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Cubs' Top 10 Prospects by Baseball America & Minor League Free Agents

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:13:37 -0500

Baseball America has listed their top 10 Cubs prospects....drumroll please...

Starlin Castro
Brett Jackson
Josh Vitters
Andrew Cashner
Jay Jackson
Hak-Ju Lee
Logan Watkins
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Flaherty
D.J. LeMehieu

I was expecting Kyler Burke to make the list, but apparently repeating A ball justifiably knocked him down. You can compare and contrast with Arizona Phil's Top 15 list from last week. You can see past Baseball America top 10 lists for the Cubs over at Wiklifield.

Keeping with the minor league news, Arizona Phil has been keeping track of the Cubs minor league free agents on the right sidebar and there now appears to be an official list.

Chicago Cubs (11)

Pitchers: LHP Casey Fossum, RHP Vince Perkins, RHP Jose Pina

Catchers: Mark Johnson

Infielders: Matt Craig, Luis Rivas, Bobby Scales, Nate Spears

Outfielders: Doug Deeds, John-Ford Griffin, Brad Snyder

The only differences from Phil's list are C Robinson Chirinos and RHP Austin-Bibens-Dirx, so I assume they've already resigned with the Cubs. The rest can still sign with the Cubs and according to Phil's sidebar note, Cubs have exclusive negotiating rights until the MLB free agency filing period ends, which I believe is this Saturday.

A bit of nostalgia on that list are some ex-Cubs including(and I'm sure I missed a few): Bobby Brownlie (Atlanta), Federico Baez (Cincinnati), Mark Bellhorn (Colorado), Ryan Harvey (Colorado), Lincoln Holdzkom (Pittsburgh), Juan Mateo (Pittsburgh), Rocky Cherry (San Diego), Shingo Takatsu (San Francisco), Jackson Melian (San Francisco), Josh Kroeger (Chicago White Sox), Michael Restovich (Chicago White Sox), Jason Waddell (Detroit), RIchie Robnett (NY Yankees), Jerome Williams (Oakland), and Buck Coats (Toronto).

Don't forget to enter the TCR Free Agent Frenzy contest...

Cubs Top 10 Prospects by Baseball America and Minor League Free Agents

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:13:37 -0500

Baseball America has listed their top 10 Cubs prospects....drumroll please...

Starlin Castro
Brett Jackson
Josh Vitters
Andrew Cashner
Jay Jackson
Hak-Ju Lee
Logan Watkins
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Flaherty
D.J. LeMehieu

Keeping with the minor league news, Arizona Phil has been keeping track of the Cubs minor league free agents on the right sidebar and there now appears to be an official list.

Chicago Cubs (11)

Pitchers: LHP Casey Fossum, RHP Vince Perkins, RHP Jose Pina

Catchers: Mark Johnson

Infielders: Matt Craig, Luis Rivas, Bobby Scales, Nate Spears

Outfielders: Doug Deeds, John-Ford Griffin, Brad Snyder

Don't forget to enter the TCR Free Agent Frenzy contest...

Cubs Minor League Wrap -- August 29

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:48:05 -0500

Iowa Cubs (70-65) The Iowa Cubs made it four in a row tonight with a 7-4 thumping of the Oklahoma City RedHawks. Casey Fossum improved his record to 6-4 by allowing only one run on two hits over five innings. Fossum walked four and hit two batters. He struck out nine. Blake Parker pitched the ninth inning and picked up his 20th save. Parker allowed one hit and didn't walk anyone. He struck out two. First baseman Micah Hoffpauir went 2 for 4 with three RBI and a run scored. Third b...

Cubs Minor League Wrap -- August 23

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:15:23 -0500

Iowa Cubs (65-64) The Iowa Cubs split a double-header with the New Orleans Zephrys, losing the first one, 6-0 and then taking the second one, 2-1. Jeff Samardzija started and lost the first game. Samardzija threw four innings and gave up six runs, four earned and two unearned, on eight hits. Two of the hits were home runs. The Shark walked one and struck out four. The I-Cubs only had four hits in Game 1. They only managed six hits in game two, but that was enough as Casey Fossum domin...

Cubs Minor League Wrap--July 28

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:55:22 -0500

I'm in the middle of moving right now, so I can't promise tomorrow's wrap will be on time. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs submitted to the majesty of the Omaha Royals, 5-4. Starter Casey Fossum got knocked around tonight for five runs on five hits, including two home runs, over five innings. He walked three and struck out three. B.J. Ryan pitched the seventh inning and faced three batters. He got a fly out, walked the next batter and got the third batter to ground into a double p...

Cubs Minor League Wrap -- July 23

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:26:05 -0500

Last night we had terrible starting pitching throughout the system. Tonight we had great starting pitching everywhere. Go figure. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs topped the Omaha Royals, 5-1. Starter Casey Fossum gave up a home run to the second batter of the game and then shut the Royals down the rest of the way. Fossum went seven innings and allowed only five hits and one walk. (He did hit one batter too.) Fossum struck out five for his second win for the I-Cubs. Bobby Scales was 2 for 3 wi...

Cubs Minor League Wrap--July 18

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:18:34 -0500

And on this day, my little baby girl turned 18 months old. Everybody but Peoria got her a present. Iowa Cubs One run in the eighth and one run in the ninth and the I-Cubs drowned out the Nashville Sounds, 2-1. Casey Fossum had his best start since joining the Cubs, allowing only one unearned run over six innings. He allowed five hits and only walked one batter while striking out five. Blake Parker got the win in relief. He walked a batter with two outs, but otherwise had an unev...

Casey Fossum - the Newest Iowa Cub

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:05:00 -0500

The Cubs signed lefty Casey Fossum and put him in Iowa. I don't know the specifics of the deal, but it seems like a wise move, given Neal Cotts' season-ending surgery.If Fossum is called-up by the Cubs, it will be his sixth major league uniform, starting with Boston, a year in Arizona, three in Tampa and then 2008 with the Tigers. Fossum started 2009 as a Met, but got the boot after three appearances. The Yankees scooped him up in May, stuck him in Scranton (per MLBTR). Fossum opted o...

Out of New York again: Fossum opts out of contract

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:36:50 -0500

Casey Fossum has opted out of his minor league contract with the New York Yankees. Fossum, who joined the Yankees on a minor league deal, opted out of his contract with the New York Mets at the end of April when the team attempted to send him to Triple-A. Fossum, 31, did not appear in a [...]

Casey Fossum joins Scranton, will start today

Sat, 02 May 2009 10:39:00 -0500

via Chad "The Man" Jennings of the Scranton Times:Casey Fossum will start Saturday's Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees game. I don't have contract details or a corresponding move, but I know Fossum is the guy. The 31-year-old lefty opened the season with Triple-A Buffalo, had a 0.82 ERA through two starts and was called up to the New York Mets on April 19. He allowed one run in three outings out of the Mets bullpen before being designated for assignment on Monday. Fossum has pit...

Fossum opts out of contract, becomes free agent

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:34:12 -0500

For being a young and talented arm, the prize of the Boston Red Sox farm system, and a left handed pitcher Casey Fossum sure has been around the league a few times. Fossum pitched four innings for the New York Mets including 3 1/3 on Sunday in which he allowed four hits and a walk in [...]

Takahashi up, Fossum Down...

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:06:48 -0500

After pitching 2.2 innings of mop-up work, Casey Fossum was designated for assignment. Fossum allowed two inherited runners and one of his own runs to score before settling down and pitching two scoreless innings. Fossum has made three appearances for the Mets and today was his first earned run. His down fall came because in two of the appearances he allowed inherited runners to score.Fossum has spent most of his career as a starting pitcher and seemed to do fine starting an inning with the b...

Fossum strong in Buffalo

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:28:30 -0500

Casey Fossum is a 31 y/o left handed pitcher who signed a minor league contract with the Mets in January. Fossum is a former #1 draft pick of the Boston Red Sox in 1999, he spent most of his career with the Sox and Rays but has had short stints with the Tigers, Pirates, Padres and D-Backs. He is a lifetime 40-53 with a 5.47 ERA , his best year was in 2002 for the Sox when he appeared in 43 games (100 innings), 12 starts with a record of 5-4 and an ERA of 3.46 with 101 strike outs and only 30 ...

Fossum got an Invite with MiLB..

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:22:08 -0500

This is more of an up-date then anything else, the Buffalo Bison's announced yesterday that LHP Casey Fossum was signed to a minor league contract. Sometime last night the non-roster invitee list was up dated to include Casey Fossum. Omar had said to expect a few signings like this, remember ...