MetsBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a report in today’s Chicago Tribune, Paul Sullivan says that while both Rich Harden and Reed Johnson would like to remain with the Cubs, their return appears to be unlikely. Sullivan says that Harden’s injury history makes signing a long term deal with the Cubs unlikely, and considering the Cubs want to move Kosuke Fukudome [...]
Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Here are the 2009 Cubs starting position players BABIP and xBABIP (I used this handy tool ): Player BABIP xBABIP Soto 0.251 0.314 Lee 0.333 0.308 Fontenot 0.281 0.317 Theriot 0.327 0.335 Ramirez 0.331 0.306 Soriano 0.280 0.305 Fukudome 0.314 0.332 Bradley 0.311 0.322 Lee and Ramirez got a little lucky and the rest were a bit unlucky. Geovany Soto got screwed.
Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... 567 149 35 1 30 43 137 .263 .320 .487 Baker,Jeff 322 90 21 2 11 27 72 .280 .337 .460 Fukudome,Kosuke 520 138 39 3 13 79 120 .265 .365 .427 Fontenot,Mike 359 98 23 2 8 37 69 .273 .343 .415 Johnson,Reed 342 93 19 1 7 22 66 .272 .336 .395 Colvin,Tyler 125 33 6 1 4 7 24 .264 .303 .424 Theriot,Ryan 599 170 26 3 4 60 79 .284 .352 .357 Fuld,Sam 115 30 6 1 1 14 11 .261 .346 .357 Miles,Aaron 124...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
I'll go through a few more lower level free agents this week and pick it up to some possible bigger names next week. As we know, there's talk that if the Cubs can move Milton Bradley, they'd put Kosuke Fukudome back to right field and try and improve the outfield defense with a more true center fielder. And that's where Mike Cameron comes in... Year Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB...
