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2011: Wore number 36
with Tennessee (AA)...promoted to Iowa (AAA)
on May 19...wore number 44 with the
Cubs...got his 50th career save on August
7...Hogs
in the Minors Player of the Week two times.
2010: Optioned to Iowa
(AAA) on March 19...was 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA,
1 save and 3.2 innings pitched in four major
league spring training games...wore number
22 with Iowa...got his 200th career
strikeout on June 13...assigned to the
Tennessee Smokies (Southern, AA) on July
30...wore number 26 with Tennessee...Hogs in
the Minors Player of the Week one
time...outrighted off the 40-man roster and
too Iowa on October 14.
2009: Wore number 36
with the Tennessee Smokies (Southern,
AA)...got his 100th career strikeout on
April 10...threw his 100th career inning on
April 13...promoted to the Iowa Cubs (PCL,
AAA) on May 11...wore number 44 at
Iowa...pitched in his 100th career game on
July 24...threw 186 pitches, 112 for
strikes, at Tennessee...threw 881 pitches,
519 for strikes, at Iowa...tied for second
on the single season saves list for
Iowa...finished fifth in the PCL in
saves...Hogs in the Minors Player of the
Week one time...assigned to the Mesa Solar
Sox for the Arizona Fall League...wore
number 30 with Mesa...selected to play in
the AFL Rising Stars Showcase on November
7...added to the Chicago Cubs 40-man roster
on November 20.
2008: Wore number 13
with the Peoria Chiefs (Midwest, A-)...had a
streak of 16.1 scoreless innings from April
7 to May 7...selected for the Midwest League
midseason All-Star game on June 3...got the
win (1.2 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 1 bb, 4 k) in the
Midwest League All-Star game on June
17...promoted to the Iowa Cubs (PCL, AAA) on
June 27...wore number 36 at
Iowa...transferred to the Daytona Cubs
(Florida State, A+) on July 1...wore number
99 with Daytona...see what Blake thinks
about minor league baseball, the Hogs, and
more on his Survey...threw
57 pitches with Iowa, 31 for strikes...won
the Florida State League Championship with
Daytona...Hogs in the Minors Player of the
Week two times...assigned to the Waikiki
BeachBoys of the Hawaii Winter League...wore
number 31 with Waikiki...won the HWB
Championship with Waikiki.
2007: Began the season
in extended spring training being turned
into a pitcher...wore number 36 with the
Cubs of the Arizona League (R)...promoted to
the Boise Hawks (SS-A, Northwest) on August
8...wore number 37 with Boise.
2006: Drafted in the
16th round (479 overall) by the Chicago Cubs
on June 6...wore number 16 for the Arizona
League Cubs...played his first professional
game on June 22...hit his first pro homerun
on August 12...was 3-4 with 3 doubles and 3
RBI on August 13...promoted to the Peoria
Chiefs (A-) on August 23...wore number 33
with Peoria...named to the Arizona League
All-Star team on August 30...Hogs in the
Minors Player of the Week one time.
College: At Arkansas from
2004-2006...wore number 20 at Arkansas...had
a season long 14 game hit streak (20-58) in
2006.
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