Draft Pick Watch is On
- The Dodgers have won 40 of their last 48. This has nothing to do with the Cubs right now except it gives me an opportunity to post this gif of our old friend LaTroy Hawkins after serving up the game tying home run.
- Back to the Cubs, they've lost 13 of their last 17 and have moved into a tie for the 4th draft pick with the Brewers, in which they own the tiebreaker.
Pick | Team | .PCT | GB |
1 | Houston | .328 | -- |
2 | Miami | .387 | 7.0 |
3 | White Sox | .387 | 7.0 |
4 | Cubs | .433 | 12.5 |
5 | Milwaukee | .433 | 12.5 |
6 | San Francisco | .437 | 13.0 |
7 | Philadelphia | .442 | 13.5 |
8 | Angels | .445 | 14.0 |
9 | Minnesota | .449 | 14.5 |
10 | San Diego | .450 | 14.5 |
You can always find that table on the left sidebar by the way. While I'm mostly wrong in my predictions, I didn't do too badly this year. I surmised that the Cubs could probably make a run at .500, but once they start trading off pieces, they'll be near the bottom again. Now they never quite got to .500, but their run differential was pretty close for awhile and then once the trading began, the freefall was inevitable. Of course at this point, they're a lot closer to the 13th spot (3.5 ahead), then the 2nd spot (5.5 behind), but I think we're all confident in their ability to tank the rest of the season. I think the 4th or 5th spot is the most likely, although I wouldn't put it past the Marlins to make a decent run...they have some decent youth that's been playing much better of late.
Recent comments
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crunch 6 hours 45 min ago (view)
kevin rizzo is in camp with the cubs and is in workouts with the team.
very tiny guy, no power, but he can run down a ball in the field and he's almost impossible to pitch to. time to give him a contract and put him in the OF.
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1366081602242023425
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crunch 7 hours 25 min ago (view)
Marquee has added a tuesday game, so now the first televised cubs game is March 2nd (3pm EST)
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Arizona Phil 17 hours 16 min ago (view)
The DFA of Robert Stock to make room for Kyle Ryan coming off the CoViD-related IL wil need to be followed by removing another player on the 40 to make room for Ryan Tepera.
It's possible somebody (like a pitcher) is injured to the extent that he might be placed on the 60-day IL, or else maybe somebody else will go on the CoViD-related IL (which is 40-man roster exempt) in the coming days to make room for Tepera.
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Arizona Phil 17 hours 50 min ago (view)
The Cubs have signed LHSP Ben Holmes (ex-LAD) and RHRP Jose Moreno (ex-NYM) to 2021 minor league contracts. Both were post-2020 minor league 6YFA and neither has been on an MLB 40-man roster.
Holmes pitched collegiately at Oregon State and has some AAA experience, but Moreno hasn't pitched above Lo-A over the course of seven seasons in the Mets organization.
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crunch 1 day 2 hours ago (view)
side note...k.wong is on 1st putting on one of those "baserunning mitts" (hand protection for sliding) that's extending past the length of his hand/fingers by at least 2-3 inches.
they're going to have to start regulating this piece of equipment if this keeps up...
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crunch 1 day 5 hours ago (view)
Q with LAA in his debut for them...HBP, a wild pitch, and BB through 7 pitches...then 3 pop-outs to follow.
blah blah spring training...
baseball on TV...neat.
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First.Pitch.120 1 day 8 hours ago (view)
We just traded for Maddux!!! ......... nope, the other one.
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crunch 1 day 20 hours ago (view)
yeah, i'm just saying i did consider piling onto it with a troll-level post about the trade...it's practically asking to be written that way.
jeff passan did it quite well... https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/136577746706...
that said, i had no idea zach bryant existed before today, but his early numbers looked oddly good (which means nothing without context that early in his career).
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Charlie 1 day 21 hours ago (view)
Oh, I mean the trade. You were quite diligent in posting!
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crunch 2 days 38 min ago (view)
i contemplated writing the post totally trolled out as hell with "zach" coming after a wall of text.
i decided the cubs being cheap was enough pre-season punishment without piling on.
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Charlie 2 days 1 hour ago (view)
This is a straight up troll
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crunch 2 days 3 hours ago (view)
rsox aquiring ZACH bryant from the cubs.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player...
ptbn from the josh osich deal.
totally useless trade...hopefully not a terrible loss.
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Hagsag 3 days 4 hours ago (view)
Chase Strumpf and Andy Weber invited to the ML camp.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 3 days 9 hours ago (view)
Ryan Tepera returns. Major League deal
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crunch 4 days 7 hours ago (view)
spring training TV is usually fluid...adding and subtracting broadcast games...
first cubs TV (as of now) is March 3 (wednesday) on ESPN at 3pm EST.
radio broadcasts available for almost every game that's not televised. the cubs get going on monday and some other teams will start the day before.
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crunch 5 days 4 hours ago (view)
dj snelton's left elbow is screwed up...6 weeks rest then re-evaluate.
looks like he's going to try to avoid having surgery.
Comments
The former Cubs manager was
Nice to see Soriano with his
Don't miss him.
I miss parts of the 2003-2005
I don't miss Neifi either
i can't wait to not miss d
Which makes me wonder why the
Doesn't anybody in the AL
expanded replay with manager
expanded replay with manager's challenges is being discussed
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/owners-con...
Nice with the GIF, Rob!
Nice with the GIF, Rob! LaTroy's like the opposite of Singletary.
It's the anti-Zambrano...F.
It's the anti-Zambrano...F. Liriano does not take his hitting seriously.
http://deadspin.com/francisco-liriano-gives-z...
w/ lineups like yesterday's
w/ lineups like yesterday's on the eve of an off-day (resting key regs for the final push or what?!?) raises legitimate suggestions of tanking for sake of draft position, imo...forget winning the occasional home game, is scoring a run or two now & then too much to ask @ the prices they charge?! *#@% 'd-mac' was hitting in the low 200's here!
The way I see it, the guys in
on the other hand, not sure
on the other hand, not sure how many 'key regs' this team actually has, come to think of it...
finally, which is more
finally, which is more stimulating: watching paint dry or listening to dale sveum on the pre/post game?
Absolutely without irony I
http://www.thecubreporter.com
http://www.thecubreporter.com/2007/04/01/rip-...
so anyone with computer/database savvy, know why I get this error?
EntityMalformedException: Missing bundle property on entity of type comment. in entity_extract_ids() (line 7693 of /home/thecubre/public_html/includes/common.inc).
Seems to be affecting all articles that were imported after we moved to our own site...they were all working for the most part for awhile I remember.
Any help would be appreciated....
I don't know drupal, but
thanks for the tip, gives me
thanks for the tip, gives me something to look into further.
drupal being php, it could be
thanks for the help....
thanks for the help....
soriano goes 4-5 today (all
Checked out the NYY box score
future cub starter, phil
Timmah goes where the weed
i wonder if he even still
olt 0-4, 2Ks
Those are shit numbers.
Those are Kris Bryant and
Those are Kris Bryant and Javier Baez fighting for third base next season numbers.
...and the rest of the story
...and the rest of the story
Gif of LaTroy taking a comebacker off the family jewels the batter before giving up the HR
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-...
Wasn't a line drive, walk it
Super Bears! Super Bowl!
How common is it for a MiLB
25sb 5cs, too.
At his age I'd hardly call it
considering how uncommon it
considering how uncommon it is in the majors in 162 games, I'm guessing "not very" is the correct answer. Baez is a bit older than these guys, but here's what I found.
Sheffield hit 28 between AA-AA at age 19, 83 games at SS, 49 at 3B
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/play...
Ripken Jr. hit 25 at age 19 in AA, but he actually played mostly 3B
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/play...
A-Rod hit 21 at age 18 over 3 levels
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/play...
if you want a cautionary tale, B. Wood hit 43 at age 20 between Hi-A and AAA (mostly Hi-A in the very hitter friendly California League)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/play...
Joel Guzman was a big-time prospect for the Dodgers, hit 23 at age 19 between Hi-A and AA
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/play...
Some really good pitching in
meanwhile in AZ...7th rounder
With all of the caveat about
This is awesome. THANK YOU
Nice. Thanks!
I'd be happy to do that
http://www.baseball-reference
nice work AZWiscgrad
http://mlbfarm.com/prospects
The Smokies’ skipper said
Why was Roney Alcala moved
Why was Roney Alcala moved from the VSL Cubs to the DSL Cubs this week?
1. The VSL season starts & ends about three weeks prior to the beginning & end of the DSL season;
2. The VSL Cubs were swept by the VSL Mariners in the VSL Championship series last week, so their season is over;
3. Th DSL Cubs had a roster opening;
4. The DSL Cubs will almost certainly be in the DSL playoffs that start in about ten days; and
5. Alcala was the VSL batting champion & RBI leader, and so he can probably help the DSL Cubs in their pursuit of the DSL Championship.
BTW, the DSL Cubs have the second-best record in the DSL, and that's a 35-team league (25 MLB clubs have one club each in the DSL, and five MLB clubs have two DSL teams).
Things are looking up when I
A-Rod's new nickname: A-Rat
Pretty interesting video
http://youtu.be/-6tKWtPSGLI
Baseball America Prospect Hot
Phillies calling a press
Danny Knobler
The Phillies come into
I wonder how long the
Edwardo Sanchez back to Iowa
muskat tweets...
Charlie Manuel is the first
link to live video of
Tears in his eyes, Reuben
I'm thinking...Sandberg beats
good luck Sandberg...no idea
good luck Sandberg...no idea if he'll be better than Sveum, but I doubt he could be worse.
Cubbery being what it is, he
Not that I love Sveum or
We're a long ways away from
I don't blame him for the
I don't blame him for the record. i blame him for his general bad baseball decision making. Is he passable as a manager? Probably...
Would a trained monkey or a well-programmed computer simulation get the same results? Not really sure...
He's just there, which is probably fine, but doesn't get me too excited.
newly called up k.wong gets
Ryno "interim" manager.
junior lake swinging a bat
crunch, if you like guys who
i just like how almost every
speaking of injury... Muskat
Just wait until he starts
cubs lead off the game with 3
...and then sureholds screws
You know sometimes a hit is
and Barney gets an
5th IBB of the season out of
Jake Arrieta: Actual baseball
Things can change ... But
8th soriano HR...
bryant + vogel 2-4 (singles)
So is Arrieta a two-hit one
He's got some tools! I hope
he was the O's opening day
Javy Baez walk-off HR!
mike olt walk-off HR!
Omg that hurt. Bad.
he's doing crazy bad...like,
Well CJ Edwards better keep
olt will most likely still be
I want him to succeed. I
Me being a glass half full
Glass full or empty I think I
We'll see??
I would love to see Murphy at
dunno...all i know he's an
A lot of small sample sizes.
The kid is ridiculous. Wow.
video of Javier Baez walkoff
I have no problem with that .
"Seems that his swing brought
"Seems that his swing brought him to one knee, then he took his time getting out of that position (to admire the homer)?"
link
j.blanton (LAA)
And yet that's only the 3rd
That really puts perspective
Miguel Tejada suspended for
speed is a long ignored part
Dale pulls Castro after
he would/should have been out
Ask Bud Selig for an
Actually there is an
it's not like getting an
Is aderall a kind of speed? I
adderall is the speed of
soriano 2-4 (singles)...no
Sveum seemed to handle it
Sveum seemed to handle it well, take him out, make your point...then hopefully put him back in tomorrow.
Agreed Rob.
Frustration with Castro is
I think Sveum yanking Castro
fox coverage of castro coming
olt 0-3 (no Ks)
OK, here is a breakdown of
Thanks for this! I'm sure it
this is the kind of thing I'd
Thanks. That helps put things
Great job Wiscgrad.
Nice going, and thanks, WISC!
Why would ANYONE throw a
dale adds another useless
4 years left on Arod's
vogel + bryant with b2b HRs..
DUMPSTER!!!!
...then dumpster loses a 2
Dempster's behavior was
it seemed to be a personal
I suppose it could have been
A misguided Dempster also had
Well, that pretty much says
Cubs move to 4 games from the
Cubs move to 4 games from the 3rd spot in the draft...also just 4 games from the 13th spot with a lot more teams in-between though.
is it april yet?
Braun slanders urine
The PEDs seemed to have also
Cub Fan is bad enough, but he
That is such baseless,
From the tweet box: "Brett
See, "E-Man Tim Wilken rant #
The Jesus has been traded to
Whoever the PTBNL is, bring
NO-ONE MESSES WITH HIM!
Per Ken Rosenthal tweet: