How much ass could this Cubs team suck if this Cubs team could suck ass? 15 Comments
Short answer: probably not much more ass than they sucked last year. After all, the Cubs have lost 101 or more games only 2 other times in franchise history. It's not easy being ...
Free Agent signings from last year 25 Comments
The Cubs weren't very active last winter and the moves they made were relatively safe. They placed their bets on the likes of Paul Maholm, Reed Johnson and David DeJesus so as far ...
Cubs interested in Brandon McCarthy and Shaun Marcum 65 Comments
We first heard about the Cubs possible interest in Brandon McCarthy a couple days ago and Gordon Whittenmeyer is confirming the Cubs interest, as well as throwing another name out there: ...
An Upton family reunion in Chicago 61 Comments
While Brett Jackson will return to AAA next year thanks to a poor performance at the big league level, he will get another chance at some point. I'm just not sure it will be with ...
The Top 20 Cubs performances in a 2012 game 106 Comments
I was curious which players had the best games in 2012 for this shitty team we follow. I used Win Probability Added (WPA) from Baseball Reference to compile the list. There's no ...
Revisiting the Cubs offseason transactions 66 Comments
Since the Cubs changed management this past offseason I thought it might be fun to look back at the transactions and see how they've turned out so far. Keep in mind these are a ...
A Tale of Two Trade Deadlines 80 Comments
[Billy Beane and Kevin Towers] operate, as ballplayers do, without a fear of failure. This year Beane found too many phone calls that came his way that sounded like this: "I have ...
Cubs acquired 2 of top 10 prospects moved at the deadline No Comments
According to Baseball America, the Cubs acquired 2 of the top 10 prospects moved at or near the trade deadline.
3. Arodys Vizcaino, rhp, Cubs. Chicago has very little advanced ...
New Cub Arodys Vizcaino 1 Comment
I was getting ready for bed last night when all these trades happened and I assumed I'd make it to bed at my bedtime. Then I saw Arodys Vizcaino's name surface as one of the ...
New Cub Jaye Chapman 4 Comments
I had hoped to turn these player intros our at a pace today so we could be ready for any additional trades if the Cubs make them so here's another.
Along with Arodys Vizcaino ...
New Cub Jake Brigham 32 Comments
Last night Geovany Soto was traded to the Texas Rangers for Jake Brigham. Brigham is a 24 year old right handed pitcher who has spent each of 2011 and 2012 for AA Frisco. His ERA over ...
Geovany Soto traded to Texas Rangers for Jacob Brigham, Johnson and Paul Maholm traded to Braves for Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Capman ***UPDATED*** 109 Comments
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo, Geovany Soto has been traded to the Texas Rangers.
Soto has been traded to Rangers.
— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) July 31, 2012
Not sure ...
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 ...
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 ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (29-49) @ Atlanta Braves (41-37) 130 Comments
The red hot Chicago Cubs travel to Atlanta fresh off sweeping the super-talented Houston Astros. The Braves lost 2 of 3 to the Nationals over the weekend.
Teams at a glance
Stat
Cubs
Braves
wOBA
.297
.317
wRC+
80 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
That revamped Cubs rotation 96 Comments