LUIS RIVAS RUMORS & GOSSIP
2009-2010 Winter League Cubs
Here's the lastest on the Cubs Winter ball participants. All roster information from MLB.com.VenezuelaAnzoategui: Eduardo Figueroa, Carlos E. Rojas, Carlos Zambrano, Jose Guevara, George MatheusMagallanes: Robert Hernandez, Robinson Chirinos, Andres Blanco, Luis RivasCaracas: Marwin Gonzalez, J.R. MathesAragua: Jonathan MotaLara: Leopoldo SanchezMargarita: Jhon RodriguezLa Guaira...
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October 12, 2009
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October 12, 2009
Discuss
Rivas Leads Cubs to Victory at Fitch
Luis Rivas singled, doubled, and homered, scored twice, and drove-in four runs, and Ryan Freel reached base four times and scored three runs, leading the EXST Cubs to a 7-4 victory over the EXST A's at Fitch Park Field #3 this morning in Mesa.
Three Cubs and/or Iowa Cubs players rehabbing from injuries (Ryan Freel, Aaron Miles, and Luis Rivas) hit 1-2-3 in each...
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June 05, 2009
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June 05, 2009
Cubs Cut 9
Muskat says nine have been cut and they are (drumroll please)....
Pitchers Mitch Atkins, Justin Berg and Jeff Stevens have been optioned to Triple A, with Marcos Mateo headed to Double A. NRI's C Welington Castillo, INF Luis Rivas and Darwin Barney and OF Doug Deeds and Jason Dubois have been assinged to minor league camp.
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March 17, 2009
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March 17, 2009
Cubs Sign German, Send Five to Minor League Camp
Apparently unhappy with what they've seen so far from Luis Rivas, the Cubs have signed 30-year old super-sub IF-OF Esteban German to a minor league contract, with an NRI to Spring Training. German was released by the Kansas City Royals last Friday.
In 388 MLB games (with OAK, TEX, and mostly KC), German has played 2B-3B-SS-LF-CF, and even has gone behind the plate on ocacasion...
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March 13, 2009
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March 13, 2009
The Amish Rifle & Iron Micah
Posted by Jumbo on February 28, 2009.How about a random collection of Cubs notes to start off the Saturday?...The Amish Rifle's Beautiful Chin MusicI don't know whether in my entire life I've ever seen an uglier bit of facial hair than the disgusting bit of red shag carpeting hanging from Chad "The Amish Rifle" Gaudin's chin. This thing really puts the ...
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February 28, 2009
Cubs Sign Stanton...Invite 21 to Spring Training
The Cubs announced on Tuesday they invited 21 players to Spring Training....pitchers and catchers report to Mesa on Friday, February 13th. The Cubs signed Mike Stanton to a minor-league deal on Tuesday and will give the former All-Star a reliever a chance to make the big league club after ...
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January 20, 2009
Are the Pirates losing on purpose?
Here's an interesting thought from Squaking
Consider: this past spring, Dan Fox introduced a defensive metric on Baseball Prospectus that rated Luis Rivas as one of the worst defensive middle infielders in the last fifty years. Weeks later, Fox was hired by the Pirates. And yet Rivas ...
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December 29, 2008
Tale Of The Tape
Mario has posted an aritcle about Sterling from Topps and Prime Cuts from DLP, and it escalated into a comment battle about which would be the better product. I left a comment myself, but I thought I would elaborate here.ProductThis is the third year for Sterling, and typically people go ape ...
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December 10, 2008
Dodgers showing interest in Jack Wilson
Faced with the reality that Rafael Furcal is on his way out of town the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking for his replacment.
The team is again showing interest in Pittsburgh Pirate shot stop Jack Wilson. Which begs the question of why a team would want to take on a player such as Wilson who has [...]
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November 25, 2008
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November 25, 2008
Pirates at Cubs open game thread
B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOM
Paul Maholm vs. Cubs hitters: .282/.325/.453 in 117 at-bats
Ted Lilly vs. Pirates hitters: .302/.336/.472 in 106 at-bats
When and Where: 12:05 on CSN (locally) and MLB.TV (those of us who do not live in Chicago)
Maholm has faced the Cubs once this year pitching 8 innings and allowing 5 runs. Lee, Ramirez and Soriano have...
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August 02, 2008
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