The Cubs signed Xavier Nady on Tuesday to a 1-year/$3.3 million contract. The contract also contains $2 million in incentives based on games played. Nady is coming off a 2009 season in which he only played seven games before going on the DL with an elbow injury. He eventually had to have his second Tommy [...]
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A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 2 of 2)
December 22, 2009 – 6:39 am
Yesterday, in part 1 of this series, I listed the free agent center field candidates that the Cubs may consider this off season. The free agents are easy to identify because we know specifically who they are. Trade candidates are a different story. We don’t know for sure who is available or what it will [...]
Cubs Winter Meeting: Day 4 Recap
December 11, 2009 – 8:27 am
Day 4 at the Winter Meetings is usually a short one. After the Rule 5 draft in the morning, most people pack their bags and head home. Billy Beane, GM of the A’s, left a little early and said that he couldn’t wait to get home because it was much easier to make deals away from [...]
More Milton Bradley News
September 24, 2009 – 7:34 am
The Cubs lost last night to the Brewers 3-2, but stayed 7.5 games behind Colorado, who lost to San Diego 6-3. The Cubs start an important (it makes me feel better to believe that the games are important) four game series tonight in San Francisco. The Cubs are currently 3.5 games behind the Giants in [...]
Cubs Lose 10-1 to Phillies
July 21, 2009 – 7:39 am
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 [...]
