Bullpen matters: Grabow signed, Heilman dealt
A couple of items involving the Cubs bullpen took place earlier today: 1. The Cubs signed John Grabow to a two year deal. The Chicago Cubs and John Grabow have agreed to terms of a two-year contract that will pay the left-handed set-up man close to $7.5 million, according to a source familiar with the situation. Maddog at ACB has a look inside Grabow’s numbers and the signing: It’s rather odd a team that has the self-imposed payroll limitations i

Do the Cubs have interest in Pedro?
According to the Bucks County Courier Times the Phillies fun with Pedro Martinez appears to be over. There are two suitors for the services of the 38 year old future HOFer. The LA Dodgers and your Chicago Cubs: As much as both sides enjoyed

Curtis Granderson or bust? (just kidding)
As Cub fans we are glutton’s for punishment. Until recently most of that punishment came between the months of June and September (and occasionally October). The offseason was the time for duckies, bunnies and world series dreams. But that has changed, the last three offseason’s now Cub fans, thanks to the msm, have set their sites on a player that is property of another team. You remember, after the

Ed Lynch leaves Cubs organization (for real this time)
I almost missed this nugget the other day in one of Bruce Levine’s posts from the GM meetings: We’ve also learned former Cubs general manager Ed Lynch has left the organization to pursue a job with Major League Baseball. Lynch was a scout in Arizona for the Cubs. He was fired as general manager in 2002. Lynch has been on the Cubs payroll for years. S

Now a word from our sponsor
In honor of LSU Tiger Mike Fontenot being given the last “Super Two” arbitration tag, we head down to the bayou: