In an effort to put stuff on this website semi-regularly and not be complete white noise, I’ve been racking my brain over the past several days trying to figure out a good topic, but it’s like AC says, they need to just start playing games already. As it turns out, we are not that far from the start of the …
Ate at Arby’s, On to the Next
Previously, we talked about the remaining arbitration-eligible Cubs and the impending deadline: That deadline has since passed, and you can see every arbitration case has been settled before they have to bring in the agents and front office bad-mouthers: Checking the Cots Contracts tracker, it would appear the Cubs are about $22MM below the first luxury tax threshold, and as …
Dansby Swanson Rumors?
Just an FYI, sometimes Kaplan knows things… Update: Passan confirms Update, with numbers
2022 MLB Winter Meetings Reset
The Winter Meetings go from Sunday to Wednesday this week and I’m guessing plenty of texts and conversations have been conducted even before everyone arrives in San Diego. Ken Rosenthal on his Athletic mailbag podcast suggested that the new CBA seemed to give teams more confidence to spend, which accounts for the higher-than-usual price tags we’ve seen for the relievers, …
The Still-Too-Early Cubs Free Agency Pitch
The postseason thus far has brought us plenty of fun and exciting moments and equally intense discourse, but generally, even if the best team doesn’t always win the World Series, getting a shot into the postseason field is the goal. So it makes sense to discuss how the 2023 Chicago Cubs will be constructed to pull off a purported upset …
Machado vs. Harper
View PostCubs to sign Brandon Morrow ***Updated***
According to Jon Heyman, the Cubs will sign Brandon Morrow for $10-11 million per year, but the length of the contract is not yet known. He's coming off the best year of his career, but it was less than 50 innings and what he's done prior to 2017 leaves a lot to be desired. Depending on how long the deal …
Cubs hire Chili Davis as hitting coach
The Cubs let John Mallee go and hired Chili Davis to take over. Theo said that Joe Maddon could have any coach back that he wanted and it turns out that there were a lot that he did not want back. The Angels hired assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske away from the team a few days ago and they let …
Cubs fire pitching coach Chris Bosio
After the Cubs pitchers struggled to throw strikes in the postseason, the Cubs have fired Chris Bosio. Joe Maddon thought the entire coaching staff would stay intact, which wasn't hard to believe since they've won an average of 97 games over the last three seasons. Earlier this week, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said he'd thought the coaching staff would stay …
BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Pirates scored!!!
During the 3rd inning of tonight’s game with the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, the Pirates scored a run. The memorable moment came when Adam Frazier tripled in Domingo Santana and Jordy Mercer during the Pirates half of the inning. The three witnesses in attendance were all from Pittsburgh.