This season, the Chicago Cubs believed that they had found their shortstop of the future in Starlin Castro. And maybe they have. A 21-year old kid who hit .307 for the Cubbies while missing only two games, Castro has tons of upside. But, maybe he has downside too. He’s being accused of sexually assaulting a [...]
Chicago Cubs fans must be thrilled about having a new team president that was the mastermind of two Boston Red Sox World Series titles. It’s going to be great! Wait ’til you see who you get now! Well, while Theo Epstein did some great things for the Red Sox, he hasn’t been stellar as of [...]
Theo Epstein’s reign of terror as “the guy that finally brought these whiny fans a title or two” has officially ended. Epstein has resigned as the general manager of the Boston Red Sox and will now take over as the guy who will run the Chicago Cubs. Here is a joint press release from both [...]
Okay, so this might take a little longer than we all thought. It seemed like the Chicago Cubs already had a deal in place for Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein, and that deciding on compensation was somewhat of a formality. But, no. A source tells CSN Chicago that talks have gone sour and become [...]
While the Boston Red Sox surely don’t want to lose a guy like Theo Epstein, they have to understand that he doesn’t have anything left to do in Boston. He took a team that hadn’t won a World Series title in 400 years and made them a two-time champion. For guys like Epstein, that challenge [...]
Okay, maybe that didn’t need to be said. The Chicago Cubs placed Carlos Zambrano on the disqualified list after he left the team after being yanked from a game, and threatened to retire. Well done. He isn’t eligible to come off the list and be paid until September 12th, but the Cubs have announced that [...]
Many Chicago Cubs fans have been calling for general manager Jim Hendry to replaced by someone, anyone. And get someone in there while we’re waiting. Well, it looks like the finally got their wish. According to Jon Heyman of SI, the Cubs have fired Hendry. “#cubs announce gm jim hendry has been dismissed,” Heyman tweets [...]
For now, Chicago Cubs pitcher/pain-in-the-ass Carlos Zambrano is still a Cub. According to the Chicago Tribune, the team is talking with his agent trying to work out some sort of a deal. What do you mean a deal? Oh, you didn’t hear? Zambrano left his start Friday night and promptly cleaned out his locker, left [...]
If you haven’t seen it yet, just be warned. Chicago Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd got popped in the face with a pitch this weekend against the Boston Red Sox. It was so bad that you could see the horror and concern on the face of Red Sox 3B Kevin Youkilis. Byrd got popped pretty good [...]
This is just what that Chicago Cubs need. According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cubs will be placing pitcher Randy Wells on the disabled list, not long after he tossed six innings of one-run ball in Monday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. “Wells, yes wells, forearm. To be dld. Not elbo [sic] [...]
The Chicago Cubs apparently didn’t care for comments that Carlos Silva made on Saturday about pitching coach Mark Riggins and the team in general. After Silva found out that he wasn’t going to make the 25-man roster (mainly it was for pitching like shit all spring), he said that Riggins wasn’t “straight” with him and [...]
The New York Mets finally severed ties with Luis Castillo this week. He was due $6 million this year, is 35-years old, hit .235 last year and supposedly has no range whatsoever left. But that doesn’t mean that there is no interest in him. According to ESPNNewYork.com, Castillo is generating interest from the Philadelphia Phillies, [...]
Kerry Wood played for the Chicago Cubs for the first 10 years of his career, but no one knows it because he was on the disabled list the entire time. He has since been healthier and bounced around with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. But, according to Chicago Now, it looks like the [...]
Brandon Webb used to be a really good pitcher. Then, his arm started to fall apart and he’s now coming off shoulder surgery. He hasn’t pitched in an MLB game since April 2009, but he’s trying to work his way back. And sources tell Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse that the Chicago Cubs are the [...]
Let’s be honest. No one cares about a Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers game right now. Neither team is in it and no one cares. But apparently, someone slipped a fake press release into the press pack, and we’re pretty sure that Cubs GM Jim Hendry didn’t find it amusing. Check out the image, it’s [...]
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella had said a while ago that this would be his last season. After 2010, he was retiring. But, due to the declining health of his mother, Piniella had to cut it short. Sadly, he announced that today would be his last game and that he’s done after this. “Lou announces [...]
Down the stretch run, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Roy Oswalt to help them get back in the race for the NL East title. Combine that with getting Chase Utley and Ryan Howard back, and the Atlanta Braves losing Chipper Jones, and it looked like the division was theirs for the taking. But not so fast. [...]
The Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in the NL Central and it’s probably safe to say that they won’t be making the playoffs. And it’s not too tough to imagine that they’d prefer to get something for 34-year old Derrek Lee before he leaves via free agency at the end of the year. But, [...]
The New York Daily News has learned that former New York Yankees manager and current Chicago Cubs manager will retire at the end of the 2010 season. The 67-year old Piniella has endured two rough seasons after taking the club to the playoffs in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The disappointing Cubs are probably a [...]
Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that the New York Mets are turning their attention to Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly. “#Mets now turn strongly to Lilly because #Astros still want too much and will pay too little of Oswalt’s contract,” Sherman tweets. As Sherman correctly points out, the Houston Astros are asking [...]
Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano is looking more and more like a certifiable nutjob. His explosion in the dugout Friday, which was directed at his teammates for not playing well enough behind him (there is no evidence that they screwed up in that four-run first inning), earned him a suspension. His people claim that he [...]
Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano was suspended for his blowup in the team dugout on Friday. No one seemed to appreciate being yelled at after they gave up four runs in the first inning to the Chicago White Sox. But, a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that it was all an episode of “Three’s Company.” [...]
The Chicago Cubs must be having a lot of fun with Carlos Zambrano this year. First, he stunk up the joint as a starter and had to be sent to the bullpen. Then they brought him back as a starter, where he decided to unload on his teammates. On Friday, Zambrano gave up four runs [...]
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella tells ESPNChicago.com that he will use Carlos Zambrano as a backup closer to Carlos Marmol when Marmol needs a break. Usually, Marmol can go three days in a row, but he pitched Friday night and then chucked 35 pitches on Saturday, so he might need to sit on Sunday. Zambrano [...]
Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano, who is off to a bad start this season, is being moved to the bullpen, according to a Paul Sullivan tweet. In Sullivan’s brief, but solid tweet, he insures fans that Z is “cool with the move,” as only Paul Sullivan would. Zambrano is currently hitting .000 with eight at-bats [...]