ESPN has attempted to answer that question by polling three top baseball analysts — Jim Bowden, Keith Law and Buster Olney — on these five categories: major-league talent, minor-league talent, organization finances, management, and potential mobility...

Cubs , you're familiar with the phrease "Wait 'til next year!" But what about the year after, and the year after that? That's where ESPN Insider comes in. While the baseball world gears up for spring training, we've decided to take the long view and...

Cubs , you're familiar with the phrase "Wait till next year!" But what about the year after, and the year after that? That's where ESPN Insider comes in. While the baseball world gears up for spring training, we've decided to take the long view and...

Say what you will about Jim Bowden, but the man sure knows a lot of famous people, both within baseball and without. So I guess it shouldn’t have been a surprise when Bowden tweeted on Saturday night that he was “At the Beverly Hills Hilton mourning the...

“Then Mike [Rizzo] came in [as the Lerners’ first hire], and the Lerners allowed us to spend money on the draft. It’s a vetting process. Now we’re much more thorough.” Rizzo, originally hired as an assistant to former GM Jim Bowden, succeeded Bowden...

Cubs to play for a contending team. The Cubs would like him to get on base a little more ... and to play better defense. They are hoping that if his conditioning and health is some better that would result in better play in the field. Theo Epstein...