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Doesn't matter if you hold them to one. Can't win if you don't score.
Carlos Silva
Lukewarm Stove: Might the Cubs Consider Dealing Randy Wells or Tom Gorzelanny if They Land Matt Garza?
The Chicago Cubs continue to pursue pitching options such as Tampa Bay starter Matt Garza, who is more likely to move now that Cliff Lee has signed. The question remains: for a team with a theoretical glut of starting pitching, what happens to the other starters if the Cubs add a guy like Garza? [The [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Cubs Still After Brandon Webb
Even as other deals flounder, change, and ultimately die, there’s no doubt about one Chicago Cubs move: they want Brandon Webb. Brandon Webb remains their No. 1 target, and the Cubs reportedly are one of the top two or three teams on the former Diamondbacks ace’s list. But the Cubs still have to check out his [...]
Albert Pujols Not Long for the Cardinals?
Albert Pujols enters 2011 as the most-anticipated soon-to-be free agent since… LeBron James? Hard to come up with a comparison, to be honest. And yet, while everyone buzzes about future free agent first baseman like Prince Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez, you rarely hear a peep about Pujols, whose career dwarfs either of the others. The [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Chicago Cubs Might Look at Jon Garland
The Chicago Cubs’ rotation at present figures to feature Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster for sure, but the other three spots are somewhat up in the air. Randy Wells is a near lock, and if Tom Gorzelanny remains with the Cubs, he’ll hold a spot, too. Carlos Silva, Sean Marshall, Jeff Samardzija, Andrew Cashner, Jay [...]
God’s Wrath Watch: Carlos Silva Likely Done for the Year
Carlos Silva was cruising on his way to his best season in years when an irregular heartbeat brought him down in August. He came back just in time to suffer an elbow strain in early September, and now it looks like his season is over. The right-hander has not pitched since Sept. 7 and missed [...]
Series Preview: Cubs v. Cardinals, September 13 – September 15, 2010
It’s series preview time again as the Chicago Cubs continue their road trip, and head to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals for the last time this year in St. Louis. The Cubs have little left to play for this year, but putting the final nail in the Cardinals’ playoff coffin certainly qualifies as [...]
Jeff Samardzija Will Start Tomorrow
Carlos Silva has been bumped from his scheduled start tomorrow in St. Louis because of the dreaded “right elbow strain.” So who ya gonna call? Jeff Samardzija. “It sounds good. I’m ready to go and my arm feels good. I’ll just get out there and just really attack,” said Samardzija, who has not thrown in [...]
Kent Sterling Says the 2011 Cubs Are Doomed – And It’s Hard to Argue
By Brett on November 11, 2010
A couple years ago, Kent Sterling of ESPN Radio wrote a piece on why the 2009 Chicago Cubs would not win. Recall, the 2008 iteration of the Cubs had won 97 regular season games, and looked as good as any team in baseball (until that whole “playoffs” thing, but memory has a way of self-protection), [...]
Posted in Analysis and Commentary, Chicago Cubs News | Tagged Alfonso Soriano, Andrew Cashner, Carlos Marmol, Carlos Silva, Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, Geovany Soto, Randy Wells, Ryan Dempster, Sean Marshall, Ted Lilly, Tyler Colvin | 9 Responses