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5 Minute Rule: The Sean Newcomb trade
Rosterbation Saturday
Deliberately Compromising Competitiveness
Keegan Thompson and Al Leiter, Jr
XST rosters
Ben Leeper and Roster Manipulatiob
Suspensions and Supports
Saturday in the pipeline, and trainracing.
1-4 and an injury
Rainout and Ed Howard
Oh, what a relief it is, Davis
Why "tanking" is a useless term
Subtext and the Andrew Chafin trade
I-Cubs lose opener 3-2
Opening Day Call-Up Preference list
Why didn't the Cubs trade for Austin Meadows?
Kimbrel, Crochet, and batting ninth
Pending assignments
Seiya later
Almora, Norwood, like
Miguel Amaya news
Snark? Or trends? Baseball trades.
The Royals game, and trading prospects
Current rosterbation
Ramirez, Quiroz, and smashed
Nance, Amaya, Deichmann
The other Alcantara and the other Ramirez
Owne Caissie and a few relievers
Davis and bullpen sort
Ortega, Davis, Young homer
A Miguel Amaya decision
The case for Greg Deichmann
An Eric Hosmer trade I could stomach.
Cardinals and the draft combine.
Aaaaaand, they're off
The Suzuki Rule, Part II
The Suzuki Rule
Suzuki, and an old headache
Cubs add Seiya Suzuki
If Contreras to the Yankees (or elsewhere)
Tom Ricketts, cheapness, and the courts
Rizzo to the Yankees, again.
A bit about NRIs
Learning from the Pirates
A bit more about Ed Howard
With no MLB Rule 5 Draft
A few draft questions
Andrelton to the rescue
We have a CBA
2 cases of TJS
I've got a new grip
Let's talk Chelsea
And the blood boils
An ominous sense of foreboding
Take 5: the prospect version
Chicago coaches and Cubs prospects
College Week 1 in review
Hurray. More bad news.
I have my standards. On audio
What is risk?
Why Dylan Lesko could fall to 7th
Why Jason Heyward wasn't getting released.
All that for this? The counter-proposal
Low-hanging fruit. Please, MLB, NO!!
Rob Manfred and the Saturday "Pick 3" numbers
6 distinct classes of players, and how they could soon collide
A primer on Rob Manfred's lottery
Rob Manfred speaks
What is the job of a Commissione
More English Premier League soccer model content
Why I don't talk much about Anthony Rizzo
Keith Law's top 20 Cubs prospect list
The European ⚽️ model
An idea: a night on campus
Mythbusters: ticket prices
Monopoly: Wishes and the ultimate evil.
Friday the 18th and games of interest
Legitimancy and consistency
John Hicks; spoken into existence
Lockout and what's next
Support and the lockout
A question of which or whether?
More ICubs games, and an ownership concession
An Eric Hosmer trade I'd endorse.
Players v. Owners on a draft lottery.
Progress?, Giants, Draft
Gambling, baseball, and the MLB Draft.
Prospects and labor negotiations
Extended Prospect Camp
Pigeonholing prospects
Roto-Umps. Prospects, Pallette
Mock Drafts and Trades
Nicky 2 strikes for Eloy
Don't count your Quintanas before they Cease.
The English Premier League financed versus MLB finance
IFA Day, and Yankees
The Draft Lottery is unnecessary
Cubs pipeline 1/7
Let's talk Expansion Draft
Correa and the future
Why Rafael Ortega trades are dicey
Why I don't talk much about the lockout
Ignorant, and proud of it
Data sort
Schwindel and Wisdom
Assessing the Cubs and A's pipelines.
The absurdity of fast-tracking starting pitching
The Five Minute Rule 207
Non Roster Invitee fun
Kevin Kiermaier trade talk rubbish
Thanks, and some Arizona Phil stuff.
Five Minute Rule: Minor League version.
Opening Weekend
The other side of the KB trade
Jed and the Hawks
A cool faux trade idea
The Bain Campaign Part 97
Another Fangraphs update
Fangraphs Cubs Prospect List Day
More Hosmer trade crap
Moves, and Contreras
Post-deadline trades
Wade Miley and trade stuff
Nelson Velazquez update and some Arizona Phil gems.
Playing college teams, and the advanced 5 Minute Rule.
Alcantara and catching up
The "Your best pitching coach" question
Saying something vague by not saying it.
The evils of reverse engineering an MLB bullpen
The dangers of being one-dimensional
It's not Nelson Velazquez fault
Who is Carter Hawkins?
The absurdity of "winning trades"
A curious way to make up your mind
The delicate path, and trades
Filling Jed's old gig
The (Unpopular) case for not trading Jason Heyward
Let's trade for Dallas Keuchel
The AZ Fall League and the 40 man roster
Adding a verse to a Cubs theme
Dancing around the Frank Schwindel Maypole
Another way of assessing the Cubs trades.
The cult of Matt Duffy
Kumar and a mea culpa
Fire the hitting coach and the DSL
Mock Drafts and fake trades
Evidence versus hype
David Bote and flashing
A dozen for 2022
Trent Giambrone is getting called up.
Sandy Alcantara versus the core
Baseball and the canon
The off-season and rabbit holes
Tuesday night in the pipeline, with Instructs
Schlaffer and Triantos
Davis, Castillo, Adam, and Abbott
February decisions in October
Why not Dakota Mekkes?
Cubs Instructs, an intro
The Cubs 35s
Maples, Martini, and the Twins
My Cubs projections for the Mesa Solar Sox
Friday's pipeline, and a hiring idea
Frank Schwindel and anthills
The AZ Fall League dilemma
Shoving and sidelights
Decisions Wednesday
The case for Adrian Sampson on the 2022 40 man roster
We're gonna have that argument again
Trayce Thompson called up.
Quiet Pipeline Monday
The lists of 180 and 190
A backdoor split, and a notable promotion
Dilemma Saturday
Debuts and cold bats
The evils of the call to DFA a player
Faux trade for James McCann
0 for 2 and Oferman
Brendon Little and cognitive dissonance
Thursday in the pipeline
Cristian and Frank Hernandez go 6/7 combined
Draft look: Chase DeLauter
A tale of two teams
BJ Murray: prospect quick look
Canario, Made, and Wisdom
The April bullpen in September
Two different types of games
A roster move, a matinee, and decisions
The rule of 6.000 applied
The Jake Marisnick Trade
Sampson, Made, Horn, Martin, and Little
Awards and lineups
DSL for a Tuesday
2013 trades to 2021 trades
Mekkes, Jewell, trades, and assessing trades
12 for the Aussie League this winter.
A very AZCL night in the pipeline
The 40 man rotation taffy pull.
Steele, Effross, Morgan, Tank, etc...
Filling Andrew Romine's 40 man spot
25 potential AZCL callups for 2022 from the DSL
The Joc Pederson trade
Assessing new information
A look back at the Chafin trade
On spending
Saturday PT 2, Herz and forfeits
Lagniappe kind of Saturday
Two odd Arizona Fall League player ideas
Emblematic
Another "who gets the win" argument
What if Michael Hermosillo?
Patience and predictability
Learning experience: Thursday in the Cubs pipeline
Carraway, Tennessee, and the 40 man roster
MacKenzie Gore and the Rule 5 Draft
DSL Thursday and 2022/2023 spending
Thursday in the pipeline
Why I'm at a disadvantage
Assess the 40 before free agents
Silly ideas, and a night in the pipeline
Meisinger, Jewell, Hernandez, Ramirez
A stupid Twitter trade offer
The Mets are a joke
Gambling on your team to win.
Early ripe, early rotten.
The 40 man roster if there's a work stoppage
No Polanco, please
If draft picks are eventually traded
Herzday into the sixth
One helluva comeback
Enter Rivas and Effross
The other side of the Rule 5 Draft
Stop about the Kimbrel trade
Which games (in the pipeline) to follow?
Prospect ageism, and tying it together
Developing starting pitching
My tentative Rule 5 protection list
A nugget from 1970
Rule 5 Draft protect list: the candidates
Vizcaino and streaks
The case against calling up Dakota Mekkes
Smokies game on Thursday banged: COVID
Adam Sanchez and Alexis Hernandez
Casey Opitz pod
Tarp Bringer: Wednesday in the pipeline
Mea culpas, and Adam Morgan
Let's play conspiracy theory regarding Chase Strumpf
Cubs off-season 40 man roster (6 year free agents)
James Triantos is okay
3 wins, 2 losses, a great photo, and a curious lineup change
Tuesday in the DSL
What can you tell me about Sheldon Reed?
Schwarber versus Happ in arbitration
Graduation Day
A preliminary look at the 2022 40 man roster
What's wrong with Cristian Hernandez?
Hitters and injuries
A question and an article
Nelson Velazquez and pin action
Sunday 101day
Pitchers and injuries
Scott Kobos podcast
Homecoming and callups
Asking questions
KB trade return night.
Sometimes, it rains.
Manning, Jensen, Walden
The totems and the post-season chase
A Zach Davis podcast
100, 180, and the salary floor
7.6 out of 10 sweep
Chris Ellis as a DFA wire add?
Players and promotions
The Adrian Sampson start
Who is Adrian Sampson?
Honesty and humor
Cubs win, again, finally.
Hermosillo for Winkler (DFA)
Why is familiar so important?
The Cubs should place a waiver claim on Kevin Padlo
Participation trophies, and the Mets/Padres
Fangraphs, Baseball America, and Keegan Thompson
Velazquez and $140,000
Barrera, Arrieta, Burdi
The Dive For Five August Overview
Dealer's choice Sunday
Yonathan Perlaza pod
Deichmann, Heyward, Ademan
The Cubs should explore a trade with.......
A team in peril, and not much offense tonight
Friday in the pipeline.
DSL Double Header Day
Jed as an envelope pushing executive
Comping 2021 to 2014
Arizona Fall League, and successor contracts
Matt Manning and assessing pitching prospects
The Cubs Marlins series
Why is Juan Mora in Mesa?
A no-hitter, and revisiting a trade
Arrieta, Ryan out. Contreras to the IL. Austin Romine, Ryan Meisinger added
My thoughts on The Plan
3-for-4 Thursday.
Why what happened, happened.
Liam Spence and the Kris Bryant Rules
Putting numbers to The Dive For Five
Prospects Live top Cubs Prospects
When Hermosillo gets a look
Textbook Tuesday
Slow night in the pipeline
Tired of Eloy trade talk
Manfred, Ricketts, and the B******l agreement
Who to trust regarding the Cubs rebuild? And why?
Bottom-heavy split
A Greg Deichmann story
Palencia and Canario shine
Canario and Ball go deep. Assad no earned runs through 6.
Kobos, Hernandez, and the Dive for 5.
Sasquatch arrives in Montgomery, Alabama
Deichmann for Heyward
With Deichmann incoming
Starting pitching and connecting the dots
Short-term 2021 Cubs decisions
Introducing Geuri Lubo
Assessing managers
Getting trades wrong
A night of truncated starts
Dodgers and spending
Cubs strategies for 2021
2022 Draft choices, an early look
Why the draft will remain broken
A slow night on the pipeline
DSL Cubs sweep the Rangers
Mesa wins 16-13 as Preciado, Alcantara, and Caissie shine
Pedro Ramirez have a day
What is a Farm Value?
Who is Starlyn Pichardo?
A pre-emptive Adrian Sampson podcast
The rest of the Cubs 2021 season
The most improved Cubs prospect is.....
Bullpen day im the Cubs minor leagues.
Steve Cohen, Kumar Rocker, the MLB Draft, and the Cubs
Cots and the 2022 Cubs
Rafael Ortega and the rest of the 2021 season
Nick Castellanos' opt-out and the upcoming off-season.
Yu Darvish and assessing trades
Peyton Graham and killing The Baseball Cube
Exquisite
Alcantara debuts
July Rebuilds and Ribbons
A low-end gamble
The rebuild in a depressing week
A largely quiet night
Msrisnick for Anderson Espinoza
Bryant for Alexander Canario and Caleb Kilian
Baez and Williams for Pete Crow-Armstrong
Kimbrel for Codi Heuer and Nick Madrigal
A Manny Rodriguez story
Rizzo for Vizcaino and Alcantara
Tepera for Bailey Horn
Enter Jake Jewell
Splitsville, again.
Who is Joey Bart?
Roster moves and bad TV shows
Chafin for Deichmann and Palencia
Chafin for Deichmann
Why we faux trade
A silly COVID trade
Would "adding Eric Hosmer for prospects" be wise?
Unfamiloar hence incompetent
Draft pool maximization
A lesson from another continent
Top-heavy split
Friday in the pipeline, and that's a violation
Cubs claim Johneshwy Fargas
Eric Sogard DFAd
Trades and prospect assessments
Hearn, Howard, and Nwogu shine for Myrtle Beach
Megill for Alcantara
Swarmer, Starlyn, and Lizardo
Injuries, and informing the public of them
Yermin Mercedes, and the July of 2021 Cubs
Brennen, Morel, Duffy, and Sogard
Fangraphs have updated rheir prospects post-draft
Carraway, Ball, and McKinney
Cubs baseball and grocery store coupons
A very odd Tuesday
The Cubs should offer Adam Morgan for Billy McKinney
Owen Caissie goes 3/4 with three walks
Cubs claim 1B Frank Schwindell
Nick Allgeyer and determining player/prospect interest.
A minor Cubs/Yankees trade I'd support
Steele having a Ball
Cubs versus Cubs, and 2 names to know
Draft picks, DSL, and injury intrigue
DSL split and Will Vest
2021 and futures contracts
What "2023 and beyond" means
How sweep it is.....
Joc Pederson for Bryce Ball
DSL sweep, and a rivalry game
If Kyle Davies to San Diego
Erian Rodriguez and Dillon Maples
Wednesday in the pipeline
Tuesday and Cingrani
Cubs 2021 MLB Draft Day 3
2021 Draft RD 6-10
5th Round Liam Spence IF Tennessee
4th Round Christian Franklin
Cubs Third Round Pick is...
Cubs Second Round Pick is....
Davis, Rodriguez, and a no-no.
Jordan Wicks, LHP Kansas State
KB and trade rumors
Cloud cover
Alcantara and Williams for Sogard and Stewart
The Flintstones and hitting coaches
Plaudits, and a new catcher
Delta Variant and the Cubs
July Theory
4-0 sweep in the pipeline, and fireworks
The ATS, and where's Marquez?
Norwood, Wolters, and Rizzo
The politics of fewer games
Don't believe your schedule
Almost history
Cubs win ST opener
Cubs trade the other Bryant
Tepera, Strumpf, Weber
Ben Holmes signed/College Games
Phil Ervin claimed, and Kevin Mather
Alcantara stays: Ervin DFAd
D1 baseball's opening day, and the draft.
Cameron Maybin and "Let's Play 7"
Ian Happ gets paid
Alcantara and Alzolay
The Gray Fenter conundrum
Arrieta, Strop, Workman, and Ryan
Jake Arrieta and the rule of 75
In the Marisnick of time
Schrock to Reds and PBR
Almora signs with the Mets
The Cubs should Geaux Guilbeau
Max Schrock gets DFAd
Alcantara and CFC
Chafin, bad data, roster crunch
The Five Minute Rule on the Arenado trade
Jeffress, the Baddoo Point, and Bryant/Arenado
Brennen Davis, CF, and a scouting hire
Where were you when Trevor Williams...?
The Arenado trade and a favorite absurdity
Spending hike, Hamilton, old business
Cubs sign Joc Pederson, and media droppings
Cubs sign Kohl Stewart
College game prep notes
Assessing Kris Bryant's 2021 (trade?) value
I had baseball today: Hillsborough CC versus CC South Florida
Should the Cubs have traded for Adam Ottavino
It's not just the Cubs downplaying 2021
Ferreira, Ballesteros, Hernandez, and extended spring training
Javy's Jidden talent
Let's talk Blue Jays prospects
Garlick, Arano, and a trade that won't happen
An idea for Theo Epstein
A case of would you whether
The Cubs sign Austin Romine
Another mock, and a PR
BP has 4 Cubs in their top prospect list
Does the Cubs pipeline suck?
A slight coaching improvement opportunity
Jon Lester signs with the Nationals
If waived, the Cubs should place a claim on Kyle Garlick
Cubs sign Shelby Miller
A mock draft and Harry Ford
Moises Ballesteros and the Venezuelan contingent
Arbitration and J15 results
Sign all the Hernandez's
When it Rainos, it pours
Cristian Hernandez signs
Introducing Joe Nahas
3 Cubs in a CBS Sports prospect list
Cubs/Marlins, Problems, Contreras
MiLB and hypocrisy
Faux trade primer, and shopping for Blue Jays
2 reasons to examine signing bonuses
Predicting a potential Kris Bryant-to-the-Mets trade return
Spidey Senses, KB, Martini, Wisdom, Generation K
On Rowan Wick's trade value
The Lindor trade and the Cubs
If Contreras to the Angels???
Better assessing minor league pipelines in real time
Waving goodbye to Colin Rea
Minor Leagues 2021 and beyond
Greg Allen DFA wire candidate
Introducing Reggie Preciado
Introducing Ismael Mena
Introducing Owen Caissie
Introducing Yeison Santana
Willson Contreras rumors and Zach Davies
The Darvish trade and a Walter Cronkite moment
Matt Dermody and facility bias
Phil Ervin and Incrementalism
Affiliates and the Rule 5 Draft
Cubs non-tender Schwarber, Almora, Martinez, and Tepera
Jed Hoyer's 5-year contract and connecting the dots
Bryanting a Nationals trade
Rule 5 Deadline weekend
The Rule 5 deadline approaches
Signings, and trades to model
Theo Epstein leaves, and Neil Diamond
Those pesky "Contreras to Gotham" trade rumors
A trade idea for Francisco Lindor
Molina, minors, and Martinez
Bryant faux trade to Toronto
The enemy of my enemy......
On opposing launch angle
LaRussa and mocks drafts (Frelick)
A window worth discussing
To whom will the Cubs trade quality short term pieces?
College PCs as Pro PCs
Simon says, go to Arizona
Draft Prep: TJ Brock/ Ohio State
Liking Lindor Lore
Yu Darvish trades
Let's talk announcers
The thorny idea of trading Kris Bryant
Strumpf and successors
The Cubs off-season gamble
Qualifyng offers in a pandemic
Camp Covid Concludes
Max Schrock as a Daniel Descalso proxy
Perlaza, Strumpf shine in loss
Cubs go for Schrock value
La Russa's hire: good, bad, or evil?
Other decisions: Megill and Rucker
Kolten Wrong?
Draft Prep: Jimmy Obertop/ Michigan
Nwogu, Los Protocol Dodgers, LaRussa
Darvish in a 1-for-1 trade proposal.
40 man roster: The case for Eddy Martinez
40 Man Roster spot: the case for PJ Higgins
Lessons from Dylan Floro
Suiter gets the save
All aboard. Brennen Davis news here
Draft Prep: Alec Mendez/ Bethune-Cookman
Faux Trades 101
Roederer, Hearn key Cubs Instructs win
Draft Prep: Jacob Campbell/ Illinois
4 words to remember
Cubs fire Mr. Sledge
Quintero, McAvene, and Herz updates
Cubs Team 2023: Kevin Made
Cubs instructs tie and lose
Hoerner as LeMahieu 2.0?
The Cubs conundrum
Fake trades and Darvish to Canada
Draft Prep: Sal Frelick/ Boston College
Fake trades and Kyle Hendricks in pinstripes
Cubs Team 2023: Brayan Altuve
Fake trades and Contreras to St. Louis
Cubs Team 2023: Ryan Jensen
Cubs win intra-squad game
Private equity firm manager hacks over 100 Cubs jobs
What teams really want in trade
Cubs Team 2023: Michael McAvene
Cubs Team 2023: Chase Strumpf
Cubs instructs team loses, and a question
Let's talk hitting coaches
A question as important as 2021 payroll
Instructs result: ties are cool
Wasn't Brooks Raley kinda weak with the Cubs?
Draft Prep: Hunter Goodman/ Memphis
Draft Prep: Bryce Miller/ Texas A&M
The "Cubs ought to sign Lemahieu" narrative
Dominican Instructs complete rosters and an article
Cubs sign 12 players
#dontpromotehypocrisy
Vince Lombardi and MiLB's future
Hitting practice and Bellarmine University
Frank Thomas and the 3 questions for owners
DFA Wire Homework
What's this about the "opener"?
Draft Prep: Richard Fitts/ Auburn
Roster news and swinging at dirt balls
Theo-proofing the bullpen
Zaniness (Schwarber and Baez to Kansas City)
2021 College preview Wake Forest
Draft Prep: Seth Lonsway/ Ohio State
Instructional games begin
Draft Prep: Eric Kennedy/ Texas
Why projecting this off-season seems absurd.
Taking Stock: Brendon Little
Draft prep; Joshua Baez/ Dexter Southfield HS (MA)
Draft Prep; Matt McLain/ UCLA
International Instructional Camp
Discussions and disingenuousness
Draft Prep; Max Ferguson (Tennessee)
Draft Prep; Ethan Murray/ Duke
Instructional snapshot (Moreno/Windham)
Draft Prep; Eric Cerantola/ Mississippi State
A fun Ian Happ trade discussion
Mock Draft (Steven Hajjar/ Michigan)
A different look at the Cubs "lost dynasty"
Can the Cubs "Ray-esque" their bullpen?
Draft Prep; Adrian Del Castillo/ Miami
Mock draft (Michael Braswell)
Draft Prep : Jaden Hill/ LSU
Instructional snapshots (Abbott/ Balego)
Fake trades and Kyle Schwarber
Draft Prep: Ethan Wilson/ South Alabama
Draft Prep; Jack Leiter/ Vanderbilt
Instructional snapshot (Morel/Americaan)
Draft Prep: Alex Binelas/ Louisville
Draft Prep: Christian Franklin/Arkansas
Instructional snapshot (Morel/Perlaza)
Fake trade alert (Cessa for Herz)
A lesson from the NBAs Jimmy Butler
Instructional snapshot (Mervis/Hearn)
Tom Ricketts' two magic numbers
Instructional snapshot (Maldonado/Nwogu)
The game of 97
40 is not enough
A bit about the designated hitter
Instructional Snapshot (Wetzel/Gallardo)
Instructional snapshot (Pertuz/Hudson)
Instead of trading Darvish.....
Instructional snapshot (Sanders/Pinango)
Where should the Cubs go from here?
NFL's Titans and protocols
Instructional snapsots (Made/Kobos)
Ha-Seong Kim to be posted
Instructional snapshots (Suiter/Young)
Qualifying offers and draft picks
De Ja Vu all over again
Tales from the ATS
A window closes soon. (Not that window.)
My take on Jon Lester in 2021
Mock draft time (Robbie Martin)
Comping the Cubs
When "rushing players" makes sense
Instructional snapshots (Vazquez/Little)
Instructional snapshots (Reid/Howard)
Instructional snapshots (Megill/Jaramillo)
Instructional snapshot (Quintero/Espinoza)
Instructional snapshot (Roederer/Schlaffer)
Instructional snapshots (Rivas/Correa)
Baseball's other problem
Instructional snapshots (Weber/Depperman)
Instructional snapshots (Machado/Leeper)
Another Instructional Ball Update (Nunez)
Instructional snapshots (Strumpf/Gonzalez)
Instructional snapshots (Hodge/Verdugo)
Instructional snapshots (Moreno/Stevens)
Instructional snapshots (Remy/Aliendo)
Instructional League Update
Pipeline coach sought by police
What's up with instructional ball?
Left column/Right Column (Bote/Marquez/Martinez)
Becoming a Neander-thal
Theo's timeline
An early look at the 2021 bullpen
Left column/Right column (Contreras/Underwood/Almora)
Left column/Right column (Hendricks/Caratini/Jeffress)
Left column/Right column (Baez/Descalso/Kimbrel)
Left column/Right column (Schwarber/Steele/Maples)
Left column/Right column (Bryant, Quintana/Maybin)
Left column/Right column (Mills/Hoerner/Phegley)
Set the sails for 2023
Swept, but not finished
Rain, Renteria, and Crochet
Game One: did Ross get outmanaged?
Is this the end for the core?
Marte, Williams, and game integrity
Hendricks runs out of gas
Phegley added; Osich DFAd
Thomas Hatch and Sandy Alcantara
Faulty chalk, umpires, and game times
Marquez and Dermody
The 2020 MLB playoffs and the Midwest League
Game 1 matchup
Cubs post-season batting leaders
Cheap owners Part 17
Odds updates, and an article posted
WC G1 game time and injury notes
2021 Draft order finalized
Cubs All-Time Post-Season Pitching Leaders
The danger of like
Marquez' debut
Let's talk Theo Epstein
Billy Hamilton..... isn't that good
Miami it is
Shark Attack?
AlzolayDay on Marquez Network
Why I'm on Team "Marlins As The 6"
KBs GS and clinching the Central
Punishing "up and in"
Plunking punishment
The third playoff scenario
Momentum is.........
Sox series preview update
How to approach the White Sox series
The "elephant in the room" question
The 3 new names
Owner jealousy and 2021
Applied depth
So, you're frustrated with the hitting
Happ/Bote & the one-sided game
Carcinogenic Cubs fans in September
Game 4 in Pittsburgh
First (place) world problems
Is Andrew Chafin MLB-good?
Normalizing MiLB
The Marquez puzzle
Alzolay's outing
Microscopes and telescopes
Post-season clinching loss
Bumps, bruises, and Brothers
My Kris Bryant comp
Magic numbers and stuff
Redefining "deeper dive" and Oneill Cruz
David Ross and benching Schwarber
Kris Bryant leaves a 5-0 victory
Cubs/Pirates Brewers/Reds leverage relievers
Quintana to start Tuesday
Cubs/Pirates series preview
Reds/Brewers, and an executive is getting fired
Owners in a pandemic
Homework and an alternate reality
Martinez for Osich
Recruiting night
Finishing off the bullpen
Toxic relief and Josh Osich
Chafin for Wick, Quintana mending
Baseball fans and snowflakes
Cubs Instructs 2020/21
Jeremy Jeffress and deeper dives
Let's talk Trevor Bauer
Everybody wins, Braun, and Crochet
Previewing the Twins series
Crochet versus Carraway
On the Cubs window closing
Who will the Cubs playoff opponent be?
Cardinals lose, lose Dakota Hudson
The Lester/Arrieta question
The case for Kaminsky
In appreciation of Jon Lester
Droning on and on
Cardinals roster moves: Oviedo, Kaminsky
Chatwood article announcement
2020 with 2021 in mind
2020 post-season changes extended
HBPs are wild
Health update: Quintana, Chafin, Chatwood
Around the dial: Cederlind, Dean, and Toussaint
2020 playoff details emerge
Indians series preview
Doubleheader night
The bullpen and the three lefties
Alec Mills NL Player Of The Week
Around the dial: Bowman, McKinney, Senzel
A Caratini rhetorical question
Lessons from another sport
Doubleheader Monday/roster stasis
Who do you boot out?
Free-agency worst-case scenario
Cubs win Brewers series
Alec Mills No-Hitter Part II
Alec Mills No-Hitter Part I
A 2020 draft hypothetical
60 man player pool: Burl Carraway
60 man player pool: Christopher Morel
Can "exciting" be forced?
Sunday finale in Milwaukee
60 man player pool: PJ Higgins
The Cubs total magic number
The Approach win
We have an announcement
Why are they resting (insert player name here)?
60 man player pool: Brailyn Marquez
60 man player pool: Brennen Davis
Working margin/false narrative
Talking Strop
Rex Brothers' final appeal
Brothers is back
Cubs/Brewers series preview
End of the season?
Mental stability and Skip Bayless
Nico 'n' Billy
Brought to you by the letter A
Adbert Alzolay's struggles
A bit about system depth
The bullpen dilemma
60 man player pool: Joe Wieland
Martinez for Martinez
Trevor Bauer, the Cubs, and 2021?
60 man player pool:Michael Rucker
Cubs lose to Bauer, keep Dermody
A tribute to "The Great One".
Gamez goes, and quick acceleration
International free agency and transparency
If a core piece gets traded......
The trades you don't make
When Alzolay arrives, who leaves?
60 man player pool: Cory Abbott
In appreciation of Duane Underwood
Not as bad as it looked
Combined shutouts and competitiveness
Happ versus Benintendi
Twins beat Cardinals. Cubs/Reds opener preview
.....and pray for rain.
Amaya Top 100 again
60 man player pool: Duncan Robinson
The inevitability of the Matt Dermody DFA
A series loss that plays like a series win
Cubs Add Hamilton
60 man player pool:Trevor Megill
Injury updates, Quintana, Heyward, and Chatwood
60 man player pool: Dakota Mekkes
60 man player pool: Patrick Wisdom
Developing Pitching 101
60 man player pool: Jose Lobaton
60 man player pool: Jack Patterson
The lack of bats in the system
60 man player pool: Miguel Amaya
Why do hitters stink in 2020?
60 man player pool: Juan Gamez
Is this the end?
Not very frustrated
RIP, Lou Brock
Assessing Josh Osich
The Cubs Call Up Matt Dermody
Don't call up Brennen Davis
SP Realities & Over-Reactions
The least important DH sweep
Nico Hoerner frustration
Miller For Souza
The Way Young Pitchers Do (Alzolay)
Five Minute Rule: Ildemaro Vargas
Pre-Twinbill Roster Moves
What gets Brailyn Marquez or Cory Abbott a look?
Pedro Strop and pitching coaches
60 man player pool: Rex Brothers
Manny Rodriguez and the 60 man player pool
60 man player pool: Danny Hultzen
Willson Contreras tells me to shut up.
Pedro Strop Returns
Brailyn Marquez rumors
A brief Cubs/Cardinals series preview
Happ's injury and speculation
60 Man player pool: Keegan Thompson
How will the Cubs catch up?
The 2020 NL Standings
Jon Lester's 2021 Bonus
MiLB in 2021 and beyond
Cubs drop the series finale
Why didn't the Cubs PH for Kipnis?
The value of a 40 man roster spot
2020 starting pitching options
8-2 win, and middle leverage relievers
Legislating up and in
Adam for Quintana (10 Day IL)
Darvish and Musgrove
Tyson Miller should start Thursday
The Big Plan Part 2 (Listen to Part 1 first)
The Big Plan Part One
The 2020 Fall Prospect Extravaganza
2020 NL Central Numbers Will Fall Update
Where will I admit a mea culpa?
Cubs win 8-7 in extra innings, in a game with a rain delay.
Rain delay theatre 9-1-2020
Should the Cubs add Pedro Strop to the ATS?
Sadler DFAd
KB and Salchicha
Albert Almora: if this is it
Cubs/Pirates Sept. 2020 series preview
What does 'tendering' mean?
Across the NLC trade deadline 2020
2020 trade deadline 'winners'
2021 Draft details announced
Off Day Meanderings
Ian Miller and Hernan Perez DFAd
Cameron Maybin added for Zack Short
Cubs acquire Andrew Chafin and Josh Osich
What about September? And 2021?
Happ: Martinez trade Part II
Because of Chatwood's injury......
Another move, and incrementalism
Cubs acquire Jose Martinez
What would be required to get Craig Kimbrel released?
The 2020 NL Central Trade Deadline
Alzolay, Hader, and 3 wild games
Cubs Reds 2020
Budgets and dynasties
Tommy LaStella gets traded to........
A move the Cubs should make Friday afternoon.
Pedro Strop: belief and familiarity bias
The 3 catcher experience
Pedro Strop, the Mets, and rum
PTBNL trades can happen in 2020
Should the Cubs have played?
Bullpen blowout and other things
Favorite teachers and firing coaches
The other side of town
Should the Cubs trade for Josh Hader?
2020 deadline expectations
Relievers and toxicity
Tyler Chatwood and developing your own
Baseball owners and ventriloquist dummies
Assessing bullpens in a blowout
Ian Miller and Jason Adam are returned to South Bend
Somebody's gotta go
The myth of "all in" in baseball
11,000 wins
Patience and roster moves
One simple Cubs prospect question
The advantages of being able to use a designated hitter
Davis enters BA's Top 100
Adbert Alzolay and Kohl Franklin
Darvish and Hoese
Hunter Pence and the DFA wire
The Quintana trade
KB's injury placement
Carraway or Dermody?
Lessons from blowouts
What about KB?
The White Sox and baselines
The stand-pat trade deadline
Rizzo and who for what? (A stupid trade proposal)
The 2020 Cubs Magic Number
Sign James Sherfy
Who should be the Cubs 2020 DH?
Kimbrel, DFAs, and trades
18th Rounder Does It Again
Alzolay and the minor league mindset
Double-header blowouts and the contest line.
Alzolay, and any Whit Merrifield trade rumors
Why I'm Team Matt Dermody
Pick an approach
Perez For Wieck
Are "We" necessarily right?
Who's next, and swinging 3-0
Tyson Miller's first start
TBA or TBD for the win?
Let's play Monopoly
2 7s instead of 1 9
Adam, Cotton, and Kimbrel
Jeremy Jeffress' 10th
Make Your Own Josh Hader
College baseball doesn't have to be intimidating
Adding 12 players to South Bend
Maybe Rob Manfred (is listening to the podcast).
Yu Darvish and Dylan Carlson
My Schwarber Story
Nick Castellanos and systemic cheapness
Backup catchers and bad math
Alex Cintron and Punishment
Derek Dietrich departs
Burl Carraway and rushing prospects.
Alec Mills crowns the Royals
How do you like Arena Baseball?
Welcome to MLB, Justin Steele
Bryant's triple play
Manfred and the Marlins.
Kimbrel and Stephenson
Robel Garcia: Epilogue
Cubs sign Ryan LaMarre
Dietrich, Betts, and Hatch
Cubs add Kipnis, keep Megill
Bad backs and hairline fractures
Owners are at it again
Bring back the First Year Player Draft
2020 Undrafted Free Agents Part 1
The Non-List Prospect List
Signs Signs Senior Signs
The Cubs 2020 Draft
Respect and baseball
A good trade, Ray Fosse, and Draft Bight
Ed Howard? Really.
Austin and George Hendrick
Kiley McDaniel and the up escalator
Cubs player development and historical revisionism
My mind's eye on player development
Schrodinger's Employment Status
The Cubs and any expansion draft.
My Dillon Dingler Comp
Daniel Descalso and absurdity
StratOMatic SupraLiga action. A friendly between Nebraska and Illinois
RIP Glenn Beckert
Outro for now
Cubs lose Pereda
Killing the 2020 Draft
What's next?
COVID-19 and the 2020 draft.
How you can help the Cubs
High fives and Michael Rucker
Hayden Simpson and learning from mistakes
MLB.com's initial pipeline rankings
What do the Cubs do well?
Swept and Brailyn Marquez
Split Squad Split and extensions
Rise of the Machin
Yesterday Tonight Optioning Rodriguez
College Baeball Preview Week 4-2020
Yesterday Today 3-5-2020 Bullpen Day and Coronavirus concerns
Yesterday Tonight 3-4-'2020 Midcamp and Midweek
Yesterday Tonight 3-3-2020 Super Tuesday Ninth Inning Misfire
Trading Descalso's contract 3-3-2020
Yesterday Tonight 3-2-2020 Keith Law and the nightcap
Yesterday Tonight 3-2-2020 Split Squad Part 1
Yesterday Tonight 3-1-2020 Cubs 7 Mariners 3 I hate injuries
Yesterday Today 2-29-2020 Two below, Illini, and Troy
Leaping into compelling baseball 2-29-2020 Padres 5 Cubs 1
KB, the third base glut, and denial
Yesterday Tonight 2-27-2020 Blowout, Ablation, and Pickoffs
Yesterday Tonight 2-26-2020 Rule 5 Update and Lack is Back
Yesterday Tonight 2-25-2020 Underwood and the eighth Bullpen spot
Yesterday Tonight 2-24-2020 4 of a kind. Cubs 16 Mariners 12
Contreras, Caratini, et cetera
Yesterday Tonight 2-23-2020 Dodgers 4 Cubs 2
Yesterday Tonight 2-22-2020 Cubs 12 A's 2
Matt Swarmer and MiLB callups
Andy Weber and second day bats
Raises For The Pipeline
Let's Talk Nico
Megill, Manfred, Bryce Harper, and Week 1
Two ways to assess pipeline strength
2020's Rule 5 Guy
Bryant 4 Arenado: Why I'm not buying
22nd and everywhere but Sloan.
The Cubs 2020-2021 IFA signings "double".
The Cubs next good lead-off man will be......
Slow-playing Chase Strumpf
February 2020 and what's tweaking me
Bryant/Maddux: a kick in the shins.
Pitching Potpourri
February 2020: How good is the Cubs pipeline?
Window Shopping-February 2020
A Primer On The Five Minute Rule
The Betts Trade And The Cubs
Ooh, ooh. Pick me.
The Best Place On Earth
Pedro From Porlamar
My First Time
Pre-arb Excellence: a Chicago Cubs podcast (Trailer)