Photo courtesy of Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Well, it happened. Nobody expected the Cubs to carry three catchers all season—including me, when I examined the history of teams doing just that, back in April—and about an hour ago the Cubs made it official. Welington Castillo is leaving the Chicago Cubs, en route to the Pacific Northwest: […]
Day: May 19, 2015
Revisiting the up and down Ride of the Rizzo for Cashner Deal
Photo courtesy of Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports In January of 2012, the newly installed Chicago Cubs front office acquired Anthony Rizzo with the hopes of locking down first base for years to come. That’s the same Anthony Rizzo that’s playing out of his mind right now (1.082 OPS, just one of dozens of stats I […]
Fresher Miguel Montero Making Trade Look Brilliant
Photo courtesy of Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Miguel Montero doesn’t like to talk about his pitch-framing ability, which is strange, because it seems like he’ll talk about damn near anything else. It was never a secret that Montero, whom the Cubs acquired from the Diamondbacks in December, is an ebullient and exceptionally emotional guy. There […]