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Cubs set sights on Cuban OF Jorge Soler
With the Oakland Athletics’ signing Monday of touted Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, the focus of the Cuban market turned to outfielder Jorge Soler and the Cubs’ intensified pursuit of him. As reported by the Sun-Times in November, multiple baseball sources said the 20-year-old Soler was the Cubs’ more desired target, even as they scouted and vetted Cespedes this winter...
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Cubs set sights on Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler
With the Oakland Athletics’ signing Monday of touted Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, the focus of the Cuban market turned to outfielder Jorge Soler and the Cubs’ intensified pursuit of him. As reported by the Sun-Times in November, multiple baseball sources said the 20-year-old Soler was the Cubs’ more desired target, even as they scouted and vetted Cespedes this winter...
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12 hours ago
Yoenis Cespedes agrees to $36M, 4-year deal with A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $36 million, four-year contract. Agent Adam Katz confirmed Monday the outfielder had reached agreement on a deal, with details still to be finalized. This is a significant move for Oakland, which now has the steady hitter it sought to boost the roster heading into 2012. Cespedes will earn...
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19 hours ago
Cubs claim infielder off waivers
The Cubs claimed minor league infielder Adrian Cardenas off waivers from the Oakland Athletics Monday and designated infielder Blake DeWitt for assignment. DeWitt, 26, appeared in 121 games last season, hitting .265 with 11 doubles. He was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in July, 2010 in the deal that sent pitcher Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot to the Dodgers. Cardenas, 24, played...
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7 days ago
Cubs, Matt Garza agree to one-year $9.5 million contract
Instead of an arbitration hearing scheduled Friday, righthander Matt Garza agreed to a one-year contract with the Cubs valued at some $9.5 million, a figure less than the $12. 5 million the 28-year-old had sought but a significant increase from his $5.95 million salary in 2011.
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10 days ago
Mike Quade takes issue with Dale Sveum’s evaluation of Cubs’ effort
When Dale Sveum was hired as Mike Quade’s replacement to manage the Cubs, he said the Cubs would be held to a higher standard. He suggested Quade’s Cubs were lackadaisical at times. “When you lose that many games, there are obviously problems,’’ Sveum said. “Losing isn’t OK. Not running a ball out isn’t OK. It’s unacceptable, and that has to be communicated.’’...
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11 days ago
Cubs roll out plans for training center in the Dominican Republic
The Cubs will open within 18 months a new baseball academy in the Dominican Republic that will encompass 50 acres with facilities for baseball training, housing and an educational center. Team chairman Tom Ricketts, some of his family and Cubs staff were in La Gina, Dominican Republic, on Thursday to unveil plans that have been in the works since the family acquired the team three...
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11 days ago
Yankees hire former Cubs GM Jim Hendry to assist Cashman
Less than two weeks ago, Jim Hendry revealed in a phone conversation that he was weighing his options on a couple of different job fronts. The New York Yankees obviously carry a lot of weight. According to reports Tuesday night, the former Cubs general manager has been hired to be the special assistant to Yankees GM Brain Cashman. That’s no real surprise, considering how Cashman...
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13 days ago
Report: Theo Epstein compensation nearing resolution
A resolution could be coming to the pending compensation issue between the Cubs and Boston Red Sox. The stalemated issue over what the Red Sox should receive for allowing Theo Epstein out of the last year of his contract to become Cubs president is in the hands of commissioner Bud Selig. He said over the weekend that he has yet to resolve the issue, but a report Monday in the Boston...
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14 days ago
Report: Resolution for compensation close
A resolution could be coming to the pending compensation issue between the Cubs and Boston Red Sox. The stalemated issue over what the Red Sox should receive for allowing Theo Epstein out of the last year of his contract to become Cubs president is in the hands of commissioner Bud Selig. He said over the weekend that he has yet to resolve the issue, but a report Monday in the Boston...
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14 days ago
Trever Miller, Michael Brenly among Cubs’ 21 non-roster invitees to spring training
Lefthander Trever Miller, who pitched at the end of last season for the Boston Red Sox, has signed a minor league contract with the Cubs with an invitation to spring training. Miller, 38, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays and Red Sox last season. Miller has pitched for eight major league teams with a career 4.18 ERA. He would be paid $800,000 if he makes the...
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14 days ago
Cubs sign pitcher to minor-league contract
Lefthander Trever Miller, who pitched at the end of last season for the Boston Red Sox, has signed a minor league contract with the Cubs with an invitation to spring training. Miller, 38, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays and Red Sox last season. Miller has pitched for eight major league teams in a 13-year career with a career 4.18 ERA. He would be paid $800...
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14 days ago
Ex-Cub Ryan Theriot signs with Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have reached agreement on a $1.25 million, one-year contract with utility infielder Ryan Theriot to give them depth at shortstop and second base. San Francisco said Friday the deal is non-guaranteed and is pending a physical next week. Theriot, 32, batted .271 with one home run and 47 RBIs in 132 games for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals...
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17 days ago
Pena agrees to deal with Rays; Cubs to give LaHair chance at first
The Cubs are set to give Bryan LaHair a chance to be their next first baseman. Meanwhile, Carlos Pena moved back to his former team. Pena agreed to terms on a one-year, $7.25 million deal Friday with the Tampa Bay Rays, pending a physical. The salary is less than the $10 million Pena made in his one season with the Cubs. Pena, 33, hit .225 with 28 home runs and 80 RBI for the Cubs...
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24 days ago
Carlos Pena agrees to $7.25M deal with Rays—source
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A person with knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press that slugger Carlos Pena has agreed to a $7.25 million, one-year contract to return to the Tampa Bay Rays. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the club had not announced the agreement. Pena played with the Rays from 2007-10, helping them reach the playoffs twice before...
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24 days ago
Six Cubs avoid arbitration; Matt Garza still unsigned
The Cubs reached agreement on 2012 contracts with six of their seven arbitration-eligible players by the deadline for filing arbitration figures Tuesday. Only Matt Garza, who made $5.95 million last season, didn’t come to terms. Garza, who went 10-10 with a 3.32 ERA last season, filed an arbitration figure of $10.225 million; the Cubs’ countered with $7.95 million. Whether...
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27 days ago
Cubs, Red Sox want Bud Selig to set compensation for Theo Epstein
The compensation headache over Theo Epstein’s move from the Boston Red Sox to the Cubs is officially Bud Selig’s problem, turning a minor embarrassment for the Cubs into a potential precedent-setting action for Major League Baseball. Multiple sources told the Sun-Times that the Cubs and Red Sox have requested that their nearly three-month stalemate be resolved by the commissioner...
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27 days ago
Six Cubs avoid arbitration, but Matt Garza still unsigned
The Cubs reached agreement on 2012 contracts with six of their seven arbitration-eligible players by the deadline for filing arbitration figures Tuesday. Only Matt Garza, who made $5.95 million last season, didn’t come to terms. Garza, who went 10-10 with a 3.32 ERA last season, filed an arbitration figure of $10.225 million; the Cubs’ countered with $7.95 million. Whether...
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27 days ago
Cubs to seek city approval for Wrigley Field changes
The Cubs will ask the Commission on Chicago Landmarks next month for the go-ahead to put up a 75-foot electronic sign in right field at historic Wrigley Field — whether or not that approval is needed, a team official said Monday.
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28 days ago
Cubs to seek city approval for proposed Wrigley Field changes
The Cubs will ask the Commission on Chicago Landmarks next month for the go-ahead to put up a 75-foot electronic sign in right field at historic Wrigley Field — whether or not that approval is needed, a team official said Monday.
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28 days ago
Cubs’ apparent budgetary constraints stress need to find Next Big Thing
For all the new faces, packed ballrooms, countless autographs and hours of banter between fans and Cubs people, the big thing about the Cubs Convention this year was, well, The Next Big Thing. Whatever it turns out to be. It’s what president Theo Epstein was brought in to identify, what is at the core of his staff’s efforts to redefine the Cubs’ baseball operations and what...
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29 days ago
Faithful Cubs followers flock to Theo Epstein’s pulpit
For the first time in years, the players were virtually afterthoughts during the longest, busiest day of the annual Cubs Convention. Not even a relatively anonymous group of incoming players representing the Cubs’ least-flashy offseason in at least two front-office regimes could provoke the passions of Cubs faithful Saturday. This...
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January 14, 2012
Cubs roll out plan for patio deck, scoreboard in right field
It’s not the Green Monster seats that Fenway Park has, and that wasn’t even a vague inspiration, the Cubs say. But a new patio deck and overall look to the revamped right-field bleachers at Wrigley Field should be the most dramatic aesthetic change to the ballpark’s interior in years when it’s unveiled for the home opener April 5. “It’ll be a great section for groups...
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January 14, 2012
Teammates rally to Starlin Castro’s defense
Teammates close to shortstop Starlin Castro predictably rallied around him Friday a few hours after he was questioned by Chicago police regarding an alleged sexual assault 31/2 months ago. “He lived with me for a few months [in 2010],” said Alfonso Soriano, who spoke to Castro about the issue earlier this week. “I believe in him. I know what kind of person he is. The problem...
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January 14, 2012
New deal for Kerry Wood and his adoring Cubs fans
In his first season as Kerry Wood’s teammate, Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd last spring referred to Chicago’s favorite pitcher as ‘‘Mr. Cub,’’ the Ernie Banks of his generation. That Byrd made the comment just a few weeks into Wood’s second tour with the team only goes to show how obvious and persistent Cubs fans’ affections remain for the one-time Kid K, the former...
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January 14, 2012
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