Category Archives: Neal Cotts

Transactions May 22nd

Lou Piniella had promised to make some “interesting” changes on Tuesday and my guess this is it or part of it.  Sean Marshall has been called up from AAA.  Marshall was pitching really well in AAA this year.  In 4 … Continue reading

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Filed under Chicago Cubs, Lou Piniella, Neal Cotts, Pitchers, Sean Marshall

Keys For Success Against the White Sox

I know there has been one heart breaking loss and a come from behind victory since I last wrote.  However, that is ancient history.  If you have a problem with that you need to stop living in the past…  Keys … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Bob Howry, Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, Cliff Floyd, Derrek Lee, Mark Derosa, MLB baseball, Neal Cotts, Pitchers, Scott Eyre

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 … Continue reading

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Filed under Angel Guzman, Carlos Zambrano, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Hitters, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, MLB baseball, Neal Cotts, Pitchers, Ryan Theriot

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 … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Angel Guzman, Angel Pagan, Aramis Ramirez, Bob Howry, Carlos Zambrano, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Felix Pie, Henry Blanco, Hitters, Mark Derosa, Matt Murton, MLB baseball, Neal Cotts

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 … Continue reading

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Filed under Angel Guzman, Bob Howry, Chicago Cubs, Kerry Wood, Michael Wuertz, MLB baseball, Neal Cotts, Pitchers, Roberto Novoa, Ryan Dempster, Scott Eyre, Wade Miller, Will Ohman

Who is new in 2007

 For these evaluations i’m going to try to avoid flooding the evaluations with mountains of stats.  For the most part i’m going to strictly give my opinion and gut feelings on the players based on their past performances and how well they … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs, Daryle Ward, Hitters, Jason Marquis, Mark Derosa, MLB baseball, Neal Cotts, Pitchers, Ted Lilly