We just held our ticket draft last night and there is no way I'm going to use ALL of my allotted tickets this year, so I thought I'd give you fine people a shot at tickets for face value with no Ticketmaster fees. My seats are now in Aisle 409 Row 5, and I think they actually are the best …
Congrats mikeakaelroy!
The 2013 Bunt Tournament: Bunt Harder has come to a close, and mikeakaelroy is our champion! He is now the proud owner or The Book on baseball, by resident Cubs genius Tom Tango. Thanks to everyone who participated, and hopefully the Cubs hold another tournament next year so we can do this again. Our boy Nate "The Hammer" Halm bounced …
Things Dale Sveum says
May as well make this a series. On Cubs.com now is a piece about Javier Baez and it has this money quote from Dale Sveum. MESA, Ariz. — Javier Baez found out in one day just how much he still has to learn. One of the Cubs' top prospects, Baez played in an early Wednesday "B" game against the Rangers …
Jed Hoyer during SABR GM panel
Jed Hoyer had some interesting things to say during the GM panel at SABR. ON THE ROLE OF SCOUTS Hoyer: "The scouts they know that I have an analytical bent, and that my bosses have that. The worst thing you can do is change their mindset. You're hiring them for their eyes and their instincts, and you want them to …
Dale Sveum tries to compliment someone
He's [Brian Bogusevic] been the Joe Mather of camp so far — Dale Sveum I'm pretty sure Dale Sveum meant this as a compliment, but saying someone is the Joe Mather of anything is kind of the opposite. I'll just repost what I already did about Mather. Joe Mather was the worst player in baseball last year. Baseball Reference only thought …
Bunt Tourney Update
The Bunt Tourney is almost at the Sweet 16 (h/t Carrie Muskat). Nick Struck vs Edwin Jackson Shawn Camp vs Casey Coleman David DeJesus vs Darwin Barney Starlin Castro vs Rafael Lopez Here’s the players who have advanced so far: Anthony Rizzo vs. Logan Watkins Brent Lillibridge vs Michael Brenly Edwin Maysonet vs Andy Lane (bullpen catcher) Chris Rusin vs. …
All Time BA Top 100 lists
If you've got some time to kill, this is a fun trip down memory lane. Fun fact: the Cubs only had one player in the top 100 in 1993 and 1994….and it was the legendary Brooks Kieschnick. Lots of bare years after that too, when Kerry Wood was the only real prospect in the system. Also, Brian Dopirak was once …
Vogelbach on “Potential Top 100 prospects for 2014” list
On Baseball America, seven staff members were all asked to name a prospect not on the list that could make it next year. Enter Conor Glassey: Conor Glassey: Cubs first baseman Dan Vogelbach is only 20 years old, but he already has a long track record of turning doubters into believers. They doubt him by discounting his hefty, 6-foot, 260-pound frame and then believe …
Kyle Lohse on the arbitration process
MLBTR ran a great feature today about the arbitration process. It was kind of cool getting the perspective of the player (Kyle Lohse). It would also be nice to get a perspective from a GM. Hopefully they'll do that. “It’s not a pleasant thing,” Lohse said. “It’s hard to sit there and listen to the lawyer say how bad you …
73 win Cubs
CAIRO's latest projections have the Cubs winning 73 games. I'll quote SG's title here: CAIRO 2013 v0.4 and Still Slightly Early and Somewhat Useless 2013 Projected MLB Standings So don't put a whole lot of weight into them yet. Same with any other projections at this point.