22-year-old first baseman expected to provide power for years to comeFirst baseman Anthony Rizzo may be the left-handed hitting slugger the Cubs have been trying to develop since Rafael Palmeiro was traded to the Rangers 24 years ago.
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January 07, 2012
My take on the Anthony Rizzo/Andrew Cashner swap is decidedly rotten. I figured It’d be interesting to gather the opinions of the rest of Friar Forecast on the deal. Chris Kelly will have his analysis as part of his Monday article, but here’s what Daniel, Scott, and Ben thought about the trade.
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In swapping Anthony Rizzo and Zach Cates for Andrew Cashner and...
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January 06, 2012
The Cubs have long been rumored this winter to have interest in Padres top prospect Anthony Rizzo, but there was some uncertainty over whether or not there was a match there.
One scenario that did pop up previously was a deal involving Matt Garza, in which San Diego would flip Garza to a team like the Texas Rangers.
As it turns out, the Cubs didn’t need to make things so complicated...
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January 06, 2012
If we learned anything from Jed Hoyer’s stay in San Diego, trading with him probably isn’t the best idea. With the likes of Theo Epstein and Jason McLeod as reinforcements, it doesn’t help matters.
On Friday, Josh Byrnes and the San Diego Padres traded first basemen Anthony Rizzo and right hander Zach Cates to Hoyer and the Cubs for right-handed reliever Andrew Cashner and...
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January 06, 2012
The four-player trade between the Cubs and Padres on Friday breathes new life into the career of Anthony Rizzo, who heads to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, while Cashner moves to a pitcher's haven, Petco Park.
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January 06, 2012
Anthony Rizzo joins a Jed Hoyer organization for the third time since being drafted in 2007.
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January 06, 2012
The Chicago Cubs have acquired first base prospect Anthony Rizzo from the Padres today in a four-player deal that sends former first-round pick Andrew Cashner to the West Coast.Rizzo, a lefty-hitting slugger drafted by Boston under now-Cub Theo Epstein's regime and acquired by San Diego last winter as part of the prospect package in the Adrian Gonzalez trade, is expected to be...
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January 06, 2012
The Cubs-Padres trade of four young players, including two minor leaguers and one guy who just barely retained his rookie status for 2012, came about ...
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January 07, 2012
If you haven't heard by now, Josh Byrnes has made another trade. While I have liked most of the trades he has pulled off so far (read that as all the trades), I am not too sure about this one. Rizzo and Cates to the Cubs for Cashner and Na. I guess it has the possibility of working out for both sides, but we'll have to wait and see. I just know though that Anthony is...
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January 06, 2012
CHICAGO - The Cubs have traded right-hander Andrew Cashner to the San Diego Padres for first baseman Anthony Rizzo...
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January 06, 2012
The Cubs send pitching prospect Andrew Cashner to the Padres for Anthony Rizzo:
The Cubs also acquired pitching prospect Zach Cates, 22, a right-hander Cubs executives Hoyer and Jason McLeod drafted in 2010 while with the Padres – paying him over-slot bonus money to sign him after signability concerns dropped the coveted pitcher to the third round. Cates went 4-10 with a 4.73...
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