Will Bobby Parnell ride knuckle-curve to the All-Star game?
”The knuckle-curve has changed Parnell’s career.”
This is what Gary Cohen said during the at-bat Sunday by Dioner Navarro, right after Bobby Parnell followed a 95 mph inside fastball with a breaking ball at the knees on the outside corner. After going upstairs with the third pitch, Parnell completed the strikeout with another curve in the dirt. Parnell faced three batters...
Cubs catchers are terrible at defense
I don't know if you've been paying attention or not, but if you have, you've noticed how terrible the two Cubs catchers are on defense. Dioner Navarro may be the worst defensive catcher I've ever seen. Welington Castillo isn't far behind.
I was curious how many times per game these guys have screwed up. Wild pitches, passed balls and errors seem to be the best...
How Will Today’s Game Turn Out?
It’s Sunday, the weather is…eh, serviceable…and the Cubs are hosting the Reds in the last of their three-game set at Wrigley Field. We have ourselves a lineup:
CF David DeJesus
SS Starlin Castro
1B Anthony Rizzo
LF Alfonso Soriano
RF Nate Schierholtz
C Dioner Navarro
3B Luis Valbuena
2B Darwin Barney
P Edwin Jackson
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN-tastic.
We should probably...
Not So Sweet Home Chicago For Cubs And White Sox
What once was a tale of two cities is now just one long book of struggle.
Last season the Chicago Cubs were out of contention early, while the Chicago White Sox held down first place for a period of time until the wheels fell off and the playoffs were out of reach, notice the result, neither had a playoff appearance, not something fans are content about.
Coming into the 2013 season...
Bumgarner pitches Giants past Cubs
Madison Bumgarner allowed two runs while pitching neatly into the seventh inning, Marco Scutaro had three hits and the San Francisco Giants held off the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Saturday.
Pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro hit a two-out, two-run homer off Bumgarner in the seventh to pull the Cubs to 3-2. It was Navarro's second career pinch home run in two days, each hit from a different...
Rank Relief: A double dose at Wrigley
When you see a rank relief post you always have a good chance of the Cubs being involved – usually one the bad side. Well today they played both parts. The Cubs were looking at a 2-0 victory if they could hold off the Giants in the top of the 9th. Well Kyuji Fujikawa would have none of that. Cubs fans may have thought they got rid of this kind of thing with Carlos Marmol...
Giants 9, Cubs 3
Ryan Vogelsong allowed three runs on six hits in six innings, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 9-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday.
A dropped fly ball that turned into a run-scoring double and a two-out, two-run home run by Dioner Navarro were all the Cubs could muster against Vogelsong, who struck out three and walked two.
Vogelsong's last start of the spring will...
Barney homers as Cubs beat Brewers
PHOENIX (AP) -- Darwin Barney and Dioner Navarro hit consecutive homers with two out in the ninth inning to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Friday.
Barney belted a two-run shot before Dioner Navarro connected against Michael Olmsted for the final run of the game.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo yielded an unearned run and four hits in 5 1-3 innings. He has...
Cubs 4, Brewers 1
Darwin Barney and Dioner Navarro hit consecutive homers with two out in the ninth inning to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Friday.
Barney belted a two-run shot before Dioner Navarro connected against Michael Olmsted for the final run of the game.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo yielded an unearned run and four hits in 5 1-3 innings. He has one spring outing...
Cub Power and Wood Arm Fry Padres
Alfonso Soriano laced a two-out line-drive two-run double down the LF line and Dioner Navarro followed with a towering two-run HR over the RF bullpens to rally the Cubs to a 4-2 lead in the 6th, and then Jorge Soler slugged a solo home run to the top of the berm over the LF fence and Christian Villanueva drilled two-run HR over the left-center fence to key a five-run 8th, as...
Soriano, Navarro get key hits, Cubs beat Padres
Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run double and Dioner Navarro followed with two-run homer Sunday, leading the Chicago Cubs past the San Diego Padres 9-3.
Christian Villanueva added a two-run homer for the Cubs. He has three hits this spring and all of them are home runs.
Padres starter Jason Marquis threw four scoreless innings and allowed two hits. Reliever Andrew Cashner made his first...
2013 Reds predictions: Most Improved Player
Here we are on day four of our eight-part series, predicting the Reds season. Today, we will take a look at players who have a chance to show the greatest improvement from 2012. It was not an easy decision, but the votes came in from the Redlegs Review staff and a decision was made, sort of. It was a tie on this one.
The Most Improved Reds Players in 2013 will be...
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Cubs Spring Training Game Info for 3/2/2013
Today, the Chicago Cubs will be facing the San Fransisco Giants in a Spring Training game at 2:05 CST and yes, you can listen to the Game on WGN Radio. Here is today’s lineup for your Chicago Cubs:
David DeJesus CF
Darwin Barney 2B
Nate Schierholtz DH
Alfonso Soriano LF
Brian Bogusevic RF
Dioner Navarro C
Steve Clevenger 1B
Edwin Maysonet SS
Christian Villanueva 3B
Carlos Villanueva...
Navarro Blast Propels Cubs to Victory over Giants
Dioner Navarro blasted a three-run home run to cap a four-run 1st inning, and Jeff Samardzija and six relievers combined to throw a six hitter, as the Cubs edged the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in the Cubs 2013 Cactus League home opener before a sparse crowd (7,784) this afternoon at cool & blustery Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, AZ.
Tags: Spring Training RecapDioner...
Is there a catcher controversy?
“Tom (Downers Grove)
People are downplaying the importance of Navarro coming here and backing up Castillo. Am I the only one who thinks Navarro was a great pick up and could play his way into starting?
Bruce Levine
(1:35 PM)
No, you’re not–I’m convinced of the same possible result. During his media session on Monday, Cubs’ starter Matt Garza went on and on about Navarro’s...
Dioner Navarro – what are you talking about?!?
Cubs catcher Dioner Navarro uttered these words last week in an interview: “I have a good history of going to bad teams and trying to turn them around a little bit.” Really, Dioner? And when might have you done that? Well, there was the 2008 season when, two seasons after joining the Tampa [...]
2013 Cubs projections: Dioner Navarro and Steve Clevenger
Neither of these players are very good so I'm not going to discuss them. Here are the 2013 Cubs projections for Steve Clevenger and Dioner Navarro.
Clevenger
PA
H
2B
3B
HR
SB
avg
obp
slg
wOBA
CAIRO
385
92
21
2
5
2
.260
.323
.376
.312
ZiPS
357
86
20
2
3
1
.261
.309
.361
.291
Average
371
89
21
2
4
2
.261
.316
.368
.301
Navarro
PA...
2013 Cubs Projections: Welington Castillo
I know I said I probably wasn't going to do these this year, but I am going to change the format a little bit. I won't be combining 5, 6 or 7 projections to create an average. I will just stick to two: CAIRO and ZiPS. I doubt the average between these two will be that much different than they'd be if we added in several other other projection systems so it's really ...
2013: Are the Cubs .500?
Last year, the Cubs won 61 games. In the offseason, Chicago made the following signings:
Edwin Jackson
Scott Baker
Carlos Villanueva
Scott Feldman
Nate Schierholtz
Scott Hairston
Dioner Navarro
Kyuji Fujikawa
The rest of the team is more-or-less intact: the Cubs basically had no free-agents (they traded everyone that was going to be a free agent of worth).
There aren't 20 wins...
Assume the Position: Catcher
We are getting very close to catchers and pitchers reporting. We might have one or two moves of significance until that point, but I'm going to assume that our team is essentially what we have in front of us. That being said, I'm going to take a broad look at every position to seem what we have there, both now and going forward. First up are the catchers.
...
How many games will the 2013 Cubs win?
Over at The Cub Contrarian, Kyle used an estimated WAR for players to get a team win total. I thought I'd do the same thing, but I'm going to do it two ways: projections and my wild ass guesses.
Wild Ass Guess
Catchers: Welington Castillo (1.0), Dioner Navarro (negative infinity)
I could easily see Castillo being a 2 WAR player, but I'm not buying it. I could also see...
Dioner Navarro Signing Could Be Smart Move by Cubs
The Chicago Cubs’ modus operandi in the early stages of free agency has been pretty clear: buy low on veteran players which, inevitably, they’ll hope to flip before next year’s trade deadline.
First, they inked right-hander — and 2012 Tommy John recipient — Scott Baker to a one-year, $5.5 million incentive-laden deal. Prior to the surgery, Baker was one of the more solid...
Six of nine lives lived by Dioner Navarro
Mediocre catchers play forever. If you can squat behind the plate and block a few balls in the dirt and not totally embarrass yourself with your arm, somebody in Major League Baseball will employ you. Hitting is optional. Thus, catchers will bounce from organization to organization and play over a dozen seasons and like cats, live out nine lives as a baseball player. Dioner Navarro...
Cubs announce deal with C Navarro
The Chicago Cubs have formally announced a one-year deal with former All-Star catcher Dioner Navarro.
The team announced the deal on Friday.
Navarro's salary for next season is $1.75 million. He could earn another 250,000 in performance bonuses.
The 28-year-old has spent all or part of the last nine seasons in the major leagues, playing for the Yankees, Dodgers, Rays and Reds...
Cubs complete deal with Navarro
The Chicago Cubs formally announced a one-year deal with former All-Star catcher Dioner Navarro Friday.
Navarro's salary for next season is $1.75 million. He could earn another $250,000 in performance bonuses.
The 28-year-old has spent all or part of the last nine seasons in the major leagues, playing for the Yankees, Dodgers, Rays and Reds. Last year, he split the season between...
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