Aramis Ramirez

After the 2011 season, the Chicago Cubs will have to make a choice: keep third baseman Aramis Ramirez and purchase his club option for $16 million, or let him hit the market and buy the remainder of the contract for $2 million. Josh Vitters, the Cub’s 2007 first-round draft pick and indisputable No. 1 prospect, might be making that decision a little easier. In his first bout with full-season baseball in 2009, 19-year-old Vitters paced the low...  

Aramis Ramirez's 2009 season was limited to 82 games because of a right shoulder injury suffered in May. He missed two months, yet finished second on the Cubs with 65 RBIs. His 18 homers give him 188 ...  

The New York Yankees are close to making the biggest splash of the Winter Meetings, thus far, by acquiring centerfielder Curtis Granderson in a three-team trade that also involves the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Detroit Tigers. In the trade, the Yankees would receive another offensive weapon to add to their lineup and a great defensive centerfielder, but it also brings up an interesting question. What happens with Melky Cabrera? This is where...  

For Chicago Cubs players, homes near Wrigley Field make for a nice and easy commute. Cubs pitcher Ryan Demptster happens to own two of them which is why, as the Chicago Tribune reports, he is unloading one of them. He paid $1.715 million in early 2006 for the freshly built five-bedroom home but then paid $2.69 million in late 2008 for another newly-built house a few blocks away. The first home, which is up for sale is a three-story brick and...  

For all the bad moves Jim Hendry has made over the years, one stands out above the rest. When the Cubs were in need of a 3B and OF during the 2003 season, Jim reached out to the Cubs Farm team in Pittsburgh and plucked Kenny Lofton and Aramis Ramirez. Ramirez has worked out just fine, and besides the shoulder injury, played really well this season. Ramirez, long known for sub-par defense, seperated a shoulder diving to stop a Ryan Braun smash...  

Chicago TribuneRyan Dempster: Chicago Cubs starter pitching his Lakeview mansionChicago TribuneSeveral other Cubs also own places near Wrigley Field. Starting pitcher Ted Lilly paid $2.15 million in 2007 for a six-bedroom house just west of the ...Adventures in real estate with Dempster, KhabibulinChicago Tribuneall 2 news articles »  

It's closing in on Thanksgiving and baseball circles are starting to heat up with discussion about players moving from one city to another. The wonderful part of being a fan at this time of year is the speculation that comes with rumors, whispers, and just throwing junk at the wall to see what sticks. In the spirit of discussion, I present to you an idea for discussion: the Cubs should explore trading third baseman Aramis Ramirez to the...  

Give Jim Hendry credit. He doesn't get them all right, but he doesn't get them all wrong, either. On the same day that reports out of both major Chicago newspapers said Hendry will ink middling middle-reliever John Grabow to a two-year extension, he redeemed himself from that gaffe (as I saw it ), by trading reliever Aaron Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks. For more on the deal itself, check out the first B/R article to break this news , or...  

As the Cubs look toward 2010, General Manager Jim Hendry has to be pleased with the quartet he has assembled atop his starting rotation. In Ted Lilly, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Randy Wells, the Cubs have as deep a four-man staff as any in the National League, albeit not the most talented. However, unless Hendry and Piniella unexpectedly unveil a plan to return to the four-man rotation , those four leave the Cubs (at best) one card...  

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Chicago TribuneChicago Cubs aren't going to rush Starlin CastroChicago TribuneIf the Cubs start the 2010 season with Starlin Castro at shortstop, it won't be without the prodding of hitting coach Rudy ...Cubs Consider Castro an “Untouchable”hotstove.com (blog)all 5 news articles »  

Dawson on Hall ballot for ninth timeMLB.comFans in the right-field bleachers at Wrigley Field would bow to Dawson as he took the field. And rightfully so. Dawson also hit three homers in consecutive ...and more »