Ramirez and Guzman hurt, Cubs Draft Vitters

I know this is sort of old news but I’m just getting to it now.  Ramirez had to leave the game on thursday due to in lahmen’s terms a really sore knee.  Apparently, the injury has been bothering him for most of the year.  he tweaked something in his knee trying to run out a ground ball [...]

Weekend Update

I apologize to anyone who had to endure yesterday’s game.  If you missed it the Cubs were smoked by the angels 4-0.  Now that doesn’t sound too bad, but the Cubs could only manage 2 hits by Theriot and Izturis of all people.  Now on to other items…
 Carlos Zambrano
Carlos announced yesterday that he was close [...]

In and Outs

 The Police are coming
The Police will be playing a concert at Wrigley Field on July 5th.  Perhaps I am mistaken but it has been a while since their has been a concert played at Wrigley.  Oh well, Lets hope the field doesnt’ get torn up too bad. 
Position Battles
At this point in spring training it looks [...]

Angels At Cubs March 2nd

Summary of the Cubs second spring training game
Angels 8, Cubs 6
Lineups
ANGELS
Mathews CF
Cabrera SS
Guerrero RF
Hillenbrand 1B
Kendrick 2B
Figgens 3B
Molina C
Gorneault LF
Saunders P
CUBS
Soriano CF
Izturis SS
Lee 1B
Ramirez 3B
Murton LF
DeRosa 2B
Blanco C
Pagan RF
Zambrano P
Cubs at The Plate
Cubs hitters hit about .270 on the day.  Unfortunately most of the hits came from the same hitters.  Matt Murton had a great night.  He [...]

Meet the Relievers for 2007

Neal Cotts
In one of the more interesting trades, the Cubs acquired Neal Cotts for David Aardsma.  Neal Cotts definitely has the advantage in experience over Aardsma.  Cotts had a great 2005 season in which he posted a 1.94 era in a 60.1 innings pitched with a solid BB/K ratio of 2.0.  His WHIP was also a [...]

The Rotation in 2007

I was hoping to be writing about how the Cubs have Reached a Deal with Carlos Zambrano.  Unfortunately, that was not to be.  I do have some good news though.  Here, as promised, is my positional breakdown of the Chicago Cubs.  As my article on new faces, I will try to avoid loading this up with [...]