Iowa Cubs- July 2012 edition
Jul. 25th, 2012 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23The inevitability of a minor league team is that the best players will move on (Although to be fair, that seems to be truer every year in pro sports). The 2012 Iowa Cubs' best player Anthony Rizzo has went to the parent club and has been quite successful so far.
The current crop of I-Cubs is led by Brett Jackson, who seems to have some pop and is moving into that role quite easily.
We saw them this weekend and got to see Frankie de la Cruz pitch again. He pitched three scoreless innings, and seems a sure shot for the bigs. The Cubs got slammed 9-1, but it wasn't de la Cruz's fault.
Other prospects on the team to watch are OF Dave Sappelt and C Welington Castillo. Other role players in supporting roles are Alfredo Amezaga (who was drafted one spot ahead of Albert Pujols, but has been mostly a perennial minor leaguer) and 3b Adrian Cardenas who spent some time up in Chicago this year.
The New orleans Zephyrs (the winners) featured Chris Coghlan who was the NL Rookie of the Year in 2009.
Of course, everyone goes to minor league games for the mascot races. I've been talking about it for awhile now, but Slate recently did a feature that went inside the costume.
The I Cubs race was one featured.
Buffalo's Celery-Wing-Blue Cheese race got snubbed by Slate, but you can read about them here.
The current crop of I-Cubs is led by Brett Jackson, who seems to have some pop and is moving into that role quite easily.
We saw them this weekend and got to see Frankie de la Cruz pitch again. He pitched three scoreless innings, and seems a sure shot for the bigs. The Cubs got slammed 9-1, but it wasn't de la Cruz's fault.
Other prospects on the team to watch are OF Dave Sappelt and C Welington Castillo. Other role players in supporting roles are Alfredo Amezaga (who was drafted one spot ahead of Albert Pujols, but has been mostly a perennial minor leaguer) and 3b Adrian Cardenas who spent some time up in Chicago this year.
The New orleans Zephyrs (the winners) featured Chris Coghlan who was the NL Rookie of the Year in 2009.
Of course, everyone goes to minor league games for the mascot races. I've been talking about it for awhile now, but Slate recently did a feature that went inside the costume.
The I Cubs race was one featured.
Buffalo's Celery-Wing-Blue Cheese race got snubbed by Slate, but you can read about them here.
