Moshe Wilensky

Moshe is a weekly columnist, and self-styled financial reporter, for Cubs Insider. Moshe is a Chicago native who first fell for the Cubs in 1984 at age 7. He currently resides in Charlotte, NC where he gleefully watched the Cubs’ 2016 run, interrupted only by the birth of his first daughter on Thursday AC 0000108. He can be reached at [email protected]

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Moshe WilenskyApril 3, 2021

Wait, Why Is Bruce Sutter Wearing a Cardinals Cap on His HOF Plaque?

To get hyped for Opening Day this year (which has been harder than most recent years) I re-watched the Sandberg…
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Moshe WilenskyMarch 9, 2021

Free Agent Contracts Fall Short of Predictions, Furthering Fears of Work Stoppage

This is the seventh consecutive offseason I have compared FanGraphs’ crowdsourced free-agent contract predictions to the actual deals that were…
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Moshe WilenskyJanuary 8, 2021

Early Results Comparing Free Agent Deals to Crowdsourced Predictions

It is time the fourth annual installment of my Cubs Insider feature comparing free agent contracts against crowdsourced predictions. As…
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Moshe WilenskyJanuary 7, 2021

BBWAA Voters Unlike to Induct Any Players into HOF in 2021

With just under one-third of ballots submitted for the 2021 Hall of Fame class, it is becoming clear that the…
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Moshe WilenskySeptember 23, 2020

Let’s Put This Recent Pitch Quality Patent Infringement Foolishness to Bed

On August 11, 2020 a company called Greiner Agencies based out of California was issued patent number 10,737,167 for a…
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Moshe WilenskyJuly 29, 2020

MLB’s Failure to Implement Better Protocols Means Marlins Situation Could Just Be Tip of Iceberg

Admit it, you knew it would be the Marlins. Of course the first disaster of the COVID season would be…
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Moshe WilenskyJuly 27, 2020

Opening Week Thoughts

Some thoughts on the opening week of Cubs’ pandemic baseball. Kyle Hendricks was magnificent on opening night. I know, hardly…
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Moshe WilenskyJuly 17, 2020

Help Me Settle a Designated Hitter Bet

Eight years ago, a friend wagered me a beer and a visit that the National League would have the DH…
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Moshe WilenskyJune 15, 2020

MLB Owners Should Subsidize 2020 Baseball Season as Public Service

You may have heard that MLB owners and players are at odds over how baseball will (hopefully) work in 2020.…
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Moshe WilenskyJanuary 15, 2020

Josh Donaldson’s Deal Continues Strong Free Agency, Clarifies Trade Market

The Twins have signed third baseman Josh Donaldson to a four-year, $92 million contract to remove one of the last…
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