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 [...]
Category Archives: Roster Moves
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Who’s On First in 2012?
December 13, 2011 – 12:13 pm
I wrote a guest post for The Cub Reporter today. It’s about the options available to the cubs to fill the hole they currently have at first base. I basically laid out the options, but I didn’t give much ion the way of opinions. I saved that for here. Going into the off season, I [...]
Zambrano Does Milton Bradley Impersonation
June 27, 2010 – 8:24 am
As you can tell from my lack of posts recently, I am finding the Cubs circa 2010 to be nearly impossible to watch and comment on. The team is just completely uninteresting. They seem to lack fire and passion. However, there is one guy on the team who exhibits both fire and passion, but not [...]
Cubs Re-Sign Bob Howry
May 21, 2010 – 4:11 pm
The Cubs have announced that they have re-signed 36-year old Bob Howry. He will join the team tonight in Texas before the Cubs renew their long-standing and bitter rivalry with the Rangers. The Rangers lead the all-time rivalry 4-2. My only comment concerning Howry is, why? Granted, the Cubs need another arm for the bullpen. [...]
Fire Piniella, Hire Howry?…Not Yet
May 20, 2010 – 8:00 am
In a recent article for FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal opines that the Cubs should consider firing manager Lou Piniella? Why? I’m not even sure that Rosenthal knows. In the article, Rosenthal admits that Piniella is blameless for the Cubs woes. He admits that it’s not Piniella’s fault that neither Derrek Lee nor Aramis Ramirez are hitting. [...]
