NDLS Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) vs Washington Nationals (98-64) 38 Comments
The Nats lost 102 and 103 games in 2008 and 2009, respectively, and improved to 69-93 in 2010. Last year they finished the year with a 80-81 record, which was a marked improvement. ...
Ryan Dempster's Trade Value 29 Comments
Ryan Dempster is owed $14 million in the final year of his contract. He’s a 10 and 5 player so he could decline a trade. Many think he would because of his daughter, but Brett ...
How much is Prince Fielder worth? 261 Comments
We’ve talked a lot about Albert Pujols and taken a look at his value, but I don’t believe we’ve done so with Fielder. Apparently many executives think he’ll ...
How does losing Pujols and Fielder affect the Cardinals and Brewers? 166 Comments
The short answer to this question is that it doesn’t affect them that much. If the Cardinals were willing to spend $22.5 million on Pujols (10 year, $225 million offer) they still ...
Pujols is Coming, Tra La Tra La…. Wait, No He Isn't… 87 Comments
The Winter Meetings are always fun. Especially now that Twitter is a part of the rumor mongering, the GMs and agents can’t do anything without it being tweeted to a breathless ...
Winter Meetings Day 2 Open Thread ***UPDATED*** 176 Comments
Carlos Zambrano is convinced he’ll remain a Cub next year.
DALLAS — Carlos Zambrano has told friends that after meeting with Cubs President Theo Epstein a few weeks ago in ...
How much is Pujols worth? 210 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 ...
Cubs in on Pujols and Fielder 176 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 ...
Last night's game IS a classic 28 Comments
I was scrolling the page here and noticed a tweet last night by Berselius:
A poorly defended, poorly pitched, poorly managed game might be exciting, but it’s no classic. This ...
World Series Preview: Texas Rangers (96-66) vs St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) 179 Comments
Before we get started, let’s just get this out of the way
GUYS, did you know that the World Series isn’t really all that worldy? A bunch of literal people on the Internet ...
Evaluate GM Decisions At The Time They Are Made! 155 Comments
You’ve probably read similar articles elsewhere and are sure to read them in the future, but the Boston Globe took a look at Theo’s transactions and marked them as successes ...
Offseason Preview: Trade Candidates 87 Comments
Without even knowing what the Cubs general plan is going to be this offseason, it’s very difficult to look ahead to the offseason with any confidence of what they may do. They ...
Why the hell do people care if so and so plays in September? 199 Comments
I’ve seen a lot of comments lately from Cubs fans upset that the Cubs are still playing the veterans (on other sites). Of course they are. What young player has pushed a veteran ...
Club option on Aramis Ramirez ***UPDATED*** 323 Comments
Since Aramis Ramirez has started hitting again and hitting it quite well, it seems more likely than not that the Cubs will keep him around next season. However, I don’t think ...
2012 NL Central Champion Cubs, part 4 28 Comments
Our current 2012 roster has a payroll of roughly $100 million and this year’s payroll was $135 million. Our team is roughly a 73 win team so we need to add a lot of wins with ...
Soriano, his Bat, and Momentum 111 Comments