Regarding the state of the Cubs entering the December 2017 Winter Meetings, one should probably start with the elephant in the room. Given his monthly paycheck, Jason Heyward will play every day or at least the days that can’t be justified as “rest,” and so the question becomes, where do you play your weakest hitter? […]
The word in the Sun-Times this morning, going into the third day of the winter meetings, is that the Cubs want to sign Jason Heyward and then offer Soler to the Braves in exchange for a controllable young flamethrower like Miller or Teheràn. Meanwhile, there are reportedly talks with the Rays involving Javier Baez and […]
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Posted 08 December 2015
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Also tagged: cael brockmeyer, chris bosio, eloy jimenez, gleyber torres, javier baez, jeimer candelario, jorge soler, kyle schwarber, mike borzello, tim cossins, willson contreras
This is a ranking system that considers a base that is stolen to be as valid a unit of offensive production as a base that is attained any other way. It takes the sum of total bases + walks + SBs, adjusts it slightly, and divides by games played to arrive at a score, according […]
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Posted 16 August 2015
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Also tagged: addison russell, anthony rizzo, billy mckinney, bryce harper, chesny young, gleyber torres, ian happ, javier baez, joey votto, jorge soler, kyle schwarber, mark zagunis, mike trout, paul goldschmidt, willson contreras
The table below purports to show everybody in baseball last season who was 22 or younger; who showed some pop, with a minimum of nine or ten home runs*; and who started the season at double-A or higher. Twenty-two seems to be the age by which players who are on a fast track get their […]
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Posted 18 February 2015
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Also tagged: arismendy alcantara, bryce harper, chris owings, christian yelich, dexter fowler, enrique hernandez, eugenio suarez, gregory polanco, javier baez, joc pederson, jon singleton, jonathan schoop, manny machado, mike trout, mookie betts, nick castellanos, oscar taveras, rougned odor, wilmer flores, xander bogaerts
A select group of prospects has been working out and hanging out in the Chicago area this week as part of the Cubs’ Rookie Development Program. Here they are by position: Pitchers: Pierce Johnson, Kyle Hendricks, Neil Ramirez, Eric Jokisch, C.J. Edwards, Armando Rivero, Arodys Vizcaino Outfielders: Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, Rubi Silva Infielders: Javier […]
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Posted 17 January 2014
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Also tagged: albert almora, arismendy alcantara, armando rivero, arodys vizcaino, c.j. edwards, christian villanueva, eric jokisch, javier baez, jorge soler, kyle hendricks, mike olt, neil ramirez, pierce johnson, rubi silva