Yu Darvish could be posted by his Japanese team this winter makng him available to all 30 MLB clubs. He turned 25 years old on August 16th so 2012 would be his age 25 season. That’s one year younger than Daisuke Matsuzaka who Darvish will often be compared to in the coming months. It’s an unfair comparison. While Matsuzaka was …
Cubs Fans: Here's Your New ID
”We’re going to hire people we trust, give them the opportunity to succeed, and hold them accountable.” That’s what Tom Ricketts said at his opening press conference in 2009. We all remember it. Slightly less than all of us believed it at the time. Perhaps we should have put two and two together. The Cubs didn’t have any positions open …
Hoyer and McLeod to Cubs officially official?
Jed Hoyer is expected to be named the new GM of the Cubs sometime next week. Jason McLeod will presumably become the Assistant GM. I won’t tell you about the post I had ready to publish before the Theo news broke this evening other than I didn’t really believe the Hoyer to Cubs speculation. The twitters even say that the …
Theo to Cubs officially official
Here’s the press release from cubs.com (press conference will be on Tuesday)
Offseason Roundtable, Part 2: The One Where We Discuss Soriano and Other Free Agent Senior Citizens
As we get closer to the dawning of the Theo Era, we should probably finish off our roundtable discussion before it all becomes irrelevant. berselius : Percentage chance Soriano is in a Cubs uniform on April 1 AndCounting : 98% Aisle 424 : 50% mb21 : 7.87% berselius : 3.7% berselius : why so high, Adam? AndCounting : I …
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Marlon Byrd
In 2010 Marlon Byrd had more plate appearances (630) than any other year in his career. He rewarded the Cubs with a .343 wOBA (107 wRC+), nearly 10 runs worth of UZR and was slightly better than average on the bases. His first season with the Cubs was a very good one. He was worth 4.4 fWAR, which was 1.2 …
Talks at a stalemate, Theo as President only?
Not that we didn’t already know this considering how long the two sides have been at it, but Gordon Edes says the two sides are stalemated though some progress has been made. There appears to be resolution on at least one issue, according to a baseball source who has spoken with Red Sox officials. As things stand now, Epstein will …
Relax, Cubs fans!
Brett on Bleacher Nation has done a fantastic job rounding up the Theo rumors over the past week. It’s been one of the few sites I even bother to check for info. It’s something that would drive most people mad seeing as how conflicting the reports are. The only quibble I have with any of the reporting has been how …
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Soriano hit 10 home runs and slugged .613 in April. Over the remaining five months he hit 16 home runs and slugged .435. Although he had a very good April, his OBP was only .278. It was only .292 the rest of the season and finished just below .290. Soriano has always been a guy who can carry a …
Offseason Roundtable, Part 1: The One Where We Discuss Z, Theo, and Cashner
Every now and again, we here at Obstructed View like to get together in a chat room and discuss our favorite Star Wars characters and how George Lucas is ruining them, but we also sometimes talk about baseball and the Cubs. In this portion of our latest discussion, we talked about Theo, Carlos Zambrano, and Andrew Cashner. mb21 : I …