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74 win Cubs 7 Comments
RLYW posted their annual projections blowout this week. The Cubs win between 72 and 74 games with all the projections and average 74 wins.
PECOTA Percentiles are live No Comments
Baseball Prospectus has updated their player pages to show the PECOTA percentile forecasts.
PECOTA percentiles are now available to subscribers.
Those of you new to BP, or to PECOTA, ...
Tim McCarver to retire 4 Comments
Tim McCarver will be retiring after the 2013 season. Good riddance.
In honor of our second anniversary, Mish put this together.
OV Forum Update 9 Comments
When we first started our forum we used a plugin that didn't end up working well with a later theme we used so we switched to bbpress. In the process, about 2500 posts were lost, ...
That revamped Cubs rotation 96 Comments
Much has been written here in the last few days about the Cubs rotation injuries and what it means for the overall strength of the rotation. Most, or actually all of that has been negative. ...
How much is Jeff Samardzija worth? 69 Comments
With news that the Cubs have tried to extend Jeff Samardzija beyond his arbitration eligible seasons not once, but twice, I thought it might be a good idea to look into how much he's ...
John Sickels’ Top 150 Prospects 2 Comments
John Sickels has released his top 150 prospects for the 2013 season. There are 5 Cubs: Javier Baez (18), Jorge Soler (25), Albert Almora (44), Dan Vogelbach (98) and Arodys Vizcaino ...
Rant Sports writes stupid stuff on the internet again 64 Comments
The Chicago Cubs must trade Alfonso Soriano before other teams realize just how far he has fallen since he became a Cub. – stupid stuff found on internet
I'm going to go ...
Rating Prospects 62 Comments
Rather than ranking players on upside with little attention to downside, I'd prefer a system that takes both into account. Uncle Dave has mentioned here before the rankings that ...
Random crap 45 Comments
I've had a very sore neck, back and shoulders for the last couple of weeks so I haven't written much over that time. It's still not 100% and I'm beginning to feel as ...
Things Dale Sveum says 4 Comments
May as well make this a series. On Cubs.com now is a piece about Javier Baez and it has this money quote from Dale Sveum.
MESA, Ariz. — Javier Baez found out in one day just ...
Jed Hoyer during SABR GM panel No Comments
Jed Hoyer had some interesting things to say during the GM panel at SABR.
ON THE ROLE OF SCOUTS
Hoyer: "The scouts they know that I have an analytical bent, and that my bosses ...
Dale Sveum tries to compliment someone 8 Comments
He's [Brian Bogusevic] been the Joe Mather of camp so far – Dale Sveum
I'm pretty sure Dale Sveum meant this as a compliment, but saying someone is the Joe Mather ...
2013 Cubs Projections: Starlin Castro 121 Comments
Before we get to Starlin Castro's 2013 Cubs Projections, I wanted to talk a little bit about something else in regard to Castro.
An awful lot has been written about Starlin Castro ...
Has Junior Lake passed Josh Vitters on the depth chart? 74 Comments
Ian Stewart is injured. It's not his wrist this time, but he'll be out a few weeks. Luis Valbuena has already made the team. Josh Vitters is also out an other 2-3 weeks, but ...
What’s wrong with the 2013 Cubs Oliver projections? 90 Comments
I noticed yesterday on Fangraphs that they had published the 2013 Cubs Oliver Projections. Actually, they'd posted all the teams in their projections section, but I was interested ...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: Daytona (A+) and Kane County (A-) Rosters 108 Comments