Mike Parisi #65

Mike enters his first season with the Cubs after he was selected from St. Louis in the major league portion of the Rule 5 Draft December 10, 2009...Made 12 major league appearances (two starts) with St. Louis in 2008 ... was 0-4 with an 8.22 ERA (21 ER/23.0 IP) with the Cardinals...Is 40-39 with a 4.27 ERA (309 ER/651.0 IP) in 115 career minor league starts...Made 27 or more starts in three-straight seasons: 2005 (27); 2006 (27) and 2007 (28) ... in that same span posted three-consecutive 100-plus strikeout campaigns: 129 ('05), 107 ('06) and 111 ('07)...Was originally selected by St. Louis in the ninth round of the 2004 June Draft...Attended Manhattan College in New York.

2009

Mike went 0-2 with a 4.70 ERA (8 ER/15.1 IP) in five starts between the Gulf Coast League Cardinals and Single-A Palm Beach ... was limited to just five outings, while recovering from "Tommy John" surgery...Was shelved April 9-August 28, while recovering from surgery ... spent the time rehabbing with the Gulf Coast-League Cardinals. w Posted a 1.17 ERA (1 ER/7.2 IP) with a 0-1 record, nine punchouts and a .083 average against (2-for-24) in three starts with the GCL Cardinals...Joined the Single-A Palm Beach Cardinals August 28, going 0-1 with an 8.22 ERA (7 ER/7.2 IP) in two starts with the club...In seven appearances (six starts) with the Surprise Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, went 3-2 with a 4.44 ERA (13 ER/26.1 IP), 15 strikeouts and a .257 average against.

2008

Made his major league debut and had two stints with the Cardinals ... spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Memphis...Posted an 8.22 ERA (21 ER/23.0 IP) in 12 appearances (two starts) in two stints with the Cardinals...Made his major league debut May 5 at Colorado, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings...Went 8-2 with a 3.86 ERA (36 ER/84.0 IP) in 15 starts with Memphis...Had season-ending "Tommy John" surgery August 20.

2007

Spent the season at Memphis and set career highs in starts (28) and innings pitched (165.0) in his first action at the Triple-A level ... was 8-13 with a 4.91 ERA (90 ER/165.0 IP)...Opened the season with a three-game winning streak, April 10-30, going 3-0 with a 4.19 ERA (9 ER/19.1 IP) during the run (four games)...Held the opponent to a .247 batting average (19-for-77) with runners in scoring position and two outs...Garnered a 3.62 ERA (32 ER/79.2 IP) at home (13 starts)...Tossed 6.0 or more innings in 18 of his 28 starts, including eight straight, May 21-June 27.

2006

Matched a team-high with 27 starts at Double-A Springfield...The 27 starts ranked T-3rd in the Texas League...Sported 12 quality starts, with four straight from 7/28-8/14 (3-0, 1.73 ERA)...Fanned 23 batters in his first 16.2 innings spanning his inital three starts...Had nine starts with six-or-more strikeouts...Struck out a season-high 10 batters and pitched 7.0 shutout innings while allowing two hits in a no-decision in a 2-0 win on 6/13 vs. Arkansas...Combined to go 6-3 in 12 starts in July and August with a 4.25 ERA...Made nine relief appearances for Peoria of the Arizona Fall League and did not record a decision while posting a 7.88 ERA.

2005

Established career marks in wins (10) and strikeouts (129) between Single-A Quad Cities and Single-A Palm Beach ... went 10- 11 with a 3.68 ERA (67 ER/164.0 IP) in a combined 27 starts.

2004

In his first professional season, combined to go 5-3 with a 3.88 ERA (31 ER/72.0 IP) in 13 starts with Single-A New Jersey and Single-A Peoria.