
Starlin Castro had two hits in Saturday night's Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars game, played in Surprise. Castro's East team scored seven runs in the first inning, but lost the game, 8-7, to the West. Cubs prospect Blake Parker pitched one inning in relief for the East...

Thomas Diamond made his first start in the Mexican League on Friday night, and struck out three over three-plus innings in Mexicali's 5-4 win over Obegron. Diamond did not walk a batter and did not give up a hit until the first two batters in the fourth connected off the right-hander...

Starlin Castro went 2-for-6 in the Mesa Solar Sox's 11-1 romp over Surprise on Friday. Castro leads the Arizona Fall League with a .424 average, and he'll play Saturday in the Rising Stars game at Surprise Stadium...

Michael Brenly smacked a two-run homer in the Mesa Solar Sox's 8-5 win over the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League play Wednesday. Brenly is the son of Cubs television analyst Bob Brenly, and was a late add to the Mesa team, replacing catcher Welington Castillo...

Andrew Cashner threw four scoreless innings in the Mesa Solar Sox's 8-1 win over the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League play Thursday. Cashner, the Cubs' No. 1 pick in 2008, did not walk a batter and struck out four...

The Ricketts family was to tour Mesa, Ariz., on Wednesday by helicopter to look at potential sites along the Loop 202 freeway for the Cubs' Spring Training home. Last month, new Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts was in Collier County, Fla., to do the same, looking at three sites near Naples...

Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly underwent a left shoulder arthroscopy and debridement on Tuesday by noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Lewis Yocum in Los Angeles. During the surgery, Yocum found no major damage to Lilly's shoulder and the procedure consisted of a washout and clean up of the shoulder...

Four Cubs prospects were named to the Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars game, to be played Saturday night in Surprise...

Starlin Castro hit his first homer and added a triple in the Mesa Solar Sox's 2-1 loss Tuesday to the Peoria Saguaros in Arizona Fall League play. It's good timing for Castro to get hot. The Cubs brass is in Arizona for the organizational meetings. Castro is batting .429 so far...

Milton Bradley will hit 18 homers and drive in 64 runs next season, Alfonso Soriano will belt 30 homers, and Carlos Marmol will total 34 saves. Those are the predictions in the just-released Bill James Handbook 2010...

Outfielder Reed Johnson and pitchers John Grabow, Rich Harden, Kevin Gregg, and Chad Fox are eligible to file for free agency as soon as the World Series ends. A player must file within 15 days after the World Series is over....

Starlin Castro hit a two-run single in the fifth inning to help the Mesa Solar Sox beat the Peoria Saguaros, 7-2, on Monday in Arizona Fall League action. Castro is batting .423 in the AFL. Josh Vitters hit a triple for Mesa, and John Gaub struck out two in one inning of relief...

The Cubs want to move Kosuke Fukudome back to right field. Alfonso Soriano will be in left. Who's in center? Here's a list of free agent candidates. Who's your pick? And I'm hoping nobody says Jerry Hairston Jr. Or, do you go for Sam Fuld or Tyler Colvin...

Starlin Castro went 2-for-5 and stole a base in the Mesa Solar Sox's 4-3 loss to Phoenix on Saturday. Josh Vitters was the DH, and had one hit in five at-bats. The Arizona Fall League takes Sunday off, and will resume on Monday. Mesa will play host to the Peoria Saguaros at HoHoKam Stadium...









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