Kerry Wood wants a raise, but is he deserving of one? 128 Comments
Jon Paul Morosi tweeted that Kerry Wood would like a raise. My first thought was this: why would the Cubs give him a raise if his only other option is to retire? Wood has said he’ll ...
2012 Cubs ZiPS Projections, Part 2 138 Comments
We looked at the ZiPS projections for the batters already so here are the pitchers.
Player
IP
H
HR
BB
K
ERA
FIP
Matt Garza
194.3
176
19
64
181
3.52
3.60
Andrew Cashner
64.7
59
5
30
51
3.76
4.02
Ryan ...
Compensation for Theo Epstein 133 Comments
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote that the compensation talks between the Red Sox and Cubs were set to begin soon. Apparently Ben Cherington has already been told he will be the ...
A thought or two about Carlos Marmol 178 Comments
I didn’t make it a secret that I thought the Cubs 3-year extension given to Carlos Marmol last offseason wasn’t a wise decision. Despite that, I made it clear that Marmol ...
Offseason Preview: Trade Candidates 87 Comments
Without even knowing what the Cubs general plan is going to be this offseason, it’s very difficult to look ahead to the offseason with any confidence of what they may do. They ...
Is Sean Marshall the best reliever on the Cubs? 26 Comments
I know I’m not the first person to ask this question and with Carlos Marmol‘s recent meltdown, probably not even the first to ask it in the last few days. We can ignore ...
The Cubs and their trade deadline decisions 243 Comments
Last week we had a heated debate and/or argument on here about the decisions the Cubs made about not trading certain players. I wanted to write something about this immediately, but ...
Bruce Levine's 5 most likely to be traded, yo 155 Comments
Happy Breaking Bad Day … bitch!
After xoomwaffle posted this link to Levine’s article earlier today I started writing something and then lost interest about a half sentence ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 4 113 Comments
Over the last week we’ve looked at the top 20 Cubs prospects according to John Sickels and how they’re performing this season. We’ve also looked at 15 or 16 additional ...
Mike Quade, You Are A Dumbass 42 Comments
It’s the bottom of the 8th inning on Saturday night and I had sat in Kaufmann Stadium and watched the Cubs and Royals play a very good game. It was well pitched. The umpires, ...
How much have the injuries cost the Cubs, and projecting Doug Davis 10 Comments
Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner were placed on the DL following their first start of the season. Each is currently rehabbing in Arizona and just began facing live batters this week. ...
