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I never expected to find the Triple-A Cubs in Schaumburg, Illinois, but yesterday I made the drive to the Western Suburbs to see exactly that. We’re in the final few days of the Alternate Training Site format for the minor leagues, setting up Wednesday’s contest between the Cubs and White Sox as more of a tune-up for the Triple-A squads.
The star of the day was Ben Holmes, the left-hander the Cubs signed this offseason coming off a Driveline Pro Day event in Arizona. When they did so, I expected Holmes might be in the mix for a bullpen spot in Iowa or Tennessee. Instead, I’d think this start solidified his hold on a Triple-A rotation spot, which probably means the rest of his camp has gone as well as this start did. He threw five shutout innings, and I don’t believe the White Sox even reached second base against him.
Cubs alternate site wrap: Jason Adam still needs some more work
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I will NOT be doing an “alternate site wrap” every night.
Not that I would have expected this from Josh, because there aren’t any published boxscores or stats from the alternate site games.
Nevertheless, you are getting at least one “alternate site wrap,” from me, because Wednesday afternoon I attended a Cubs vs. White Sox alternate site game, hosted by the Sox, who are using the Frontier League’s Schaumburg Boomers park, Wintrust Field, as their alternate site.
The teams are taking somewhat of a different approach to these games, at least as indicated by the starting lineups. The Cubs lineup was mostly the guys you would have seen playing the last few innings of games this spring in Mesa. The Sox, meanwhile, had two players in their lineup who have had MLB time this year Danny Mendick and Nick Williams. Mendick, in fact, had played fairly well (6-for-16, five walks) in limited duty be
Notes From the Fence Outside the Cubs Backfields: Roederer’s Vibe, Howard’s Defense, Some Pitchers Who Popped
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Notes From the Fence Outside the Cubs Backfields: Roederer’s Vibe, Howard’s Defense, Some Pitchers Who Popped
My family popped down to Arizona for a quick Spring Break trip this past week, so I had to drop by the Cubs backfields for a few days to see the action at minor league Spring Training. It was a bit of a fool’s errand, as fans and media aren’t allowed anywhere particularly close, but boy was it good to see familiar faces and hear the crack of the bat again.
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