With Matt Garza and Scott Feldman surely on the block, the Cubs could be in the catbird seat in a weak market. Also, more on David Price's injury/trade situation.
January 2009
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Non-Roster Invitations to Spring Training Are Plentiful
The Cubs have invited 21 non-roster types to Spring Training this year, including some familiar names. None are actually expected to make the team, of course. Besides Stanton and Fox, the pitchers invited include left-handers Ed Campusano, J.R. Mathes, Matt Smith, Jason Waddell and Bill White and right-handers Esmailin Caridad, Andrew Cashner, Ken Kadokura and [...]
Dusty Baker Still Hates to Clog Up the Bases
If there is anything at all that pleases me with regards to former Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker, it’s the fact that he remained in the National League Central, and thus relevant for our purposes. It allows me to post things like this. As for newcomer Willy Taveras, his role is defined. “His role is [...]
New Ownerwatch: It’s Ricketts!… Kind of
Is the ridiculous drama of selecting the guy that gets the privilege of TRYING to become the next Chicago Cubs owner finally over? Tribune Co’s creditors favor the bid of Tom Ricketts, the head of a Chicago investment bank, to buy the Chicago Cubs baseball team, a source familiar with a key creditors meeting said [...]
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About a Guy Who Won’t Make the Cubs
NPB Tracker – which is actually a pretty solid blog about Japanese baseball – put together a thorough profile on Ken Kadokura, the Cubs’ turning-Japanese-turning-Japanese minor league signee. Given the borderline ridiculous depth in the Cubs’ bullpen at this point, barring a trade, Kadokura is highly unlikely to make the 25-man roster. But here’s a [...]
Garrett Olson and Henry Williamson are Cubs
A couple of new faces showed up on the Cubs’ doorstep yesterday in exchange for outfield Felix Pie – you know, the guy that the whole world knew the Cubs had to trade because he was out of options and out of a spot on the Cubs’ bench. Considering that, the Cubs made out all [...]
Obsessive Peavywatch: “Cubs gets pitcher sought by Padres”
Grammatically flunktastic headline aside, here’s an interesting take on the Pie/Olson trade from the Padres’ perspective. Does that mean a Peavy trade is more likely now? That’s overstating things, but Olson does give the Cubs a bit more flexibility, whether they decide to go after Peavy or not. There are several things to remember here, [...]
New Ownerwatch: A Winner Has Been Selected
The Chicago Cubs are one step closer to having a new owner. Tribune Co. executives have chosen a favorite among three bids for the Chicago Cubs and have given that recommendation to the unsecured creditors committee in the company’s bankruptcy case, a source close to the situation said Wednesday. Tribune Co. and its investment banker, [...]
The Sporting News Says the Cubs Have Had a Bad Offseason, Don’t Need Peavy
By Brett on January 23, 2009
While I appreciate the difficulty a “general” sports media source may have in covering every single team in every single sport with the same depth that a blog dedicated to a particular team with a razor-sharp focus (and ninja writing skills, I might add) might be able to. But sometimes, as is the case with [...]
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