Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (46-70) at Cincinnati Reds (71-47) 40 Comments
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Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (66-45) at Chicago Cubs (43-66) 20 Comments
Riding an eight game losing streak and consecutive sweeps on the west coast, the Cubs continue their upset bid to take the number one pick away from the Houston Astros. The Reds, meanwhile, ...
Potential deadline trades 56 Comments
Nearly every player on the Cubs is a potential trade candidate so talking about each one would be exhaustive and pointless. Luis Valbuena is a trade candidate though why any team would ...
Paul Maholm on possibility of Pirates trading for him 9 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 ...
Dale Sveum’s First Half MVPs: Shawn Camp and James Russell 39 Comments
NEW YORK — Who's your first half Most Valuable Player for the Cubs? Manager Dale Sveum picked relievers Shawn Camp and James Russell.
Camp was 2-4 with a 2.86 ERA and one ...
Series Preview: Houston Astros (32-44) at Chicago Cubs (26-49) 101 Comments
When the Cubs visited Houston a month ago, the Astros were a few games below .500 and the buzz around the team was relatively positive. Few Astros fans expected the team to be very ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (22-44) at Chicago White Sox (35-31) 69 Comments
I think the White Sox have already claimed the Dead Pelican Cup, even if their entire team comes down with the plague and the Cubs eke out a sweep this week. The White Sox are a legit ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (19-38) at Minnesota Twins (22-34) 256 Comments
The Cubs will face one of their main rivals for the #1 pick in the draft. Since 424's been on vacation I'll post a mini reverse standings to see how things are currently shaking ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-32) at San Francisco Giants (27-24) 223 Comments
The Cubs start a ten game road trip with a visit to Pac Bell Park (or whatever the hell they're calling it these days). At least this series, unlike most west coast series, will ...
Series Preview: San Diego Padres (17-32) at Chicago Cubs (15-32) 68 Comments
Will the Cubs complete the hat trick of being swept by some of the worst teams in the NL? This time they have the additional challenge of getting swept at home.
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Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (15-26) at Houston Astros (18-23) 50 Comments
We knew that the Cubs would stink this year, but seeing the Pirates and Astros above the Cubs in the standings still takes some getting used to. At least we have the Hope Monster to ...
Geovany Soto to the DL, Chris Volstad Option to AAA 143 Comments
Geovany Soto has a tear in the meniscus in his left knee and will or already has undergone arthroscopic knee surgery. He'll be out at least 3 weeks. Blake Lalli was called up to ...
Where We Stand Now: Starting pitching 24 Comments
I already took a look at the team batting numbers, and now we'll look at the bright spot in the Cubs roster: starting pitching. Here's how the seven pitchers who have started ...
Blake DeWitt DFA’d 62 Comments
The Cubs have DFA'd Blake DeWitt and re-caled Travis Wood who will start today against the Dodgers. I don't believe Berselius published a projection for Wood, but Oliver did ...
The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Advil 146 Comments
Iowa
Iowa got a good test today as perhaps the best pitcher in the minors in Shelby Miller faced them. Miller shut the Cubs down but only lasted 5 innings. Lets see how our top guys ...
Daily Facepalm 4.3.12 144 Comments
Was there a Cubs game yesterday?
The Cubs hit roughly 37 sac flies to beat the DBacks yesterday, and drag their spring trianing winning percentage to .500. Clearly I should place a ...
How good is the Cubs rotation? 177 Comments
Player
IP
Matt Garza
193
Ryan Dempster
188
Paul Maholm
165
Chris Volstad
155
Jeff Samardzija
122
The Cubs opening day rotation is set with news that Randy Wells and ...
Did the Cubs really add that much depth? 79 Comments
Over on Cubs Den (a really good blog), John talks about how the Cubs have quietly built depth to give them trade flexibility. I want to look at his bullets one by one because I just ...
OV’s Projected Playing Time for the 2012 Cubs 79 Comments
On Saturday I published this year's playing time survey and more than 50 of you took the time to fill it out. Thanks for taking the time. I'm going to go ahead and publish the ...
Revisiting the Cubs offseason transactions 66 Comments