December 2010
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Lukewarm Stove: Carlos Pena Would Prefer to Remain in Tampa Bay
What can I say? With the Winter Meetings on tap, it’s a Lukewarm Stove kind of day. First baseman Carlos Pena – he of the swell glove, mighty power, and terrible average – remains firmly on the Chicago Cubs’ radar (they’ve spoken with his agent, Scott Boras), but Pena’s level of interest is unclear. It [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Cubs Offered Lance Berkman $8 Million
The Chicago Cubs are still looking for a first baseman after whiffing on a few options late last week an this weekend. One of the whiffs – Adrian Gonzalez – was not for a lack of trying: the Cubs pursued him aggressively, both before and after he was initially dealt to the Red Sox. Another [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Kerry Wood Still on Cubs’ Radar
You didn’t forget about Kerry Wood already, did you? The Chicago Cubs certainly didn’t. Cubs icon Kerry Wood will be looked at as a possible addition. Wood will have to accept a setup role — he was Cleveland’s closer for the better part of two seasons before getting traded to the Yankees in July. Wood [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Brandon Webb, Jeff Francis, and Andrew Cashner Still in Consideration for Rotation
The Winter Meetings kick off today, though the weekend certainly had a Winter Meeting feel to it, with rumors and transactions flying. The Chicago Cubs will be among the more active teams at the Meetings – in terms of discussions, at least. With very little money to spend, and a number of holes to fill, [...]
Well, That Was Short: Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox
The Red Sox decided to pull the trigger on the Adrian Gonzalez trade, according to multiple sources (for example, here). The Red Sox will announced Gonzalez with a press conference tomorrow, but I’m hearing that they agreed to do the trade without an extension for Gonzalez (no extension is in place as of right now) [...]
Source: Cubs Called Padres Soon After Gonzalez/Red Sox Trade Fell Through
The body that is the Adrian Gonzalez trade to the Red Sox is still warm, but the Chicago Cubs have already reached out to the Padres about the first baseman, says a source. Shortly before the Padres and Red Sox agreed in principle to the trade late in the week (and as reported yesterday), it [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Red Sox and Adrian Gonzalez Negotiating Past Deadline, Extension Not Likely
While the Red Sox and Padres agreed to a deal in principle for Adrian Gonzalez, the deal was subject to (though not contingent on) the Sox and Gonzalez negotiating a long-term extension. That negotiating window has now passed. Although the two sides continue to negotiate, I’ve heard that things aren’t looking good. Now the ball [...]
Meta: The Ethos of Rumor Mongering
By Brett on December 6, 2010
As you may have noticed over the past few weeks, we’ve started sourcing our own rumors here at Bleacher Nation. It’s a relatively infrequent thing, but from time to time, we’ll have rumors to report that come from our own sources, rather than from other members of the blogging world or the mainstream media. I [...]
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