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    2013 MLB Draft: who do you take? 30 Comments

    The first round of the 2013 MLB Draft is on June 6th and we haven't written much about it lately. A few days ago in the comments, jtsunami (think it was him) mentioned that he might ...
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    A look at Anthony Rizzo’s new contract 12 Comments

    The Cubs signed Anthony Rizzo to a contract last night. GW wrote about it in the wee hours of the morning today. Let's recap the specifics, along with GW's take on it. Anthony ...

    Cubs under contract for 2015 3 Comments

    With the Anthony Rizzo signing, I thought it'd be sweet to show you the "Cubs Core;" players under team control for 2015 (when we should EXPECT a competitive team instead ...

    Et tu, Keith Law? 61 Comments

    I went over to Keith Law's blog to see if he had any draft info and I couldn't look past the first article. Candidates for demotion and promtion So I figure Keith Law is going ...

    2013 Cubs Prospects Ratings 47 Comments

    A little over 2 weeks ago, I wrote an article with Uncle Dave's help about a different way to rate prospects. Dave got the idea from Hockey's Future. Dave's explanations ...

    Starlin Castro to bat 2nd 10 Comments

    You know that news is rather light when you're writing about what you figured would happen all along: Starlin Castro will bat 2nd. If everybody lives up to their capabilities, ...
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    100 Walks 100 Comments

    Here's something interesting I discovered today: Starlin Castro has exactly 100 career walks.  Here's the breakdown: 29 in 2010 35 in 2011 36 in 2012 63 in Wrigley Field 6 ...

    Random crap 45 Comments

    I've had a very sore neck, back and shoulders for the last couple of weeks so I haven't written much over that time. It's still not 100% and I'm beginning to feel as ...

    Daily Facepalm – 3.5.13 172 Comments

    MLBTR must be reading our comment section They posted a "Where are they now" of everyone involved in the Matt Garza trade with Tampa. I forgot that the Cubs threw in Chirinos ...

    Daily Facepalm 3.3.13 – Shark named opening day starter, Garza probably to miss a month 53 Comments

    Matt Garza shut down, likely to miss first month of the season Per Carrie Muskat, Garza experienced more pain related to his strained lat muscle during a throwing session today. ...
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    2013 Cubs Projections: Starlin Castro 121 Comments

    Before we get to Starlin Castro's 2013 Cubs Projections, I wanted to talk a little bit about something else in regard to Castro. An awful lot has been written about Starlin Castro ...

    2013 PECOTA Projections 70 Comments

    The 2013 PECOTA projections are out and I thought I'd post some of the Cubs below. Since you have to be a subscriber in order to download the spreadsheet, I'm only going to ...
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    Four most likely to exceed expectations 146 Comments

    I was working on an idea for a post using the 2013 Cubs projections. The idea was to calculate an approximation of the best case scenario win total. I was going to use the 65th percentile ...
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    It’s time to get excited about the 2013 Cubs 7 Comments

    Spring training is just around the corner and the 2013 Cubs are set to kick off their Cactus League schedule on February 23rd. It's a split squad game and the game against the Angels ...
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    Nick Cafardo on the Cubs and a Matt Garza non-rumor 54 Comments

    MLBTR led to me this article by Nick Cafardo, which talks a bit about the Cubs. “We’re certainly farther along than we were last year at this time,” said Epstein. “When we ...

    2013 Cubs ZiPS Projections 4 Comments

    The Cubs ZiPS projections for 2013 are available on Fangraphs now. The Cubs are projected by ZiPS to have, in shortstop Starlin Castro and first baseman Anthony Rizzo, to have a pair ...

    How many games will the 2013 Cubs win? 31 Comments

    Over at The Cub Contrarian, Kyle used an estimated WAR for players to get a team win total. I thought I'd do the same thing, but I'm going to do it two ways: projections and ...

    Muskat: Work in progress, but Cubs aim to be competitive 30 Comments

    I saw the title of this article a couple days ago, but didn't bother reading it. I don't believe the Cubs have attempted to be competitive in the short term in any way whatsoever ...

    Cubs interested in Giancarlo Stanton 107 Comments

    Nick Cafardo says the Cubs are one of many teams interested in acquiring the Marlins 22 year old superstar. 1. Giancarlo Stanton, RF, Marlins — It would be a coup for whichever ...

    Today in Rant Sports Awfulness 33 Comments

    Aisle 424 ripped Rant Sports a new one last night and today we've got another reason to do so. Let's just start with the title. Theo Epstein: The Portrait of a Snake-Oil Salesman A ...