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The man who dared criticize Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer

Paul Sullivan went there, on television no less. He dared to question and criticize the boy-wonder front office of the Cubs. There he was appearing on Chicago Tribune Live as he often does, this time questioning Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer’s moves. You just don’t hear or see this too often these days. It was... Read more »

By Tom Loxas,
Saturday at 1:27 am

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Daily Minors Cubs Recap: Valbuena hits HR in 9th; Strong debuts by Jokisch, Peralta. More changes coming?

The Cubs have started to have some movement in the minors. The Travis Wood promotion caused a chain reaction of events that saw LHP Brooks Raley go to AAA, LHP Eric Jokisch to AA, PJ Francescon to high A, and Starling Peralta to Peoria. Jokisch and Peralta made strong debuts. Steve Clevenger caught most of... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Friday at 11:03 pm

• 8 comments

Cubs Den Archives: Maybe the new market inefficiency is to stink for a couple of years

This was a piece originally published on December 23rd. It was one of those things where I wrote it somewhat tongue-in-cheek…but as with all these types of pieces, there is a grain of truth to it. It seems even more true today. I though it was appropriate given the upcoming draft, international signing period, and... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Friday at 12:25 pm

• 20 comments

Cubs rebuilding shouldn't be so costly (ticket prices)

The reality has set in; this rebuilding thing is becoming really ugly. Well, it already is really ugly, but yes it could get even uglier. It seems like just a few weeks ago we were talking about this team being competitive in this division. I guess all the talk about this being one of the... Read more »

By Tom Loxas,
Thursday at 1:15 am

• 68 comments

Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Rizzo HRs (again); Pitching struggles as affiliates swept

I don’t know if Anthoy Rizzo hitting HRs is really headline worthy at this point, but it is fun to keep track of it. He did it again, albeit a meaningless one where Iowa was out of the game early. There wasn’t much good news other than that. The pitching struggled at every level as... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Wednesday at 11:09 pm

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Cubs waiting for June boon: Updates on rebuild, Rizzo, Whitenack, and incoming infusion of talent

The Cubs are floundering and they’ve squandered whatever optimism they built for 2012 during the current 8 game losing streak. It’s getting harder to think this team can contend for anything more than a top draft pick right now. Maybe that’s a good thing in a way, since it keeps the eyes on the long... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Wednesday at 11:15 am

• 13 comments

Cubs lose 8th straight despite strong outing by Wood, Sori HRs, Castro web gem, and Campana's acrobatics

So the Cubs decided for the second time this week that emptying out your bench and playing whoever hits right-handed is the best strategy to take against a left-handed pitcher. For the second time this week, it produced little offense. Sometimes I think left-handed pitchers should be thankful that managers don’t often put their best... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Tuesday at 9:55 pm

• 18 comments

MLB Draft Series: Who will the Cubs pick?

Well, here’s the pick we’re all most interested in. The Cubs are up. The votes are in on Kansas City’s pick and readers have voted on Kyle Zimmer as the selection. This is where we now stand on the draft: Astros: Byron Buxton, OF, HS (GA) Twins: Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford Mariners: Mike Zunino, C... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Tuesday at 10:35 am

• 55 comments

Cubs Recap: Same lineup, same results

I’m not going to sugarcoat this. The Cubs look terrible. Tom just wrote about how the Cubs were considering some changes earlier today, but when the lineup cards came out, it was more of the same. And so were the results. Even ace Matt Garza couldn’t stop the slide, as he lasted just 3 innings... Read more »

By John Arguello,
Monday at 10:19 pm

• 26 comments

Change coming for Cubs?

UPDATE: Just added a poll on the right hand rail about when the Cubs should call up Anthony Rizzo. There is a sense of impending change coming to the North Side. There are many who say this season doesn’t really count and it doesn’t make any sense to make any drastic changes anytime soon. These... Read more »

By Tom Loxas,
Monday at 12:10 am

• 67 comments

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