The Cubs announced at Cubs Convention that they have re-signed pitcher Kerry Wood. The contract is reportedly for 1 year/$3 million plus a club option for 2013. I applaud JedStein for this signing, Not only do I think they got a got set-up for a fairly reasonable price (maybe a little more than reasonable), but [...]
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Cubs Sign Paul Maholm
January 10, 2012 – 12:01 pm
According to a tweet by Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago, the Cubs have agreed to terms with free agent LHP Paul Maholm. The contract will pay Maholm $4.25 million for one year and includes a club option for 2013 for $6.25 million and a $500,000 buyout. The 29-year old Maholm spent seven season with the Pirates [...]
Hall of Fame Welcomes Barry Larkin
January 9, 2012 – 3:31 pm
In his third year on the ballot, Barry Larkin was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The former Cincinnati Reds shortstop received 86.4% of the vote. A vote of 75% is necessary to be inducted into the Hall. During his career, Larkin was selected to the all-star team 12 times. He also won three [...]
Cubs Acquire Rizzo From San Diego
January 6, 2012 – 3:11 pm
The Cubs have acquired 1B Anthony Rizzo and minor league pitcher Zach Cates from the Padres in exchange for RHP Andrew Cashner and minor league OF Kyung-Min Na. Rizzo became available after the Padres acquired 1B Yonder Alonso from the Reds earlier this off-season in a deal that sent pitcher Mat Latos to Cincinnati. Rizzo [...]
Starlin Castro Accused of Sexual Assault
January 6, 2012 – 6:55 am
Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro has been accused of sexually assaulting a Chicago woman and is currently wanted for questioning in the incident. To date, no criminal charges have been filed. WBBM Newsradio in Chicago is reporting that the woman, who is in her 20′s, met Castro in a River North nightclub on the evening of [...]
Cubs Trade Zambrano to Marlins
January 4, 2012 – 8:43 pm
In a move that caught me off guard, the Cubs have traded pitcher Carlos Zambrano to the Miami Marlins for right-handed pitcher Chris Volstad. The Cubs will also be sending $15.5 million to the Marlins to cover all but $2.5 million of Zambrano’s 2012 salary. Zambrano has had issues over the past few seasons controlling [...]
My Hall of Fame Ballot
January 4, 2012 – 11:10 am
Let’s start with a correction. The title of this post is a misnomer. I do not have a Hall of Fame ballot. Only members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) are allowed to vote for Hall of Fame candidates and I am not a member of the BBWAA. However, here are some thoughts [...]
What is The Plan?
December 31, 2011 – 1:26 pm
Like a lot of Cubs fans, I was excited when the Cubs hired Theo Epstein to help lead the organization. Adding Jed Hoyer to be the GM just a short time later cemented my belief that Tom Ricketts was serious about building an organization that could not only win in the short term, but would [...]
Cubs Sign Manny Corpas & Reed Johnson
December 23, 2011 – 8:24 am
The Cubs have signed reliever Manny Corpas to a one-year deal. The terms were not announced, but it is believed that Corpas will be earning less than $1 million. Corpas was a part of the 2007 Colorado Rockies team that went to the World Series. He had Tommy John Surgery in 2010 and missed the [...]
UPDATE: Cubs Trade Sean Marshall to Reds for Travis Wood
December 22, 2011 – 2:10 pm
Tuesday night, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that the Cubs were in talks with the Cincinnati Reds to trade LHRP Sean Marshall to the Reds for 24-year old LHP Travis Wood. According to the report, Cubs President Theo Epstein was intrigued by Wood when Epstein was with Boston and he (and Jed Hoyer) were [...]
