World Series Preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74) 148 Comments
The Giants have home field advantage in this series thanks to All-Star Game MVP Melky Cabrera, who was suspended for PED violations and was left off the Giants playoff roster (his 50 ...
Season in review: David DeJesus 99 Comments
I was looking through our media library, and it looks like the only pictures we have of DeJesus in the system are of him in a Royals uniform, his wife, and his ridiculous truck. That's ...
NDLS Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) vs Washington Nationals (98-64) 38 Comments
The Nats lost 102 and 103 games in 2008 and 2009, respectively, and improved to 69-93 in 2010. Last year they finished the year with a 80-81 record, which was a marked improvement. ...
Series preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Cincinnati Reds (97-65) 73 Comments
The Reds jockeyed with several other NL Central teams (including the Pirates!) for the divisional lead for the first half of the season, but after July 19 they moved into first place ...
Wild Card Friday “Series” Previews, including an all-new playoff results simulator! 22 Comments
Tonight's games:
St. Louis at Atlanta: Kyle Lohse, RHP (2.86, 3.51, 3.96) vs Kris Medlen, RHP (1.57, 2.42, 2.97), 4:07 PM CT
It's hard to believe that Lohse has put up nearly ...
Playoff play-in chaos scenarios 44 Comments
I'm a little annoyed that while the overall playoff field is set, only one "series" is set in stone right now (the Braves-Cardinals wild card play in game). Don't ...
Season in Review: Jeff Samardzija 70 Comments
Now that Jeff Samardzija's season is over, let's take a moment to look back and express amazement that for about half the season Samardzija was the guy you most wanted to see ...
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Samarj told tomorrow will be last start as Cubs cautious with career hi innings total. Some dude claimed off waivers today to take spot.
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) September ...
Jonathan Mayo’s top 100 prospects (and top 20 Cubs prospects) 5 Comments
Despite promoting top prospects Anthony Rizzo and Brett Jackson this year, the Cubs still managed to land five guys on Mayo's top 100 list. (EDIT: Apparently Jackson still qualifies ...
Hardball Times: Soriano is not overpaid No Comments
This study leans a little more heavily on defensive metrics (and one in particular) than I'd like, though at least we have many seasons of data. It's otherwise a great look ...
Alfonso Soriano, Gold Glover? 122 Comments
Everyone has been focusing on Darwin Barney's record breaking errorless streak, but yesterday was the first that I had heard of Soriano's. He hasn't made a single error ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (51-82) at Washington Nationals (81-52) 40 Comments
Team Overviews
Cubs
Nats
wRC+
78 (16th)
98 (4th)
BSR
-0.7 (9th)
-15.5 (16th)
UZR
19.1 (3rd)
19.5 (2nd)
DRS
-5 (9th)
-3 (7th)
SP FIP-
104 (11th)
86 (1st)
RP FIP-
113 ...
Aramis Ramirez’s 2012 Season 44 Comments
I wrote this a few days ago instead of a Brewers series preview but didn't have as much to say as I thought (laughing). Congrats to Rodrigo for having a great season.
I had a hard ...
KG Named Astros Scouting Director (tweet) No Comments
#Astros have named @kevin_goldstein a pro scouting coordinator.heres what we said earlier. cbsprt.co/PVa72w
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) August 31, 2012
Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (50-73) at Chicago Cubs (47-76) 258 Comments
The Cubs have made a strong push for the second spot in next year's draft with a 4-17 record in the month of August. The Rockies are remembering their 2007 team by going 13-9 over ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (47-73) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-66) 37 Comments
Somehow I thought the Brewers were closer to .500 than this. By Pythag they should be a 59-61 team. The last time they were at .500 was back in April, though they spent much of the ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (46-70) at Cincinnati Reds (71-47) 40 Comments
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Roster Reshuffling update 111 Comments