the Cubs agreed to assume $15 million of his $18 million contract in a trade that should be announced soon. The Marlins will send 6-foot-8 right-handed pitcher Chris Volstad in return, according to multiple sources – ChicagoSports Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G CG SHO SV IP ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 [...]
Where were we? Where are we? RF Fukudome SS Castro CF Byrd 3B A-Ram 1B Pena CA Soto LF Soriano 2B Barney SP Dempster CA Hill 2B Baker 2B DeWitt RF Colvin CF Johnson SP Zambrano SP Garza SP Wells SP Cashner CL Marmol RP Wood RP Marshall RP Grabow RP Russell RP Samardzija RP [...]
(by wins over replacement) Mike Fontenot 2005 0.1 2007 0.6 2008 3.0 – also, totally awesome 2009 0.4 2010 0.1 ——– 4.2 Jerry Hairston Jr. 2005 1.0 2006 -0.6 ——— 0.4 Sammy Sosa 2005 -1.1 Cubs 4.6 (+ single A player) O’s -1.1 I hope the outright player dumps to come this off season work [...]
Should’ve written this post a month ago, but this team needs as few words as possible CA – OK 1B – need new starter 2B – need new starter SS – OK 3B – stuck with current starter LF – stuck with current starter/borderline OK CF – OK RF – offseason salary dump? SP1 (Dempster) [...]
01 SS Theriot 02 RF Fukudome 09 ?F X Nady 03 1B Lee 04 3B A Ram 10 3B C Tracy 05 LF Soriano 11 OF T Colvin 06 RF Byrd 07 CA Soto 12 CA K Hill 08 2B Fontenot 13 2B J Baker 14 SP Z! 19 RP S Marshall 15 SP Dempster [...]
So, it’s much later than I wanted to do this. If I wait much longer, I’ll forget the 5% I still remember I wanted to say. Phoenix was nice. I don’t know if it even got to 70 degrees during the weekend I was there, but it felt like 90 from where I was coming [...]
I need to write about the trip, still, but this is quicker and those photos are someplace else. Locks That We Knew Going Into Camp and I Really Can Stop Mentioning, 01 SS Theriot 02 RF The Fuk 03 1B D Lee 04 3B A Ram 05 CF Byrd 06 LF Soriano 07 CA Soto [...]
I know it’s been too long between blog entries when there’s 150 spam messages waiting for me. Let me tell you, the post I only write in my head are super. Cubs trade IF Aaron Miles & DH Jake Fox (and $1 million) to the A’s for RP Jeff Gray, ?P Ronny Morla, ?? Matt [...]
better example of the state of local baseball coverage – 7 days and running dedicated to commentary on Sammy Sosa’s face without, I dunno, having someone find him and take another picture. – Phil Rogers writing a column about how little budget room the Cubs have, then writing about how the Cubs must pick up [...]
Tom Ricketts did the best possible job introducing himself and his family as new owners for the Cubs. Everyone liked him, so much so hat no one made much of a fuss when he mentioned tickets were going up next season. He did a good job of positioning himself as an owner who’d be focused [...]