Sacramento 1 @ Iowa 2 There's really only a couple reasons to pay attention to the Iowa Cubs and Mike Olt was 0-4. He's had a forgettable 2013 season, but it has been discussed here and elsewhere. MW mentioned in the comments that Christian Villanueva might have passed Olt among Cubs prospects and I wouldn't argue with anyone who said …
Breaking Bad: Blood Money
Discuss the Breaking Bad season 5b premiere here if you'd like. It should go without saying, but if you have not seen the episode, enter at your own risk.
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2014 Contending Cubs, Part 2: Depth
We've taken a look at the 2014 Cubs Payroll as part of this series and we learned that it's unlikely the Cubs are going to have enough money to buy themselves a championship. They'll have about $25-35 million to spend this offseason, which is a considerable amount, but not large enough to sign multiple big-name free agents. In order to …
2014 Contending Cubs, Part 1: Payroll
I thought it was about time to take a more thorough look at the 2014 Cubs and eventually discuss ways in which they could contend. The first thing to look at is how much money the Cubs may have to spend, which means we need to know how much money they currently have on the books for 2014. Cots Contracts …
More on the 2014 Cubs
In the comments today, we were talking about the 2014 Cubs thanks to a post by Myles. I mentioned that I would not be surprised to see Arismendy Alcantara make the team out of spring training. I still think it’s more likely he starts in AAA Iowa, but it won’t surprise me. I didn’t see the Cubs spending much, or …
Cubs listening to offers for Jeff Samardzija
Source says #Cubs indeed listening on Samardzija, adds, “asking price high as expected.” — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 27, 2013 The Cubs are listening to offers for any player on their roster. If they were not, they would not be doing a good job. Even the most valuable player in baseball is available for the right offer. The asking price …
Cubs trade Guillermo Moscoso to some team in the San Francisco area
The Cubs have traded Guillermo Moscoso to the A's Giants for cash or a player to be named later. Moscoso was a waiver pick for the Cubs who was having a pretty decent season at AAA. It's nice that the Cubs can turn a waiver pick into something even if its just a reimbursement of expenses they've already incurred. If …
Cubs acquire RHP Corey Black in Alfonso Soriano trade
Joel Sherman is tweeting that the Cubs have acquired 21 year old (soon to be 22) right-handed pitcher Corey Black in the Alfonso Soriano trade. Black's FanGraphs page is here and you can read a thorough scouting report on him at River Ave. Blues. Corey Black is prospect going for Soriano. #Cubs see as power rlvr in future, up to …
Alfonso Soriano trade to the Yankees is complete
8:00am: Jim Bowden of ESPN and MLB Network Radio tweets that the trade has officially been approved by MLB. — MLBTR And the details: ESPN's Buster Olney reports (via Twitter) that the Yankees will pay $6.8MM of the roughly $24.5MM remaining on Alfonso Soriano's contract — $1.8MM in 2013 and $5MM in 2014. The Cubs will choose from a short list of pitching prospects …