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While the trade deadline is still a ways away, if the Chicago Cubs season keeps heading in the same direction, the team will eventually have a fire sale. The Cubs need to begin rebuilding with prospects as they wait for big contracts to slowly come off the books. The Cubs have more than a few players that could help out contending teams, but there are seven current Cubbies that should keep wearing the red and blue through at least the end of this season.Begin Slideshow
Since arriving like a whirlwind in 1998, Kerry Wood has been just one of a few Cubs players regarded as one of Chicago's very own. Upon setting the National League record for strikeouts in a single game, Wood became another face of hope for Chicago Cubs fans.Though injuries have hindered Wood's career, he has always been a fan favorite at Wrigley Field. Perhaps many still linger in hope that Wood will one day have the Cy Young Award-winning season many have felt his abilities were capable of. Perhaps many Cubs fans hold affection for Wood as they would one of ...
It used to be that no matter how awful the team played, fans would fill the stadium in droves, leading to White Sox fans' criticisms of Wrigley Field as being the biggest outdoor tavern—a place that Cubs fans went to mostly get drunk and if they lost, oh well, it's a shame.There are those of us who are old enough to recall a time when there was little interest in the Cubs. But that was a long time ago, before Harry Carey and Dallas Green came along and reinvigorated a moribund organization.The infamous Lee Elia tirade included the line "Eighty-five ...
Despite his 5.48 ERA, Ryan Dempster continues to prove that his terrible April (9.58 ERA) was just an aberration, and that he should still be considered one of the better pitchers in the NL Central.Dempster's xFIP of 3.31 is the best of his career, and his peripheral numbers are similar to his 2008 to 2010 numbers (3.11 BB/9 and 8.48 K/9). Dempster ran into trouble in April because he allowed a staggering nine home runs in 31.1 innings pitched, a 23.7 percent HR/FB ratio. The home run ratio, along with a high BABIP of .320 and a below-average strand rate of 66.8 ...
The 2011 Chicago Cubs are on the road to mediocrity. That is putting it nicely. This possibly might be one of the worst Cubs teams in history. Let's take a look at how they rank so far.Batting: CThe Cubs haven't been getting timely hits this season. But they are hitting. As a team, they rank third in batting average, hitting .266 as a team. The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox rank ahead of them.So why do the Cubs get a mediocre grade of C even when they rank third in average?They fail to drive runs in.The Cubs rank ...
Peter Gammons, sports writer emeritus, has slandered Wrigley Field. See it here: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-10/sports/ct-spt-0611-brite-cubs-phillies-chica20110610_1_ricketts-family-chairman-tom-ricketts-wrigley-field Not since playwright Edward Albee’s seminal shrew Martha came into her house and puffed on her cigarette imitating Bette Davis has there been such a hue and cry over the charming little dump in Chicago. She cried out, “What a dump!” and then wanted her husband to guess which movie that line was from. “What movie was that?” Martha demanded of her husband.“Chicago,” said the henpecked husband. “Naaah, that was a musical with little Miss Alice Faye.” Today Martha’s husband might have said, “Field of Dreams, or ...
The 2011 MLB Draft was an important one for the Chicago Cubs, who were drafting in the top 10 for only the third time in the last nine years.Graduation of prospects and the Matt Garza trade had thinned the system out considerably, so replenishing the minor leagues with fresh talent was imperative for the struggling franchise. Keeping that in mind, or not evidently, the Cubs selected high school shortstop Javier Baez with the ninth overall selection. Oh, my. I’m not here to knock on Baez, necessarily. His bat has surprising pop for a shortstop and he knows how to use ...
Third baseman Aramis Ramirez said Tuesday that he would not waive his no-trade clause if the Cubs tried to deal him. "At this point, no, I wouldn't accept a trade," said Ramirez, who is in the final year of his five-year contract with Chicago. Having previously been traded to the Cubs midseason, Ramirez explained that it was too hard on him and his family. "It's too tough when you have family and kids here to try to move them elsewhere,” Ramirez told ESPNChicago.com. “If I were by myself it might be OK, but I have my wife and kids." Trading Ramirez’s ...
For the third year in a row, the Cubs are starting to look like sellers at the trade deadline, and the rebuilding towards of a brighter future will begin very quickly.The Cubs have a lot of work in front of them to bring this club out of the mediocrity it's been stuck in over the last few years. The Cubs will have at least $40 million to spend during this off-season, but hopefully they've have learned from their last spending spree in 2007.Here's what the Cubs have to do, and a look at what the future holds at every position before the ...
The Chicago Cubs have been nothing short of terrible when it comes to the MLB Draft. Granted, many teams have missed out on their fair share of draft picks. Albert Pujols was passed on by every Major League club numerous times, as he was drafted in the 13th round.But how poorly have the Cubs truly performed in the draft?One would figure that for the Cubs the law of averages would have swung in their favor at some point. However, it has not. Have a look for yourself. The following is a complete list of all the players the Cubs have ...
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