The “Bubble Watch” is a term not just reserved for March Madness. As Spring Training is now about halfway complete, players looking to make big-league rosters could also be viewed as on the “bubble.” Mike Olt is one of those […]
As Spring Training has gone on this season, the Chicago Cubs should be getting more and more encouraged by the progress of two of their young future stars. While the team has several young hitters that they’re looking forward to […]
Don’t look now, but the Chicago Cubs may be shuffling their plans on just who will be taking the ball on the Opening Day lineup card. It has long been forecast and assumed numerous times that righty Jeff Samardzija would […]
After tearing triple-A to shreds in 2012 before hitting 15 home runs with an OPS of .805 for the Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo was supposed to take the next step towards stardom in 2013. In a lot of ways, he […]
After the Oscars, can you imagine if John Travolta had to call play-by-play for a Jeff Samardzija start? One can only imagine the botched pronunciations that would occur, like shades of Harry Caray on the call. Samardzija was on the […]
Erik Jokisch is a left-handed starting pitcher in the Chicago Cubs‘ minor league system who receives little love from the prospect authorities, despite throwing a no-hitter last season and compiling impressive results throughout the minor leagues. Jokisch started for the […]
Last Friday in his first career Spring Training at-bat, Chicago Cubs prospect Kris Bryant worked a 3-2 count, then fouled off several pitches before he hit a monster home run to deep center field. The ball was estimated to have […]