Month: December 2016
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Quantifying Hope: Cubs Projected to Win 95 Games
Is it weird to be disappointed to see that FanGraphs has projected the Cubs to win only 95 games during…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
Duane Underwood Looking for a Happier New Year
There is no doubt Duane Underwood has one of the most talented arms in the Cubs’ system. His fastball sits…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Let’s Talk About the Cubs’ Draft and Development Strategy and How It Might Be Changing
For the last few years, the Cubs’ strategy has been pretty clear: draft bats, buy arms. And while I think…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
Cubs Organizational Breakdown, Pt 5: Third Base Has Some Serious Power
When the 2017 season opens, there will be a stud at third base for each of the Cubs’ top five…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
A Few Cubs Storylines To Follow in the Coming Weeks
In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s not a whole lot happening at 1060 W Addison. Not as far as big…
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The Cubs Have Achieved the Ultimate Goal, Now Comes the Hard Part
There’s more than one way to get to Disney World. When my family went with two others a few years…
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Cubs Draft News
Draft Profile # 2: Tall Tales of a Pair of High-Upside High School Arms
The Cubs moved up to the 27th and 31st picks in the draft after Edwin Encarnacion signed with the Indians last…
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Finding October
Finding October – Episode 51: Jason Heyward’s Swing and Cubs Historic Defense
http://traffic.libsyn.com/findingoctober/Finding_October__Episode_51.mp3 Drew and Ryan (@RyanQDavis) discuss Jason Heyward‘s efforts to rediscover his swing, if the Cubs can repeat their historically…
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The Rundown–12/23/16: Nova to Pirates, Encarnacion to Indians, Logan Watkins Leaves Cubs
Here are headlines from around the league and for the Cubs: The Pirates signed Ivan Nova to a 3 year…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
Cubs Organizational Breakdown, Pt 4: Where Have All the Shortstops Gone?
It wasn’t that long ago that the Cubs seemingly had all the shortstop prospects. Those days are gone. Once Gleyber…
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