February is gone! Time to move on to the juggernaut of a month that is March. March has to be in the hall of fame of months. It boasts the NCAA Tournament, St. Patty’s Day, and that first day it’s nice enough to play basketball outside. What’s not to like? Still the February reared its [...]

It is a few weeks into Spring Training and the position battles on the Cubs are moving along.  I covered the hitters yesterday, and today we will look at the pitchers.  There are some health issues of concern, as well as some battles for spots in the middle of the bullpen.  Here’s your update:
Starters:
Carlos Zambrano: [...]

We are about 2 weeks into Spring Training, and there are some interesting position battles as discussed earlier.  Also everyone is keeping their eye on guys like Harden and Bradley.  How is everyone doing, you ask?  Well here is a brief run-down of the hitters as of last night (pitchers to be discussed in Part II tomorrow):
Catchers:
Geovany Soto: [...]

Since Spring Training is under way, its probably time to analyze which Cubs will make the roster and which will be sent back to the minors or released.  The Opening Day roster must be cut down to 25 players.  Some spots are pretty much sewn up, but a lot of battles still exist on the [...]