Patrick Mooney ‏@CSNMooney 2m
Boras on Cubs: "The baseball ops people - I know them (and) I think they want to win today. But they also work for people."
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rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

It would be nice if this pathetic team made some kind of move. So far this offseason they aquired a terrible hitting catcher and a somewhat mediocre lhrp.

LMAO Hahn is winning!

Chicago obtained Justin Ruggiano from the Miami Marlins for Chicagoland native Brian Bogusevic.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Yep he is winning the award for trading servicable and controlled LH starting pitching for minor league "dirtbag" midgets!

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Instantly thought of Hooks again.

The Cubs have claimed right-hander Liam Hendriks off waivers from the Twins, reports La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (on Twitter). Hendriks had been designated for assignment last week to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Phil Hughes.

Hendriks, still just 24 years old, makes for a nice buy-low option for the Cubs. The 25-year-old ranked sixth and seventh on the Baseball America's Top 10 Twins prospects lists from 2010-11 and has a solid minor league history. The Australian righty has a 3.61 ERA with 6.2 K/9 and 1.8 BB/9 in 254 career innings at Triple-A and a career 2.99 ERA in the minors as a whole.

Hendriks has been unable to put it together in three Major League stints, however, as evidenced by his bloated 6.06 ERA in 156 innings. He's averaged 5.8 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9 in those 156 frames to go along with a below-average 40.4 percent ground-ball rate. Hendriks barely averages better than 90 mph on his fastball, leading to too much hard contact when it's in the zone, as evidenced by a 23.3 percent line-drive rate from his opponents that has helped bloat his career BABIP to .330.

In their most recent write-up of Hendriks (prior to the 2011 campaign), Baseball America noted that Hendriks had the ceiling of a No. 3 starter if he could continue to keep his fastball down in the zone to pair with a solid slider and above-average changeup.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Yep he is winning the award for trading servicable and controlled LH starting pitching for minor league "dirtbag" midgets!

The Cubs announced that they've signed infielder Ryan Roberts to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Now that Robinson Cano has been inked by the Mariners and Omar Infante has been snared by the Royals, the Yankees may look to swing a trade for Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney, tweets Bruce Levine of 670 The Score in Chicago.

Barney, age 28, is coming off a 2013 season in which he batted .208/.266/.303 in 141 games for the Cubs. For his career, he owns an OPS+ of 71 across parts of four major-league seasons.

While Barney is obviously not much of a hitter, he does grade out as a substantial defensive asset at second base. In 2012, he was awarded a Gold Glove, and according to Ultimate Zone Rating Barney's defense over the last two seasons have been worth about three wins by itself.

Presumably, the Cubs would be willing to part with him as part of their ongoing rebuilding process. Barney is presently first-year arbitration-eligible but not slated for free agency until after the 2016 season.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

There are some weird rumors out there about a 5 year 55 mil extension for Shark. That is absurdly cheap.

A pitchers hit NL 4.20 ERA and 1.35 WHIP is worth more than 11$ mil a season?

There are some weird rumors out there about a 5 year 55 mil extension for Shark. That is absurdly cheap. It came from the ND basketball announcer so it is probably total BS.

That would be his prime as he got started later with pro ball due to his collegiate football days. I think he is a solid #2 or 3 starter for those 5 years so ya I would pay him that and be very happy about it.

It does seem like a good deal. I thought he was asking for $20 million per year. That is a huge reduction by his group.