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How much is Pujols worth?

In Major League Baseball by dmick89210 Comments

There’s a very big image attached below. I think it mostly explains itself. I apologize for the poor formatting, but I didn’t care too much to make it that neat. The image contains numerous ways to estimate 7, 8 and 9 year contracts for Albert Pujols. I stuck with a -.5 WAR aging curve. I began with 5.5 WAR, increased …

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Getting to Know: David DeJesus

In News And Rumors by aisle424236 Comments

Name: David DeJesus Position: Right Field Batting Order Position: 1st? 2nd? Bats/Throws: Left/Left Opening Day Age: 32 Uniform Number: Well, 9 (KC) is currently taken by Blake DeWitt and 12 (Oakland) is Alfonso Soriano. Maybe 12 will free up soon? Is David DeJesus on Twitter?: Yes he is.  Go ahead and give him a follow at @spideysabeast12.  UPDATE: Looks like …

Cubs sign David DeJesus

In News And Rumors by dmick8944 Comments

The Cubs have signed right fielder David DeJesus to a 2-year contract with a third year club option. It’s reportedly a 2-year deal for $10 million. Not sure how much the club option year is worth. Before I move on, how would you even Quadify this guy’s name? Would it be Davey? DeJey? Jesusy? DeJesus played RF for 116 games …

2012 Cubs Oliver Projections, Part 2

In Projections by dmick89130 Comments

We took a look at the Oliver projections for the Cubs hitters yesterday and realized how bad the offense currently is. The pitching projections are below: Name IP H HR K BB ERA FIP WAR Matt Garza 205 191 21 180 66 3.69 3.74 4 Ryan Dempster 205 207 23 183 78 4.36 4.01 2.4 Carlos Zambrano 200 198 19 …

2012 Cubs Oliver Projections, Part 1

In Projections by dmick89132 Comments

The Hardball Times has released their Oliver projections for the 2012 season. Berselius will once again be writing the player comments. Like the other projections, I’ll break them into multiple parts and then as we move closer to the season add a third part for each one. It’s kind of useless to calculate the team WAR at this point considering …

Cubs in on Pujols and Fielder

In News And Rumors by berselius

Per Robothal, the Cubs are pursuing both Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder. Not surprisingly, his sources say that the Cubs would rather go long-term with Pujols than Fielder. That’s a no-brainer given the current peak that Pujols would be coming down from without even considering Fielder’s probable age curve. Still, I don’t think the Cubs will be interested in beating …

Cubs in on Pujols and Fielder

In News And Rumors by dmick89176 Comments

Per Robothal, the Cubs are pursuing both Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder. Not surprisingly, his sources say that the Cubs would rather go long-term with Pujols than Fielder. That’s a no-brainer given the current peak that Pujols would be coming down from without even considering Fielder’s probable age curve. Still, I don’t think the Cubs will be interested in beating …

A comparison of two prospects

In Minor Leagues by dmick89132 Comments

I’m going to compare two Cubs prospects who I’ll refer to as X and Z until the end. X turns 22 in March while Z turned 22 at the end of August. Both players just finished their age 21 season, but Z is older by several months. X played a majority of his age 21 season in AA while Z …

Wanna help on a Big Ten Blog?

In Other Topics by dmick893 Comments

wv23 who unfortunately shut down my favorite Cubs blog on the internet quite awhile back is running a Big Ten blog with another guy. I’ll quote wv23. hey all – mb21 has graciously offered to provide some Iowa coverage at our new Big Ten site, when he can. Thanks, mb. That said, we are in need of Illinois and Northwestern …