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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
The Rundown: Brewers Light Hot Stove, Cubs Exercise Patience, More MLBPA Rumblings, Smyly Has Yu’s Number
Current mood of Brewers’ GM David Stearns, am I right? That may be the first time I’ve ever lead off…
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Epstein Prefers Tradition to Analytics When it Comes to His Closer
Though it’s a relatively new development in baseball’s long timeline, the role of closer is still firmly entrenched in tradition.…
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Tanks for Nothing: Success of Cubs Rebuild Has Spawned Copycats and Cheap Knockoffs
Ed. note: I had planned on making this really succinct, but ended up rambling. Y’all been warned. I want to…
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Theo Epstein Talks Tanking, Adding Pitching on Spiegel and Parkins
Theo Epstein joined the one-year anniversary episode of the Spiegel and Parkins Show on 670 the Score Wednesday morning to…
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The Rundown: Review of Cubs’ Offseason Activity, More Signs Point to Harper/Cubs, Free-Agent Frenzy Coming
Since this time of year my company goes through its annual review process for employees, I thought I’d review the…
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Ryan Says: Epstein Always Gets His Man, #fakenews, Remembering Ryan O’Malley
I apologize for my absence of late, but life happens sometimes. The offseason has mostly been a snoozefest, but things…
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The Rundown: Bad Feeling About Winter Meetings, Cubs Show Interest in Starters, Market Starting to Move
I wish I had better news for you, but this week’s meetings in Orlando have all the feel-good moments of…
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Cubs Could Go Closer By Committee, Which Actually Might Not Be Too Bad
Perhaps no phrase causes as much stress or is as misunderstood as “closer by committee.” The concept is simple, you…
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The Rundown: Epstein Speaks, Little Action Monday but Lots of Deals About to Pop
Surprisingly, there was no player movement yesterday and the biggest story of the day regarded Derek Jeter’s absence at this…
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Theo Epstein on Winter Meetings Day 2: Ohtani Pursuit, Building Pitching Staff
Theo Epstein spoke with reporters this afternoon at the Winter Meetings on a number of topics ranging from the Shohei Ohtani…
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