Series Preview: San Diego Padres (17-32) at Chicago Cubs (15-32) 68 Comments
Will the Cubs complete the hat trick of being swept by some of the worst teams in the NL? This time they have the additional challenge of getting swept at home.
Team Overviews
NL Rank ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (15-29) at Pittsburgh Pirates (20-24) 91 Comments
The surging Cubs could extend their streak to 12 in a row in a series against the Pirates. At least they'll get to lose in a beautiful ballpark. The Pirates are coming off a series ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (15-26) at Houston Astros (18-23) 50 Comments
We knew that the Cubs would stink this year, but seeing the Pirates and Astros above the Cubs in the standings still takes some getting used to. At least we have the Hope Monster to ...
Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (18-21) at Chicago Cubs (15-23) 86 Comments
Last I checked, the White Sox were doing pretty well in the AL central and there was talk of contention. They have a losing record now, but it's only a half game back from ...
Short Series Preview for a Short Series: 48 Comments
The Cardinals are good. The Cubs are not. Here's a look at the matchups for this quick series in St. Louis
Monday: Ryan Dempster, RHP (1.02, 2.16, 2.80, 3.83) vs Jake Westbrook, ...
Series Preview – Chicago Cubs (13-18) vs Milwaukee Brewers (13-18) 57 Comments
I liked the Brewers chances of winning the NL Central this year, even without Fielder, given the loss of Pujols and Carpenters injuries and my general distrust of the Reds pitching ...
Series Preview: Atlanta Braves (18-11) at Chicago Cubs (11-17) 122 Comments
The Cubs just managed to take 2 of 3 from the NL's best team and now face another one of the best teams in the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are a half game behind the Nationals in ...
Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles (17-8) at Chicago Cubs (9-16) 71 Comments
The Dodgers have the best record in the National league, and are only one win off of Tampa's 18-8 mark for the best in baseball. A big part of that is Matt Kemp, who is making ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (8-15) at Cincinnati Reds (11-11) 58 Comments
I'm swamped with work deadlines so this is going to be relatively short.
After a slow start to the season Cincy finished April strong, winnign series against NL central foes St. ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (6-13) at Philadelphia Phillies (9-10) 102 Comments
The Cubs finally got their first series win of the year! Things are looking up….except that they just barely avoid having the worst record in the NL (mostly due to opportunity ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (11-5) at Chicago Cubs (4-12) 83 Comments
Well, at least the Cubs aren't the worst team in baseball right now. That honor goes to the Royals, who are 3-12 and have lost ten games in a row. But at least they have a farm ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (5-8) at Chicago Cubs (3-10) 38 Comments
The Cubs aren't the only NL Central team that's scuffling early on. The Reds were a somewhat populat favorite to win the central this year with Pujols gone and Carpenter hurt ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (3-7) at Miami Marlins (4-6) 111 Comments
The Cubs stumble into their next opponent having lost all three series so far this year. They'll face the Marlins and their hideous HR structure. Thank DeRosa that this series ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (2-5) at St. Louis Cardinals (5-2) and Mini-Daily Facepalm 79 Comments
Yesterday's game
Before the game I said all they had to do was beat the Brewers best pitcher, and they did. I was stuck in a tedious meeting for most of the game but I surreptitiously ...
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (1-2) at Chicago Cubs (1-2) 57 Comments
The Brewers dropped their opening series to the Cardinals, losing to Jaime Garcia and Lance Lynn in three relatively high-scoring games. The Cubs, meanwhile, did their best to try ...
Series Preview: Washington Nationals (0-0) at Chicago Cubs (0-0) 14 Comments
Welcome back to another year of Obstructed View series previews! And I guess Cubs baseball too.
The Washington Nationals have come a long way since their "Natinals" days. ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (64-82) at Cincinnati Reds (71-75) 172 Comments
The Cubs played the Reds just last week, and five of the six starters from that series are pitching this series. I’m just going to make a few minor tweaks to the last preview ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (62-81) at New York Mets (70-73) 138 Comments
Have the Cubs even played the Mets this year? I can’t remember (laughing). Apparently the Cubs took two out three from them behind strong performances from Demp and Z.
Team Overview
Cubs
Mets
wOBA
.315 ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (69-71) at Chicago Cubs (60-80) 39 Comments
Team overview
As always, these are team stats with NL ranks in parentheses.
Reds
Cubs
wOBA
.323 (4th)
.316 (8th)
UBR
14.2 (1st)
-11.4 (16th)
UZR
39.8 (2nd)
-9.1 (10th)
SP ...
