Daily Facepalm 4.3.12 144 Comments
Was there a Cubs game yesterday?
The Cubs hit roughly 37 sac flies to beat the DBacks yesterday, and drag their spring trianing winning percentage to .500. Clearly I should place a ...
Daily Facepalm 4.2.2 – Almost there edition 107 Comments
Was there a Cubs game yesterday?
Hola amigos. It's been a long time since I rapped at ya. The Cubs pounded the LAAoLAoAoDLoBA yesterday 8-1. Jared Weaver shut the Cubs down for ...
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, ...
Teams interested in Matt Garza and Sean Marshall 78 Comments
The rumors surrounding teams interested in Matt Garza have been around for a long time. Every year teams have inquired on his availability so it’s no surprise he’s once ...
"You better know who your ninth starter's going to be" 252 Comments
I’ve been a bit confused by one of Theo’s comments since taking over as President of Baseball Operations.
“We need starting pitching. You can’t take your chances ...
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects, part 2 279 Comments
Yesterday we looked at the Cubs prospects ranked 11-20 and today we’ll look at the top 10. You can read about how they were doing a month ago if you’d like.
10) Alberto ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 4 113 Comments
Over the last week we’ve looked at the top 20 Cubs prospects according to John Sickels and how they’re performing this season. We’ve also looked at 15 or 16 additional ...
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 ...
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 ...
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects 195 Comments
I have always wanted to write more about the minor leagues, but whenever I start to do so I have failed to keep it up. As a result, I’ve mostly stopped writing articles about ...
James Russell to start Monday unless someone else does 2 Comments
“That’s what I don’t know,” Quade said. “If we go in-house, then Russ is going to pitch. But if something else has taken place within the last 24 hours, ...
Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (14-7) at Chicago Cubs (10-11) 59 Comments
After hosting the Cubs last week, the Rockies dropped a series at home vs the Giants and lost 2 of 3 against the Marlins, where they were nearly no-hit on Friday by Anibal Sanchez. ...
Did the Cubs really add that much depth? 79 Comments