Chicago Cubs Recall Watkins; Lockhart Joins Iowa from Boise
Published on August 4, 2013 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Iowa Cubs News Release
Tacoma, WA - The Chicago Cubs recalled INF Logan Watkins from Iowa today after placing former I-Cub Luis Valbuena on the disabled list with an oblique strain. INF Daniel Lockhart joins the I-Cubs today from the short-season Boise Hawks.
Watkins batted .243 (100-for-412) with 18 doubles, seven triples, eight home runs, 26 RBI, 51 runs scored, and 10 stolen bases in 107 games with Iowa this season. He leads the team in games played, at-bats, runs, triples, walks (52), and strikeouts (98) and is tied with Donnie Murphy, who was called up by Chicago yesterday, for the team lead in doubles. This is Watkins first Major League call-up. The Cubs drafted Watkins in the 21st round of the 2008 draft and named him the organization's Minor League Player of the Year last year after he hit .281 (137-for-488) with 20 doubles, 11 triples, nine home runs, 52 RBI, 93 runs scored, and 28 stolen bases in 133 games with double-A Tennessee.
Lockhart is batting .309 (50-for-162) with five doubles and 16 RBI in 44 games with Boise this season. He ranks second in the Northwest League in hits and fifth in batting. The Cubs drafted Lockhart in the 10th round of the 2011 draft. He is the son of former Major League infielder, and current Cubs' area scout, Keith Lockhart.
The Cubs play game two of a four-game series at Tacoma this afternoon at 3:30 Central time. RH Jake Arrieta (1-2, 4.03) will start for the Cubs against RH Taijuan Walker (2-1, 3.09) for the Rainiers. The game will be broadcast live on AM 940 and streamed live at iowacubs.com with the pre-game show starting at 3:10.
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