Arodys Vizcaino

Your Morning Phil: Liriano trade, Gregg, Dunn

2013-04-30 09:03:00

Talking baseball while hoping Kirk Hinrich gets well soon: 1. At some point every July, I make this point: The odds are always with the teams selling talent at the trade deadline, not the ones giving up prospects to try to meet short-term opportunities....

Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag

2013-04-24 10:53:00

Paul, I’m sure this question is right up there with the towel drill back in the day but why does it seem like being competitive now and winning in a few years down the line have to mutually exclusive with the current regime? It costs a few million...

Scoreboard: March 5

2013-03-04 21:41:00

Cubs' top prospects should get long looks

2013-02-20 19:45:00

MESA, Ariz. -- Baseball America listed four Cubs in its Top 100 prospects list, an indication the organization is showing progress in its rebuilding plan. Shortstop Javier Baez is ranked No. 16 while outfielders Albert Almora and Jorge Soler are Nos....

Outfield, starting pitching key areas for Cubs

2012-11-04 19:59:00

Like any 101-loss team, the Cubs have a few holes to fill. And after spending their first year tearing down the building, Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod head to the general managers meetings in Palm Springs, Calif., on Tuesday to lay the...

Awful season aside, Cubs on the right track

2012-10-01 17:49:00

Nineteen cents. That's what tickets in the third row of Section 533 were advertised at on StubHub Monday afternoon. As for the rest of Wrigley Field, it looks like most of those tickets couldn't be given away. No surprise there, not with the Bears...

Scoreboard: July 31

2012-07-31 01:05:27

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL State B Tournament in Milbank YOUTH BASEBALL B League Tournament 9 a.m. - Championship, Bears vs. Wolves, (D). D Minor League Tournament 12:30 p.m. - Third place, Phillies vs. Astros (B); Championship, Yankees vs. Twins...

What we've learned from trade deadline

2012-08-02 16:11:00

LOS ANGELES — It may take a while to get used to the new normal on the North Side. Change is never easy, but a rebuild is what most Cubs fans pined for when Jim Hendry was general manager, and what Theo Epstein and the new regime was brought in...

Raley 15th Cubs rookie to play in 2012

2012-08-07 19:53:00

SAN DIEGO — Left-hander Brooks Raley made his major league debut Tuesday night at Petco Park, and it wasn't a one-game audition. Raley, who became the 15th Cubs rookie to play this season, and the eighth to make his debut, will get a chance to...

Wilken being promoted to role as special assistant for Epstein

2012-08-11 17:24:00

When Theo Epstein arrived from Boston, bringing Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod with him, most figured the Cubs' longtime scouting director, Tim Wilken, was about to be looking for a new job. That perception couldn't have been more wrong. Wilken, who built...

The Cubs dealt Maholm, a lefty starter, and Johnson, an outfielder, to Atlanta in exchange for RHP Arodys Vizcaino, RHP Jaye Chapman and cash.

2012-07-31 04:52:01