Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
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Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (Simulated Game 71): Cubs 6, Cardinals 3 – Cubs Win Game 1 in London
The Chicago Cubs (46-25) and St. Louis Cardinals (32-38) have faced each other nearly 2,500 times in the storied history…
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Players Done Negotiating, Demand League Provide Information on Season by Monday
As if it wasn’t already clear on Friday that the players were going to reject the owners’ latest financial proposal,…
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MLB Gets New Billion-Dollar Playoff Broadcast Deal with Turner Sports
No wonder MLB owners have been pushing so hard to ensure they get to the postseason. According to Andrew Marchand…
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Players React to League’s Latest Offer, Which Included Snarky Comments from Deputy Commissioner
If you were holding out hope that the players and owners would eventually be able to set aside their differences,…
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League Imposes Sunday Deadline on Latest Proposal, Which Is Only Slightly Better Than Previous
You’re probably already throwing up in your mouth a little bit at the idea of reading me bitch about the…
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Report: League’s New Proposal Will Move Toward 70-Plus Games at 80-85% Prorated Pay
Major League Baseball is expected to present the MLB Players Association with a new financial proposal Friday, something commissioner Rob…
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Cubs’ Revamped Scouting, Development Strategies Evident Even in Abbreviated Draft
You won’t often hear professional sports teams openly admit their shortcomings in a public forum, but the Cubs’ flaws when…
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The Rundown: Draft Day Cliff’s Notes, Kantrovitz Seeks Gem or Two in Undrafted Free Agency, Sosa-McGwire on Tap This Weekend
I know the Deep Space Nine minor league analytics guys probably hated the five-round first year player draft, but even…
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Cubs Target Loud Power Tools in Day Two of MLB Draft with Hard-Throwing Pitchers, Athletic Slugger
The question marks that surrounded the strangest draft in Major League Baseball history were replaced by exclamation points as new…
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Theo Epstein Backing Words with Money, Real Change Must Come Next
Theo Epstein didn’t mince words during a conference call with reporters to address the state of the Cubs, including the…
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