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 ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Right Field 28 Comments
The Cubs signed DeJesus on November 30th to a 2-year guaranteed contract with a 3rd year option. He's guaranteed $10.5 million over the contract. I think a couple of the reasons ...
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 ...
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 ...
Is Brett Jackson the Cubs best outfielder? 35 Comments
Back in April I wondered if Brett Jackson was one of the three best outfielders in the Cubs organization. The conclusion at the time was that Jackson was certainly one of the ...
What about Yu Darvish? 221 Comments
Yu Darvish could be posted by his Japanese team this winter makng him available to all 30 MLB clubs. He turned 25 years old on August 16th so 2012 would be his age 25 season. That’s ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (64-82) at Cincinnati Reds (71-75) 172 Comments
The Cubs played the Reds just last week, and five of the six starters from that series are pitching this series. I’m just going to make a few minor tweaks to the last preview ...
How much is Aramis Ramirez worth? 136 Comments
Ever since Aramis Ramirez remembered how to hit baseballs there has been increasing talk here and elsewhere about how his trade value suddenly jumped. Him hitting baseballs well again ...
Fukudome —————-> Indians (UPDATED) 205 Comments
Multiple reports claim that the Cubs are close to sending Kosuke Fukudome to the Cleveland Indians for two prospects (according to Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Paul Hoynes, it’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
Trade Value: Kosuke Fukudome 196 Comments
In Soto’s trade value piece I mentioned how inconsistent he has been in his career, but that’s nothing compared to Fukudome. Below is an image of his AVG/OBP/SLG/wOBA by ...
Grades so far: Outfield 176 Comments
I haven’t gotten to this one as quickly as I’d hoped, but here it is. You can read about the article I wrote about the infield if you haven’t already.
Alfonso Soriano ...
Kosuke Fukudome's Odd Season So Far 54 Comments
Kosuke Fukudome has been known for his great April starts and then fading away. This year has been a bit different. He’s still hitting fairly well into May, which is because ...
Starlin Castro’s Lineup Spot 35 Comments