Esmailin Caridad News

All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. Don't get too worried about exact rankings at this point, especially once you get beyond the Top 10.

Thinking about how much of a bad streak Hendry has been on recently I feel bad for Jim, and wanted to see what I can do to help him...Right now the Cubs bullpen looks like this: CLa 'Carlos Marmol SUa 'Angel Guzman, John Grabow LRa 'Sean Marshall MRa 'Justin Berg, Esmailin Caridad, Jeff Samardzija or Jon Gaub or Jeff Stevens While I feel ...

I suppose it's been a pretty good week for the Chicago Cubs ... though there's a ton of work left to be done if the Cubs want to get back in a position to contend for a championship.

The Cubs changed the course of franchise history three years ago Friday when they signed Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year, $136 million deal.

No scenes like this will be seen in 2010. Aaron Heilman is headed to Arizona. Browse more photos>> With all apologies due to BCB reader brian custer, a close friend of Aaron Heilman , he'll have to head to Phoenix to see his buddy pitch in 2010 -- the Cubs sent Heilman to the Diamondbacks today for two minor leaguers.

The Ricketts family, Spring Training, Carlos Marmol's backup, and center field and second base options are among the topics in this week's Inbox.

Bruce Miles' game tracker Still job. 1: Randy Wells turned in the Cubs' 94th quality start of the season by working 7 innings of shutout ball.

Filed: Oct. 4, 2009 It's over. The Cubs ended the 2009 season in a game that pretty much sums up the year: They got some good pitching, someone homered, and in the end, they couldn't come through in the clutch, this time losing 5-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Randy Wells finishes off an outstanding rookie season. Browse more photos>> Now here's something that can give us hope for 2010.

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Aramis Ramirez belted his 15th home run for his 64th RBI -- all in just 79 games.

The Cardinals celebrated a walk-off victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night only to find out that they hadn't won the game.

The Cubs' starting rotation over the final two weeks will take on a different look as the Cubs sit the fatigued Rich Harden and also try to get a look at a prospect or two.

Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 Iowa Cubs Finish in Third Place with a .500 Record for 2009 Season Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 01:02AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Des Moines, IA The Iowa Cubs ended the 2009 season on Monday, September 7 with a 7-2 loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes.

Time for the Cubs to call it a season and work on making things right for 2010. Time to acknowledge the fork that has been stuck in their collective gluteus for three weeks.

Jay Jackson was getting ready to take the field in Clearwater, Fla., on Saturday when he got the call.

Some familiar faces should be returning to Wrigley Field starting Sept. 1. That's the day Major League rosters expand, allowing teams to bring in reinforcements from the Minors.

Cubs pitcher Rich Harden admitted to knowing little or nothing about baseball's waiver process, so it wasn't surprising that he also didn't know he'd been put on waivers by the Cubs and claimed by at least one team.

Esmalin Caridad has been waiting for the Cubs to call him up to the majors all season.

A grand slam is usually a reason to celebrate - unless your team is trailing at the time, 13-2. 'You take them when you can get them, but I wish it had come at a more opportune time,' said Iowa designated hitter Matt Craig, whose seventh-inning grand slam was one of the few things an announced crowd of 8,065 had to cheer about in a 16-8 loss to Las ...