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 ...
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: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (46-70) at Cincinnati Reds (71-47) 40 Comments
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Series Preview: Houston Astros (38-78) at Chicago Cubs (44-69) 97 Comments
The Cubs are 7.5 games out of the top pick in the 2013 draft, and can pick up some ground on the loss-leading Astros in this series. The Cubs have done their part, going 2-11 over ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (66-45) at Chicago Cubs (43-66) 20 Comments
Riding an eight game losing streak and consecutive sweeps on the west coast, the Cubs continue their upset bid to take the number one pick away from the Houston Astros. The Reds, meanwhile, ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (40-57) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-46) 149 Comments
The Cubs and Cardinals resume their rivalry while many St. Louis fans are still holding their brooms from last weekend, and not just the witches, maids, and crack addicts. The Cardinals ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (38-53) at St. Louis Cardinals (47-45) 20 Comments
The Cardinals continue their streak of being the reverse-Diamondbacks this season, sitting at 2 games above .500 despite the best run differential in the National League. Clearly they ...
Series Preview: Carlos Zambrano (43-46) at Chicago Cubs (36-52) 79 Comments
To judge from all the negative buzz I've seen around the interwebs heading into this series, you'd think that Zambrano is starting all three games and Cubs fans should boo ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (29-49) @ Atlanta Braves (41-37) 130 Comments
The red hot Chicago Cubs travel to Atlanta fresh off sweeping the super-talented Houston Astros. The Braves lost 2 of 3 to the Nationals over the weekend.
Teams at a glance
Stat
Cubs
Braves
wOBA
.297
.317
wRC+
80 ...
Series Preview: Houston Astros (32-44) at Chicago Cubs (26-49) 101 Comments
When the Cubs visited Houston a month ago, the Astros were a few games below .500 and the buzz around the team was relatively positive. Few Astros fans expected the team to be very ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (24-48) at New York Mets (39-34) 107 Comments
The Cubs won't get a whack at Dickey this series, but they'll still face plenty of good pitching against the suddenly solid Mets. Despite the astounding success of Dickey and ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (24-45) at Arizona Diamondbacks (34-35) 222 Comments
Didn't have enough time for a full preview, so here's just a few quick words on the DBacks offense and the pitching matchups.
Aaron Hill, Paul Goldschmidt, and Jason Kubel ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (22-44) at Chicago White Sox (35-31) 69 Comments
I think the White Sox have already claimed the Dead Pelican Cup, even if their entire team comes down with the plague and the Cubs eke out a sweep this week. The White Sox are a legit ...
Series Preview: Boston Red Sox (31-32) at Chicago Cubs (21-42) 152 Comments
Wait, the Red Sox have a losing record? That was a surprise to me. Pythagoras disagrees with their record, as they have a +26 run differential, second in the AL east and 4th in the ...
Series Preview: Detroit Tigers (28-32) at Chicago Cubs (20-40) 109 Comments
The Tigers were the easy favorite to dominate the mediocre AL Central. They added Prince Fielder to a team that won the division by fifteen games in 2011, forming a core of starts ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (19-38) at Minnesota Twins (22-34) 256 Comments
The Cubs will face one of their main rivals for the #1 pick in the draft. Since 424's been on vacation I'll post a mini reverse standings to see how things are currently shaking ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-36) at Milwaukee General Hospital (24-30) 96 Comments
I don't have much time today, so this will be a short preview. The Brewers are in bad shape, with several players (Chris Narveson, Mat Gamel, Marco Estrada, Alex Gonzalez, various ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-32) at San Francisco Giants (27-24) 223 Comments
The Cubs start a ten game road trip with a visit to Pac Bell Park (or whatever the hell they're calling it these days). At least this series, unlike most west coast series, will ...
