February 2010
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The Chicago Cubs 2010 Television Schedule
The Chicago Cubs have announced their broadcast schedule for the 2010 season, and it will feature the lowest number of games on WGN in a long, long time – just 58 games. And that, of course, does not include Opening Day, which will be on WCIU. The Cubs will be on Fox eight times, and [...]
Chicago Cubs Avoid Arbitration with Carlos Marmol
As expected, the Cubs have managed to sign closer Carlos Marmol to a one-year deal, avoiding the ugliness of arbitration that lies ahead with respect to the last remaining unsigned Cub, Ryan Theriot. According to Carrie Muskat, the two sides agreed to a $2.125 million salary, which is approximately the midpoint of what the Cubs [...]
Ryan Theriot and the Cubs Are Gonna Fight
It was a long way coming, but it now appears inevitable: the Chicago Cubs and Ryan Theriot will have to go to arbitration to settle on Theriot’s 2010 salary. The two sides have stopped negotiating. Major League Baseball and the players union usually refuse to give out dates to the media in advance of arbitration [...]
Kevin Gregg Could Still Impact the Cubs Bullpen
No, the Chicago Cubs have not re-signed free agent Kevin Gregg, so you can relax in that regard. The reason Gregg may yet have an impact on the Cubs bullpen is because of where he’s headed – Toronto, where possible Cubs target Jason Frasor currently pitches. Toronto’s signing of former Cubs closer Kevin Gregg to [...]
The Cubs’ Offseason Sucked
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman threw together a list of the eight most disappointing offseasons in Major League Baseball this year, and – no surprise – the Chicago Cubs made the cut. In fact they came in at number two behind only the New York Mets, who at least added a big bat in Jason Bay. [...]
Theriot, Cubs Digging In
The Chicago Cubs and shortstop Ryan Theriot are getting ready for the team’s first arbitration hearing in 17 years because the Cubs refuse to come up from their $2.6 million offer (duh), and Theriot refuses to come down from his $3.4 million demand (crazy). Whether the Cubs’ arbitration stalemate with the shortstop becomes a test [...]
The Cubs Are Considering Kris Benson
Though the Chicago Cubs are not looking for another starting pitcher – or looking to make any other considerable free agent acquisitions – they’ll continue to monitor guys they can snag on minor league deals. One such guy is formerly mediocre starting pitcher Kris Benson. A number of National League teams are keeping track of [...]
Plenty of Chicago Cubs Rumors Still Swirling
There can be no doubt that the bulk of the offseason movement is behind us – re-signing John Grabow, dumping Milton Bradley, and signing Marlon Byrd and Xavier Nady are the big moves for this year. Like ‘em or lump ‘em. But that doesn’t mean that the Cubs are totally done making moves. Bruce Levine [...]
