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  • The worst Cubs of 2012 92 Comments

    In a season that has mostly sucked it seems appropriate to pay tribute to those who helped them suck even more than they would have otherwise. I haven't looked this over so I'm ...
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    The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Acapulco Taco Pie 107 Comments

    Iowa Another day another Anthony Rizzo HR. He decided to pair his 13th shot of the year with a triple and kept his average at .359. Brett Jackson on the other hand is really scuffling ...
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    Blake DeWitt DFA’d 62 Comments

    The Cubs have DFA'd Blake DeWitt and re-caled Travis Wood who will start today against the Dodgers. I don't believe Berselius published a projection for Wood, but Oliver did ...

    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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    Other transformed Cubs 129 Comments

    With Jeff Samardzija's "transformation" I thought it would be fun to find other Cubs player who have transformed this spring. Joe Mather: With a .412/.455/.745 batting ...

    Wells and Wood optioned to minors, Clevenger over Castillo 37 Comments

    I'd much rather have seen Randy Wells in the Chicago Cubs rotation, but rather than bullpenning him the Cubs have at least done the only other smart thing possible by optioning ...
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    Did the Cubs really add that much depth? 79 Comments

    Over on Cubs Den (a really good blog), John talks about how the Cubs have quietly built depth to give them trade flexibility. I want to look at his bullets one by one because I just ...
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    Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Backups 77 Comments

    We've already published the projections for some of the backups along the way. Jeff Baker's was posted with the infield backups and the two possible back-up catchers were published ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.21.12 132 Comments

    Practice Game(s) Recap Dempster went six innings against the Rangers, allowing 2 runs on four hits and 2 walks and striking out three. Marmol had a scoreless 2/3 of the inning before ...
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    OV’s Projected Playing Time for the 2012 Cubs 79 Comments

    On Saturday I published this year's playing time survey and more than 50 of you took the time to fill it out. Thanks for taking the time. I'm going to go ahead and publish the ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.16.12 – Too Much Chalk Edition 36 Comments

    Was there a Cubs game yesterday? I was so in shock at Wisconsin's ability to score more than 60 points that I failed to pay attention to yesterday's games. It looks like it ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.14.12 48 Comments

    Practice Game recap Chris Volstad pitched three strong inninngs yesterday, extending his spring training scoreless streak to six innings. As with Samardzija and the other starter candidates, ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.13.12 76 Comments

    Practice game wrapup The Cubs knocked the eminently hittable Bronson Arroyo around in the first inning, capped off by an approximately 900 ft Alfonso Soriano HR (HR distance estimated ...
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    Daily Facepalm – 2.18.12, Evening Edition 90 Comments

    Neverending Story Remember when we were on the 5-yard line in the Theo compensation talks? Remember when Bud Selig said he'd get involved if a decision hadn't been agreed to ...
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    Daily Facepalm – 2.17.12 33 Comments

    This week in Best Shape of His Life Geovany Soto dropped 25 pounds this offseason. If you recall, he also lost a lot of weight before his breakout 07/08 seasons. If you combine this ...
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    Daily Facepalm: 2.10.12 – Uber-facepalm edition 117 Comments

    Self-directed facepalm AC and berselius posted new Daily facepalm posts one minute apart from one another. So now they are merged. Those responsible have been sacked Mish Mash Let's ...
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    Cubs claim Adrian Cardenas, designate Blake DeWitt 146 Comments

    Yesterday the Cubs claimed Adrian Cardenas off of waivers and to make room for him on the 40-man roster they designated Blake DeWitt for assignment. The Cubs signed DeWitt a couple ...
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    Cubs sign 6 of 7 arbitration eligible players 159 Comments

    The Cubs had 7 players who were arbitration eligible and on the day that teams and players must exchange arbitration figures, the Cubs signed all but Matt Garza. The Cubs’ six ...

    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 ...

    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 ...