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Yesterday | Baseball Analysts

The Cubs and the Virtues of Inaction

Athletics 11. Blue Jays 12. Reds 13. White Sox 14. Brewers 15. Rangers 16. Cubs 17.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, National League, National League Central, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Bleacher Report

Come To Think Of It: Some Lower Cost, High Upside Options For Cubs

We know all too well that the Cubs are financially constrained this winter. In addition to focusing on moving Milton Bradley, GM Jim Hendry has numerous issues to address on a ball club that seriously underachieved in 2009.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Justin Duchscherer, Oakland Athletics, Kerry Wood

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Goatriders.org

2009 Recap: Carlos Marmol

I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't figure out Carlos Marmol. There probably isn't a more frustrating player on the entire club.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Carlos Marmol, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Fox Sports

Latest buzz from the MLB offseason

The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Mike Lowell, Baseball Players, San Diego Padres, Kevin Youkilis, Adrian Gonzalez, New York Mets

Sun Nov 22, 2009

TSN.ca

Double Play: Predicting where the Top 13 pitchers sign

Yesterday, we covered where the top 12 hitters in the free agent market would land.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Erik Bedard, Seattle Mariners, Randy Wolf, Oliver Perez

Fri Nov 20, 2009

BleacherReport

The Final Chapter: 2008 and 2009 Chicago Cubs

Sometimes I wonder if my years of rooting for the Cubs have actually harmed me. Rooting for the Cubs forces you to look at each windfall with a critical eye and not committing to the Indian, as a certain Blackhawks official once said.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Mark Prior, Homer Bailey, Ryan Dempster

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Baseball America

Cubs Top 10 Prospects

Grant Johnson, rhp Gary 2005 Mark Pawelek, lhp Reds 2006 Tyler Colvin, of Cubs 2007 Josh Vitters, 3b Cubs 2008 Andrew Cashner, rhp Cubs 2009 Brett Jackson, of Cubs CUBS LINKS C ubs fans thought getting swept in consecutive Division Series in 2007 and 2008 was tough to swallow.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Tyler Colvin, Baseball Players, Andrew Cashner, Milton Bradley, Ted Lilly

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Unloading Bradley without paying steep price won't be easy

After spending the last two winters trying in vain to acquire second baseman Brian Roberts and pitcher Jake Peavy, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry hopes he can unload Milton Bradley in quick fashion.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, New York Mets, Luis Castillo, Ted Lilly

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Passing on Harden right non-move

The Cubs say that Ted Lilly's surgery last week doesn't change their minds about allowing Rich Harden to become a free agent without making an offer.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Randy Wells, Jeff Samardzija, Tom Gorzelanny

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Southbridge Evening News

GMs head out to work on offseason trades

No trades were announced during the three-day session. "It's the same thing every year at this time of year," White Sox general manager Ken Williams said.

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Related Topix: Sports, Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Chicago Cubs, Johnny Damon

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Goatriders.org

Without option-based contracts, not much early Cubs activity

Two days after the World Series, and nothing has happened so far to harm or help us.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Jermaine Dye, Baseball Players, Chicago White Sox, Chad Fox, John Grabow

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Bleacher Report

Chicago Cubs Likely To Part Ways with Rich Harden: Time for Yanks To Attack?

On Saturday evening, Chicago Tribune writer Paul Sullivan reported that the Chicago Cubs could soon part ways with both pitcher Rich Harden and outfielder Reed Johnson.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Reed Johnson, New York Yankees

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Cubs seem ready to let Rich Harden and Reed Johnson go

There's no question Rich Harden and Reed Johnson would prefer to return to the Cubs in 2010, and in a perfect world, Jim Hendry would probably re-sign both.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Reed Johnson, Baseball Players, John Grabow, Kevin Gregg, Ted Lilly

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The StarPhoenix

Canadian Bay headlines first day of MLB free-agent filings

Angels pitcher John Lackey, Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday and Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay were the highlights of the 79 players filing for free agency on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, Matt Holliday, Baseball Players, Boston Red Sox, Jason Bay

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Major League Baseball

Lilly undergoes arthroscopic surgery

Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly had hoped the discomfort he felt in his left shoulder would go away once he had a chance to rest, but it didn't, and on Tuesday, Lilly underwent a left shoulder arthroscopy and debridement.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Kevin Gregg, Reed Johnson, John Grabow

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Philly.com

Youthful dreams of World Series come true

Sitting in rocking chairs on the back porch, sipping beers, the three friends would talk about it: What if we could all play in the World Series someday? In the Oakland, Calif., house they rented together as young teammates on the Athletics, Joe Blanton, Nick Swisher and Chad Gaudin allowed their late-night conversations to wander through many ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Nick Swisher, Joe Blanton, Chad Gaudin, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

Athletics gain split with BoSox in Tokyo

Rich Harden threw six strong innings, as the Oakland Athletics downed the Boston Red Sox, 5-1, in the finale of Major League Baseball's season-opening series at the Tokyo Dome.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Baseball Players, Emil Brown

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Detroit Tigers Cutoff Man - MLive.com

Who will earn spot in Tigers' 2010 starting rotation?

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski appears confident Jeremy Bonderman will bounce back from this season's struggles and grab a spot in the Tigers' starting rotation.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Doug Davis, Jeremy Bonderman, Baseball Players, Jarrod Washburn, Edwin Jackson

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Lone Star Ball

NLDS Game 4 Discussion Thread

Phils try to close it out, Rockies try to force 5... 0 recs 7 comments Comments If anybody's stuck at work, and can't watch You can feel stuck at home, and watch.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Ted Lilly

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Fox Sports

Barring big offer, Braves' Hudson to be free agent

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

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Related Topix: Sports, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Tommy Hanson, Tim Hudson, Los Angeles Angels, Randy Wolf

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