That revamped Cubs rotation 96 Comments
Much has been written here in the last few days about the Cubs rotation injuries and what it means for the overall strength of the rotation. Most, or actually all of that has been negative. ...
Walking someone when it doesn’t matter (as much) 2 Comments
For each pitcher from 1993-2011 with at least 5,000 Batters Faced, I've added up the average growth in run expectancy per NIBB. The average increase in RE for an NIBB over that ...
Rant Sports: The Chicago Cubs Continue To Prove They’re a Joke In Failed Anibal Sanchez Signing No Comments
If blogs could be designated for assignment, Rant Sports, along with Bleacher Report, would have been DFA'd a long time ago. They're not even replacement level blogs worthy ...
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 ...
Winter Meetings Facepalm ***UPDATED*** 78 Comments
The Winter Meetings are underway and even though the Cubs won't be that active, I wanted to keep up with what's going on with them.
Kyuji Fujikawa
It still appears as though ...
Cubs sign Scott Feldman 98 Comments
The Cubs added another right handed starting pitcher to their team today when they signed Scott Feldman to a 1-year deal for $6 million. There's another million bucks in incentives. ...
What we know about the potential Dan Haren trade 42 Comments
I've been a bit under the weather the past week so I have read very little Cubs related news with the exception of what's been posted on this site. I know Berselius mentioned ...
Bimillenial Facepalm – 11.2.1 105 Comments
Cubs "losing" a bunch of players to free agency/waivers
Team MVP Shawn Camp was the only officially official free agent on the roster, but a few other players have opted ...
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 ...
Season in Review: Jeff Samardzija 70 Comments
Now that Jeff Samardzija's season is over, let's take a moment to look back and express amazement that for about half the season Samardzija was the guy you most wanted to see ...
The Cubs will probably avoid losing 100 games 22 Comments
The Cubs currently sit at 58-89 even though 2 weeks ago it looked like a sure thing that they would lose 100. But after the Cubs have won 7 of their last 11 games it's now looking ...
Cubs “shifting gears” because we have to 53 Comments
According to Paul Sullivan, the Cubs are going to shift gears with regards to what they're doing at 3rd base. You're not alone if that doesn't make any sense.
Sveum says ...
New Cub Christian Villanueva 30 Comments
The main piece aquired in the Ryan Dempster trade was 21 year old Christian Villanueva. Villanueva was signed as an international free agent out of Mexico by the Rangers in 2008 and ...
New Cub Kyle Hendricks 4 Comments
Minutes before the deadline yesterday the Cubs matched up with the Rangers for the second time in less than 24 hours as they traded Ryan Dempster. In the trade the Cubs acquired Kyle ...
Theo on Dempster No Comments
Theo talked about Ryan Dempster a bit today.
"Ryan never got the opportunity for more than an hour to fully contemplate Atlanta with a deal actually in place," Epstein said. ...
Player Behavior 22 Comments
I don't know how many times I've said I don't care about the players in any other way than their performance. Over the years I have stressed this so many times I've ...
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 ...
Rangers Acquire Ryan Dempster (Cubs get Christian Villanueva and Kyle Hendricks) ***UPDATED*** 113 Comments
Rangers land Ryan Dempster
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 31, 2012
Will add more about Ryan Dempster once it's officially official.
Others hearing the same thing
Looks ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-23-13 12 Comments