Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (13-21) at Washington Nationals (19-15) 17 Comments
The Nats have had a bit of a streaky season so far. They've swept the Mets, White Sox, and Tigers and have been swept by the Braves and Cardinals. They're currently riding ...
Series mini-preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-11) at Chicago Cubs (12-20) 39 Comments
It's a short series, so I'll make this a short post. The Cardinals are good. The Cubs are not.
Pitching Probables
I list ERA, FIP-, xFIP, and ZiPS FIP for each pitcher.
Tuesday: Lance ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (15-14) at Chicago Cubs (11-17) 26 Comments
The Reds got off to a hot start, but have been scuffling a bit recently. A big reason is the lack of production from their two best players. Ace Johnny Cueto hit the DL with a lat ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (9-15) vs San Diego Padres (9-15) 21 Comments
It was nice to see the Cubs beating up on another team for once this year. They get to face another team that may be worse than they are in the Padres. The Padres have had a weird ...
Series Preview: Cubs (6-14) at Marlins (5-16) 42 Comments
The Cubs get a double-breather in this matchup with the Marlins. Not only do they get to face one of the rosters in the majors that's in even worse shape than theirs, but they ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (5-12) at Cincinnati Reds (11-8) 20 Comments
The Reds are still the team to beat in the NL Central. They had a rough first road trip, losing two of three in St. Louis and getting swept in Pittsburgh, but bounced back with a sweep ...
Series Preview (and game thread): Giants (6-3) at Cubs (3-5) 82 Comments
The Cubs will get a whiff of success this weekend, and it will probably be coming from the other dugout. (Blatantly plagarized from Brett's preview blurb at Bleacher Nation, because ...
Series Preview: Brewers (1-5) at Cubs (2-4) 60 Comments
The Cubs open their first homestand against a team that is in even worse shape than they are. The Brewers are already missing first basemen Corey Hart and Mat Gamel due to injuries ...
Series Preview: Cubs (2-1) at Braves (2-1) 37 Comments
The Cubs somehow managed to scratch together enough runs to take a series from the Pirates. Now they head to relatively warm Atlanta for another three game set. Atlanta beat up on ...
Daily Facepalm 4.3.13 27 Comments
Draft bonus pools announced
Not shockingly, the Cubs have the second largest bonus pool at ~$10.5m. The Nats have the lowest at ~$2.5m due to their low draft position and losing ...
World Series Preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74) 147 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 ...
ALDS series preview: Orioles vs. Yankees 89 Comments
Did anyone think the Orioles would be in the playoffs? Did anyone think the O's might actually pull off the AL East division win? Well, they're in the playoffs and they very ...
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 ...
ALDS Series Preview: A’s vs. Tigers 45 Comments
The A's came from about a billion games back to win the AL West thanks to the Rangers cubbing the final month or so of the season. That's not to say the A's backed into ...
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 ...
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 ...
