The Cubs' 2012 first round pick is recovering from a wrist injury, and appears good to go.
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Derrek Lee and Geovany Soto Out, Micah Hoffpauir and Welington Castillo In
Just like that, two Chicago Cubs starters are out of the picture for a stretch. Catcher Geovany Soto, battling a right shoulder strain, has been placed on the 15-day disabled list, and first baseman Derrek Lee has been placed on the bereavement list while he attends to his ailing grandfather. Soto has not played since [...]
Series Preview: Brewers v. Cubs, August 2 – August 4, 2010
It’s Series Preview time again, as the Chicago Cubs welcome the Milwaukee Brewers to Wrigley Field – still the one team, outside of Arizona, against whom the Cubs have played well this year. The Brewers didn’t conduct a sell-off, so they’ll be at full-strength. A refresher on the series preview here at Bleacher Nation: The [...]
Zambranogate: Teammates and Lou Piniella Looking Forward to Carlos Zambrano’s Return
Tomorrow, Zambranogate – the obvious and cheesy name I gave to the events and aftermath surrounding Carlos Zambrano’s explosion on his teammates last month – will come to a close, as Zambrano returns to the team, and will pitch out of the bullpen. He offered a public “apology” in an ESPN interview earlier this week, [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Derrek Lee and Ted Lilly Are Tweety
The Twitterverse (*shudder* I’ll never use that term again, I promise) is atwitter (but I’ll use that one as much as I please) with tidbits about Derrek Lee and Ted Lilly, so we’ll just pound ‘em out, bullet style: Jayson Stark says a source close to Derrek Lee says he won’t be waiving his no-trade [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Angels Still Looking at Derrek Lee
Following their trade for starter Dan Haren, the Los Angeles Angels are setting their sites on another need: a middle of the order bat, and preferably one that can play first base. Sources said Sunday night — after the Haren trade — that the Angels haven’t halted their pursuit of a power bat. Among the [...]
Chicago Cubs Sign Second Round Pick Reggie Golden
Some good news on the draft front – yesterday the Cubs announced that they had signed their second round pick, high school outfielder Reggie Golden. Reggie Golden got his first peek at life in the big leagues on Saturday. Golden, the Cubs’ second-round Draft pick, signed his contract on Friday and was able to do [...]
Lukewarm Stove: So Maybe Derrek Lee Wouldn’t Waive His No-Trade Clause
Late last week, Fox Sports reported that Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee – a free agent at the end of this year, and speculated trade candidate – would waive his n0-trade clause if he were traded to the Los Angeles Angels. This weekend, he said the report, which cited “friends” of Lee’s, was bunk. [...]
On Free Agent Draft Compensation and Making Trades
By Brett on July 22, 2010
This time of year, trade ideas are thrown around like so many flying fish in Seattle. Most will never happen – indeed, most could never happen – but it’s still fun. Let’s send this overpriced, skill-declining guy to this team for these seven top 100 prospects. I could totally do this GM thing! Increasingly, however, [...]
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