Month: January 2018
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Prospect Profiles & News
Cubs System Position-by-Position: Relievers Even More Unpredictable Than Usual
Out of all the positions in this breakdown series, relief pitchers are the most unpredictable. And I mean even more…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Factors Driving Brewers’ 77-Win Projection Are Same Saying They Might Win More
FanGraphs projects the Cubs to win 92 games in 2018, while the Brewers are expected to only win 77 games.…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
The Rundown: Darvish Rumors on Repeat, Arrieta Still an Option, MLB Proposes Radical Pace-of-Play Option for ASG
Good morning, sorry I was absent yesterday. I had some latency issues with my internet connection and a lack of…
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Chicago Cubs News
Jake Arrieta’s Market Seems to Have Vanished
Regardless of whether you feel Yu Darvish or Jake Arrieta is the best free agent pitcher out there, I think…
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Chicago Cubs News
Cubs Reportedly Holding at Four Years for Darvish, Twins May Be Willing to Go Five
What follows is essentially a summary of what we covered yesterday on the Yu Darvish market, so I’m going to…
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Prospect Profiles & News
Cubs Prospect Profile: Thomas Hatch Could Turn Spring Training Invite into Big 2018 at AA
Included among the 19 non-roster players the Cubs invited to major league spring training was a 23-year-old pitcher with only one…
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Chicago Cubs News
Chili, Will He Really Help the Cubs Re-Shape Their Offense?
Whether or not you consider it a sandwich, one thing Chicagoans can agree on is that you never, ever put…
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Chicago Cubs News
Darvish May Actually Be Waiting on Dodgers, Not Cubs or Twins
This is going to sound kinda weird, following as it does on the heels of a report that the Twins…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Morosi: Twins Have to ‘Step up in a Profound Way,’ Outbid Cubs by ‘Clear Margin’ to Land Darvish
Between the players on the field and the various additions and improvements to Wrigley Field and its surroundings, the Cubs…
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Chicago Cubs News
Cubs Sign 1B Efren Navarro to Minor League Deal with Spring Training Invite
It appears that the Cubs’ non-roster invitee list has been bumped to 20 after signing 31-year-old Efren Navarro to a…
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