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, ...
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 ...
Dale Sveum’s First Half MVPs: Shawn Camp and James Russell 39 Comments
NEW YORK — Who's your first half Most Valuable Player for the Cubs? Manager Dale Sveum picked relievers Shawn Camp and James Russell.
Camp was 2-4 with a 2.86 ERA and one ...
Matt Garza last year and this year 38 Comments
Last season Matt Garza enjoyed a breakout season. His strikeouts increased. His walks decreased. He kept the ball on the ground and therefore in the park a lot more often. He was even ...
Cubs looking for Ubaldo Jimenez type deal for Matt Garza 133 Comments
Jayson Stark had an interesting rumor on Matt Garza that's worth discussing a bit.
We'd still wager heavily that Matt Garza will get traded in the next month. But if it happens, ...
Series Preview: Houston Astros (32-44) at Chicago Cubs (26-49) 101 Comments
When the Cubs visited Houston a month ago, the Astros were a few games below .500 and the buzz around the team was relatively positive. Few Astros fans expected the team to be very ...
In Defense Of Trade Value 33 Comments
UPDATE: Edwin put this better in one paragraph than I could in many paragraphs so here's his comment on why we typically overvalue our own players and undervalue others.
I think ...
How much is Matt Garza worth in a trade? 50 Comments
Matt Garza was eligible for arbitration for the third time this year, but since he was a super two he'll have one more year of arbitration. After the 2013 season he's eligible ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (22-44) at Chicago White Sox (35-31) 69 Comments
I think the White Sox have already claimed the Dead Pelican Cup, even if their entire team comes down with the plague and the Cubs eke out a sweep this week. The White Sox are a legit ...
MLBTR on Dempster, Garza No Comments
MLBTR has the latest on Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza. Here are a couple of the bullets:
Several contenders, including the Yankees and Dodgers, covet Dempster, Gordon Wittenmyer of ...
Series Preview: Detroit Tigers (28-32) at Chicago Cubs (20-40) 109 Comments
The Tigers were the easy favorite to dominate the mediocre AL Central. They added Prince Fielder to a team that won the division by fifteen games in 2011, forming a core of starts ...
Updated End of Season Projections 21 Comments
Using Baseball Prospectus rest of season PECOTA projections I figured it might be fun to see just how many games the Cubs are expected to lose at this point. Since this is OV and we're ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-36) at Milwaukee General Hospital (24-30) 96 Comments
I don't have much time today, so this will be a short preview. The Brewers are in bad shape, with several players (Chris Narveson, Mat Gamel, Marco Estrada, Alex Gonzalez, various ...
A 2013 Cubs Contender, Part 2 45 Comments
About 10 days ago we looked at what the Cubs have in terms of guaranteed contracts and we also signed Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza to long-term extensions. Since it's been 10 days ...
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 ...
A few things that don’t make sense 111 Comments