DBacks Looking for SS, Veteran SP, 3B 6 Comments
Awhile back we were kicking around trade ideas for Justin Upton from the Diamondbacks. GM Kevin Towers' postseason press conference confirms much of our speculation:
Towers identified ...
Cubs tickets are not selling for peanuts 7 Comments
The Slanch Report suggests that Cubs tickets are selling for peanuts. Julie posted the other day you can get tickets for 9 cents. I wondered how accurate it would be to say they were ...
Wrigley Talk Friday: We Barely Mention the Cubs and It’s Glorious – 9-28-12 No Comments
Today on Wrigley Talk Friday, AC and I discuss a lot of stuff that really only tangentially had anything to do with the Cubs. And then my call got dropped as I made a really insightful ...
Road to 100 losses 7 Comments
The Cubs currently have 95 losses with 8 games to play. PECOTA projects them to go 3-5 over the final week of the season giving them a final record of 62-100. Only the 1962 and 1966 ...
Vitters’ -12 wRC+ No Comments
List of players with 90 or more PA since 2000 worse than Vitters -12 wRC+: Halladay twice, Arroyo, Carpenter, Johnson twice, Schilling
— dmick89 (@dmick89) September 22, 2012
Fangraphs and the grammar police 19 Comments
Tangotiger posted something the other day asking readers if they liked Fangraphs. There were mixed reviews. Since I know you want to know what I think, here's what I wrote:
I visit ...
Wrigley Talk Friday: The Return of Julie (for awhile) – 9-14-12 No Comments
This week we welcome back Julie after a long absence and came to the conclusion that we still don't really know what to make of Jeff Samardzija after a full year. We also wonder ...
New WBC rules 5 Comments
I had either forgotten about the expanded field in the upcoming WBC or I don't recall reading about it. Patriot has a rundown of some of the rule changes in this article about lots ...
Jonathan Mayo’s top 100 prospects (and top 20 Cubs prospects) 5 Comments
Despite promoting top prospects Anthony Rizzo and Brett Jackson this year, the Cubs still managed to land five guys on Mayo's top 100 list. (EDIT: Apparently Jackson still qualifies ...
Wrigley Talk Friday: OMG! WTF is NSFW FTW – 9-7-12 7 Comments
The latest Wrigley Talk Friday is easily in my Top 5 of all time, and I'm having a hard time thinking of any that I enjoyed more off the top of my head. Get out the earmuffs ...
KG Named Astros Scouting Director (tweet) No Comments
#Astros have named @kevin_goldstein a pro scouting coordinator.heres what we said earlier. cbsprt.co/PVa72w
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) August 31, 2012
Contest winners 3 Comments
In order to ship The Essential Games of The Chicago Cubs to our winners, we will need home addresses. The 5 winners were listed here and Nick has won the t-shirt so we'll also need ...
Cubs name Brandon Hyde new farm director No Comments
The Cubs have hired Brandon Hyde as the farm director. Oneiri Fleita was fired not long ago and Hyde will replace Fleita.
The Cubs named Brandon Hyde as the new director of player ...
Tango’s Fans Scouting Report 2012 No Comments
Tango is running his annual scouting report and it's available now. When you get a few minutes take a look at it and fill out the survey for the Cubs.
