Friday Night Tidbits

• Today the Cubs have gotten permission from the Texas Rangers to talk to former Rangers' hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo about filling the Cubs hitting coach vacancy.
• According to David Kaplan, the Cubs are closing in on signing Jaramillo, and some sources say that it should be official sometime near the start of November.
• Neal Cotts in looking to make a comeback in 2010 according to Carrie Muskat. He spend most of the year on the minor league DL due to Tommy John surgery.
• Former Cub pitching coach Larry Janson has passed away.
• Bruce Miles says that the Cubs are still discussing a possible trade for Bradley, but no deal is imminent.
• Check out the CCO Suggestion Box for the Ricketts Family.
• Angel Guzman has started to rehab in Mesa. He was shut down at the end of the season with a tricept issue.

The Latest from Winter Ball:

• Thomas Diamond will start Saturday in the final Arizona Instructional League game, then he will join the Mexicali league to get some more work in. He hopes to be starting again by next season.
• The Cubs will send 8 prospects to their academy in the Domincan Republic for 4 weeks. The guys include Rebel Ridling, Ryan Flaherty, DJ LeMahieu, Logan Watkins, Brett Jackson, Matt Cerda, Sergio Burruel, and Kyler Burke.
• Jeff Samardzija pitched in Mexico last night. He allowed just 1 run on 6 hits with 4 Ks in 6 inning of work in Mexicali's 3-1 win over Mochis. Matt Camp went 2-5, Brad Snyder went 0-3 with a walk, and Brian Schlitter tossed a scoreless inning in the game.
• The Mesa Solar Sox lost to Surprise 7-3 today. Starlin Castro, who's off to a good start in the AFL, went 3-4. Josh Vitter went 0-3. Andrew Cashner was hit with the loss in his first Arizona Fall League start. He allowed 3 runs in 2 innings.
• Check out my list of all the guys that are on Rosters of Winter League teams!
• Check out my Cubs Farm Updates Twitter for the latest on the Cubs minor league clubs, as well as all the Cubs playing in Winter Leagues.

And now, the newest addition to our Winter League Reports: The Dominican Winter League! Opening Day is today for the DWL. Here is the list of Cubs on Rosters:

• Rafael Dolis- Pitcher, Estrellas
• Marcos Mateo- Pitcher Estrellas
• Alfonso Soriano- OF, Listed on roster of Estrellas
• Jeffry Atigua- Pitcher, Toros
• Alberto Cabrera- Pitcher, Toros
• Manolin De Leon- Pitcher, Toros
• Jose Pina- Pitcher, Toros
• Jose Made- 2B, Toros
• Nelson Perez- OF, Toros
• Esmalin Caridad- Pitcher, Licey
• Aramis Ramirez- 3B, Licey

These rosters are still very unofficial and not complete!

That's it for now, but I'll keep you posted!