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 …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-6-13
Iowa Cubs 10 @ Tacoma Rainiers 3 Hey! Mike Olt hit a home run and walked 3 times! Clearly, his struggles are over. Darnell McDonald went 2-6 with a jack, as did Dave Sappelt. Player of the day (for this team), though, was Edgar Gonzalez. He was 5-6 with 3 home runs! Yoanner Negrin had a nice semi-start, going 4 …
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 …
Bears Training Camp Week 2 – Peppers dinged up, Bushrod just starting to practice
Most of the news that's fit to print from week 2 of training camp: Dallas 24 vs. Miami 20 It's actually football!!! I watched the first quarter, which is the only real important quarter for the HOF game. Romo didn't even play, but Ryan Tannehill played a spell. He didn't look very good, and he's the worst type of quarterback: slightly …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-3-13
Iowa Cubs 0 @ Tacoma Rainiers 5 Another day, another Iowa snoozefest. Luis Flores was 2-3. Darnell McDonald was 1-4 with a double. Mike Olt was 0-4 and made his 16th error on the year, but no Ks at least. Dave Sappelt got a hit. Something something Edwin Mayonnaise. Brooks Raley got the start and was forgettable. 4 runs (2 …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-2-13
Iowa Cubs 4 @ Salt Lake Bees 5 Ty Wright went 2-2 with 2 homers. Mike Olt has a .249 OPS and has an ISO of 0 over his last ten. Edwin Mayonnaise had a double. Nobody else is remotely worth mentioning. Tennessee Smokies 0 @ Jacksonville Suns 1 Matt Szczur was 2-4. Arismendy Alcantara was 1-4 with a SB and has …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 8-1-13
Iowa Cubs 3 @ Salt Lake Bees 9 Mike Olt was 1-4 with a strikeout. Logan Watkins was 1-5. As I said, only 2 people actually play offense on this team. I think starting next Friday, I'm going to take a vacation from Iowa box scores and just write about anything more interesting (which, coincidentally, is anything). Barret Loux was …
Eloy Jimenez Officially Signs With the Cubs, Leonardo Molina With the Yanks
Eloy Jimenez officially announced his signing with the Cubs today in a press conference in the Dominican Republic. The move has been long-rumored, but the Cubs asked him to wait until after the trade deadline to make it official. BA TAM Bonus Gleyber Torres (ss) 2 2 $1,700,000 Erling Moreno (rhp) 16 48 $800,000 Jefferson Mejia (rhp) NR* 22 …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 7-31-13
Iowa Cubs 3 @ Salt Lake Bees 6 Mike Olt went 0-4. Jae-Hoon Ha went 2-3 with a walk. No one else played so don't even look. I seriously considered linking that score to a rick roll. Justin Grimm had a pretty forgettable 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 SO start. Casey Coleman was dicey in his scoreless …
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 …