Welington Castillo News

With the trade of Aaron Heilman yesterday, the Cubs' 40-man roster stands at 33 players -- so they've got plenty of room to add players they want to protect.

The Cubs added outfielder James Adduci, catcher Welington Castillo and pitchers John Gaub, Blake Parker and Rafael Dolis to the 40-man roster on Friday.

I hadn't done anything with the Arizona Fall League so far. I thought that the fanposts you all were doing was handling the situation pretty well.

Starlin Castro is ready for the big leagues. Never mind that he's only 19 years old.

For the first time ever, the Arizona Fall League will feature pitchfx data at two locations .

The Tennessee Smokies finally beat an old friend Saturday night to put themselves on the threshold of the Southern League playoff finals for the first time since 2004.

All the races are decided, and we've only got three teams playing their final game of the regular season.

All the Tennessee Smokies have to do to capture the Southern League North Division second-half championship is win the final series of the regular season and get a little help from the Birmingham Barons.

Wes Roemer handily won the battle of first-round draft picks and the Mobile BayBears nudged the Tennessee Smokies' pennant express off course.

Andrew Cashner, the Cubs' No. 1 pick in the 2008 Draft, and third baseman Josh Vitters, the top pick in 2007, will play for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.

This list was originally published November 29, 2008 . This is a REVIEW of the OLD LIST.

This is the kind of win of which champions are made. Jim Adduci's bloop a single over a drawn-in infield with one out in the ninth inning to cap a two-run rally that catapulted the Tennessee Smokies to a 5-4 victory over the snake-bitten Chattanooga Lookouts on Wednesday night at Smokies Park.

Tyler Colvin tied a Southern League record tonight. Iowa Cubs The Cubs pitching staff only allowed three hits tonight, but that was enough as starter Casey Fossum took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits over 5.2 innings.

The Tennessee Smokies' battery of catcher Geovany Soto and pitcher Andrew Cashner could be reunited at Wrigley Field in the near future.

Ryne Sandberg can see the confidence building in his Tennessee Smokies. The Chicago Cubs Class AA farmhands have put together a seven-game winning streak and are playing their best baseball of the year.

Casey Coleman won his Southern League high 10th game and the Tennessee Smokies beat Mobile 5-2 at Hank Aaron Stadium for their fourth consecutive win over the BayBears on Thursday night.

The hits kept coming Wednesday night for the Tennessee Smokies, 14 to be exact. Unfortunately for the home team the Mississippi Bravesa hits did much more damage, cleared the fences twice en route to an 8-5 win over the Smokies in front of 4,057 at Smokies Park.

The Tennessee Smokies used three home runs and timely pitching to win 5-4 over the Jacksonville Suns at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville on Saturday night.

I'll try to do this as a story rather than as a front page fanpost like I did last night.

Manager Ryne Sandberg had his players congregate on the infield before batting practice at Smokies Park on Monday and broke the news: Six Tennessee Smokies were selected to play in the Southern League All-Star Game at Regions Park in Birmingham, Ala., on July 13.