For the most part, MLB teams are entering Spring Training with their third base position set. There are a few battles going on; Buscher versus Harris in Minnesota, Blum vesus Boone in Houston (yuck) and McPherson versus Helms in Florida. When those teams make decisions regarding the hot corner, I...

Here are the results of our third round in the slow mock draft. To see the past rounds and commentary follow the links to round 1 and round 2. Round 3 : Pick 1(25) - @crookedpitch - Prince Fielder - He’s not a 50 home run guy, but I wouldn’t count out 35-40 homers with 100+ RBI. Fielder ...

Ted Lilly looked nowhere close to six innings of one-hit ball on the road. Not when he was walking the bases loaded every other inning, it seemed. But Lilly was exactly six innings of one-hit ball in Toronto on Sunday. It was a case of don't tell me what you throw, tell me when you throw it. Lilly m...

In looking at the league leaders this morning I found something pretty interesting: Of all players with a WPA of at least 1.84—excluding Matt Holliday who has been injured for a while—Aramis Ramirez is the only one with a home run total under fourteen. While Aramis has hit nine long ball...

If Jim Edmonds can play, great. If not, bye. Simple. That's all that Cubs fans should worry about with the former dreaded Cardinal (see former evil Piston Dennis Rodman for details). That's all that Cubs players should worry about, too. Look, you could find some White Sox players who weren't happy t...

Daryle Ward got the big hit in the bottom of the eighth, an inning that was set up with a brilliant bunt of Kosuke Fukudome, an intentional walk to Alfonso Soriano and even a stolen base by -- Are you sitting down? -- Aramis Ramirez. But Lou Piniella got the win Sunday. Even before the game started,...

The Cubs had won six of seven, 14 of 17, and faced the team with the worst record in the league -- and dropped two of three in D.C. Worse, they wasted a good outing by Ted Lilly. Sorry, but you just can't waste a good outing by Lilly with the way he started. You just don't know how many of those you...

Carlos Zambrano pitched Wednesday night like the future Cy Young Award winner he called himself last year and the Cubs offense abused weak Cincinnati pitching the way you're supposed to when you have contract bonuses. Derrek Lee homered again, the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 hitters all delivered two-run double...

PNC Park | 7:05 | Duke vs. Ryan Dempster | Box Pre-Game Thoughts Starter - turned reliever - turned starter again Ryan Dempster goes for the Cubbies. He won his initial start of 2008, looking sharp over six innings of work. Prior to his start earlier this year, Dempster had not started since the ope...