Another one of baseball’s big ticket players came off the board late Monday night. The Texas Rangers won the Yu Darvish sweepstakes by bidding a record $51.7 million for the rights to negotiate a contract with the right-hander. The Cubs reportedly submitted a bid and if they were interested … they can forget Yu. The [...]
Cubs Offer Arbitration to Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena
November 23, 2011 By 29 Comments
According to multiple reports, the Cubs have offered salary arbitration to Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena. Players have until December 7 to accept or decline salary arbitration. The Cubs did not offer salary arbitration to Kerry Wood, Reed Johnson, Ramon Ortiz, Rodrigo Lopez or John Grabow. The Cubs are expected to re-sign Kerry Wood to [...]
Weekend Update … The Second Week of the Epstein Era
October 30, 2011 By 31 Comments
It figures to be another big week for the Chicago Cubs. Jed Hoyer is expected to be introduced as the Cubs new general manager no later than Tuesday. Once the Hoyer announcement is out of the way, the Cubs should turn their attention to Mike Quade and the coaching staff … while dealing with the [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 09/21/11
September 21, 2011 By 53 Comments
Game One Hundred Fifty-Six: Cubs (68-87) vs. Brewers (91-64) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Matt Garza (8-10, 3.51/1.29) vs. Randy Wolf (13-9, 3.45/1.28) The last game of the season at Wrigley Field … The Cubs will suit [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 09/19/11
September 19, 2011 By 51 Comments
Game One Hundred Fifty-Four: Cubs (67-86) vs. Brewers (90-63) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Casey Coleman (2-8, 7.06/1.87) vs. Chris Narveson (10-7, 4.40/1.37) Updated 3:18pm CDT – Cubs selected contract of catcher Steve Clevenger. Clevenger was added [...]
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