This season was expected to be a very solid step in the right direction for the Chicago Cubs.
However, this season hasn't given much reason for optimism yet on the North Side. There have been several players, including many in the bullpen, that have disappointed so far. That being said, there have been just as many players who have gotten off to good starts.
It's been only a month and plenty of storylines could change as the season wears on, but as of right now, here are the four players that fall on opposite ends of the spectrum.Begin Slideshow
As any baseball fan, Chicagoan, or news junkie knows, today is the 100th anniversary of the first baseball game played at venerable Wrigley Field. And although the Chicago Cubs plan an elaborate ceremony to mark this momentous event before today’s game against their age-old rival Arizona Diamondbacks—whose home state was barely into its Terrible Twos when “Play ball!” first echoed through Wrigley—we should keep in mind that this is not fully a Cubs moment.
April 23, 1914, at Wrigley Field—then known as Weeghman Park, after its builder and Chicago Federals owner, Charles Weeghman—marked Opening Day for the Chicago Federals of the upstart ...
Forget the rally caps and break out the party hats. Wrigley Field celebrated its 100th birthday on Wednesday.
Ernie Banks was there. What's a Friendly Confines celebration without Mr. Cub?
So was Dutchie Caray. How can you sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" without Harry's widow?
Steve Bartman? How cool would it have been to officially reunite the team with the unfairly vilified fan of the 2003 playoffs?
"No, he is not going to appear at the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field," Frank Murtha, Bartman's lawyer/friend/spokesman, said of the man who touched off a Chicago firestorm by touching a potentially catchable foul ...
The Chicago Cubs went 1-4 last week, as they were swept by the New York Yankees before dropping two of three to the Cincinnati Reds. That puts them at No. 29 in this week's MLB power rankings.
As we make our way through what will likely be another long year on the North Side, more and more attention will be paid to a farm system that was ranked No. 4 in all of baseball by Baseball America entering the season.
What follows is a look at the team's current top 10 prospects and how they performed at the minor league level over the past ...
The Chicago Cubs are already off to a really slow start, starting the season 5-11. It's been clear that the team lacks any real exciting playmakers—outside of maybe Starlin Castro and a surprising Emilio Bonifacio. That could change at some point this season, as there are a few minor leaguers that are close to being ready to join the Cubs in Chicago.
Depending on the position and minor league performance, there are players within the organization who could make an impact in the major leagues this season. A lot of players' fates will be decided by their performance over the next ...
At the beginning of every Major League Baseball season, hope springs eternal. That is, of course, until the first couple weeks of games are played.
Once that grace period is up—a period that has been all too short for Cubs fans in recent years—it's interesting to take a less emotionally charged look at the team. After all, many players on teams will fall short of lofty expectations while others will put on performances that nobody saw coming.
It's only three series into the year, but players on opposite ends of that spectrum have emerged—or descended—for the Cubs. Since it's only been about ...
The Chicago Cubs are likely headed for another long season at the major league level, as they enter their third year of rebuilding under Theo Epstein and Co.
While the organization's major league product has been a poor one over the past few years, the team has quickly built up one of the best farm systems in all of baseball. In fact, Baseball America ranked it as the league's No. 4 system for 2014.
What follows is a look at the team's current top-10 prospects and how they performed at the minor league level over the past week. This series will be updated weekly, ...
There's one cardinal rule of mascot etiquette: Do not remove the mascot's head."Billy Cub," the longtime unofficial mascot of the Chicago Cubs, amps up Cubs fans on his own time, but this time, things took a turn for the nasty.Here's the description from the video: Guy takes off Mascot's head, Mascot punches him in the face.This guy was out with a bachelor party. He tried to trip the mascot three times and then threw himself into the mascot in an attempt to start a fight. The mascot ignored all of this until he got his head pulled off. After the guy ...
It's only a week into the regular season in major league and minor league baseball, but the Cubs' top 10 prospects have all changed their stock in some way. It could be minor or major (no pun intended), but many are either moving closer or further from the major leagues.
Based on how they've performed in spring training and the minor leagues so far, here is how the stock of each of the club's top 10 prospects has changed.Begin Slideshow
The Chicago Cubs' System Check video offers a quick overview of the team's farm system, addressing its strengths and weaknesses and how it can improve moving forward. The video also breaks down the Cubs’ top prospects for 2014—Javier Baez, Albert Almora and Kris Bryant—including each player's ETA in the major leagues and potential long-term role within the organization.Read more Chicago Cubs news on BleacherReport.com
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