Tag Archives: Jake Fox

Cubs Prepare For Winter Meetings

The Winter Meetings start next week in Indianapolis and job one for Jim Hendry and his minions is to trade Milton Bradley.  According to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, there are three teams interested in Bradley.  Unfortunately, Muskat never says who the three teams might be.

Cubs Trade Fox, Miles To Oakland

It’s not the blockbuster I was hoping for, and Milton Bradley isn’t involved, but maybe it’s the start of something.  Yesterday, the Cubs traded Jake Fox and Aaron Miles to the Oakland A’s (does anyone call them Athletics anymore?) for RHP Jeff Gray, minor league RHP Ronny Morla and minor league 1B-OF Matt Spencer.  The [...]

Cubs Off Season Hinges On Bradley Trade

I think we all knew it all ready, but Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FoxSports.com have said out loud what we’ve all been thinking.  According to the FoxSports Dynamic Duo: “The Cubs’ offseason truly will kick off only after they trade outfielder Milton Bradley. Only then can they begin, in earnest, their pursuit [...]

Will Cubs Make A Trade For Roy Halladay?

Early last week the Blue Jays were reported to have contacted a handful of teams, including the Cubs, about a possible trade  for former Cy Young winner Roy Halladay.  Halladay is under contract with the Blue Jays for one more year and new Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopulous would like to trade the pitcher since [...]

Cubs Interested in Curtis Granderson

The Detroit Tigers need to shed payroll going into the 2010 season which Joel Sherman of the New York Post says could make Tigers’ center fielder Curtis Granderson available for trade.  Granderson, who had two very good years in 2007 and 2008, had a down year offensively in 2009.  He hit .249/.327/.453 in 631 ABs.  [...]

A Look At the Offseason (Part 4 – Pulling it All Together)

Over the past three posts, I’ve taken a look at what the offseason would/could/should look like.  In part 1, I looked at the infield, part 2 was devoted to the outfield, and I looked at the pitchers in part 3.  If you haven’t had a chance to read those posts yet, I’d suggest taking a [...]

A Look At The Offseason (Part 2 – Outfield)

Yesterday I started a series looking at the upcoming offseason for the Cubs.  In part 1, I examined the infield.  If you haven’t read it yet, check it out here: A Look At The Offseason (Part 1 – Infield) Today, I want to turn my attention to the outfield.  The general concensus has been that [...]

A Look At The Offseason (Part 1 – Infield)

The Cubs enter the off season with a mixed bag of needs.  Tops on the list is a middle-of-the-order run producer.  If things work out, they’d also like to get a speedy, OBP-type of lead-off hitter.  They may even look at adding a bullpen arm. In the field, the Cubs would prefer to add a [...]

And Then There Was One

The Cubs enter the final week of the season playing the best baseball they have played all year.  They are 6-9 during the month of September and are now 5.5 games behind Colorado in the NL Wildcard race. (On a more somber note, the Cardinals clinched the NL Central yesterday with their win over the [...]

What To Do With Milton Bradley?

With Milton Bradley suspended for the remainder of the season, the question now becomes, what can the Cubs do with him?  They obviously would like to trade the troubled outfielder, but who would be willing to take him and the $21 million he is still owed?  And if they trade him, who can the Cubs [...]