Jeff Samardzija Watch

[Cubbies10]

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Ok i have decided to do a watch on Jeff, my favorite minor league player and second favorite player in the Cubs organization.

Jeff pitched tonight for the Iowa Cubs who won 5-2. It was a 7 inning game and Jeff went the whole 7 innings, giving up 2 runs and striking out 7 while walking 0 batters.

His numbers in AAA, that i will be updating every time he pitches:

3-1
3.55 ERA
25.1 IP
22 K's

:)

[SKIPPER 11]

Promising

[Cubbies10]

I said when we first signed him that eventually he would be a stud. He is well on hs way, making real improvement. He pitched 6 shut out innings tonight, gave up 2 solo shots in the 7th. Still a great pitching performance.

[Bockstock]

Yea, I know I ripped him in the other thread, but I was at the Iowa Cubs game tonight on my way back at Denver.

He started getting his sinker working in the 3rd inning and that's when he started racking up the Ks

Both HRS came in the 7th w/ 1 out and he probably was trying to strike out guys with his FB, which was in the mid 80s at the time, and both HRS were hit well out of the ballpark. He went back to his junk and out pitches and got out of it. He topped out at 91-92

Also, Jason AAAA Dubois is back, 3/3 with 3 HR tonight.

The Round Rock coach was Dave Clark. Is he the ex-Cubs pitcher??

[Cubbies10]

He needs to get that sinker going, he does tend to rely on his fast ball too much, but he seems to be mixing his pitches more and he is reaping the benefit, I have been very impresed with him lately and apart from the two mistakes in the 7th he pitched very well. Looking forward to his next start.

Iowa are really playing well this year, 19 games over .500

[TRIPLE PLAY]

Even though I believe he has some stuff,IMO he's moving up in the ranks a little too fast because of the $$ he's earning. Waaay too inconsistent for me to invite him to Sept. roster unless of course the ranks are depleted!
More Seasoning & get a haircut son!

[Cubbies10]

The higher he moves though the better he pitches, its nice to get him in a competitive enviroment and thats what AAA is, AA can be competitive but anything lower than that it's just seasoning. He is having a good season so far. Lets hope it continues.

[bigpapaQ.]

Aren't Z, Lilly, Harden and Dempster signed through next year as well? If so, there is 1-4 and that leaves Marshall and Marquis deserving of a run at #5 along with Gaudin. Pending a couple of trades (or one big one) it's going to be tough for the Cubs to get Samardzidja into the rotation in 08 or 09.

I guess this is an awesome problem to have.

[Cubbies10]

He needs the rest of this year to improve some aspects of his game, so 08 is no big deal, and i would of thought he will be given the chance in ST to show what he can do.

[Bockstock]

I'm not going to get too exicted until he improves his K/9 and drastically improves his K:BB

And it's not too exciting that his closest MLB comparable is Jason Marquis.

The cubs 2006 draft was a debacle IMO.

[Cubbies10]

Well your talking to a massive Jeff Samardzija fan and he is working on those things and his last start proves it, the fact he didn't walk anyone and struck out 7 shows that he is improving, it's just a case of being consistenly productive like that.

I'm not a stats man, i like to watch rather than go b numbers on a sheet, (Not attacking you or anyone else) i just think stats can only show so much.

Also I'm quietly confident that Cubs fans will love Jeff in a few years.

[Bockstock]

This is for me I guess

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[SkullKey]

And to the Minors he goes again:

" ... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100424&content_id=9541292&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc ... "

I was trying to find the "Does ZaBaDaDoo Have Any Options" thread but this will do. Apparently he does, or did. Probably his last. He's going to get past by his contemporaries if he isn't careful (Cashner). Leave him down there until learns to fool people other than Hendry.

[Bockstock]

2006 looking sucky, much better returns the next two years

2006 draft
Colvin - ok he looks like the real deal so far
Samardzija - $10 million dollars
Lansford - cut
Clevenger - actually doing ok (AA)
Muldowney - cut
Anderson - $ multi-million dollar bonus baby, cut
Renshaw - traded for Steve Trachsel
Huseby - $ multi-million dollar bonus baby, back in EXT ST for control issues
Koach - cut
Camp - AAA utility guy

move on, nothing to see here

2007
Vitters - A+
Donaldson - traded for Harden, decent hitting C
Thomas - 2b -AA
Barney - SS - AAA
Guyer - OF - AA
Lambert - RP - AA (TJS)
Wright - OF - AA
Smith - 3B - AAA
Johnson - cut
Hardman - cut

2008
Cashner - AA
Flaherty - 2b - AA
Shafer - rp - A+
Carpenter - AA
Cerda - IF - A-
Bristow - RP - A-
Harrison - OF traded for Grabow/Gorz
Flores - C - A-
Leverton - RP -A+
Jay Jackson - SP - AAA