Major League Baseball will be front and center with the announcements of the AL and NL Rookie of the Year (Monday), AL and NL Manager of the Year (Tuesday), AL and NL Cy Young (Wednesday) and AL and NL Most Valuable Player (Thursday) awards this week. And while baseball is focused on awards week, the [...]
Cubs Focused on Pitching … and Other News, Notes and Rumors
November 10, 2012 By 24 Comments
The GM Meetings have come and gone and while the Cubs did not make any moves or signings this week, they reportedly had multiple conversations with teams and agents and tried to lay the groundwork for the rest of the off-season. The Cubs are looking to add pitching, pitching and more pitching this winter. One [...]
Cubs Among Teams to Submit Bid for Negotiating Rights to Hyun-jin Ryu
November 8, 2012 By 7 Comments
According to reports from the Tribune and the Sun-Times, the Cubs were among teams that submitted a bid for left-handed pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu prior to Thursday’s deadline. Teams had until 4:00pm CST to place a sealed bid for the rights to negotiate a contract with Hyun-jin Ryu. The Hanwha Eagles of the Korean Baseball Organization [...]
The Cubs Don’t Have Unlimited Assets to Deal … and Other News and Notes
November 8, 2012 By 45 Comments
The GM Meetings are underway in Indian Wells, California and the Cubs are “still in the stage of figuring out what opportunities will be there” for them. According to a report from the Tribune, it appears the Cubs will be filling their needs this winter with free agent signings rather than trades. Theo Epstein said [...]
Weekend Update … It’s Just the Beginning of the Cubs Off-Season
November 4, 2012 By 38 Comments
With free agency underway and the General Managers meetings in California during the coming week (November 6-9, Palm Springs), there figures to be a lot of news and even more rumors throughout the game over the next seven days. While activity might be at a minimum, the GM Meetings have historically set the tone for [...]
Replacing Brenly … and Other Cubs News, Notes and Rumors
October 18, 2012 By 43 Comments
The Cubs’ off-season will not kick into full swing for a couple of weeks but the speculation has begun on which players Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer might try to sign this winter. The focus will be on adding pitching and filling out a rotation that was void of Major League arms for a majority [...]
Catching Up with the Cubs on the Last Weekend of the Regular Season
September 28, 2012 By 37 Comments
The Cubs have just six games remaining on their schedule and must win four of the final six games in order to avoid the organization’s first 100-loss season since 1966 (59-103). The focus remains on the field, for now, but the Cubs will shift gears not too long after the last out is recorded in [...]
Report: Cubs Working on Long-Term Deal for Starlin Castro
August 16, 2012 By 27 Comments
According to a report from David Kaplan, the Cubs and Starlin Castro are working on a long-term deal that would keep Castro in a Cubs’ uniform for at least six years. The deal could be six or more years in length and is expected to be “big, big money” according to Kaplan. The Cubs are [...]
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