The Cubs will do some much-needed fine-tuning this offseason, making upgrades in the outfield and possibly around the infield. The bullpen will need some support after barely hanging on in 2013 and the Cubs will need a strong bench.
Chicago will be in the market for impact bats and arms, but it would not make sense for the team to unload a boatload of prospects for an ace like David Price. The Cubs did it before with Matt Garza, and while the team does not necessarily miss any of them yet, former Cubs arm Chris Archer is one of the reasons ...
The Cubs enter the 2013-14 offseason in a similar position to where they were following the 2011 season. They are looking for a new manager and have a new crop of prospects who are closing in on the big-league level.
Names like Brett Jackson and Josh Vitters have been replaced by Javier Baez, Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant. The Cubs have unloaded veterans like Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza for pitching prospects who will hopefully fill out the rotation in the near future.
One of those prospects, Kyle Hendricks, was minor league pitcher of the year this past season. Double-A ace C.J. ...
Today marks an important Chicago Cubs anniversary. On October 14, 1908, the Cubs won Game 5 of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers to clinch a second consecutive championship.
In 105 years since, there's been nothing. Heck, the Cubs haven't even been to the World Series since 1945. No other sports franchise has come to be defined by failure like the poor Cubbies.
Hence the reason today's other important anniversary is the one on people's minds.
It was 10 years ago that Game 6 of the National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Florida Marlins was played at Wrigley Field, the very ...
2013 must be an unlucky number. At least, the Cubs would say so.
2013 was a season of struggle for the Cubs, who finished in last place in the National League Central Division. With an abysmal record of 66-96, the Cubs were anything but entertaining.
Needless to say, the end of the baseball season wasn't exactly a tragedy for fans of Chicago baseball. Neither Chicago team was a privilege to watch; the Chicago White Sox finished the season at 63-99.
From a dead goat head to an onslaught of blown saves, the Chicago Cubs had plenty of rough patches in 2013. Here is a ...
The most intriguing managerial position is back on the market and will certainly draw interest from even the most entrenched managers.
When Dale Sveum was first hired, it seemed he would be in for the long haul through the transition process. There was a lot of work to be done, players to study and project and players to further develop already in the big leagues. Though the team's prospects at the major league level took a step back in development, the Cubs' top prospects in the organization are climbing faster than anticipated.
While Sveum's firing was a shock to some, the Cubs ...
The Cubs' 2013-2014 offseason got off to a surprising start when the team announced that manager Dale Sveum would not return to the Cubs next season. It's hard to say that Sveum wasn't qualified for the job, or a great coach, but the results on the field warranted a change in direction. As reported by the Chicago Tribune's Mark Gonzales, Sveum was quickly picked up by the Royals and will serve as infield instructor and likely a base coach.
The Cubs' brass are at an interesting point. The prospects in the minors took positive strides towards Chicago while the team's young core ...
As the green ivy of the Wrigley Field outfield wall begins to turn red, the spirits of Cubs fans around the world turn blue as another season of Cubs baseball comes to a close in September.
As if anybody in blue pinstripes needs reminded, the Cubs' World Series championship drought—which began in 1908—will painfully reach 105 years.
Improvement has been few and far between for the North Siders. The team batting average finished two points lower than last year's final average, a disappointing .238 in 2013. However, the Cubs did finish five games better than last year's 101-loss season.
So the real question ...
The Chicago Cubs are a team on the rise, and it's fair to say that there's no one in baseball who wouldn't like the opportunity to be on the roster when the team finally breaks through and brings a title to the long-suffering fanbase.
There will be a great deal of roster turnover over the next couple of years, as the team incorporates a good deal of high-end young talent from its stocked minor league system and likely spends big in free agency to fill in the remaining gaps.
However, the question remains: Who will be at the helm of this team ...
Coming into the 2013 season the Cubs and their fans expectations were mostly on the same page. There wasn't this belief that the Cubs were going anywhere, but there was an expectation that certain players would perform better than they did.
While there was some disappointment, there were also surprises. This article will focus on the MLB level because while there was some surprising developments in the minor leagues, those can be covered at a different time.
Let's take a look at who surprised us and who let us down this year for the Cubs. Feel free to comment on anyone I ...
The minor league season is over, and while things have not gone very well at the major league level for the Chicago Cubs this season, there is plenty of reason for excitement surrounding their minor league talent.
Last week, I named my 2013 Cubs All-Prospect team with a look at the best the Cubs' farm system has to offer at each position.
This time around, we look at the organization as a whole and how the Cubs' top 10 prospect list looks here at the close of 2013. Included are each prospect's 2013 stats, a brief overview and an ETA for when that ...
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