Day: June 11, 2026

You wanted feisty. You got it. Because somehow Todd Zeile spent roughly nineteen minutes as a member of the Chicago Cubs before being shipped off to the Colorado Rockies for a 1997 third-round pick and a 1998 fourth-round pick. Nineteen. Minutes. At this point I'm not even sure Todd Zeile had time to learn where the clubhouse was. Let's start with Colorado. Because this side is easy. The Rockies needed a catcher. Todd Zeile is a catcher. The...

I've heard the complaints. Too many A's. Too many teams winning trades. Too much optimism. Well congratulations. The Chicago Cubs and Charlotte Knights have finally broken me. The Cubs have traded catcher Chris Hoiles, while eating a staggering $400,000 of the $500,000 remaining on his contract, to the Charlotte Knights in exchange for catcher Todd Zeile and a 1998 third-round pick. And after staring at this trade for far longer than I care to...