There was quite a bit made about the Cubs losing Jeff Beliveau on waivers last week to the Rangers. Beliveau has the makings of a good lefty specialist (LOOGY) and he was the Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year just the season before last. Did the Cubs give up on him too quickly? Or did a calculated gamble backfire? Whether or not Beliveau will realize his promise with the Rangers’ organization or not is a debate for another day. But being named as a player or pitcher of the year in the … [Read more...]
Baseball America’s Top Cubs Prospects 2005 – 2010
Baseball America is viewed as the leader in ranking prospects and minor league systems. While publications like Baseball Prospectus have garnered a lot more respect in recent years, Baseball America remains the industry leader. A good ranking by Baseball America can increase a player's value overnight and that alone can be worth it's weight in gold ... or at least on the trade market. A well-stocked Minor League system with high praise from Baseball America can end up being the difference in … [Read more...]
Marmol Files, Theriot Talks and Other Cubs News
Pitchers and catchers report to Fitch Park in 25 days ... It has been a busy beginning of the week for the Chicago Cubs following the long weekend at the Hilton Chicago. After agreeing to trade Tom Gorzelanny and his $2.1 million salary to the Washington Nationals for Michael Burgess, A.J. Morris and Graham Hicks on Monday, the Cubs announced they avoided arbitration with Matt Garza and Sean Marshall on Tuesday. The Cubs also received a commitment from Matt Szczur and exchanged arbitration … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 09/09/09
Game One Hundred Thirty-Eight: Cubs (70-67) vs. Pirates (54-83) Game Time - 11:35am C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location - PNC Park, Pittsburgh Carlos Zambrano (7-6, 3.80/1.41) vs. Kevin Hart (4-5, 4.67/1.62) Hopefully the Cubs will have plenty of coffee before taking the field in the finale of the series and the road trip this morning. The Cubs will go for the series sweep against the Pirates behind Carlos Zambrano. But in order to finish the … [Read more...]
Departing with a Win – Cubs 12 Astros 3
Game One Hundred - Cubs 12 Astros 3 WP - Kevin Hart (3-1) LP - Russ Ortiz (3-6) Save - None It is not too often that both starting pitchers in a big league game find themselves either released of traded shortly after the 27th out is recorded ... but that is exactly what happened on Thursday. Soon after Kevin Gregg struck out Kaz Matsui to end the game, the Houston Astros released Russ Ortiz, then the Cubs dealt Kevin Hart along with Jose Ascanio and Josh Harrison to the Pirates for John Grabow … [Read more...]
From the Wire … Hart and Ascanio to Pirates for Grabow and Gorzelanny
According to multiple reports, the Cubs traded Kevin Hart, Jose Ascanio and minor league infielder Josh Harrison to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon for John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny. Kevin Hart picked up his third win of the year for the Cubs then was shipped to the Pirates. The Cubs acquired Hart in the Freddie Bynum trade with the Orioles in 2006 ... Hart was the PTBNL. … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Astros – 07/30/09
Game One Hundred: Cubs (53-46) vs. Astros (51-50) Game Time - 1:20pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Kevin Hart (2-1, 2.08/1.52) vs. Russ Ortiz (3-5, 4.75/1.57) Updated 11:30am C.T. - Jeff Stevens Recalled - Reed Johnson Placed on 15-day DL Weather permitting ... The Cubs will play game number 100 of the season this afternoon, a makeup from the rain postponement on May 15 in which the original pitching match-up was Randy … [Read more...]
Cubs Offense Show a Little Hart – Cubs 5 Reds 3
Game Ninety-Five - Cubs 5 Reds 3 WP - Kevin Hart (2-1) LP - Johnny Cueto (8-7) Save - Kevin Gregg (20) Lou Piniella's crew won their third game in a row behind a very good outing by Kevin Hart ... and three more home runs from the Cubs' offense. Aramis Ramirez delivered the game winner for the second game in a row. Following a game-tying triple by Derrek Lee in the first, Aramis Ramirez ripped a 1-1 pitch from Johnny Cueto into the bleachers in left. Ramirez's seventh of the year gave the Cubs … [Read more...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 07/25/09
Game Ninety-Five: Cubs (49-45) vs. Reds (44-51) Game Time - 12:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Kevin Hart (1-1, 2.30/1.72) vs. Johnny Cueto (8-6, 3.67/1.27) Updated 9:23am C.T. - Ted Lilly placed on the 15-day DL - Justin Berg Recalled from Triple-A Iowa The Cubs will try for their third win in a row this afternoon behind Kevin Hart. The offense has stepped up in the last two games and will have a much tougher … [Read more...]
A Sweep with a Capital W – Cubs 11 Nationals 3
Game Ninety - Cubs 11 Nationals 3 WP - Kevin Hart (1-1) LP - Garrett Mock (0-3) Save - None The Cubs took advantage of the schedule makers and began the second half of the season with a four-game sweep of the Washington Nationals ... the Cubs first series sweep on the road against the Expos/Nationals organization since 1977. The offense was the difference on Sunday as they scored 11 runs scored, all in the first six innings, on 16 hits. The Cubs equaled a season-high in runs scored set against … [Read more...]