I've only read the accounts of what happened last night, but that probably is best. Based on what has been said since the events of last night's Cubs @ Walgreens game, Jamie Quirk should be fired immediately and Steve Clevenger should be optioned off the team. The actions by both were ridiculous. Ever since Lou left this team has been …
Hardball Times: Soriano is not overpaid
This study leans a little more heavily on defensive metrics (and one in particular) than I'd like, though at least we have many seasons of data. It's otherwise a great look at the constantly maligned Alfonso Soriano. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/alfonso-soriano-is-not-overpaid/ (h/t Mercurial Outfielder)
Daily Facepalm, Labor Day Miracle Edition
The Cubs lost to the Giants yesterday after Carlos Marmol toyed with a mixture of wildness and hittability to blow a ninth-inning tie. That's probably the nail in the coffin full of nails. Did Jorge Soler murder a baseball last night? Yes. Do the Cubs have a game today? Yes. Quote I didn't see coming. "I think the most progress …
Aramis Ramirez’s 2012 Season
I wrote this a few days ago instead of a Brewers series preview but didn't have as much to say as I thought (laughing). Congrats to Rodrigo for having a great season. I had a hard enough time finding enough to write about in the last Brewers-Cubs series preview last week, so I figure the most interesting thing to look …
A legal performance enhancer
Can't wait to read all the arguments why this shouldn't be allowed in baseball. “We built a silly device, took it over to the recovery room and, lo and behold, it worked beyond our wildest imaginations,” Heller explained. “Whereas it was taking them hours to re-warm patients coming into the recovery room, we were doing it in eight, nine minutes.” …
The Cubs and Starlin Castro Finalize Contract Extension
Castro's deal with #Cubs is done — Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) August 28, 2012 Of course, that probably means it's actually not done, but until we hear differently, we'll stick to Muskat's story. UPDATE: Props to Kap, who broke this story when Starlin Castro was just a wee lad. He tweets the details: Terms of Starlin's new contract:2013 5 mill, 5 …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (47-73) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-66)
Somehow I thought the Brewers were closer to .500 than this. By Pythag they should be a 59-61 team. The last time they were at .500 was back in April, though they spent much of the next three months hovering around four games below the that mark before reeling off a seven game losing streak just before the trading deadline. …
Melky Cabrera
This is a strange story. In a bizarre attempt to avoid a 50-game drug suspension, San Francisco Giants star Melky Cabrera created a fictitious website and a nonexistent product designed to prove he inadvertently took the banned substance that caused a positive test under Major League Baseball’s drug program. The other day I was considering writing a post about Cabrera's …
Cubs have not signed Starlin Castro to 7-year extension ***UPDATED***
According to Enrique Rojas of ESPN the Cubs have signed Starlin Castro to a 7-year extension worth $60 million. Starlin Castro has agreed to a seven-year, $60 million contract extension with the Chicago Cubs, a source close to the star shortstop told ESPNdeportesLosAngeles.com. The contract covers four years of arbitration eligibility and three years of free agency, and includes a …
Cubs working on extension with Starlin Castro
According to Dave Kaplan, the Cubs are working on a long-term contract with Starlin Castro. With the focus of the Cubs management team of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer clearly on a long term plan of overhauling the Cubs organization, nearly every move they have made since taking control of the team has been with a vision towards the future. …