Anthony Rizzo Signs Extension With the Cubs 3 Comments
Anthony Rizzo has signed a long term extension with the Cubs. Ken Rosenthal has the details. The deal is for at least seven years (including 2013) and $41 million, which includes ...
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 ...
Should managers be allowed to use the sacrifice bunt? 7 Comments
Before you read any further, please take the poll below. I'm curious what the responses are on this site.
Tangotiger set up a poll yesterday asking whether people would rather ...
Carlos Pena ——> TB, Sandwich Round Pick ———-> Cubs No Comments
According to CBS's Jon Heyman, Carlos Pena signed a 1-year, $7.25m deal with Tampa Bay today. Since Pena was a Type B free agent and declined the arbitration offer from the Cubs, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reality Check 338 Comments
As Cubs fans we’re used to not getting good news. If some player leaves a game early we’re trained to think it’s a career ending surgery that will lead to Aaron Miles ...
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Randy Wells 96 Comments
The 2011 Cubs posted the 109th worst winning percentage in its history. What’s really depressing about that is since I’ve been a fan the following Cubs teams have been as ...
Roasting the 2011 Cubs 178 Comments
WARNING: Before we get started, I’m assuming most people who come to this site don’t need to be told this, but for those who are not familar with a roast, they are rude, ...
What are the 2011 Cubs good at? 181 Comments
I wanted to look over various statistics to see what the Cubs were good at. It’s a bad team, but even bad teams excel at something. Right?
Batting average is a useless statistic, ...
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 ...
Bruce Levine's 5 most likely to be traded, yo 155 Comments
Happy Breaking Bad Day … bitch!
After xoomwaffle posted this link to Levine’s article earlier today I started writing something and then lost interest about a half sentence ...
A Tale of Two Sluggers 145 Comments
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.They were the suckiest of sluggers, they were the strongest of sluggers. They couldn’t hit, they couldn’t be retired. ...
Mid-Season Good and Bad: Position Players 94 Comments
Last year over at Aisle 424, I decided that grading players on a scale of objectivity was ultimately dumb and subjective. But since it’s like a blog law that you have to do ...
A look at Anthony Rizzo’s new contract 12 Comments