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The Cubs haven't won a playoff game in a while. Also: Jake Arrieta reportedly had better offers than the one he's taking from the Cubs. | Chicago Cubs

February 13, 2021 The Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Jake Arrieta have agreed to a one-year deal worth $6 million, according to Patrick Mooney of The Athletic. Jon Heyman of MLB Network was the first to report that the two sides were close to a deal on Friday. Jake Arrieta’s one-year agreement with the Cubs, pending physical, is worth $6 million guaranteed, according to a source familiar with the deal. This is fun for the Cubs, Arrieta, and Cubs fans for sentimental reasons, at least. Afte...

JAKE IS COMING BACK!!! | Chicago Cubs

Will it help or hurt the Cubs to have so many starting pitchers with similar profiles (and how does that impact who they should target)? | Chicago Cubs

Andy Jackson/Stuff Kararaina Makere Te Rauna, 33, appeared in the New Plymouth District Court on eight charges of shoplifting and theft on Wednesday. (File photo) Though confident a recidivist thief would continue to steal, a community magistrate has nonetheless challenged the woman to prove them wrong after convicting her for a brazen three-day shoplifting spree in Taranaki. In October last year, Kararaina Makere Te Rauna, 33, and an alleged co-offender drove around Taranaki under the influen...

Well, it’s a signing.

Lukewarm Stove: Shark or Arrieta for Cubs? Mets/Dodgers Battle for Bauer? Hader Asking Price? Arenado Dreaming? More Social Navigation Lukewarm Stove: Shark or Arrieta for Cubs? Mets/Dodgers Battle for Bauer? Hader Asking Price? Arenado Dreaming? More Oh boy. Have you been paying attention? Because the last couple days have been quite a ride for Cubs news, rumors, and transactions, and I don’t think it’s over yet. Things are actually happening. Meanwhile, the Cardinals have re-signed Adam W...

Within the context of the Cubs’ decision not to approach the Nationals’ $5 million offer to Jon Lester ($2 million this year, $3 million deferred), Patrick Mooney writes about what the Cubs probably can and cannot do on the starting pitching market. Therein, he adds another data point to our growing expectation on some of the names the Cubs are looking at: The Cubs are casting a wide net in search of starting pitchers to replace Lester and Yu Darvish, sources said, doing background work on ...

Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s prospect week at MLB Pipeline, all leading up to the top 100 prospects in baseball revealed on Friday. But on Tuesday, third base got the spotlight, and Kody Hoese was named the eighth-best prospect in the sport. It’s a position headed by last year’s No. 1 overall draft pick (Spencer Torkelson of the Tigers) and a Rookie of the Year favorite in the Pirates’ Ke’Bryan Hayes. Hoese, one of two first-round picks by the Dodgers i...

A man accused of rape was found not guilty in New Plymouth District Court on Thursday. A man accused of raping his friend was found not guilty in a jury re-trial in the New Plymouth District Court on Thursday. Kamyn Murray John Pratt was tried for the rape in 2019, but the jury of 12 was unable to reach a verdict and was dismissed. The re-trial began on Tuesday and Pratt pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual violation by rape. It was alleged Pratt had raped the complainant while she slep...