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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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2010 Winter Meetings Day One

6:17 PM CST (Rob G.): Count on Sean Marshall as Marmol's set-up man next year as well as an echo that Cashner could be moved to the rotation.

4:13 PM CST (Rob G.): Damn. Loney and Broxton for Prince Fielder? Apparently they're talking.

Or Not.

2:15 PM CST (Rob G.): Rosenthal also says that Loney is very unlikely to be moved.

YESTERDAY (Rob G.): Some important stuff (as important as baseball rumors can be) from Levine yesterday that I haven't seen mentioned.

- Cubs offered Berkman the same $8M as the Cardinals but with deferred payments.

- Lyle Overbay is also on the Cubs 1b radar.

- If the Cubs can't sign a starting pitcher, expect Andrew Cashner to move to the rotation.

- Kerry Wood is a possibility if he's willing to accept the dollars($5M or less) and set-up role.

- Fukudome will be shopped.

2:15 PM CST (Rob G.): Gorden Edes says the Blue Jays are making a push for Carlos Pena.

2:10 PM CT (Cubnut): Steve Henson of Yahoo Sports (@stevehenson333) says a Dodgers source told him Loney will not be traded "because he'd be too expensive to replace on free agent market."

1:05 PM CST (Rob G.): As Arizona Phil predicted, Mark Riggins will be named the new Cubs pitching coach. Expect an official announcement tonight.

 12:20 PM CST (Rob G.): Steve Philips (stop laughing), says Cubs are one of four teams interested in Dan Wheeler.

- The asking price for Loney? Nats say Colletti wanted SS Ian Desmond and RHP Jordan Zimmerman. Apparently the moon isn't available in trades this year.


As we attempt to do every year, a running list of the rumors flying out of the Winter Meetings today, athough I'm gonna be tied for most of the day.

- Joel Sherman is saying Cubs and White Sox were the other serious bidders for Gonzalez and they were particularly intrigued by the Cubs prospects, though Starlin Castro was not going to be traded.

- Padres will look at the plethora of free agent first basemen to fill the void left by Gonzalez's departure including Derrek Lee and Adam LaRoche.

- Jon Heyman says the Diamondbacks are looking at Derrek Lee as well.

- Ken Rosenthal says the Dodgers' James Loney is available in a trade and the Cubs could be interetested.

- If the minor leagues are your thing, John Sickels has his top 20 list up for the Cubs. Brett Jackson gets the top spot, but shares a B+ rating with Trey McNutt and Chris Archer.

Comments

I'm throwing my support behind Brad Hawpe as our 1st baseman next year. He's got good On Base skills. Solid line drive stroke. And has an .821 OPS outside of Coors over the last 3 years. Plus you can sit him for Soto at First against tough lefites, and probably get him cheap if you guarantee him the full time job at 1st.

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In reply to by Rob G.

I'm loving the twitter search (even in other languages) "Ahora,que jugador seria interesante para LAD de Cubs?Soriano(muy caro y viejo)?Fukudome(caro y decepción)?DeWitt(maybe)?" From my high school Spanish, the gist is "Now, who the fuck would the Dodgers want from the Cubs? Soriano is very expensive and old, Fukudome is expensive and [tricky?], and, y'know, maybe they want DeWitt back" I love it

Maybe Buster heard something? Or is just as confused as the rest of us.... "@Buster_ESPN Loney to the Cubs???"

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

Didn't you hear? DLee suffers from the dreaded "wrong-handedness" Seriously though, I don't give a crap about Loney, it's a matter of what JH gives up like Charlie says above.... That's some scary shit. Ricketts should have final approval of a trade of that size, hopefully to keep Jimbo from screwing the system for years. I keep hearing/reading how many arms the Cubs have in the system, but if you're using them to get freakin Loney, why bother. *edit Although, the eternally optimistic Cub fan in me hopes, I don't know, Rudy said "I see something I can fix, go get him"?

Fwiw, and granted not much, Loney's numbers for his career with Men on and RISP are quite excellent. 324/403/476 with RISP (758 PA) 321/388/456 with Men On (1203 PA) very Mark Grace-like player imo, especially if they could get him out of the NL West.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

well thank god you're here to catch my lazy comparisons... Grace-like skills is what I should have said in terms of good defense, doubles hitter, good with Runners On, takes walks, not a lot of K's. And you never know what can happen with a 26-year old and getting out of the NL West, a few doubles turn into HR's, sees a few less pitches, walks a little more and he takes a small leap up the rankings. The asking price sounds absurd right now, but I don't hate the guy as much as some others seem to do and can understand the Cubs interest in him as I try to do with any rumor.

And here's my biggest concern about Loney. If Hendry only has like, at most, $7m to spend, everyone's reporting that Loney should make around $5m through arb. With Hendry's "I don't like arbitration" stance, that means if they get Loney, I'd expect a 3-4 yr deal, heavily backloaded, in order to pay him less in 2010....? AZ Phil, somebody? Thoughts, or am I worrying too much??

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In reply to by Rob G.

Trading for Loney would also likely prevent the Cubs from going after Fielder or Gonazalez (if he doesn't sign) next year with a lot of money coming off the books. While the point is likely moot anyway, count me in for a one year rental of Pena or LaRoche. And if they have a good year they might be worth something at the trade deadline since the Cubs aren't going to be in the hunt for a playoff bid.

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In reply to by QuietMan

I don't, but that doesn't mean Hendry doesn't. Bos will extend AGonz. There's a tiny (like an icecube in hell) chance that StL doesn't lock up Pujols, but I'm not holding my breath. All this adds up to why I kinda thought AGonz was the way to go, even if the timing wasn't perfect. We have NO FUCKING POWER in the system right now, 1B is a great place to add it, and ARam is getting old. Just sayin.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

more that's he older and the Cubs don't have the money this offseason as they will next offseason. and the other 3 are better players. Fielder's crap defensively like Dunn, but at 28, even on an 7-year deal, he's good for for 4-5 years most likely, while Dunn could be a bust after a year or two. Dunn at 3/36 or even 4/48 would have been acceptable to me (not that that matters one bit), but you can understand the hesitation from an NL team for a guy that no one thinks should be in the NL. The move made nothing but sense for the White Sox though and at 4/60, way too steep for the Cubs this year.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

Dunn will be 31 next season, Fielder will be 28 the season after he signs a deal, at that point Dunn will be 32. Not a lot of guys stop hitting at 28, a lot do at 32 and definitely even more by 34, now that they test. Or more likely in Dunn's case, be completely immobile that he can't play 1b and the Cubs would need to trade him. And I'm sure I didn't say "probably be done", just a better chance he could flake out at that point like Lee or Ramirez (for just one of a 1000 examples) did at the end of their deals. The bigger point is the Cubs don't have the money this offseason, they will next offseason. Let me know when that registers with you.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Neither of us are privy to exactly what the Cubs budget is at this point? If its the 12-16 Million that is bandied about in the press. Then the Cubs absolutely COULD have gotten Dunn. I just find it really hard to believe that the Cubs are going cheap this year, so they can throw around 200 Million dollar contracts NEXT year. Unfortunately I think we are witnessing a shift in philosophy. Now we must hope that a starting 8 of Homegrown Shortstops can morph into a competitive MLB unit.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

Neither of us are privy to exactly what the Cubs budget is at this point? If its the 12-16 Million that is bandied about in the press. Then the Cubs absolutely COULD have gotten Dunn. Dunn for $15M, SP and reliever for $1M? assuming the $16M high mark. impressive. Don't know the Cubs ultimate plan, suggestion was they'd stay in the top 3-4 of the NL which is in line with revenues. That's fine by me.

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In reply to by Rob G.

It's possible Dunn would have taken a million or 2 less to stay in the NL and play 1st? Surely we could have backloaded the deal to shave a couple of million off of the 2011 commitment. After hearing the deferred money of the Berkman offer. My gut feeling is that payroll will be 120 with an absolute ceiling of 125. That sucks for Cubs fans. Especially with such an inept Front office.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

I love when Levine quotes Hendry without actually quoting him. That type of bravado might be a bit of an overstatement, considering the Cubs already have close to 130 million committed to existing contracts and arbitration eligible players. Hendry might only have between $5-8 million to spend, after ownership cut payroll during their November budget meetings. anyway AZ Phil has about $120M committed and maybe the Cubs areestimating higher on the arbitration side, but it can't be that much.

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In reply to by Tony S.

"We have NO FUCKING POWER in the system right now." I'm hearing this a little too much lately. There's a fair amount of pop around the system. M.Smith (20), Chirinos (18) and Guyer (13), any or all of whom could make the team this year, hit 51 HRs in 2010. (The players with the most home runs, Snyder and Canzler, were released.) No one in the picture today except possibly Colvin is ever going to lead the league, but a lot of bad Cub teams have had the league leader in HRs. It's something of a Cub tradition, along with losing. Part of my problem with Adam Dunn was that he had Cub written all over him. If the Sox want to be the new Cubs, fine with me.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 5:07pm. "We have NO FUCKING POWER in the system right now." I'm hearing this a little too much lately. There's a fair amount of pop around the system. M.Smith (20), Chirinos (18) and Guyer (13), any or all of whom could make the team this year, hit 51 HRs in 2010. (The players with the most home runs, Snyder and Canzler, were released.) No one in the picture today except possibly Colvin is ever going to lead the league, but a lot of bad Cub teams have had the league leader in HRs. It's something of a Cub tradition, along with losing. ============================================ VA PHIL: Russ Canzler signed a minor league deal with Tampa Bay, but Brad Snyder re-signed with the Cubs (minor league contract with NRI to ST) last week.

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In reply to by Tony S.

Submitted by Tony S. on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 2:18pm. And here's my biggest concern about Loney. If Hendry only has like, at most, $7m to spend, everyone's reporting that Loney should make around $5m through arb. With Hendry's "I don't like arbitration" stance, that means if they get Loney, I'd expect a 3-4 yr deal, heavily backloaded, in order to pay him less in 2010....? AZ Phil, somebody? Thoughts, or am I worrying too much?? ========================================= TONY S: I suspect the Cubs 2011 payroll budget is probably right around what they actually spent on salaries in 2010, and that was about $132M. So if that is the case, then after the arbitration cases are settled Hendry should have about $13-$14M in 2011 payroll left to spend on a 1B, a RH set-up man, and either a mediocre "innings-eater" SP or a fragile surgery rehab project SP. It's possible that Hendry could perhaps realize some additional 2011 payroll if he can find a taker for Kosuke Fukudome (even if the Cubs have to eat 2/3 of Kosuke's $13.5M salary). If Hendry can do that, he'd probably have about $18M to spend. Also remember that every time the Cubs sign a FA they save about $335K in payroll, because a player who would have been on the 25-man roster making the MLB minimum salary ($400K+) gets bumped down to the minors and would get the lesser minor league split salary ($65K+) instead. So if Hendry can sign three free-agents, the Cubs save about $1M (3 x $335K) in 2011 payroll. So if Hendry can trade Fukudome (even if the Cubs eat $9M of Kosuke's $13.5M salary) Hendry could have as much as $19M to spend (again, that's presuming the Cubs 2011 payroll budget is approximately $132M, although it could be less).

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In reply to by jacos

The fact that Baker's best year with the team was his first totally goes over his head. The way to win is to keep your 65 win managers...just look what happened when Baker left, oh whoops, they won the diviision again. Based on recent past, the way to win is to hire a new manager, we just haven't been doing it often enough. If we hired a new one every year, we'd challenge the Braves' division winning record.

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In reply to by jacos

I don't doubt that Dusty and Ronny were actually good friends. But, to be historically accurate, Ronny turned on Dusty at the end just as much as everybody else. If I had buckets of time I could go back through MLB audio from 2006 and find out what exact day Dusty stopped being the "fine manager of the Chicago Cubs," relegated to "manager of the Chicago Cubs," but then again, subtlety was never exactly Ronny's strong suit.

I just remember Loney hitting the GS off Dempster, when I was in attendance in Game One, NLDS, during Demp's All-Star caliber pitching performance. So to me - he's clutch. Other than that I have no idea about him except that he still is relatively very young compared to the other FA's such as LaRoche and Pena. It would seem Chris Davis and Loney are around the same age, right?

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

I'm not a huge Loney fan because I prefer my corner infielders to hit with more power, but I'd rather have him over Chris Davis. The only problem if we deal for him is that Hendry will want to give him an extension, and I see Loney as more of a 1 year fill in since I don't want to commit to 10-15 hr's at 1B for multiple years. Might as well just pay LaRoche his going rate, or sign Overbay for 1 year, he'll put up similar numbers to Loney and you don't have to make a multi-year commitment.

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In reply to by Charlie

I agree with you if they honestly think they aren't going to compete this year. If that's the case, fill the position as cheaply as possible. If they really think adding a couple of players puts them right in the middle of contending, then go sign LaRoche. At least for the $5-8 mil he should cost you know exactly what you're getting, he's pretty consistent around .270's, 25hr, 75-80rbi or more. And he plays decent defense. I'd much rather have LaRoche than Pena. I wouldn't pay $5 mil+ to sign a 32 year old who hit .198 last year (and rarely hits over .240). LaRoche also probably doesn't require a multi-year commitment. But dealing for Loney and making him the long-term 1B doesn't really do much. Overbay can do almost as much for less money/commitment. Honestly looking at the team, if they get a decent run producing 1B, and can add a SP who is consistent (I'm getting tired of Randy Wells), we aren't far off from being a contender in our division, maybe not for the World Series, but we could make a run at the division if we added 25 hr and 80 rbi at 1B, and make another small improvement here or there. And ARam must stay healthy. But if we can't make a nice move to fill 1B, forget it.

What about Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin as our first basemen? Not sure if he was open to playing other positions, but he and Soto could do a 1st-Catcher rotation deal, as they both work back into shape, which would hopefully get their bats going.

damn...mark reynolds is now an O (d.hernandez...nice/k.mickolio...who) and jj putz was signed to a 2 year deal with some of the free'd up loot.

"According to the Chicago Sun-Times' Joe Cowley, the White Sox are considering Derrek Lee as a Plan B or C at first base." it looks like no matter what even the CWS don't want dunn at 1st.

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In reply to by Sweet Lou

Ohhhh Sweet Lou don't get trapped in the "kicking the tires" mentality. The Cubs have built a nice little history or going, "Ohhh hey Cubs fans we tried to get (insert big name star) but he just wanted to much money." "We tried real hard, but we aren't going to go compromise our values or our plan. So with that we have signed who we think could be just as good! We now introduce (insert half ass/probably closer to washed up than good players name.....you know guys like Cliff Floyd and Milton Bradley)." Its a broken record, Cubs are always in on everyone and some how always come up short. Its because 99.9% of the time its complete propaganda bullshit from the Cubs front office to make you the fans think they are actually performing their jobs. Thats why the signing of Soriano was such a shock and it had nothing to do with putting a better team on the field.

Heyman says Konerko should be able to get 3 @ 12.5M per year from White Sox with Rangers and Orioles in the mix.

ESPN-AndrewMarchand The question that is developing here is will the Nats go seven years on Cliff Lee or is there another team? I hope the Yanks get f'd out of getting Lee.

Regarding Twitter, why do people keep quoting things over and over again? I just did a twitter search on Chicago Cubs and got about 100 of these (with different Twits saying the same thing): daCubsCat RT @CarrieMuskat: Lou Piniella on Santo: "We've lost a true friend. Chicago has lost an icon." #cubs These frequent Twitter users seem clueless to me. If I am doing a search on the Cubs I've seen this news. I don't need to see a hundred different tweets from a hundred different Twits saying the same thing. No wonder I never use that ridiculous service much.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

the search isn't that robust, but you can start an account and only follow the people you care about. you can also get the RSS feed for anyone's account, although not as instantaneous. There also lists that can be subscribed to of just certain areas. verified MLB Players, MLB writers, etc, but you need an account for that as well.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

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  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022.