2013 Cubs Projections: CAIRO 48 Comments
SG has finished his first batch of his CAIRO projections. He includes just about everyone so I've reduced it to the players I think we might see this coming season. I'll update ...
Obstructed View Projections Contest Results 68 Comments
Prior to the start of the season we set up an over/under projections contest. It was rather extensive so fewer people than we'd hoped entered the contest. Plus, there aren't ...
How much is Darwin Barney worth in a trade? 11 Comments
Before we look into Darwin Barney's trade value, I was thinking I wouldn't be that confident in the numbers below. Most of the time I am, but for someone like Barney I'm ...
OV Contest mid-season update 125 Comments
At the beginning of the season we started an over/under contest that would take wouldn't reveal a winner until the end of the season. People chose whether a player would end ...
How much is Matt Garza worth in a trade? 50 Comments
Matt Garza was eligible for arbitration for the third time this year, but since he was a super two he'll have one more year of arbitration. After the 2013 season he's eligible ...
How much is Ryan Dempster’s Trade Value? 117 Comments
Ryan Dempster entered the 2012 season in the final year of his contract. He was coming off season in which his ERA had ballooned to 4.80, but his FIP and xFIP were in line with what ...
No Love For Jeff Samardzija 7 Comments
I was checking out the stats for most of the Cubs players today (and some other players too). When I was looking at what Jeff Samardzija had done so far this year it wasn't how ...
Does Alfonso Soriano have any trade value? 55 Comments
The simple answer to this question is that he does not have any trade value, but simple isn't good enough. That's especially true when you're talking about a player who ...
Updated End of Season Projections 21 Comments
Using Baseball Prospectus rest of season PECOTA projections I figured it might be fun to see just how many games the Cubs are expected to lose at this point. Since this is OV and we're ...
5th worst start for the Cubs ever 27 Comments
Chris Jaffe looked at the Cubs worst starts and found that this 15-31 bunch ties for 5th worst with the 1962 team. Jaffe's article is worth a read. It's a brief article so it ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Michael Bowden 15 Comments
Yesterday the Cubs traded Marlon Byrd to the Red Sox for Michael Bowden and a player to be named later. Bowden was drafted in the 1st round (47th overall) in 2005. He was the last of ...
RLYW’s Annual Projections Blowout 63 Comments
For the last several years, SG from RLYW has run simulations for various projections. This year, the average for the Cubs is 71 wins, which is good for 5th place (1 win behind the Pirates). ...
An Obstructed View Contest: Enter Now And Win Big 59 Comments
Over the course of the offseason we've published the various projections for players and have been calculating an average with them. One thing we like to talk about is whether or ...
How good is the Cubs rotation? 177 Comments
Player
IP
Matt Garza
193
Ryan Dempster
188
Paul Maholm
165
Chris Volstad
155
Jeff Samardzija
122
The Cubs opening day rotation is set with news that Randy Wells and ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs – Carlos Marmol 33 Comments
Marmol followed up his stellar 3 WAR 2010 season a much more heart-attacky 2011 season. Marmol's ten blown saves led all of baseball last year (tied with LAAoLAoDoQEoA's Jordan ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Backups 77 Comments
We've already published the projections for some of the backups along the way. Jeff Baker's was posted with the infield backups and the two possible back-up catchers were published ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs – Randy Wells 106 Comments
Somehow Jeff Samardzija has more upside than Randy Wells, despite the fact that Wells posted back to back 3 WAR seasons in 2009-2010 before last year's injury rattled season. Wells ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Chris Volstad 104 Comments
It looks like Chris Volstad has the last rotation spot locked up. If you looked up "serviceable" in a dictionary there would probably be a picture of Volstad next to it. ...
Projecting the 2013 Cubs: Bill James 125 Comments