Daily Facepalm 3.19.12 – Weekend of Samardzija 233 Comments
Playing Time Projections
Please take a few moments to fill out the 2012 Cubs playing time projections. It's as simple as possible.
Weekend practice game roundup
Geovany Soto homered, ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Jeff Samardzija 58 Comments
Since Jeff Samardzija is now a "near-lock" to make the rotation, per Dale Sveum. Let's take a look at his projections for 2012. Just about everyone projected him as a ...
Daily Facepalm 3.15.12 – Calling in Sick with March Madness 91 Comments
Practice Game recap
Travis Wood probably punched his ticket to Iowa yesterday, giving up six runs while only recording one out. Bullpen/tenth starter hopeful Casey Coleman also had ...
Position Battles: Back-up Catcher 108 Comments
The Cubs roster is mostly set with a few exceptions. Welington Castillo and Steve Clevenger are battling it out for the back-up catcher spot. There's been this invented competition ...
Daily Facepalm 3.14.12 48 Comments
Practice Game recap
Chris Volstad pitched three strong inninngs yesterday, extending his spring training scoreless streak to six innings. As with Samardzija and the other starter candidates, ...
Daily Facepalm 3.9.12 – Volstad Good, Soriano Good, Marmol Bad 138 Comments
Rotation battle news
Chris Volstad followed up Jeff Samardzija's strong outing with three solid innings of his own yesterday. Volstad struck out three, walked none, and allowed ...
What’s all this Jeff Samardzija starting crap? 63 Comments
I paid so little attention to Cubs baseball after the first few weeks that it's hard for me to believe that Jeff Samardzija threw 88 innings a year ago. I did know that however ...
Carroll’s Team Health Reports 111 Comments
For several years now Will Carroll has published Team Health Reports. He previously did so at Baseball Prospectus and now does so at SI. I've never been the biggest fan. It seems ...
Daily Facepalm 2.22.12 116 Comments
We just have the point-after-try to kick, or something
Several months ago, we were on the "five yard line" in the Theo compensation situation. Since then we've crossed ...
Pitch F/X Player Cards 65 Comments
Brooks Baseball, with help from The Hardball Times, has created pitch f/x player cards. If you play around with Matt Garza's card you'll see that in his career he's thrown ...
Taking a closer look at the Cubs supersized rotation 105 Comments
The Cubs currently have 6 starting pitchers on the roster*. Those 6 include Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm, Travis Wood, Chris Volstad and Randy Wells. Jeff Samardzija ...
Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have been busy 318 Comments
The Cubs were having a rather quiet offseason until December 23rd when they traded Sean Marshall. In a span of one month they’ve traded Marshall, DJ LeMahieu, Tyler Colvin, ...
Complete rebuild, Cubs re-sign Reed Johnson, trade Sean Marshall 121 Comments
The Cubs have re-signed Reed Johnson to a one-year contract. The contract is pending a physical. No word yet on the amount he was signed for, but I’m sure it’s under $2 ...
Cubs close to trading Sean Marshall for Travis Wood? 59 Comments
According to Bruce Levine the Cubs and Reds are close on a deal that would send Sean Marshall to the Reds for 24 year old left-handed starter Travis Wood and two minor leaguers. We ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (54-57) at Chicago Cubs (47-65) 147 Comments
BREAKING NEWS: I heard the 49ers are shopping Taylor Mays
Just 18 more wins in a row until the Cubs are back at .500! It’s Gonna Happen.
Where have things gone wrong with the ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (16-15) at Chicago Cubs (14-16) 23 Comments
The Cubs went 4-3 on their trip out west, and a winning record on any such trip is a nice feat no matter the quality of the teams played. Today they start a 2 plus week stretch of games ...
Travis Wood is to Pitching as Natalie Wood is to Swimming 114 Comments