Why? Because it seems like it's the thing to do with some people. Just throw out a name of some prospect who is doing well and say, for god knows why, that he should be with the Cubs in 2014. At least two idiots have suggested Kris Bryant open the 2014 season with the Cubs. This idiotic idea was brought …
Arodys Vizcaino May Pitch in the Arizona Fall League
After a slow recovery from Tommy John surgery, Arodys Vizcaino may pitch in the Arizona Fall League.
Kyle Hendricks Scouting Report
A scouting report on Cubs minor league pitcher Kyle Hendricks.
Chicago 17, Carolina 24
The Bears had their first preseason game. Honestly, I'm calling it a win, because no one really got injured. Henry Melton had a concussion, but he's just day to day. Honestly, you can't take much away from the game. Jay Cutler didn't play very much, and threw an interception on the very first fucking play. The offensive line was honestly …
Breaking Bad: Blood Money
Discuss the Breaking Bad season 5b premiere here if you'd like. It should go without saying, but if you have not seen the episode, enter at your own risk.
Just a slight weapons malfunction (Technical difficulties PSA)
We’ve been slammed by spambots for the past few days (if not months), which has caused the recent sluggishness/downtime of the blog. We’re migrating over to a new hosting service that offers better protection against these kinds of shenanigans. Everything should be cleared up in the next 48-72 hours, but don’t be surprised if comments, etc. disappear in that span …
Preseason Predictions, Revisited
At the beginning of the year, we had our predictions. I thought I'd look at them here. Berselius dmick89 AndCounting Josh GW Myles Aisley NLC Reds Reds Reds Brewers Cardinals Reds Reds NLE Nationals Nationals Braves Nationals Braves Nationals Braves NLW Dodgers Giants Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Giants WC1 Braves Cardinals Giants Cardinals Nationals Giants Nationals WC2 Cardinals Dodgers …
A snapshot of how depressing the Cubs are
Sitrick had a nice tweet about how Starlin Castro (I first typed Stalin Castro and really thought about keeping it) leads the team among qualified Cubes in batting average. I wanted to see how that stacked up this year, and found that Castro is 29th among team-leaders. Adeiny Hechavarria is 30th and the only Marlin with enough PA to qualify. …
Updated Cubs Top Prospects List
Around a month ago, dmick and I updated our Cubs Top Prospects list. It's way too early to reassess any of those player's impact, but we have quite a few new prospects that would make the Top 20 list now. I'm going to repost that list with new players inserted and bolded. Javier Baez 9F Kris Bryant 9G Jorge Soler 8.5E Arodys …
Cubs acquire RHP Corey Black in Alfonso Soriano trade
Joel Sherman is tweeting that the Cubs have acquired 21 year old (soon to be 22) right-handed pitcher Corey Black in the Alfonso Soriano trade. Black's FanGraphs page is here and you can read a thorough scouting report on him at River Ave. Blues. Corey Black is prospect going for Soriano. #Cubs see as power rlvr in future, up to …