 2 R, BB, E (9, throw) 2B F. Mejia 3/5, 2B (8), RBI LF A. Rodriguez 0/3, RBI C M. Amaya 1/5, 2B (7), K CF Y. Cuevas 1/5, R, HR (3), 3 RBI, K SP F. Carrera 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 8-4 GO-FO

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If there the case, imagine how crappy Cardinals pitchers really are without Molina.

Hopefully he won't need surgery. Now if only we'd get news on Oscar De La Cruz too.

Assuming you're not considering Willson in your rankings, I'm almost there too. And BP ranked him #1 in the Cubs system in their midseason top 50 rankings.

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From BA's biggest midseason risers and fallers in the top 100:

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee won 7-6 Box Score 2B I. Happ 0/4, K C V. Caratini 2/3, 2 R, HR (3), 3 RBI, HBP RF B. McKinney 2/4, R, RBI, outfield assist at home DH B. Rademacher 1/4, K SP JH Tseng 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6-3 GO-FO, 85-58 pitches-strikes RP J. Paniagua 2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 3-1 GO-FO RP J. Nathan 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GO-FO, 12-7 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won 5-1 Box Score LF C. Burks 1/4, RBI, BB, K CF R. Crawford 2/5, 2 R, HR (3), 3 RBI, K, SB (17) SS G. Torres 2/5, 2B (18), RBI, 2 K, SB (17) DH I. Rice 1/4, BB, 3 K 3B J. Vosler 1/4, BB, 2 K RF Je. Baez 1/5, 3B (2), K SP J. Martinez 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 2-1 GO-FO, 80-52 pitches-strikes RP P. Araujo 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-1 GO-FO - 1 ER in 27.1 IP at South Bend and Myrtle Beach w/ 32 K & 6 BB RP R. McNeil 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 10-3 Box Score SS A. Monasterio 0/4, 2 K, HBP, E (1, throw) C PJ Higgins 0/4, RBI, BB CF D. Dewees 0/5, 2 K RF E. Martinez 0/3, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB (6) DH A. Mineo 0/3, BB, 2 K 3B J. Hodges 1/3, R, BB, K SP R. Kellogg 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 7-5 GO-FO, 85-53 pitches-strikes Eugene lost 7-4 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 1/4, 2B (2), 2 RBI, BB, K, CS (3) SS Y. Peguero 0/2, BB, K, HBP DH M. Rose 0/3, BB 3B W. Galindo 0/4 LF K. Mitchell 1/4, 2 R, 2B (4), SB (6) RF C. Myers 1/4, R, RBI, 2 K - Eugene debut SP D. Cease 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1-5 GO-FO - left game due to undisclosed injury RP J. Brink 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GO-FO RP E. De Los Rio 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 lost 12-4 Box Score CF J. Jules 0/3, R, 2 BB, 2 K SS R. Narea 1/3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 2 SB (12) 2B Y. Perlaza 1/5, RBI, 2 K LF J. Sierra 1/5 DH H. Perez 2/4, R, 2B (3), RBI, K 3B O. Nuñez 1/3, 2B (8), BB SP A. Bonalde 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 2-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 11-4 Box Score 3B L. Diaz 2/5, R, CS (8), 2 E (6, throw, throw) SS A. Ademan 1/5, R, 3B (1), RBI DH F. Mejia 2/4, R, 2B (7), RBI, BB LF A. Rodriguez 1/5, 2 R C M. Amaya 3/5, R CF Y. Cuevas 3/5, 2 R, 2B (4), 2 RBI, SB (9), CS (5) RF T. Rijo 0/2, 2 K, 2 E (4, fielding, fielding) SP E. Ferrebus 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3-6 GO-FO

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Moncada is MVP? #EloyWasRobbed

I was coming in here to post about Mark Prior being the US pitching coach but screw that. Eloy with a MONSTER home run! Third deck of the Western Metal Supply building.

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That was really more of a bad Zobrist play. True. Bad Baez/Zobrist play. Watch the replay. Baez wasn't at fault at all. He should've gone after Bell in a rundown.

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I guess the hope there is that Lackey can get at least one out from a guy just up from AAA and a white guy with dreadlocks. Really playing with fire the way Lackey had pitched the first three innings and the fifth (though no one scored in the fifth).

Apologies for faulting Javy.

If Maddon is willing to go to Strop and Rondon from the 7th on, maybe don't wait till there are two on and none out before doing it. And holy hell, Javy and Zobrist. The defense has made some dumb decisions during this slump.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 7-4 Box Score Tennessee won 5-4 Box Score Myrtle Beach won 9-1 Box Score South Bend won 10-6 Box Score Eugene lost 10-2 Box Score AZL Cubs lost 12-3 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 and 2 had the day off

It's even weirder seeing that juxtaposed with their record and location in the standings.

I don't think Jesus Castillo is challenged by the NWL.

Toss in Bryant, just in case.