The Cubs have “reached an agreement” with Cuban pitcher Juan Yasser Serrano, although the deal is not expected to be finalized for about a month. That, according to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com.
Serrano defected from Cuba in April 2009 after being arrested in Cuba in January 2009 for attempted illegal departure. At least we know he’s persistent. The [...]
Tag Archives: Jim Hendry
A Cuban, Advanced Statistics, And Childish Millionaires
March 5, 2010 – 5:23 am
Cubs Sign Chad Tracy & Kevin Millar…But Why?
February 4, 2010 – 8:47 am
The Cubs signed two guys over the past couple of weeks that most other teams have given up on. Chad Tracy hasn’t had a good season since 2005 and hasn’t played a full season since 2006. The oft-injured 1B-3B has spent his entire career with Arizona. He has spent time on the DL with a [...]
Cubs Sign Xavier Nady
January 27, 2010 – 5:18 am
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 John [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Bringing It All Together
January 25, 2010 – 5:14 am
For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking at the Cubs roster to see how well Jim Hendry and the front office have done in spending nearly $140 million. To check out any of the previous posts, visit these links:
What Can You Get For $140 Million? (Introduction and Methodology)
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: [...]
Dealing With The Winter Doldrums
January 5, 2010 – 6:33 am
I really hate this time of year. It’s cold, the days are often grey, and worst of all, there’s no baseball. I watched the 10-part Ken Burns Baseball documentary the other night. It made me miss baseball even more. My wife turned on Field of Dreams last night and I refused to watch it.
Cubs Sign Marlon Byrd
January 1, 2010 – 10:00 am
Before the clock struck midnight on 2009, the Cubs filled their center field vacancy by signing free agent Marlon Byrd. Bruce Levine broke the news for ESPN Chicago. The deal will pay Byrd $15 million over three years.
As with many of Jim Hendry’s signings, this contract is backloaded to provide some payroll flexibility this year. [...]
Cubs Own Two Of The Worst Contracts In Baseball
December 27, 2009 – 10:14 am
According to Sky Andrecheck of Sports Illustrated (Is “Sky” really his first name?), the Cubs are the (not so) proud owners of two of the worst contracts in all of baseball. Andrecheck starts with the undisputed worst contract, that of Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells. Then he turns his attention to the second [...]
A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 1 of 2)
December 21, 2009 – 6:38 am
Jim Hendry claims that the situation with Milton Bradley did not prevent the Cubs from making any moves to fill the holes the Cubs have in center field, second base, the bullpen, and potentially the starting rotation, but I can’t help notice that no moves were made prior to trading Bradley. Now that Bradley is gone, [...]
Reactions To The Milton Bradley Trade
December 19, 2009 – 9:53 am
As the dust begins to settle on the Milton Bradley for Carlos Silva trade with Seattle, I want to examine the reactions I have seen around the blogosphere to the trade. By and large, the reactions have been running negative toward the trade. If I had to guess, I’d say that about 75% of the [...]
