An argument for fWAR for pitchers No Comments
fWAR stands for Fangraphs WAR for those who don't know. It uses defense independent pitching stats (in this case FIP) to calculate WAR. FIP includes only the events a pitcher controls: ...
Nick Swisher has gone BANANAS No Comments
It seems Nick Swisher is going to seek a contract this fall similar to the 7 year, $126 million contract that Nationals gave to Jayson Werth. From Jon Heyman:
Word going around is, ...
Cubs sign Horacio Ramirez No Comments
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Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Marmol clear waivers 3 Comments
This was just a matter of time since no team would clear them, but both Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Marmol have cleared waivers. This means the Cubs are free to trade them to any team ...
Fangraphs on Samardzija’s splitter this year No Comments
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/how-good-is-jeff-samardzijas-splitter/
He has battled struggles with tiredness at times, which is understandable given the increased workload, ...
2012 Astros Draft: Behind The Scenes No Comments
There's a fantastic article about the Astros draft on Crawfish Boxes. Here's a snippet:
1.1: Heck and Luhnow both talked of the 1.1 like it was a frightening blessing, like ...
Anthony Rizzo interview on Fangraphs 1 Comment
Anthony Rizzo and Ben Revere gave an interview to David Laurila of Fangraphs.
“What I learned [last year] is that it’s the same game. Pitchers aren’t throwing any ...
Matt Garza hopes to return this season No Comments
Garza said his goal is to get back on the mound this season, despite there being no official timetable on his return.
"I'm hoping," Garza said. "That's why I'm ...
Trey McNutt makes best of it No Comments
Saw this on my rss feed today about Trey McNutt.
As in the abstract, McNutt is saying, this process is not exact. Unfortunately, Chicago's seventh-ranked prospect has ...
Arodys Vizcaino plans to be ready by spring No Comments
Arodys Vizcaino is planning to be ready by spring training.
On Tuesday, Vizcaino was at Petco Park to work out for pitching coach Chris Bosio and meet the staff. He won't make ...
Cubs trade Jeff Baker to Tigers for 2 PTBNL No Comments
The Cubs dealt away another veteran player on Sunday, sending utility man Jeff Baker to the Tigers for two players to be named.
Baker has played mostly first base, second base and ...
Javier Baez promoted to Daytona – tweet No Comments
The Cubs have promoted SS Javier Baez to high Class A Daytona. Monster bat potential.
— Ben Badler (@BenBadler) August 4, 2012
Theo on Dempster No Comments
Theo talked about Ryan Dempster a bit today.
"Ryan never got the opportunity for more than an hour to fully contemplate Atlanta with a deal actually in place," Epstein said. ...
Cubs acquired 2 of top 10 prospects moved at the deadline No Comments
According to Baseball America, the Cubs acquired 2 of the top 10 prospects moved at or near the trade deadline.
3. Arodys Vizcaino, rhp, Cubs. Chicago has very little advanced ...
WTF 7/27: We Talk About Ryan Dempster, Santo and Soriano… But Mostly Dempster No Comments
As you may or may not already know, Adam (AC), Julie DiCaro (CubbieJulie) and I (Aisle424) do a weekly podcast on Friday afternoons called Wrigley Talk Friday, or simply, WTF.
It is ...
Podcasting the Cubs 24 Comments
Before gallivanting off to the hinterlands of Molina-esque interwebs, Berselius recorded a podcast with longtime reader, sometime commenter sitrick2. We talked the Cubs for about an ...
Matt Garza throws off flat ground 2 Comments
Matt Garza has taken a step forward in his recovery as he's thrown on flat ground for the first time.
Cubs pitcher Matt Garza threw on flat ground Saturday, the first time ...
Jae-Hoon Ha taken off field on stretcher 2 Comments
Cubs prospect Jae-Hoon Ha was taken off the field on a stretcher tonight as he collided with the wall.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tennessee Smokies outfielder Jae-Hoon Ha was injured ...
The transformation of Mark Prior 2 Comments
I really hope Mark Prior's attempted comeback works. There's a really good article up on ESPN about him.
So far, Prior has been stellar as a reliever for Triple-A Pawtucket, ...
