January 2009
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OMG Brian Roberts and Peavywatch Rumors in the SAME Article!
This weekend’s trade with the Baltimore Orioles for two pitchers, one of whom the San Diego Padres had previously inquired about, was bound to stir up some Peavywatch. But… OMG Brian Roberts! The Orioles still might find a market for Roberts if they finally are willing to move him, which remains an open question. Roberts [...]
Cubs Sign a Japanese Reliever (turning Japanese, turning Japanese, I really think so)
It’s a minor league deal for Ken Kadokura. If nothing else, Kosuke Fukudome is going to have plenty of friends in Spring Training this year, and I actually don’t mean that facetiously. Cubs signed Japanese free agent RHP Ken Kadokura to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. Kadokura, 35, flirted with [...]
Moor (get it?) About the Padres Sale
I have no doubt that soon-to-be-new-part Padres owner Jeff Moorad looks at the team as an investment. He’s been quoted as saying as much, if in a round-about way. With regards to our Obsessive Peavywatch, that could cut both ways: shipping off Peavy is an easy way to save your investment $50+ million dollars. But [...]
Kevin Gregg Gets Paid
As the Cubs have always done, they wrapped a one-year deal for Kevin Gregg before his case went to arbitration. Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Gregg on a one-year, $4.2 million contract. Florida traded Gregg in large part because he was due for a big raise via arbitration and sure enough he settles [...]
Felix Pie is an Oriole
We all knew this was coming. Let’s just be glad Jim Hendry was able to trade Pie long before Spring Training when everyone in the world KNEW the Cubs had to dump him. The Cubs have reached agreement with the Orioles on a deal that will send Pie to Baltimore for left-hander Garrett Olson and [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Adam Wainwright to the Yankees for Robinson Cano?
Gotta keep tabs on division rivals, and in an offseason where none of the Central teams have made particularly compelling moves, any whiff of a rumor is interesting. The St. Louis Cardinals have been especially quiet – both on the transaction front, and the rumor front. Lately, they’ve seemed focused on wrapping up their arbitration-eligible [...]
The Cublogoverse is Over-the-Top Intolerant
Blog are, by their very nature, a platform for opinion. We’re given the opportunity to tell you not only what we think, but also, we are afforded the ability to tell you in our “voice.” If I want to tell you that Ryan Theriot is having a bad week at the plate, I can. If [...]
Rich Harden Has a Tear in his Shoulder Joint, the Earth is Round
By Brett on January 19, 2009
It was obvious to everyone that something was wrong with Rich Harden last year, beyond a little bit of shoulder tendinitis. So when it was officially revealed that Harden had a tear in his shoulder joint, it wasn’t met with the kind of reaction you’d expect when one hears pitcher, shoulder, and tear in the [...]
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