Today, the Oakland A's traded ace Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin to the Chicago Cubs for four minor leaguers. At first glance, I thought Oakland and Billy Beane got fleeced - c'mon, Billy, you couldn't land Felix Pie? No Josh Vitters? You couldn't hold out until the Rays were forced to overpay to keep   more...
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The Games:Iowa @ Albuquerque, W, 6-2Tenn @ West Tenn, L, 4-10Clearwater @ Daytona, W, 1-3Kane County @ Peoria, W, 3-5Eugene @ Boise, L, 4-1AZL Cubs has no record for the scheduled game @ AZL Rangers.  Not sure if it was postponed, but none of the AZL games played yesterday have had their box   more...
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Albuquerque @ Iowa, W, 6-10Tenn @ West Tenn, L, 2-10Clearwater @ Daytona, W, 1-5West Mich @ Peoria, W, 0-2Eugene @ Boise, L, 10-6AZL Angels @ AZL Cubs, W, 5-6DSL Cubs1 @ DSL White Sox1, L, 1-3DSL Blue Jays1 @ DSL Cubs2, W, 2-3Performances:Felix Pie: 3/6, 1 3B, 3 RBI, slightly distraught over not   more...
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Brian Roberts has reportedly been shipped to the Cubs. Was this effecting the Mariners pursuit of Erik Bedard? Yes, indeed. Inside I discuss why, and that you shouldn't believe the rumors that the Orioles and Mariners are no longer speaking.
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by T, The Angry TI am certain that White Sox GM Kenny Williams wanted to let the upcoming series with the Cubs come and go without having to make comments about the Cubs. I am sure he was tricked into making comments like:"The unfortunate thing for me is it's a shame that a certain segment of   more...
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With Spring Training fast approaching, FIO staff writer Rich Lerner takes a look at each MLB team in terms of fantasy purposes. In this discussion, we will take a look at the potential offensive/pitching impact players, some questionable guys, and some youngsters on the come up. In Part 2 - the   more...
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The Texas Rangers celebrate their 22nd Annual Fan Fest; Baseball America names the Rangers' resurgent farm system the 4th best in baseball; the death of the rumored Marlon Byrd for Matt Murton swap.
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Bill James recently published The 10 Commandments of Sabermetrics (subscription required) on his site.  I'm not going to list all 10 as it wouldn't be fair to Bill James, but I would like to talk about a few of them and see how the Cubs are doing with regards to that specific Commandment.1)   more...
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AAANew Orleans (38-38) 12 @ Iowa (43-32) 8Hitters:Felix Pie: 1/4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, BB, KJason DuBois: 2/4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, KJosh Kroeger: 2/5, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBIPitchers:Rich Hill: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO, 45-23 P-K, E (pickoff), I'm convinced it's either entirely mental, or   more...
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Why the potential blockbuster trade centered around Erik Bedard is of special relevance to the Rangers' off-season plan; the struggles of Joaquin Arias; will Nolan Ryan's most recent flirtation with the Texas Rangers prove to be fruitful for all parties involved?
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April baseball is a lot of fun, the new season is still exciting and fans get wrapped up in emerging story-lines. Among these, Florida Marlins sit atop the National League East, beating out the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies; the Chicago Cubs, on the brink of their 100th seasons   more...
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I got back from the Fantasy Spring Training in York, PA with Ron Shandler and Paul White. Wanted to share some tidbits they gave us:- There is a good chance Jay Bruce is called up early in the season- A rumor is flying around Cincy that once Ken Griffey hits his 600th HR, he has a gentlemen's   more...
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Recently the Chicago Cubs have been doing much more to spark positive conversation. They have won 6 of their last 9 which isn't incredibly good but at least they are sticking around in the NL Central. With the Brewers losing 19 of their last 29 it seems that Chicago still has a very good chance to   more...
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Guys like Carl Crawford are taken in the high rounds because of their ability to steal bases and hit for a high average. Guys like Joey Gathright are sitting on the waiver wire because, despite their stolen bases, their average is much lower. AccuScore fantasy expert Tim Williams takes a look at   more...
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With Angel Guzman set to join the Cubs rotation with his start against the Cardinals tomorrow (plus 2 additional starts), the Cubs will be sending down a positional player. The two likely candidates are Ronny Cedeno and Felix Pie, with my money on Felix going back to Iowa.Here's some of Bob's   more...
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