Major League Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline is 3:00pm CDT today and the industry is expecting a very hectic day throughout baseball. The Weekend Headlines will return next week and the Daily Report also gets a well-deserved off day. After more than 365 days without a break it really needed a breather. Today is all about the non-waiver trade deadline and the moves the Cubs’ front office makes and the deals around the game that will impact the final two months of the regular season and … [Read more...]
Cubs Reportedly Continue to Scout, Pursue Rays Pitching
According to multiple reports Saturday, the Cubs continue to pursue the Rays’ controllable starting pitchers. And Marc Topkin reported the Cubs were among the teams that had scouts in attendance Friday night at the Trop. Marc Topkin confirmed Jim Bowden’s report that the Cubs continue to pursue Rays’ starting pitchers. Topkin said the Cubs, Blue Jays, Dodgers, Giants, Marlins, Orioles, Rangers, Royals and White Sox had scouts at Friday’s game. Jed Hoyer and Matt Silverman admitted last … [Read more...]
Cubs Weekend Headlines: Meat Loaf in Milwaukee, Roster Moves, Rumors, Fowler Returns and Aroldis Chapman
Joe Maddon’s team spent the weekend in Milwaukee and ended up winning a series against the pesky Brewers. Dexter Fowler supplied the spark, and a few big hits on Friday night in his return to the lineup. Fowler led off the game with a home run, doubled in a pair runs and scored twice. Saturday did not go the Cubs way. After being blanked for five innings on Sunday, the Cubs scored one in the sixth and five in the seventh with Anthony Rizzo delivering the big hit a bases clearing … [Read more...]
Josh Reddick, Rays Pitchers High on Cubs List
Reports continue to surface connecting the Cubs with veteran outfielder Josh Reddick. According to a report from Jon Heyman, the Cubs “are showing interest” in Reddick and Jon Paul Morosi reported for the third time in as many days the Cubs, along with the Indians and Dodgers, are in the mix for Reddick. During his show Saturday morning on 670 The Score (Inside Baseball), Bruce Levine said Reddick is “the ideal guy to plug into the outfield.” Chris Coghlan has dealt with injuries and been … [Read more...]
The Daily CCO: Cubs Set Six-Man Rotation Leading into the Break and Other News and Rumors
The Cubs wrap up the series with the Mets and the long, 11-game road trip Sunday with Jon Lester on the mound. Lester was named National League Pitcher of the Month for June and he will look to put the Cubs in position to salvage the finale of the four-game set with the Mets. Joe Maddon announced Saturday the Cubs six-man rotation leading into the All-Star Break. Counting Sunday, the Cubs have eight games before the break that begins one week from today after the last of three with the … [Read more...]
Cubs-Rays Rumors Keep Surfacing
Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer said over the weekend the Cubs were likely done making big moves this off-season. And there was a slim chance a significant trade would be made before Spring Training. The front office is always looking for ways to improve the roster. The Cubs repeated numerous times during the Convention they feel very good about the work that was done this winter and the team is ready for Spring Training. “Every day we talk to different teams. We talk to agents,” Hoyer said. “I … [Read more...]
Rays Involved in Many Active Trade Conversations, Talks Reportedly Include the Cubs
Ken Rosenthal reported Tuesday that the Rays are “involved in many active trade conversations on both starters and relievers as the free agent pitching market thins out.” Rosenthal pointed out the Rays “line up with teams that need pitchers and can offer hitters” and added that the Cubs and Rockies are among the teams that could be trade partners with the Rays. There has been a lot of noise over the last three days about the Cubs and Rays matching up on a deal. The Cubs priority remains to … [Read more...]
Acquiring Young Pitching Reportedly Still a Priority for Cubs
According to a report Sunday from the Tribune, the front office’s priority remains to acquire young pitching. Mark Gonzales explained “the Rays remain an attractive target and a potential match with the Cubs’ young position players.” Gonzales’ report came on the heels of Matt Silverman acknowledging on MLB Network Radio that the Rays and Cubs have discussed deals this winter. Silverman, the Rays’ President of Baseball Operations, said he has talked to multiple teams this off-season, but the … [Read more...]
Matt Silverman: Rays and Cubs had Targeted Trade Talks, Could Matchup on Deal in Future
Matt Silverman, the Rays President of Baseball Operations, led off Sunday’s Front Office (MLB Network Radio) and talked about his team’s off-season with Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette. Bowden asked Silverman about the countless rumors that have tied Rays to the Cubs this off-season. Reports have suggested the two teams talked about starting pitching going from the Rays to the Cubs for a position player. Silverman would not comment about how close the two teams were or could be on making a deal, … [Read more...]
Cubs Reportedly Still Talking Trades with Multiple Teams
With 2016 quickly approaching, the Cubs are believed to be looking for ways to upgrade the starting rotation and bullpen. The Cubs are expected to make smaller deals to add depth to the roster in the coming weeks, and those players would likely be signed to minor league contracts with non-roster invites to Spring Training. Another big move or two would depend on the front office’s ability to acquire one of the starting pitchers the Cubs have been linked to for months, or a back of the bullpen … [Read more...]