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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Setting the Record Straight on Jon Lester’s Value, Once and For All
Jon Lester has a target on his back, though that’s to be expected when you sign the highest contract in…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
I’m So Worried About the 2016 Cubs
The Cubs won 97 games last year with a core of players 25 years old or younger. That team then…
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Gerardo Concepcion’s Rising Velocity Moves Him from Finesse SP to Wild, Power RP
I’ll admit it: I am obsessed with velocity. It is the first piece of information that I want to know…
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What Now? The Farm System in a Post-Russell Era
I offered a thought experiment this offseason to my followers on twitter. The question posed was what would the Cubs…
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Promotion of Addison Russell Touches ‘Em All in Terms of Organizational Philosophies
The Cubs have called up Addison Russell. This is not news to you because I write slowly and Addison Russell…
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In Chris Coghlan, Cubs Show One Team’s Trash is Another’s Treasure
Coghlan is kind of creeping on us the way Valbuena did. At some point he is going to force us…
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My Worries About Kris Bryant Go Beyond Whether or not He Lives up to the Hype
I am a worrier by nature. I have an award from eighth grade to prove it. A colleague refers to me…
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Head Case? Thoughts on Junior Lake’s Sudden Drop-Off and Potential Rebound
Analyzing bias in one’s thinking is a difficult but necessary task. A core belief of mine when it comes to…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News
The Case for Kris Bryant’s Inclusion on the Opening Day Roster
Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer know a lot more about player development than I do. Whatever your opinion of them…
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Who Do the Cubs Sell if this Isn’t the Year?
Hope springs eternal, and I have as much excitement about the possibility of a competitive Chicago Cubs baseball team in…
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