Daily Facepalm 3.13.12 76 Comments
Practice game wrapup
The Cubs knocked the eminently hittable Bronson Arroyo around in the first inning, capped off by an approximately 900 ft Alfonso Soriano HR (HR distance estimated ...
Daily Facepalm 2.27.2012 | Still No Games 139 Comments
Bunting Brackets Busted
Tony Campana was beaten by Steve Clevenger. Not in a brutal nanosophobic assault, but in a bunting contest. You could easily take this news with dismay ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Catchers 50 Comments
The past few years I've done posts for each player, but this year I'm going to do it by position. It's a little more than 9 weeks until the season starts so about one of ...
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 ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 3 119 Comments
We’ve taken an extensive look at the top 20 Cubs prospects this season by Sickels so it’s time to look at some others who weren’t ranked.
John Gaub
Gaub is coming ...
How bad is Koyie Hill? 68 Comments
Over the last two seasons Koyie Hill has posted a 51 wRC+ (weighted runs created, adjusted so that 100 is average like ERA+ and OPS+). wRC+, you may remember, uses wOBA. Oddly ...
Position Battles: Back-up Catcher 108 Comments