April 2009
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Angel Guzman Drawing More Interest Than Chad Gaudin
The Chicago Cubs are going to have to move at least one of the four pitchers competing for two bullpen spots, and the two likely candidates for moving are Chad Gaudin and Angel Guzman. Each has stunk it up in Spring Training. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry continues to work the phones to try to [...]
Welcome Back Under Armour!
Click. Clack. The Under Armour logos will be back on the outfield doors at Wrigley Field. The Cubs announced Tuesday they have agreed to continue their partnership with Under Armour, and now have a multi-million dollar multi-year deal. The Cubs have dismissed their lawsuit against the company, which was filed in January after Under Armour [...]
The 2009 Chicago Cubs: Preparing for the Worst Case Scenarios
Readers repeatedly asked me if I was going to write a “Why the 2009 Chicago Cubs Will Suck” article, as I had for the rest of the N.L. Central. My answer, in turn, was a repeated “no.” How could I? There is no objective, reasonable basis to conclude the Cubs will suck this year. But [...]
Yeah, So the Cubs Aren’t Getting Donald Veal Back
Former top Chicago Cubs prospect Donald Veal fell a bit off the top prospect wagon in 2008 – so much so that, when it was time to decide whom to protect in the Rule V draft, the Cubs decided to leave him exposed. Veal was quickly snatched up by the Pittsburgh Pirates – precisely the [...]
If You Want a “Serious” Season Preview
As I mentioned, while creating our excellent series of “Why X Team Will Suck” articles, we aren’t that big on creating full-blown, series team previews. Usually, they’re not well done, or aren’t interesting enough to hold our attention (I just realized I was using the royal “we” there… sorry). Well, I also mentioned an exception. [...]
Bullpen Battlewatch: No One Stepping Up
The four men competing for the last two bullpen spots are running out of time to dazzle – and none are stepping up to the… er, rubber. Two pitched yesterday, two the day before, and all four disappointed. Chad Gaudin continued to show that whatever he hurt at the end of last year is not [...]
The Rockies Have Eye on Chad Gaudin, Are Apparently Blind
Kidding, naturally. Chad Gaudin has been a successful major league pitcher for several years, so there is going to be interest. The first nibbles appear to be from the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies have their eye on five pitchers this week, including Tampa’s Jason Hammel and Chicago’s Chad Gaudin, as they try to fill out [...]
The End of Spring Training Battlewatch: Why the Cubs/Yankees Series Isn’t Meaningless
By Brett on April 4, 2009
As you know by now, the Chicago Cubs are helping open up the new Yankee Stadium – $1.5 billion worth of ill-timed lavishness – with a couple exhibition games. Yesterday the Cubs lost to the Yanks, and the item of note was Ted Lilly’s poor outting. He’s only had three true Spring starts with the [...]
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