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The Dugout: Chicago Cubs Spring Training 2010

Former Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto and the Chicago Cubs dynasty are our next stop on the The Dugout Spring Training 2010 NL Central division tour. Soto and the Cubs are rested, in shape, and refocused on doing what they do best: making it to the first round of the playoffs, making people on the Internet predict them in...

Slimmed-Down Soto Trying to Recapture Rookie-Year Form

MESA, Ariz. -- Earlier this spring, FanHouse TV profiled Dodgers catcher Russell Martin and his quest to gain weight to get back to his All-Star form of three seasons ago. This offseason, 2008 NL Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto went the other way. Determined to recapture his 23-homer, 86-RBI form of '08 after falling off...

After Confidence-Boosting Series, Cubs Face Real Test in Philly

As has been covered ad nauseum, the Cubs fell colossally short of expectations in 2009's first half. Since the All-Star break, the Cubs have won four straight games and begun to resemble last year's bunch in several ways. The biggest sign of positivity was Alfonso Soriano hitting home runs in consecutive games, but there...

Geovany Soto to DL With Oblique Strain

Coming off the heels of a season where he won the National League Rookie of the Year, it's pretty safe to say 2009 hasn't been even remotely what Geovany Soto imagined it would be. The Chicago Cubs catcher is hitting just .230 with eight home runs and 27 RBI (compared to .285-23-86 last season) and his slugging percentage...

Fantasy Baseball Cram Session: Injuries, Halladay's Value and First-Half Flukes?

It's time for another Fantasy Baseball Cram Session, this time I joined up with Tom Herrera for my first career cram session. (Fingers crossed). We discussed a handful of guys with huge first halves and which ones were real and which were not. Among the names involved were Mark Reynolds, Adam Lind, Aaron Hill and Juan...

GeovanySoto News From the Web

05/29/12 Soto says he's close to returning from injury Source: Minor League Baseball Geovany Soto was in good spirits in the Cubs' clubhouse on Monday as he continues to recover from knee surgery.
05/20/12 Cubs could call up Rizzo for DH role Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL The Cubs insist theyre focused on development when it comes to their young players.
05/20/12 Minor League Roundup: P-Nats rally, Hillcats drop... Source: Augusta Free Press - Waynesboro VA P-Nats rally for W The Potomac Nationals scored two runs in the ninth off against the Carolina Mudcats in a 6-5 comeback win at on a Saturday night at the Pfitz.
05/20/12 Akron hammers Squirrels for second straight night Source: NBC - NBC 12 WWBT - Richmond VA The Akron Aeros walloped the Richmond Flying Squirrels for the second consecutive night at Canal Park, taking a 15-5 victory in front of 4,104 on Saturday.
05/19/12 Sports briefs Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque IA Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and will be out three to four weeks.