Over the past several years teams have been looking more and more toward the future of the franchise instead of today. The "Win Now" mentality is waning and a youth movement has begun. Below we have several teams' profiled and broken down to show the climate change in Major League Baseball.
Original Story: http://ramble7321.com/?p=130.

Due to the Cubs lack of offensive prowess, Uncle Lou Pinella has decided to give utility infielder Ryan Theriot a shot at the everyday shortstop position. Former starter Caesar Izturis just hasn't been getting the job done at the plate as indicated by his .184 batting average. Fantasy baseballers   more...
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The San Diego Union-Tribune has a report that the Cubs contacted the Padres about shortstop Khalil Greene. After they passed on pursuing Brian Roberts last winter, their plan to go with what they had, that being a combination of Ryan Theriot, Mark DeRosa, Mike Fontenot and Ronny Cedeno seemed like   more...
Original Story: http://mlb-rumors.blogspot.com/2008/07/c....

The San Diego Union-Tribune has a report that the Cubs contacted the Padres about shortstop Khalil Greene. After they passed on pursuing Brian Roberts last winter, their plan to go with what they had, that being a combination of Ryan Theriot, Mark DeRosa, Mike Fontenot and Ronny Cedeno seemed like   more...
Original Story: http://mlb-rumors.blogspot.com/2008/07/c....

Looks like this deal could be may very soon."The feeling among major league executives is soon, and a lot. Don't be surprised if the trade is finalized later this week -- perhaps even Wednesday -- and the deal includes pitchers Sean Marshall, Sean Gallagher and Ronny Cedeno."Looks to be a steep   more...
Original Story: http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribun....

If you compete in fantasy leagues that count errors, then you probably already know what I'm about to tell you. Rickie Weeks leads the majors in errors (by a wide margin), having commited 20 already in 61 games this season. Listed below are all players that have commited 10 or more errors in   more...

According to several reports out of Chicago, Lou has given the starting shortstop nod to utility fielder Ryan Theriot. With the anemic offense coming from Izturis and Cedeno's bat, while Theriot has shown good plate skills, Pinella decided the lineup needs Ryan's punch at the top. I know alot of   more...
Original Story: http://www.cubshub.com/article.php?story....

Etch a player in your Kitchen Table and I promise you will not forget to watch them in the spring.As the days go by this Column will be UPDATED..so continue to come back
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I've never dug too deeply into all the nouveau statistical methods that geeks come up with the explain baseball, but this kid does a pretty good job of convincing me that I should. He rates the A's roster and then each MLB team by WPA ("Win Probability Added," which is supposed to measure how much   more...
Original Story: http://thepastime.net/2006/07/wpa-fun.ht....

With Angel Guzman set to join the Cubs rotation with his start against the Cardinals tomorrow (plus 2 additional starts), the Cubs will be sending down a positional player. The two likely candidates are Ronny Cedeno and Felix Pie, with my money on Felix going back to Iowa.Here's some of Bob's   more...
Original Story: http://www.cubshub.com/article.php?story....

With the game tied at 4-4 in the 9th inning, Phillies reliever Brett Myers gave up a double to Cubs rightfielder Matt Murton, wild-pitched him to 3rd base, walked the next two htters, got the 1st out and then threw a wild-pitch to pinch hitter Cliff Floyd scoring Murton as the Cubs beat the Phils   more...
Original Story: http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/08....

Since the Cubs are set to begin a 3-game series at home against the Orioles all the journalists who spent 3 months this offseason covering the Brian Roberts to the Cubs rumors has felt the need to talk about it yet again.  So I wanted to add some numbers to the discussion.  Mostly just   more...
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The continued struggles of southpaw Kason Gabbard; the Rangers finalize a minor league contract with native Texan John Patterson.
Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-rangers/2008/03/25/ga....

There is alot of talk amongst baseball analyst this winter over what an ace pitcher is worth and whether or not the Cubs could afford one. First, baseball had the Athletics deal where Danny Haren (who was locked up at 15.5M/3YR) of Arizona where they gave up three of their top 10 prospects (Carlos   more...
Original Story: http://www.cubshub.com/?p=746.

Matt Murton now knows what comedian Rodney Dangerfield was talking about "No Respect". Matt has got to be wondering what did I do wrong as the Cubs announced that the bench will consist of Ward, Blanco, Cedeno, Johnson, and Fontenot. That leaves Matt Murton wasting away in AAA or worse traded for   more...
Original Story: http://www.cubshub.com/?p=790.