January 2011
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Zach Rosscup is the Pitching Prospect in the Matt Garza Deal
The Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays finalized the Matt Garza deal today, and the mystery pitcher in the deal is young Zach Rosscup, the Rays’ 28th round pick in the 2009 Draft (shrug), and he pitched very well (hooray) in low A ball last year (shrug) as a 22 year old (double shrug). He [...]
Fernando Perez is the Outfielder in the Garza Deal, and at Least He’s Funny
Fernando Perez has, himself, confirmed that he’s being sent to the Chicago Cubs in the Matt Garza deal. The 27-year-old outfielder has not been particularly productive over the last two years, but neither has he been particularly healthy. He’s a fast, high-OBP type, who can play solid defense in all three outfield spots (like I [...]
Report: Cubs Trade Archer, Lee, Guyer, Chirinos for Garza and Prospects
Bruce Levine is reporting that the Chicago Cubs have officially traded for Matt Garza, sending top pitching prospect Chris Archer, top infield prospect Hak-Ju Lee, last year’s positional player of the year Brandon Guyer, and top catching prospect Robinson Chirinos in the deal. If that sounds like a lot – it is. A lot. The Cubs threw in Sam Fuld, [...]
Neither Mark Grace Nor Rick Sutcliffe Likely to Take Over as Pat Hughes’ Partner
The search to join the WGN Radio booth with Pat Hughes for the 2011 season (“replace Ron Santo” just doesn’t sound right) is still on, but a couple names Cubs fans regularly toss out are unlikely to sign up for the gig. At this point, Mark Grace would be listed as “doubtful” and Rick Sutcliffe [...]
2011 Cubs Convention Schedule
In case you’re headed to the 2011 Cubs Convention, beginning January 14, or in case you’re thinking of going, here’s a top-heavy sampling of what you can expect (aside from meeting your favorite players, like, um, that guy there to the right): Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins plus Glenn Beckert, [...]
Baseball America Offers a Comprehensive Cubs Prospect Treatment
In addition to offering a top ten list of Chicago Cubs prospects, Baseball America also offers a comprehensive evaluation of the system, which I would encourage you to read. Among the highlights, of course, is the top ten list, itself: 1. Chris Archer, rhp 2. Brett Jackson, of 3. Trey McNutt, rhp 4. Hak-Ju Lee, [...]
OMGarza: Ok, So Cubs Aren’t Close to a Garza Trade
So much for yesterday’s Sun Times report that the Chicago Cubs and Rays were close to consummating a trade involving 27-year-old righty Matt Garza (who, yes, has officially reached OMGarza status – I’ve been very lucky that the Cubs have had so much interest in guys whose names start with a “G”). The rumor was [...]
Brian Schlitter to New York, Kerry Wood to 40-Man
The Chicago Cubs finally, officially cleared a 40-man roster space for newly-signed reliever Kerry Wood by waiving reliever Brian Schlitter, who was picked up by the Yankees. Schlitter, 25, had a 3.15 ERA in 37 appearances at AAA Iowa last year, but couldn’t translate that into success in the bigs – he had a 12.38 [...]
