Over at our main site, Wrigleyville’s Editor-in-Chief Sahadev Sharma joined forces with George Bissell to write up the Cubs’ acquisition of John Lackey. The full story is available only to paying subscribers, but we thought you’d enjoy this preview here. Soon after the Cubs were eliminated from the playoffs, Theo Epstein made it clear that […]
Tag: Free Agency
Jordan Zimmermann: Potential Offseason Target
Jordan Zimmermann Position: Right-handed SP 2015 Stats: 201.0 IP, 19.7 K%, 4.7 BB%, 3.66 ERA, 4.12 DRA How He Fits: The Cubs are well off in terms of their solid, top of the rotation type pitchers. While Jon Lester may not have been able to reach the hype bar that everyone had set for him in the offseason, he put up quality numbers, he stayed […]
Denard Span: Potential Offseason Target
When the Washington Nationals declined to offer Denard Span a qualifying offer on Friday evening, it opened the field of potential suitors for the purest center fielder on the free-agent market even wider—though, given the lingering questions about the health of Span’s hip, it might also have inflated his asking price beyond the point at […]
Determining Fowler’s Value as Free Agency Looms
Dexter Fowler has been a huge part of the Cubs second-half surge this season, making Theo Epstein and the front office look like absolute geniuses for trading Luis Valbuena and Dan Straily to the Houston Astros in the offseason. But with the 29-year-old Fowler about to hit free agency in just over a month, the […]