Arbitration salary projections for the Cubs No Comments
MLBTR has posted their salary projections for the Cubs arbittation eligible players. The projections are done by Matt Swartz who did a bunch of math and came up with a system to estimate ...
DBacks Looking for SS, Veteran SP, 3B 6 Comments
Awhile back we were kicking around trade ideas for Justin Upton from the Diamondbacks. GM Kevin Towers' postseason press conference confirms much of our speculation:
Towers identified ...
Profiles In Rebuilding- The Cleveland Indians 17 Comments
After Theo and Co. were hired at the end of last season, Cubdom was collectively filled with a sense of manifest destiny. A majority of us, I think, breathed a sigh of relief and started ...
Season in Review: Matt Garza 60 Comments
Following the 2010 season the Cubs decided to trade a bunch of players to acquire an overrated middle of the rotation pitcher in Matt Garza. Then he surprised many of us by having the ...
Matt Garza hopes to return this season No Comments
Garza said his goal is to get back on the mound this season, despite there being no official timetable on his return.
"I'm hoping," Garza said. "That's why I'm ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (66-45) at Chicago Cubs (43-66) 20 Comments
Riding an eight game losing streak and consecutive sweeps on the west coast, the Cubs continue their upset bid to take the number one pick away from the Houston Astros. The Reds, meanwhile, ...
Let’s play “What if” 81 Comments
Starlin Castro has established himself at the big league level and he's going to get better. How much so? Who really knows, but even if he never got any better, he's still ...
Trade Deadline Rumors (Rangers acquired Dempster???, Russell, Garza, Camp, Baker, Webster, BJ Upton, Hope Monster, Buster Olney’s twitter account, Soriano staying put) 106 Comments
This was posted earlier. Updates will be added for the next few hours (scroll down).
According to Jon Heyman, Ryan Dempster has been traded to the Dodgers. More to come if ...
Podcasting the Cubs 24 Comments
Before gallivanting off to the hinterlands of Molina-esque interwebs, Berselius recorded a podcast with longtime reader, sometime commenter sitrick2. We talked the Cubs for about an ...
Matt Garza throws off flat ground 2 Comments
Matt Garza has taken a step forward in his recovery as he's thrown on flat ground for the first time.
Cubs pitcher Matt Garza threw on flat ground Saturday, the first time ...
Potential deadline trades 56 Comments
Nearly every player on the Cubs is a potential trade candidate so talking about each one would be exhaustive and pointless. Luis Valbuena is a trade candidate though why any team would ...
Paul Maholm on possibility of Pirates trading for him 9 Comments
Paul Maholm was asked about rumors the Pirates may be interested in him last night in Pittsburgh and he had this to say:
“It would be ironic to leave as a free agent and then ...
Matt Garza leaves game with forearm injury 35 Comments
Matt Garza left tonight's game after 3 innings with a forearm injury. It's probably not serious, but here are some other players who have had not so serious forearm injuries: ...
Red Sox interested in Matt Garza No Comments
The Red Sox aren't interested in Ryan Dempster, but remain interested in Matt Garza.
The Red Sox maintain interest in Matt Garza, but they're officially out on Ryan Dempster, ...
A few things that don’t make sense 111 Comments
Carl Crawford and a prospect to the Marlins for Hanley Ramirez and Heath Bell is something that Bob NIghtengale is suggesting is in the works that doesn't make the least bit of ...
Why Matt Garza’s trade value is lower than I think 35 Comments
Earlier today I wrote why Matt Garza's trade value may be higher than I think, or rather higher than the trade value numbers show. Since I wrote about why they may be higher it ...
Why Matt Garza’s trade value is higher than I think 40 Comments
When I wrote about Matt Garza's trade value last month I showed that it's not that high. Aside from the Cubs kicking in some money to cover the rest of his salary this year, ...
Brewers and Phillies prepare offers to keep Greinke and Hamels 100 Comments
The Brewers are willing to offer Zack Greinke around $100 million over 5 years while the Phillies are prepared to offer Cole Hamels an equally large contract extension. Greinke and ...
Rumor: Dodgers interested in Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza 2 Comments
According to Jon Heyman the Dodgers are the most likely destination for Ryan Dempster and the Dodgers might also be interested in Matt Garza.
The Dodgers are ...
An Upton family reunion in Chicago 61 Comments