It was a big weekend for the Cubs as they swept the Brewers in Milwaukee. It was the Cubs first series sweep of the year and helped to improve their season record to 9-11, good for second place in the NL Central. They currently trail the Cardinals by 2.5 games. The Cubs outscored the Brewers [...]
Tag Archives: Ryan Theriot
The Lunacy of Pre-Season Baseball Predictions
February 22, 2010 – 5:24 am
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reading articles talking about how the 2010 baseball season is going to turn out. Everyone has an opinion. I understand that. But what some people are doing is actually creating systems to predict the outcome of the upcoming season. Baseball prediction systems are not new. They’ve been [...]
Cubs Beat Theriot
February 20, 2010 – 1:01 pm
The Cubs had their arbitration hearing yesterday with Ryan Theriot. The Cubs offered $2.6 million and Theriot asked for $3.4 million. Paul Sullivan from the Chicago Tribune reports that the Cubs won the arbitration hearing. Theriot will be paid $2.6 million.
Pitchers and Catcher Report
February 17, 2010 – 8:57 am
Tomorrow is the official day when Cubs pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to the Spring Training facility in Mesa. It is the official start of the Spring Training season (games begin in March) and most Cubs pitchers and catchers are already in camp. According to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, Carlos Zambrano, Randy Wells, [...]
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 [...]
What Can You Get For $140 Million?: Shortstop
January 13, 2010 – 6:14 am
I’m happy that the Cubs payroll is among the highest in baseball. The Cubs are a large market team with among the highest revenue streams in all of the sport. Their payroll should be among the highest. The problem is that on the surface, it doesn’t look to me like the Cubs roster stacks up [...]
What’s Next?
January 8, 2010 – 9:00 am
It’s always seemed to me that the days following the World Series up until the end of the calendar year were the toughest for baseball fans. It was like an uphill climb. Once the new year started, it seemed like things accelerated. It was almost as if baseball (and it’s fans) were running downhill toward [...]
A Look At the Offseason (Part 4 – Pulling it All Together)
November 2, 2009 – 6:38 am
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 1 – Infield)
October 28, 2009 – 7:31 am
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 [...]
