Several trades took place today before we hit the trade deadline at 4:00 ET. I’m not going to cover all of the trades here, but you can check out MLB Trade Rumors for all of the trade news. For now, I just want to talk about a few of the trades that stick out to [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Opinion, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Alcides Escobar, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Claudio Vargas, Cliff Lee, Detroit Tigers, Doug Melvin, Edwin Encarnacion, J.P. Ricciardi, Jake Peavy, Jeff Suppan, Jerrod Washburn, Josh Roenicke, Kenny Williams, Mark Buerhle, Mat Gamel, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, San Diego Padres, Scott Rolen, Toronto Blue Jays, Victor Martinez, Zach Stewart
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The Cubs scored a dozen runs against the Astros for the second day in a row, but it was the news that was announced after the game that is getting the headlines. MLB.com is reporting that the Cubs acquired lefty relief pitcher John Grabow and LHP Tom Gorzellany from the Pirates in exchange for RHP [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Opinion, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Ben Francisco, Boston Red Sox, Brian Bannister, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Delwyn Young, Freddy Sanchez, George Sherrill, Houston Astros, Jay Jackson, Jim Hendry, John Grabow, Jose Ascanio, Josh Harrison, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Hart, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Teahan, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Roy Halladay, Russ Ortiz, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Tom Gorzelanny
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The bad news is that Alfonso Soriano had a pretty bad night, going 1-for-6 with three strikeouts. The good news is that his one hit was a 13th inning game winning grand slam that gave the Cubs a 5-1 win. Carlos Zambrano got the start for the Cubs and pitched well, going 7.0 innings and [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Opinion, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Alfonso Soriano, Andy McPhail, Aramis Ramirez, Baltimore Orioles, Carlos Zambrano, Chris Sampson, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Derrek Lee, Doug Melvin, George Sherrill, Houston Astros, J.P. Ricciardi, Jerrod Washburn, Joe Beimel, John Grabow, Lou Piniella, Mark Attanasio, Milton Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Garko, San Francisco Giants, Scott Barmes, St. Louis Carrdinals, Ted Lilly, Victor Martinez, Wandy Rodriguez, Wang Tsu-an, Washington Nationals
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After their 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, the Cubs found themselves all alone in first place in the NL Central. The sweep of the Reds coupled with the Cardinals loss at Philadelphia catapulted the Cubs into the division lead. Rich Harden earned the victory on Sunday by pitching 6.0 innings of one [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Opinion, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Aaron Miles, Alcides Escobar, Alfonso Soriano, Andres Blanco, Aramis Ramirez, Baltimore Orioles, Brett Wallace, Carlos Zambrano, CC Sabathia, Chris Perez, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Ed Wade, Freddie Sanchez, Gary Matthews Jr., George Sherrill, Houston Astros, JA Happ, Jerrod Washburn, Jess Todd, Jim Hendry, JJ Hardy, Joey Votto, Kosuke Fukudome, Koyie Hill, Kyle Drabek, Los Angeles Angels, Lou Piniella, Mark Derosa, Matt Holliday, Mike Fontenot, Milton Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rich Harden, Roy Halladay, Ryan Theriot, Sean Marshall, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Tom Gorzelanny, Toronto Blue Jays, Vernon Wells, Wandy Rodriguez, Zach Duke
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The Cubs have taken the first two games against the Reds by scores of 8-5 (Friday) and 5-3 (Saturday). In the Cubs last nine games since the All-Star break, they are 7-2. In the two games against the Reds, Alfonso Soriano is 4-for-8 with a homerun and an RBI. It’s an incredibly small sample size, [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Opinion, Roster Moves, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Alfonso Soriano, Bruce Levine, Cincinnati Reds, Dave Dombrowski, Dave Kaplan, Detroit Tigers, Jim Hendry, Jim Leyland, Kevin Hart, Micah Owings, Milton Bradley, Randy Wells, Rich Harden, Steve Stone, Ted Lilly
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The Cubs salvaged the final game of their series in Philadelphia by beating the Phillies 10-5. Carlos Zambrano earned the victory to improve his record to 7-4. Kevin Gregg picked up his 19th save of the year. Ryan Theriot went 3-5 and scored two runs, while Aramis Ramizez was 2-4 with a double, two runs [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Aaron Harang, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Zambrano, Chad Qualls, Chris Duncan, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, George Sherrill, Geovany Soto, Julio Lugo, Kevin Gregg, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Randy Wells, Rod Barajas, Roy Halladay, Ryan Theriot, St. Louis Cardinals, Ted Lilly, Toronto Blue Jays
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My hope was that the Cubs would cruise into Philly riding high on their four game sweep of the Nationals and promptly sweep the World Champion Phillies. Instead, they swaggered into Philly and promptly got thumped 10-1. It was an ugly game, from Ted Lilly giving up seven earned runs in four innings (maybe his knee [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Opinion, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Aaron Heilman, Alfonso Soriano, Angel Guzman, Billy Beane, Jeff Stevens, Joe Blanton, Peter Gammons, Philadelphia Phillies, Rich Harden, Ted Lilly, Washington Nationals
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The Cubs started the second half of the season by sweeping the Nationals in a four game series in Washington. Granted, the Nationals aren’t very good, but a four game sweep is still a very nice feat. In Sunday’s game, the Cubs offense exploded for eleven runs to beat the Nationals 11-3. Micah Hoffpauir, Jake [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Trade Rumors
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Tagged Alcides Escobar, Alfonso Soriano, Andy McPhail, Baltimore Oriloes, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Jake Fox, JJ Hardy, Kevin Gregg, Kosuke Fukudome, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mat Gamel, Micah Hoffpauir, Mike Fontenot, Millwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Rodrigo Lopez, Roy Halladay, St. Louis Cardinals, Ted Lilly, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals
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Just a quick update to say that the Cubs won last night 6-5. Randy Wells got the win, although he didn’t look stellar. Kosuke Fukudome batted leadoff again and went 2-4 with a triple and a walk. Alfonso Soriano batted fifth again and smacked a three-run homerun in the sixth inning. Some guy named Mike Fontenot [...]
The Cubs beat the Nationals last night 3-1 behind the pitching of Carlos Zambrano and a surpringly effective bullpen. Zambrano went five innings scattering four hits, allowed one run, struck out six and walked four. He was effective, but had he been facing a team other than Washington, the results may have been different. Beginning [...]
By Lou
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Posted in Game Summary, Roster Moves
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Tagged Aaron Heilman, Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Marmol, Carlos Zambrano, Geovany Soto, Kevin Gregg, Kosuke Fukudome, Larry Rothschild, Micah Hoffpauir, Randy Bush, Ryan Dempster, Sam Fuld, Sean Marshall, Ted Lilly, Washington Nationals
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