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  • Series Preview: Brewers (1-5) at Cubs (2-4) 60 Comments

    The Cubs open their first homestand against a team that is in even worse shape than they are. The Brewers are already missing first basemen Corey Hart and Mat Gamel due to injuries ...
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    A closer look at Brett Jackson 7 Comments

    A lot of things have been said and written about him over the last year so I thought a closer look at Brett Jackson was appropriate. We'll also take a closer look at Josh Vitters ...
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    Season in review: Ian Stewart 109 Comments

    During the Winter Meetings the Cubs traded Tyler Colvin and DJ LeMahieu to the Rockies for Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers. Stewart would replace the departed Aramis Ramirez at 3rd base ...
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    Daily Facepalm – 9.12.2012 132 Comments

    The Cubs lost to the Astros 1-0 in what quite possibly could be the worst game of baseball ever played. Between the two teams there were ten hits, six errors, and one meager run. The ...

    Aramis Ramirez’s 2012 Season 44 Comments

    I wrote this a few days ago instead of a Brewers series preview but didn't have as much to say as I thought (laughing). Congrats to Rodrigo for having a great season. I had a hard ...
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    Starlin Castro’s Lineup Spot 35 Comments

    Contest reminder: Don't forget to enter our contest to win The Essential Games of the Chicago Cubs DVD set. It runs through Sunday. This has nothing to do with talent, as Castro ...
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    Worst Cubs offense ever? 114 Comments

    I was checking out Starlin Castro's disappointing offensive season on Fangraphs and thought I'd check to see where the Cubs rank offensively as a team. I didn't realize ...
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    Revisiting the Cubs offseason transactions 66 Comments

    Since the Cubs changed management this past offseason I thought it might be fun to look back at the transactions and see how they've turned out so far. Keep in mind these are a ...
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    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-36) at Milwaukee General Hospital (24-30) 96 Comments

    I don't have much time today, so this will be a short preview. The Brewers are in bad shape, with several players (Chris Narveson, Mat Gamel, Marco Estrada, Alex Gonzalez, various ...
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    2012 MLB Draft Notes 27 Comments

    It wasn't that long ago when you couldn't find much coverage of the MLB Draft. I remember a few years ago how easy it was to navigate through Google to find exactly the information ...
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    The 45%: When Theo Epstein Is Wrong 42 Comments

    During Theo Epstein's introductory press conference, as well as the many rounds he made to various radio and tv shows, there is one line that I remember more than any other. if ...
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    Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (1-2) at Chicago Cubs (1-2) 57 Comments

    The Brewers dropped their opening series to the Cardinals, losing to Jaime Garcia and Lance Lynn in three relatively high-scoring games. The Cubs, meanwhile, did their best to try ...

    Random Opening Day Thoughts 55 Comments

    This current roster couldn't even bring a smile to an easily excitable child. If you look at the lineup we'll see most frequently it's a little depressing. Darwin Barney. ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.12.12 – Garza struggles 60 Comments

    Garza has a rough outing While the Cubs starters have been impressive in their short outings for far this spring, Matt Garza ran into trouble in the second and had to be pulled after ...
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    Another shitty Cubs season in review: Carlos Pena 48 Comments

    Carlos Pena signed a 1-year, $10 million contract with the Cubs last offseason. We knew a few things about Pena: he wasn’t going to hit for average, he would take a lot of walks ...

    Can the Oliver projected standings be right? 146 Comments

    At the bottom of The Hardball Time’s Oliver forecasts page they have the 2012 projected standings. They were updated yesterday, but I know this was done before the Brewers signed ...
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    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 ...

    What the Cubs have to consider at the Winter Meetings 81 Comments

    We haven’t talked a lot about what the Cubs need to do this offseason. When the season ended they were without a GM so it made no sense. After they hired Theo and he assembled ...

    Aramis Ramirez declines option, Cubs decline option on Jeff Samardzija 149 Comments

    The Cubs exercised their part of the option for Aramis Ramirez while he declined his. By exercising the option the Cubs are now off the hook for the $2 million buyout. Later in the ...

    2012 Cubs ZiPS Projections, Part 1 83 Comments

    Dan has already released the 2012 ZiPS for the Cubs so I thought I’d highlight several players and post them here. Player PA H HR BB K AVG OBP SLG wOBA Carlos Pena 522 101 28 82 145 .230 .355 .480 .360 Aramis ...