Chicago Cubs 7 @ Milwaukee Brewers 2 CastroWatch: Starlin was 2-5 with a double and a SB. Progress. Dioner Navarro was 1-4 with a homer. Matt Garza was 2-3, and, more importantly, carved up the Brewers, striking out 10 in seven innings and allowing 1 run on a walk and 8 hits. Price of the brick goin' up. Iowa Cubs …
2013 MLB Draft: The Cubs and Kris Bryant are Not Close to an Agreement
Jon Heyman is hearing that negotiations between the Cubs and second overall pick Kris Bryant are not progressing well. Bryant, the slugging junior third baseman out of the University of San Diego, is said to be seeking in excess of $6.7 million to sign, which is the slot value allotted for the pick, whereas the Cubs are offering in …
Starlin Castro’s season is so bad it reminded me of Ronny Cedeno
The other day I happened to think of Ronny Cedeno and how awful he was in 2006. I couldn't help but wonder how Starlin Castro's 2013 season compared to Cedeno's 2005. Year Name PA BB% K% ISO BABIP AVG OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ Fld BsR WAR 2006 Cedeno 572 3.0% 19.1% .094 .296 .245 .271 .339 .263 47 -4.4 -0.8 …
Take a seat, Starlin
It's no surprise to even the most casual Cubs fan that Starlin Castro is having a terrible year. By no measure is Castro even a replacement level player this season, and he's on pace for a blistering -2.4 WAR on the season. Just how bad is Castro this year? It's pretty conceivable that Javier Baez would be a better option …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-24-13
Iowa Cubs 6 @ Memphis Redbirds 1 I'm just tired of writing about the Iowa Cubs. They don't have anyone on their team (they promoted Jae-Hoon Ha but he didn't play. Junior Lake walked once and struck out once. Logan Watkins went 1-5 with an RBI. Brooks Raley went 7 shutout innings. No one cares about the rest. Jackson Generals 1 @ Tennessee …
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 6-21-13 & 6-22-13
June 21, 2013 Nashville Sound 4 @ Iowa Cubs 5 (Game 1 of DH, 7 Innings) Nice game for the I-Cubs offense, which put up 10 hits, 7 going for extra bases. Logan Watkins had a big day,going 2-3 day leading off, with a double and a home run. Brad Nelson and Junior Lake each went deep as well on 1-3 days. …
Cubs trade Brent Lillibridge, Hisanori Takahashi and other notes
Yesterday the Cubs traded Brent Lillibridge to the Yankees for a player to be named later or cash. Lillibridge had only 24 PA for the Cubs before being sent to the minors. He managed a .042/.042/.042 batting line and provided -0.5 fWAR. The city of Des Moines is thankful the Cubs have traded him. The Cubs also traded Hisanori Takahashi …
Series Preview 6/21 to 6/23: Astros @ Cubs
Don't miss a second of the action when these two juggernauts collide this weekend! Friday (1:20 CT): Dallas "Big Texy" Keuchel (4.23 ERA, 4.37 FIP, 3.95 SIERA) vs. Matt "Reyezuelo" Garza (4.98 ERA, 4.57 FIP, 4.12 SIERA) Saturday (3:05): Bud "Thumbface" Norris (3.64, 3.54, 4.45) vs. Travis "High Times" Wood (2.74, 3.45, 4.44) *MARQUEE MATCHUP* Sunday (1:20): Jordan "The All-American Kid" …
Alvin’s open letter to Theo Epstein after a content editor gets through with it
The other day, Alvin Yellon satisfied many of us with a classic example of his stupidity. Like many, Ryno has had a lot of fun with this. Here here is (the rest of this is from Ryno). Just for fun, I decided to look at Alvin’s open letter as an editor. All bits and hyperbole aside, I wanted to see …
If you had Luis Valbuena in the office pool, raise your hand
It’s June 19th and the Cubs are 69 games into their season. You and I probably picked Anthony Rizzo as the most productive position player on the team through this many games, assuming he remained healthy. I think most everybody would have taken Rizzo and almost no one would have taken Luis Valbuena. Well, Valbuena has had a surprisingly good …