In an effort to aid their ailing bullpens, the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs have brought back former closers Francisco Rodriguez and Kevin Gregg, respectively. The Gregg news is a few days old, but the K-Rod signing just happened today. Gregg was signed to a minor league deal but was brought up early this week… Read more »
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Arbitration in the NL Central, part one
A total of 34 players in the National League Central Division were eligible for arbitration this year. Players with between three and six years of service time (like Jed Lowrie), pending free agents who accepted the club’s arbitration offer (like Francisco Rodriguez), and those special “Super Two” players (like Garrett Jones) have had their names… Read more »
Sunday Stovetop: October 30th
Free agency officially began today, and the window for players to negotiate exclusively with their former clubs ends when the calendar turns to Thursday this week. As for Sunday Stovetop, I’ve decided to focus primarily on the Chicago Cubs. I’ll still mention big moves by other NL Central teams, but in order for these weekly… Read more »
Sunday Stovetop: October 23rd
Restarting a baseball blog going into the offseason is going to be a bit challenging, but I’m committed on giving it a go. When thinking of different types or posts or pages to put on the site, I wanted to do something tracking the NL Central’s free agents. A big list with contractual updates was… Read more »