Crystal Ballin'
thecubreporter.com 24 days ago — I would expect the following to happen over the next few weeks: 1. NO LATER THAN THE 4TH BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING CONCLUSION OF WORLD SERIES : Clubs must decide whether to add any of their Rule 55 minor league free-agents to the 40-man roster. Probably the only Cubs candidate is RF ...

Chicago Cubs Rumors Out the Wazoo
bleachernation.com 23 days ago — There are so many Chicago Cubs rumors to report in this post that you are hereby forewarned about the semi-stream of consciousness that will follow. ESPNChicago’s Bruce Levine recently held a chat, which produced a whole lot of Chicago Cubs rumor nuggety goodness. Here’s the ...

What The Cubs Need To Do This Off-season
americaswhiteboy.blogspot.com 22 days ago — Now that the Yankees have won the World Series and the season is officially over, it's time for Cubs fans to start thinking about what the team needs to do this off-season. Can the Cubs do anything internally to upgrade their bullpen? Can they afford to wait on their high-priced player to ...

Rich Harden and Reed Johnson are Free Agents
bleachernation.com 21 days ago — It certainly didn’t take long for Chicago Cubs pitcher Rich Harden and reserve outfielder Reed Johnson to file for free agency . Thursday, the day after the World Series concluded, was the first day that players could file for free agency - they have 15 days to do so. Harden and Johnson ...

Cubs Get 16th Pick in Next Year's Draft
thecubreporter.com 10/6/2009 — Baseball America has the updated draft order for the 2010 MLB draft. 1. Nationals (59-103) 17. Rays (84-78) 2. Pirates (62-99) 18. Mariners (85-77) 3. Orioles (64-98) 19. Tigers/Twins loser (86-77) 4. ...

Payroll May Increase Slightly, But Might Not Include Any New Big Names
bleachernation.com 30 days ago — The Chicago Cubs sported a very healthy $140 million(ish) payroll in 2009 - good enough to top the Senior Circuit (with the New York Mets having about the same payroll). And it was worth every penny, right? Fans no doubt expect that payroll will increase next year, and it is expected to do ...

Will Lilly's Surgery Affect the Cubs' Off-Season?
chicagocubsonline.com 22 days ago — Congratulations to the New York Yankees on their 27th World Series Championship. The 2009 season ended exactly one month after the Cubs campaign came to an end ... Warm up the oven, it's time for the Hot Stove Season. The 15-day free-agent filing period begins on Thursday ... teams have ...

Billy Williams May Be On to Something
424tales.blogspot.com 17 days ago — The guys at Wrigleyville23 drew my attention to a piece by Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune which reported that Cubs legend Billy Williams would like to find a way to keep Milton Bradley in a Cubs uniform and have him become a productive member of the team. "If we could salvage something ...

Offseason Issues Not Named Milton
bleachernation.com 18 days ago — Obviously moving outfielder Milton Bradley is the Chicago Cubs’ top offseason priority. You might even say, it’s an obsessive priority (ha - self referential!). But we all know there are other holes in this club - not to mention the hole that moving Bradley will create. The ...

Back to Work for the Cubs
chicagocubsonline.com 25 days ago — While the Phillies and Yankees continue to battle it out to see which team wears the ring (Yankees up three games to one), the Chicago Cubs will get to work on the 2010 campaign this week. The Cubs' brass will hold their annual organization meetings in Mesa, the first with Tom Ricketts in ...

Hurdle named Rangers hitting coach (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 22 days ago
Former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle was hired as the new hitting coach for the Texas Rangers on Thursday. Hurdle takes over the job that Rudy Jaramillo held for 15 years before turning down a one-year deal at the end of the season. Jaramillo then got ...

Come to Think of it: Top Ten Chicago Cubs of All-Time — Bleacher Report - MLB 21 days ago
We all know that picking a top ten list of players in any sport must contain some subjectivity. Sure, one could simply use statistics to support their choices, but how do you compare the relative worth of a pitcher versus a hitter, for ...

Should the Chicago Cubs Consider Brett Myers? — Bleacher Report - MLB 21 days ago
Reports out of Philadelphia Friday are that the National League Champion Phillies will not pursue an extension with Brett Myers. Myers, once the top of the Philadelphia rotation, fell out of favor over the last couple years because of injuries and ...

Slow and Steady... But Is The Player Market Passing The Cubs By? — Bleacher Report - MLB 21 days ago
In the 40 hours or so since the conclusion of the World Series, four trades have sent nine Major Leaguers to new teams. Eight players filed for free agency, and two more were released by their 2009 organizations. Milton Bradley, however, remains a ...

Two Cubs file for free agency — chicagotribune.com - Sports 20 days ago