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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.
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...had
one blown save, inherited 12 runners and allowed one to score
with Peoria...had three blown saves, inherited 11 runners and
allowed none to score with Daytona...three 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)...had three blown saves, inherited four
runners and allowed one to score with the Cubs...promoted to
the Boise Hawks (SS-A, Northwest) on August 8...wore number 37
with Boise...had one blown save, inherited seven runners and
allowed two to score 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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