Is Travis Wood “outstanding?” 65 Comments
On Bleacher Nation, Brett had some very kind words to say about Travis Wood:
"I’m not sure I’d say he’s even the best starter on the Cubs at this point, but Wood’s ...
Better Know a Cub: Nate Schierholtz 37 Comments
When Nate Schierholtz signed with the Cubs, he was coming off of two pretty identical seasons:
G
PA
AB
HR
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
OPS+
2011
27
SFG
NL
115
362
335
42
93
22
1
9
41
7
4
21
61
.278
.326
.430
.756
114
144
5
4
0
2
3
2012
28
TOT
NL
114
269
241
20
62
8
5
6
21
3
2
23
46
.257
.321
.407
.728
104
98
1
1
1
3
2
That ...
Better Know a Cub: Jorge Soler 109 Comments
Last year was the final time that the Cubs could really flex their financial advantage on the IFA market. After missing on Yoenis Cespedes (who is incredible), the Cubs hit on two of ...
Better Know a Cub: Christian Villanueva 30 Comments
Christian Villanueva was acquired by the Cubs for Ryan Dempster at the trade deadline in 2012. He wasn't the top prospect we all wanted (Randall Delgado), but I was fairly excited ...
Better Know a Cub – Edwin Jackson 82 Comments
Edwin Jackson used to be the #4 prospect in baseball.
Getting his first taste of the bigs in 2003 (as a 19-year old, no less), Jackson had a huge reputation to live up to early ...
Better Know a Cub: Alfonso Soriano 46 Comments
On November 19, 2006, Alfonso Soriano signed the 5th-largest contract in Major League History (to that point, by total dollars). Coming off a season in which the Fonz hit .277/.351/.560 ...
Better Know a Cub: Scott Feldman No Comments
The offseason following the 2012 has been relatively busy for the Cubs, almost of which has been trades and signings they didn’t make. One of the signings they did make, however, ...
Better Know a Cub: David DeJesus No Comments
David DeJesus is an interesting player. Although he’s never hit more than 13 home runs in a season, he’s always been a pretty useful player. He is not a prototypical RF ...
Better Know a Cub: Luis Valbuena No Comments
Luis Valbuena came to the Cubs in 2012 off of the waiver wire, one of a dozen or so pickups the Cubs’ had during the infancy of last season. Unlike most other wire pickups, though, ...
Better Know a Cub: Travis Wood No Comments
Travis Wood is traveling in the wrong direction.
Wood made his debut in the majors in 2010, throwing 102.2 innings of 3.51 ERA ball. He wasn’t lucky, either: his FIP was 3.42. ...
Better Know a Cub: Darwin Barney No Comments
Darwin Barney is an odd duck. He doesn’t get on base all that often (.299 OBP last year, .305 career). He has no power (7 HR last year is more than double the amount he has hit ...
Better Know a Cub: Hector Rondon No Comments
The Rule V draft affected the Cubs likely more than any other team in baseball this year. Theo & Co. lost Starling Peralta in the major league portion, and Michael Burgess/Matt ...
Better Know a Cub: Anthony Rizzo No Comments
Anthony Rizzo has packed a lot of bags. Drafted in the 6th round out of Stoneman-Douglas HS, Rizzo has been a part of 3 different organizations in 6 years, being traded in both 2011 ...
Better Know a Cub: Jeff Samardzija 1 Comment
The Cubs had an interesting draft in 2006. They had the 13th overall pick in the draft (they used it on Tyler Colvin, now with the Rockies). Then, they didn't pick again until the ...
Better Know a Cub: Welington Castillo No Comments
Coming into the 2012 season, the Cubs had an interesting catching debate, and it wasn’t for the starting job. Geovany Soto still had some of that old sheen on him, but behind ...
Better Know a Cub: Starlin Castro No Comments
As I try to re-boot this old blog, I thought it would be a good idea to include a post on each player on the Cubs 40-man roster as they enter it. Unfortunately for me (or fortunately, ...
Better Know a Cub: Brett Jackson 30 Comments