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All Quiet on the Cubs Front

These few weeks before spring training starts is about as dull as it gets around these parts. We're all still waiting on Cespedes, but with Jedstein and their cone of silence, it's not like we can expect many leaks. There's also the case of the musical 40-man roster chairs with the Cubs having to drop someone once they add Gerardo Concepcion. Vegas money should be on...
Via Cub Reporter  |  3 hours ago
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The Hot Stove is burning regarding Yoenis Cespedes.

While the Miami Marlins wining and dining Yoenis Cespedes today, reports are already surfacing that the Marlins are the favorites to land him. Even Cespedes was quoted as saying he would like to play in Miami. Other interested teams are expected to meet with Cespedes this week in Miami as well. It not clear at this point whether the Marlins made him an offer, although one executive...
Via Cubs Billy Goat Blog  |  23 hours ago
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Chicago Cubs Spring Training: 6 Pitchers in the Running For Starting Rotation

Dennis Wierzbicki-US PRESSWIRE Theo Epstein has done one thing for sure in his first year in Chicago, he's created competition for the starting rotation. Competition makes everybody better, and this staff has the potential to be no different. The Top 2 spots are a lock, but after that, it's all up for grabs. Pitchers and Catchers report to Spring Training in 11 days, so...
Via Rant Sports  |  1 day ago
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Season Previews: Chicago Cubs

It's about time to kick off one of our favorite things in all the world: Season Previews. Five years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and ended up as half-assed haiku. We're just gonna go with what we know. Continuing our preview of the National League Central, here is a sneak peak at the 2012 Chicago Cubs. It has only been One hundred and four seasons Since...
Via Babes Love Baseball  |  2 days ago
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Cubs DFA Blake DeWitt, Claim Adrian Cardenas From A’s

A bit of surprising news coming off of the North Side today, as the Cubs did even more retooling of their roster, with these moves relating specifically to the infield. With speculation that he could be traded or released, it came as no surprise when the Cubs designated infielder Blake DeWitt for assignment on Monday. DeWitt was tendered a contract by the Cubs earlier this offseason...
Via Rant Sports  |  2 days ago
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The Curious Case of Cardenas

The Cubs claimed infielder Adrian Cardenas off waivers today from the Oakland A's, where he was outrighted to make room for Johnny Gomes. To make room on the 40-man, the Cubs DFA'd Blake DeWitt. Before we get to Cardenas, if I'm reading this correctly, the Cubs most likely cost themselves up to $1.1M? I believe they're on the hook for DeWitt's salary, when they...
Via Cub Reporter  |  3 days ago
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Cubs DFA DeWitt, claim Cardenas

The Chicago Cubs essentially swapped out utilitymen today by claiming former Oakland Athletics minor leaguer Adrian Cardenas, and designating Blake DeWitt for assignment. DeWitt was actually a former top Dodgers prospect, OPSing .728 in his rookie year of 2008 while starting at third base. He spent most of 2009 in AAA, and in 31 games as a bench player in the majors, he OPSed just...
Via The Outside Corner  |  3 days ago
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Overspending On The Cuban Market

The Chicago Cubs have long been connected to Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes this winter, but last week, they came to terms with another Cuban free agent, 19-year-old left-hander Gerardo Concepcion. Concepcion flew under the radar for the majority of the offseason. The focus has been on the higher ceiling Cubans, which left much of the baseball community slackjawed at the $7M price...
Via Fangraphs  |  3 days ago
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The Cubs 2012 Composite Top 10 Prospect List (version 2.0)

With the Super Bowl now over, I thought it would be a good time to update the Cubs 2012 Composite Top 10 Prospect List. This is version 2.0, for which two new lists have been added to the mix: Minor League Ball and MLB Prospect Portal. You can check out the links to these and the other 8 sites on the Cubs Composite Top 10 Prospects Page. Here is the updated list: 2012 Composite...
Via Cubs Billy Goat Blog  |  3 days ago
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Mike Quade Irked By Dale Sveum’s Comments About 2011 Cubs

You’d be pretty hard-pressed to find a Cubs fan that was too disappointed when Mike Quade was fired this past fall. Theo Epstein decided not to retain him and brought in Dale Sveum, one of the more coveted names out on the managerial market, to replace him. Quade didn’t have too much to work with in 2011, so obviously not all the blame falls on him, but between his questionable...
Via Rant Sports  |  6 days ago
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Cubs Junior Lake A Boom Or Bust Prospect

While living and teaching in the city of Savannah, Georgia which possessed a large minority population, I found myself needing to keep up with the latest slang terminology to understand what students were saying. Having just celebrated our first anniversary back in suburbia, my need to keep up with inner city dialect has dissipated, but one phrase still remains fresh in my mind and...
Via Fangraphs  |  6 days ago
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The Chicago Cubs week that was and more Cubs stuff

After a crazy Cubs week, full of news and groundbreaking signings like those of Trever Miller and Matt Tolbert combined with another eye-opening list of prospects from BA that no one has ever thought of before, it is hard just to catch one’s breath. Can you sense the sarcasm? Good, because I am laying it on pretty thick. And as I am typing this, word breaks across the wire that...
Via The Sports Bank  |  6 days ago
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Cubs Sign a Cuban, But Not That One

The Cubs did sign an acclaimed player out of Cuba, but it's not Yoenis Cespedes or Jorge Soler. Rather 18-year old LHP Gerardo Concepcion. A player Kevin Goldstein called polished for his age, but with the ceiling of a #4/#5 starter and whom Goldstein would put at #6 on his Top 11 Cubs prospect list. Standing at 6'2", he throws in the upper 80's to 90mph with a...
Via Cub Reporter  |  7 days ago
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Could Cole Hamels be on the horizon for the Cubs?

The Cubs have undergone a major overhaul this offseason, as Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have worked hard at making the team younger while also bolstering a farm system lacking depth. However, through it all, one question keeps popping in my head: Who is going to be the Cubs ace? Currently, Matt Garza appears to be the de facto ace for the Cubs. However, that is in name only....
Via Cubs Billy Goat Blog  |  8 days ago
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Matt Garza Has American League Championship Ring Stolen from Home

Either thieves are just getting smarter and smarter by the day, or professional athletes need to start making use of the fantastic security technology that is available today.  The latest theft victim in sports is Matt Garza.  According to the Fresno Bee, a burglar broke into Garza’s California home last week and stole his 2008 American League Championship ring from when...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  8 days ago
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