BP Cubs top prospects

In News And Rumors by dmick8957 Comments

In case you missed it in some sort of turkey-induced coma, Kevin Goldstein published his Cubs top prospect list over at BPro. Here’s his list: Brett Jackson Javier Baez Welington Castillo Dillon Maples Matt Sczcur Josh Vitters Jeimer Candelario Trey McNutt Marco Hernandez Junior Lake Rafael Dolis Dan Vogelbach Jae-Hoon Ha Chris Carpenter Tony Zych Ryan Flaherty DJ LeMaiheu Zeke …

BP Cubs top prospects

In News And Rumors by berselius

In case you missed it in some sort of turkey-induced coma, Kevin Goldstein published his Cubs top prospect list over at BPro. Here’s his list: Brett Jackson Javier Baez Welington Castillo Dillon Maples Matt Sczcur Josh Vitters Jeimer Candelario Trey McNutt Marco Hernandez Junior Lake Rafael Dolis Dan Vogelbach Jae-Hoon Ha Chris Carpenter Tony Zych Ryan Flaherty DJ LeMaiheu Zeke …

Some thoughts on the new CBA

In News And Rumors by dmick8950 Comments

Earlier this week MLB owners reached an agreement with the MLBPA on a new collective bargaining agreement. There was never any doubt as to whether it would get finished, which is nice considering the work stoppages in the NHL in recent years, NBA’s current lockout resulting in many missed games (maybe an entire season) and even NFL’s long lockout this …

Some thoughts on the new CBA

In News And Rumors by berselius

Earlier this week MLB owners reached an agreement with the MLBPA on a new collective bargaining agreement. There was never any doubt as to whether it would get finished, which is nice considering the work stoppages in the NHL in recent years, NBA’s current lockout resulting in many missed games (maybe an entire season) and even NFL’s long lockout this …

Cubs open to trading Matt Garza

In News And Rumors by berselius

We learned awhile back that the Cubs would listen to offers on any of their players so I had really wanted to avoid writing about specific players until a credible rumor surfaced. However, Matt Garza is one of the most valuable players the Cubs have and I read elsewhere a few days ago that the Cubs are talking to other …

Cubs open to trading Matt Garza

In News And Rumors by dmick8928 Comments

We learned awhile back that the Cubs would listen to offers on any of their players so I had really wanted to avoid writing about specific players until a credible rumor surfaced. However, Matt Garza is one of the most valuable players the Cubs have and I read elsewhere a few days ago that the Cubs are talking to other …

New Rules, Same Superfriends, No Problem

In News And Rumors by aisle424139 Comments

Major League Baseball has managed to complete a new collective bargaining agreement without a strike, a lockout, or having to have Todd Ricketts turn a hose on anyone. It’s not quite turning water into wine or raising the dead or anything, but it’s pretty damn amazing. In fact, now that they have the CBA all figured out, maybe we should …

New CBA notes

In Major League Baseball by dmick89361 Comments

We needed a new thread and I’ve been busy this weekend so you get a link to MLB Trade Rumors about the new CBA. minimum salary will increased from $414,000 to $480,000 next year and $500,000 after that. Super Two cutoff is now the 22% with the most service time between 2 and 3 years rather than 17% blood testing …

Cubs Hire Sveum to Take Blame For Stuff

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Dale Sveum is the new Cubs manager and people are already bitching about him.   Booooo! He’s not Ryne Sandberg! Booooo! He’s not Mike Maddux! Booooo! He’s not Terry Francona! Booooo! He’s not DeMarlo Hale! (OK, that is just from Hale’s mom.) I don’t know much about Sveum.  I’m vaguely familiar on how to pronounce his name since I Wikidedia’d …