Tyler Colvin

The Colorado Rockies have traded Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers to the Chicago Cubs for Tyler Colvin and DJ Lamehieu, Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post reports. Image by Brian Teutsch under the Creative Commons License.

According to the Chicago Tribune’s Phil Rogers, the Cubs are kicking around an idea for a trade involving Kosuke Fukudome with the Boston Red Sox for Daisuke Matsuzaka as part of a multi-player package. However, a source close to ESPNBoston.com’s Gordon Edes says that Matsuzaka’s name did not come up during the recent Cubs’ organizational meetings.  [...]

Outfielder Kosuke Fukudome may have played his last game for the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. The Chicago Tribune’s Paul Sullivan says the Cubs are likely going to trade the 33-year-old this winter, and they are likely going to eat a good portion of the remaining $13.5 million on his contract. By moving Fukudome, it will open [...]

Here’s video of Chicago Cubs’ Tyler Colvin getting impaled by a broken bat off of Wellington Castillo. $('#myplayer201009191355').jwplayer({ flashplayer:'http://blog.prorumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/player.swf', skin:'http://blog.prorumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/five.xml' }); Paul Sullivan of The Chicago-Sun Times says that Colvin is in stable condition and the wound was only a few inches from his heart. There was minimal [...]

Here are a few pieces of news to ponder on your Saturday afternoon courtesy of Ken Rosenthal’s Full Count: The negotiations between Dan Uggla and the Florida Marlins are not off to a great start. The Marlins are offering Uggla three years, but Uggla wants five years (his final year of arbitration plus four more). Uggla [...]

According to a source close to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports, they say the Chicago Cubs are not optimistic about their chances of moving outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. Earlier this week, a source close to Ken Rosenthal said the Cubs would pay part of the $4 million left on his contract this year and “quite a bit” [...]

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports tweets, “Attention, [Kosuke] Fukudome shoppers: Source says #Cubs would pay part of $4M-plus left this year and “quite a bit” of $13.5M salary next year.” The Chicago Cubs have been trying to trade Fukudome for some time now. Last month, the Red Sox were candidates to land Fukudome, but his high salary [...]

Tom Singer of MLB.com talks about 16 players that could benefit from a change of scenery via the July 31st non-waiver Trade Deadline. He’s dubbed them the Bittersweet 16: Mike Lowell, Boston Red Sox No revelations here for the Prisoner of Yawkey Way. He was ticketed out of town when Boston signed free agent Adrian Beltre, [...]

Fred Mitchell and David Kaplan of The Chicago Tribune say the Cubs are aggressively trying to move outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. GM Jim Hendry supposedly is willing to eat most of this year’s salary and half of the $14 million that Fukudome is owned in 2011. Last week it was suggested the Red Sox could be candidates [...]

Earlier this week, John Paul Morosi of FOXSports said the Chicago Cubs needed to trade outfielder Kosuke Fukudome since rookie outfielder Tyler Colvin is taking much of Fukudome’s playing time in right field. One of the candidates to use Fukudome’s services was the Boston Red Sox. Today, Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com, says the Red Sox could [...]