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 moshethecubsfan@gmail.com.

Cubs Commentary, Rumors & Analysis

Moshe Wilensky December 11, 2018

Very Early Returns Indicate Free Agency May Be Rebounding Slightly

Early returns indicate that free agency has bounced back a bit for last year’s depression, at least according to how…
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Moshe Wilensky December 8, 2018

A Conversation About First Basemen and Rebuilding Strategies

This is the first in a new series in which Cubs Insider writers Moshe Wilensky and Sean Holland discuss and…
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Moshe Wilensky December 1, 2018

Cubs Now Have 5 Options for Addison Russell’s Future

The Cubs tendered a contract to Addison Russell on the afternoon of deadline to do so. This means the two…
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Moshe Wilensky November 29, 2018

Tommy La Stella Traded to Angels for Cash or PTBNL

The Cubs announced Thursday afternoon that pinch hitter extraordinaire Tommy La Stella has been traded to the Los Angeles Angels…
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Moshe Wilensky November 23, 2018

Hypothetical 2019 Hall of Fame Ballot: Yes on Bonds and Clemens, No on Sosa and Kent

The 2019 Hall of Fame ballot was released this week, and while I will likely never be eligible to cast…
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Moshe Wilensky November 22, 2018

Follow Along as Daydream Cubs Enter the New Millennium

Back in May I started a thought experiment to see how good a team could be assembled beginning with the 1981 Cubs…
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Moshe Wilensky November 11, 2018

How Accurate Will Crowd-Sourced Free Agent Predictions Be?

The very first post I wrote for Cubs Insider compared free agent contracts against crowd-sourced predictions of those contracts for both…
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Moshe Wilensky November 3, 2018

Have MLB Financial Questions You’d Like Answered? Ask Them Here

Obtaining accurate financial numbers in baseball is hard. If you need convincing of this statement, just try to answer this…
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Moshe Wilensky November 2, 2018

Cubs Not Pursuing Bryce Harper Would Be Irresponsible Given Massive Revenues

The Cubs exercised their $20 million club option on Cole Hamels Friday, simultaneously trading Drew Smylyto the Rangers for salary relief.…
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Moshe Wilensky November 1, 2018

Slaying the Pace-of-Play Monster, Plus Two Other Changes to Improve Baseball

Having now reached my first offseason with Cubs Insider, and in accordance with rule 4.21(B) of the baseball bloggers code…
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