The Scrap Heap
I thought about making this a daily facepalm post, but the ‘daily’ in it stretches the incredulity even beyond our level of discreditedness. So I have revived its predecessor instead....
Monthly Archive: November 2017
Shocker: Cubs, Arrieta Have ‘Gap on the Years’ of Potential Contract Offer
As far at plot twists go, Jon Heyman’s revelation that the Cubs and Jake Arrieta aren’t seeing eye to eye on a contract offer is even less shocking than finding...
Cubs Must Act Quickly to Corner Cobb
First things first, can we talk about how Bruce Levine (or his editors) are throwing shade at David Kaplan with a title that reads, “Alex Cobb Still The Big Fish...
Fangraphs Top Cubs Prospect List Goes Hard on Potential
Last year, I quipped that Fangraphs produced the prospect list your mother warned you about. This year, Eric Longenhagen continued the tradition of creating a list different from the mainstream....
2017 Cubs victories revisited, May 2: Cubs 8, Phillies 3
The Cubs smashed three homers on their way to victory. The Cubs snapped a baby two-game losing streak with this win over the Phillies at Wrigley. They were 14-12 after...
Ryan Says: Who’s This Dario Alvarez the Cubs Just Signed, What Are the Chances of Landing Shohei Ohtani?
We’re at the end of November and the hot stove is still pretty cold. It seems like the entire baseball world is being held up by Shohei Ohtani and Giancarlo...
Minor MLB Transactions: 11/30/17
Here are the day’s minor moves: The Tigers announced that they have completed their summer swap with the Cubs by acquiring cash rather than a player to be named. That...
Cubs Hot Stove Rumors: Wade Davis on Colorado’s Radar, Alex Avila Content with Backup Role
So limited are the scraps from the hot stove that we’ve been reduced to scavenging for second harvest. But fear not, we may yet be able to make chicken salad...
Kris Bryant drove a race car at 111 miles per hour
That’s about as fast as he can hit a baseball out of Wrigley Field. Recently, Kris Bryant and his wife Jessica visited Austria on their honeymoon. While he was there,...
#TBT: Felix Pie
It’s been over 10 years since Felix Pie made his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs. The once highly-touted prospect played three seasons for the Iowa Cubs from 2006-08....
The Cubs have signed lefthanded reliever Dario Alvarez
This transaction happened Wednesday, nearly unnoticed. Dario Alvarez has bounced around in the major leagues with four organizations: Phillies, Mets, Braves and Rangers. He recently became a six-year minor-league free...
Cubs and Jake Arrieta reportedly have differing opinions on length of potential deal
According to a report, the Cubs have met with free-agent pitcher Jake Arrieta but the two parties have differing ideas on how long a potential contract should be. …Read the...