In the real world, I teach US History, Geography, and World History and I write about prospects in my spare time. I am also into photography and you will see those pics from time to time on this site. I live about 20 minutes SW of Rockford with my wife Anne and our four pups.
Recent Articles from Todd Johnson
Luis Vazquez - Photo by Tennessee Smokies Five days after the World Series ends, the Cubs are going to have some tough choices to make regarding their minor-league free agents. For most of them, they are just going to let them go and try and latch on with another...
I am not sure what’s going to go down today. What I would like to see a a few guys from South Bend head up to Tennessee to help them with their playoff push and hopefully win a title. With the South Bend eliminated in the Midwest League and just six games left in...
The minor league baseball season seems to go so fast. Then again, it might just be me. My mind breaks it down into three short stints. The first of which is from opening day until I get out of school in mid to late May. Then there’s two months of action while I am on...
Matt Shaw - Picture by Tennessee Smokies Wearing Down The end of the season is always tough. Players get worn down, there are injuries, it’s more about grinding it out and surviving than anything else. For the Smokies, they have pretty much lead their division in the...
The big news of the week was clearly the promotion of Alexander Canario to Chicago. His miraculous comeback turned into an onslaught with Iowa in August. He was almost the hitter of the month for the system if not for a God- like performance from Brian Kalmer. A...
Drew Gray - Picture by Stephanie Lynn After last night's debacle across the system, I was hoping tonight would be different. For all but Myrtle Beach, it was more of the same as starting pitchers and hitters could not get it going. At Tennessee, Kohl Franklin got...
Ethan Flanagan - Pick by Jason Campbell/247 Spots Day three of the draft was filled with a lot of great picks for the Cubs. They’re betting high on some guys that had rough seasons that they feel they can help coach up or help recover to their former glory status. One...
Tonight was one of those rare nights where all four affiliates lost their games. In some ways, the defeats came down to the last out. Another was a blowout from the word go. And the others were just plain painful. As a result, there are no awards for tonight, only a...
Brian Kalmer - Picture by Stephanie Lynn The August All-Star team is sort of bittersweet. This month we’ve seen a lot of hitters just have destructive months at the plate. There were several that got over 20 RBI and a couple that approached double digit home runs for...
Alexander Canario - Pic by Todd Johnson “The Daily” is a little bit late today as today was my birthday. I got a little carried away and lost track of time tonight. So, your post is coming out just a little bit late. The big news of the day was the promotion of...
