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Posted in: Kevin Gregg, Carlos Marmol, Angel Guzman, I-Cubs, Tom Gorzelanny, 5 Million Dollar Black Hole The Cubs made a few changes today, and thank goodness on at least one count. Bobby Scales and Neal Cotts (YES!!!!) were optioned to AAA. Aaron Miles went to the DL. The Cubs called up Andres Blanco, Jason Waddell and Jake Fox. Cotts was obviously going to be gone shortly, and it is well past due. He can go walk AAA batters now. Bobby Scales supposedly had caught what Derrek Lee has, and his average had been plummeting. Aaron Miles will not be missed very much. Andres Blanco gives the Cubs a bit of flexibility in the infield, as Ryan Freel would have been the only backup infielder left. He was having a pretty good year at AAA, but not groundbreaking. Jason Waddell was brought up merely to have a lefty around. His ERA and WHIP are a very unimpressive 5.40 and 1.44 respectively. He can't be any worse than what we had, so whatever. Way to forget about getting a good lefthander this offseason, Hendry. But Babe Fox finally gets his chance to shine. He was touting a .423 average, 17 home runs and 50 RBIs in AAA. Now, before we all get too giddy, the Pie and Cedeno also put up gaudy AAA numbers before. Fox doesn't really have a position, and is essentially a right handed Micah Hoffpauir. At this point though, you have to give this guy a chance in the big leagues. Worst case you can showcase him as a piece in a trade later on this year. Best case, maybe he ends up finding a place where he can adequately fill-in defensively and give the Cubs some needed offense. Either way, this call up needed to happen. So we will see how things go with these three. At the very least, we better beat Pittsburgh. Posted in: Neal Cotts, Aaron Miles, Bobby Scales, Jake Fox, Jason Waddell, Andres Blanco, I-Cubs Dan asked me tonight how Jake Fox was doing at AAA. So I decided to have a look. In 19 games, accumulating 74 at bats, Jake Fox is hitting a mere .446 with TWELVE home runs and 31 RBI. Right now his OPS (On base Plus Slugging) is a robust 1.579. Basically the dude is having an "Triple Play Baseball '96 on Rookie setting" type April. Oh, and if you are concerned about how he is handling right-handers, since Jim Hendry is on that kick, 11 of his 12 home runs are off righties. I think Mr. Fox may be gracing Wrigley Field with his presence soon. Preferably at the expense of Joey Gathright. The question that remains is if this is for real, or if this is another in a long line of AAAA ballplayers from Iowa. (All statistics from www.minorleaguebaseball.com) Posted in: Jake Fox, Dominance, Minor Leagues, I-Cubs | ||