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New Cub Jaye Chapman

In Commentary And Analysis, News And Rumors by dmick894 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 who we'll discuss in more detail later, the Cubs also acquired 25 year old RHP Jaye Chapman from the Braves for Reed Johnson and Paul Maholm. …

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New Cub Jake Brigham

In Commentary And Analysis, News And Rumors by dmick8932 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 2 seasons has basically been 4.5 and his FIP not much better. His FIP sits at 4.58 this year, his second time through the …

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Geovany Soto traded to Texas Rangers for Jacob Brigham, Johnson and Paul Maholm traded to Braves for Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Capman ***UPDATED***

In Transactions by dmick89109 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 how accurate this is, but it figures the Cubs would pull this shit when I'm about ready to go to bed.  This trade is not related to the Reed Johnson …

Paul Maholm on possibility of Pirates trading for him

In aside by dmick899 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 they wanted me back. There are rumors, and we will see how it turns out. My next two starts are against them. It should be …

Series Preview: Boston Red Sox (31-32) at Chicago Cubs (21-42)

In Series Previews by berselius60 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 whole AL. If their non-winning trend continues they might have to watch out for some sleeper cell cultists. Luckily the Red Sox are playing the …