Tag Archives: J.P. Ricciardi

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 [...]

Are The Cubs Falling Out of Contention?

There is no joy in Mudville this morning.  The Cubs were beaten to a bloody pulp last night by the Phillies 12-5.  Honestly, the game wasn’t as close as the score would indicate.  You can read Carrie Muskat’s recap of the game from MLB.com.  I’d just as soon not talk about it. ********** As upset [...]

More Bad News For The Cubs

Things did not go well for the Cubs during their recent trip to Colorado.  They lost three-out-of-four games, including last night’s 11-5 shellacking, but that was just the icing on the “bad news” cake.  First, Carlos Zambrano was added to the DL with back spasm.  Next, Aramis Ramirez “tweaked” the shoulder that landed him on [...]

Cubs Look Bad in Loss to Rockies

Sunday was not kind to the Cubs as they dropped the game to the Rockies 11-5 and dropped two games behind St. Louis in the NL Central.  The game started out ugly and just seemed to get uglier as the afternoon wore on. Randy Wells allowed three runs in the first inning to put the [...]

Cubs Offense Takes The Night Off

The Cubs offense decided to take a break last night as they lost to the Cincinnati Reds 4-0.  The offense made journeyman Reds pitcher Justin Lehr look like a potential Cy Young candidate.  The 32-year old right hander got his first major league victory since 2006 by pitching a complete game, four hit shutout. Rich [...]

Cubs Beat Florida in 10 Innings

It took an extra frame, but the Cubs beat the Marlins on Saturday by a score of 9-8.  The big hit for the Cubs came in the top of the 10th when Derrek Lee launched a solo homerun deep into the left field stands off Marlins pitcher Leo Nunez.  Lee was 4-for-6 for the night [...]

Trade Deadline Thoughts

Several trades took place today before we hit the trade deadline at 4:00 ET.  I’m not going to cover all of the trades here, but you can check out MLB Trade Rumors for all of the trade news.  For now, I just want to talk about a few of the trades that stick out to [...]

Good News and Bad News for Soriano and The Cubs

The bad news is that Alfonso Soriano had a pretty bad night, going 1-for-6 with three strikeouts.  The good news is that his one hit was a 13th inning game winning grand slam that gave the Cubs a 5-1 win. Carlos Zambrano got the start for the Cubs and pitched well, going 7.0 innings and [...]

Is Halladay In The Cards?

The period betwen the All-Star break and July 31 is always full of rumors and speculation.  One of the best places to follow all of the rumors is at MLB Trade Rumors.  Tim Dierkes, the proprietor of MLBTR does a terrific job of following all of the scuttlebutt.  While Tim covers the entire league, my [...]