Jim Hendry has gone on record saying that the Cubs are “three or four” solid moves away from competing in 2011.
I would contend that most teams are within that range, depending on your definition of a “solid” move. If the Pittsburgh Pirates could sign Cliff Lee, Adam Dunn, Carl Crawford, and another star in the offseason, they would probably be able to contend in the Central too.
The problem with the Cubs is their current makeup. It’d be one thing if they had open positions where the solution would be to go out and sign a big name to take over. Currently, that ...
NL East:
The NL East is a two team race. The Braves currently hold a two game lead over the Phillies, but I don’t expect that to last for long. I thought the underachieving Phillies would catch the Braves before Chipper Jones got hurt. Now the Braves are in big trouble.
The Braves have survived on good pitching. Only the Padres have given up fewer runs in the NL. Tim Hudson has returned to his pre-Tommy John days, Tommy Hanson has been solid, Jurrjens is healthy again, and Lowe has been steady. The bullpen has been lights out, led by Billy ...
The Cubs finished a pretty disappointing, albeit exciting week last night with an 11-inning, 4-3 loss to the Cardinals, which prevented them from sweeping the series.
The near sweep almost allowed us to forget that the Cubs dropped two of three to the Astros in the previous series to all but end any miniscule hope the Cubs had at getting back in the race.
Wednesday’s 12-inning loss was the killer, as the Cubs stranded seven guys in the ninth, 10th, and 11th innings combined.
Only the Cubs could find a way to get that many guys on base (including two straight innings with ...
The Cubs came out of the All-Star Break playing pretty good baseball. They started the second half by taking 3 of 4 against the Phillies, capped by a pounding of Cy-Young candidate Roy Halladay. And if it weren’t for a Marmol implosion on Saturday, the Cubs would have swept the four game set with the Phillies. The good news is that the Cubs are now 3-1 in the 2nd half. The bad news is the Cardinals are 4-0 after sweeping the Dodgers.
As it stands now, the Cubs are tied with the Brewers at 9 ½ games behind the Cardinals ...
