With Matt Garza returning and Scott Feldman/Travis Wood dominating, could the Cubs claim to have the best starting five in baseball?
January 2009
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Ok, So Maybe Rich Hill is Going to the Mariners
Fresh on the heels of a Baltimore Sun article that Rich Hill to the O’s was a near done-deal, it seems the Mariners are trying to pry the troubled lefty from the Cubs. Sources suggest the Baltimore Orioles may have the inside track on Hill, who was a top prospect before battling control issues. He [...]
The Cublogoverse is MONEY GRAB!
Flipping through my headlines the other day, I came across this peach from Inside the Ivy: If the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president is a precursor to the play of typical Cubs teams during inaugural years, what can be expected of the 2009 club? Scout.com: How Have Cubs Fared in Inaugural [...]
Paul Bako is a Chicago Cub (For Ril, Again)
Bako or “The” Bako has been the Cubs’ primary backup catcher target since Henry Blanco bolted for San Diego – actually, Bako was the target in lieu of Blanco, hence Blanco bolting. One could question what exactly Bako provides that Koyie Hill couldn’t (except a few more fingers), but at least Bako isn’t going to [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Offseason is Disappointing, Testy
Quick – name the Cardinals’ big off-season move. Stumped? Hint: Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Yup. Khalil Greene. (unless they’re able to make the highly unlikely, but highly terrifying Manny Ramirez addition we discussed yesterday…) So it’s no surprise that given the chance to chat with Cardinals’ GM John Mozeliak, Cardinal fans would probably be [...]
Milton Bradley’s Deal is Technically Only for 2 Years and $20 mill
That’s because the third year is kind of an option. Word floated around when Bradley was signed that there was “protection on the back-end” of the deal for the Cubs if Bradley was injured in the first two years (a move popularized by the Detroit Tigers’ genius signing of Magglio Ordonez, coming off massive knee [...]
Rich Hill About to Be the Next Oriole Castaway
How many players that the Cubs desperately don’t want can they possibly pawn off on the Orioles? The Orioles and Chicago Cubs are again involved in trade talks, this time about the Cubs’ left-handed starter Rich Hill. According to industry sources, the two teams have had ongoing talks about Hill, a one-time top pitching prospect [...]
Holy Scary Balls, Batman: Manny Ramirez to the Cardinals?
Apparently Albert Pujols is pushing the Cardinals to sign the only right-handed hitter in the game who might be more scary than he is: Manny Ramirez. “I speak with Manny every three days and he tells me, `Man, no one wants to sign me,’ Pujols said Thursday during a news conference. “I’m not an agent [...]
The Cublogoverse is Movin’ on Up
Recently, our friends at Wrigleyville23 got the call up the big leagues. Well, the call up to somewhere anyway. They were tapped to become the Chicago Cubs blog for MVN, a post previously occupied by such Cublogoverse heavyweights as The Cub Reporter and View from the Bleachers. We caught up with the proprietor of Wv23 [...]
