Starlin Castro Year 1 and Year 2 210 Comments
All numbers updated through games ending on August 6th.
Starlin Castro has nearly had as many plate appearances this season as he did last so it seems a good time to compare the two ...
The Cubs and their trade deadline decisions 243 Comments
Last week we had a heated debate and/or argument on here about the decisions the Cubs made about not trading certain players. I wanted to write something about this immediately, but ...
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects, part 1 283 Comments
A month ago I took a look at how the Cubs top prospects (ratings from John Sickels) were doing and the final part was a form for you so we could have our own top prospect list. The ...
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 ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 2 143 Comments
A few days ago we looked at Sickel’s Cubs prospects ranked 11-20 entering the season and how they’ve done so far. This time we’ll look at the top 10.
10) Alberto ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 1 182 Comments
I figured now was a good time to post something about the Cubs top prospects since it’s past the midway point in the full minor league seasons. The short-season teams just got ...
Trade Value: Geovany Soto 108 Comments
The Cubs are done so there’s no more pretending they have a chance. They don’t. I don’t expect the Cubs front office or the players to give up. Not sure I really want ...
Cubs swept by Astros, things about to get much worse 249 Comments
The Cubs just completed a 9-game home stand against the Mets, Pirates and Astros. The Cubs entered the home stand 5 games below .500 and it was concluding the easiest part of their ...
Which types of players have been injured? (UPDATED) 80 Comments
Fellow Cubs blogger Doc Blume opined in the comments to today’s article at LOHO that part of the Cubs injury issues stem from the roster being filled with players with questionable ...
How much have the injuries cost the Cubs, and projecting Doug Davis 10 Comments
Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner were placed on the DL following their first start of the season. Each is currently rehabbing in Arizona and just began facing live batters this week. ...
Welington Castillo to Chicago? 3 Comments
It could be nothing, but I couldn’t help but notice that moments after Soto was out of the game that the Iowa Cubs pinch hit for Welington Castillo. Castillo began the season ...
