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 ...
Prospects who might be called up soon, Part 2 11 Comments
In the first part I skipped over Brett Jackson, but we'll talk exclusively about him in this part. In many ways Jackson is the most advanced hitter not on the MLB Cubs. It's ...
Cubs on the hook for all of Byrd’s $6.5 million 1 Comment
The Cubs will have to pay all $6.5 million that Marlon Byrd is owed this season even though he was recently suspended 50 games for PEDs.
What’s more, neither the Cubs nor the ...
Series Preview: Boston Red Sox (31-32) at Chicago Cubs (21-42) 152 Comments
Wait, the Red Sox have a losing record? That was a surprise to me. Pythagoras disagrees with their record, as they have a +26 run differential, second in the AL east and 4th in the ...
Fortnightly Facepalm: 6.3.12 Draft, Soler, Baez, Garza, Dempster 65 Comments
I guess there's something going on tomorrow?
The MLB draft is tomorrow. The Cubs worked out possible first round picks Carlos Correa (SS) and Max Fried (P) earlier this week, and ...
Cubs acquire Hunter Cervenka to complete Marlon Byrd trade 38 Comments
The Cubs and Red Sox completed the Marlon Byrd trade today as the Cubs acquired Hunter Cervenka. Cervenka is a 22 year old in A ball with a minor league ERA of 5.97. He has struck out ...
Series Preview: Atlanta Braves (18-11) at Chicago Cubs (11-17) 122 Comments
The Cubs just managed to take 2 of 3 from the NL's best team and now face another one of the best teams in the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are a half game behind the Nationals in ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Michael Bowden 15 Comments
Yesterday the Cubs traded Marlon Byrd to the Red Sox for Michael Bowden and a player to be named later. Bowden was drafted in the 1st round (47th overall) in 2005. He was the last of ...
Marlon Byrd traded to Red Sox for Michael Bowden 152 Comments
probable that the Cubs will trade Marlon Byrd to the Red Sox. It's likely the Cubs pick up the bulk of Byrd's remaining contract ($6 millionish) to increase the package they ...
Marlon Byrd is not a .091 hitter, and other observations about slumps and trade value – UPDATED 34 Comments
We're all disappointed by the production so far of many of the Cubs offensive players, most notably Marlon Byrd and Geovany Soto. Byrd has a wOBA of .091 on the season, and Geo ...
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 ...
Daily Facepalm 3.27.12 48 Comments
Practice Game Recap
Paul Maholm had a good outing, striking out six over five innings and allowing no runs. Carlos Marmol also pitched a scoreless inning in his first outing since ...
Some thoughts on opening day starter and Brett Jackson 21 Comments
Dale Sveum decided to go with Ryan Dempster on opening day. There's little doubt that Matt Garza is the superior pitcher, but Dempster is still pretty good himself and it's ...
Ask OV: Cubs Fans Anxiously Waiting to Watch [Insert Name] in Centerfield vs. Red Sox 136 Comments
The questions have been rolling in ever since our debut of Ask OV last week so we are definitely going to have to hire an intern or something. I mean, first I had to do the Facepalm ...
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 ...
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, ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Center Field 34 Comments
Marlon Byrd is entering the final year of his contract and will earn $6.5 million in 2012. He's been a very good producer for the Cubs relative to what he's been paid. He's ...
Worst Cubs offense ever? 114 Comments