OSS: The Cubs find a way to beat the White Sox ace and even out the four game series. Three up: John Lackey was really good tonight in his 6 innings. He gave up an RBI double to Melky Cabrera in the 1st and that was it. He gave up 4 hits and that 1 run while walking a batter and striking …
White Sox @ Cubs Game Thread
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: CSN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Adam Eaton, RF Tim Anderson, SS Melky Cabrera, LF Jose Abreu, 1B Todd Frazier, 3B J.B. Shuck, CF Dioner Navarro, C Carlos Sanchez, 2B Chris Sale, P Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, RF Willson Contreras, C Addison Russell, SS Javier Baez, 2B Matt Szczur, LF John Lackey, P …
White Sox 1, Cubs 8
OSS: The Cubs go deep 3 times and played screw the closer in the 8th. Three Four up: Javier Baez was only 1-4, but his 2-out home run in the 7th with 1 man on was the play of the night. Javy hit it way out and broke the 1-1 tie in Cubs favor. He’s got a 113 wRC+ on the …
White Sox @ Cubs Game Thread
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: WGN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Adam Eaton, RF Tim Anderson, SS Melky Cabrera, LF Jose Abreu, 1B Todd Frazier, 3B J.B. Shuck, CF Dioner Navarro, C Tyler Saladino, 2B Anthony Ranaudo, P Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, LF Miguel Montero, C Addison Russell, SS Jason Heyward, RF Javier Baez, 2B Jason Hammel, …
Cubs @ White Sox Game Thread
Time: 6:10 PM CT TV: CSN, ESPN, WGN (Sox) Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, DH Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, LF Addison Russell, SS Jason Heyward, RF Javier Baez, 2B Miguel Montero, C Tommy La Stella, 3B Kyle Hendricks, P Adam Eaton, RF Tim Anderson, SS Melky Cabrera, LF Jose Abreu, 1B Justin Morneau, DH Todd Frazier, 3B J.B. Shuck, …
Counterpoint: It’s OK to Root for Chapman to Be Good at Baseball
From the comments, the acquisition of Aroldis Chapman is pretty polarizing. I, in fact, was part of that camp until I looked more into what did/didn’t happen and tried to think about how much it all matters to us as fans of a baseball team. Myles wrote up his take on Chapman from a baseball and personal perspective. I’ll leave out …
Cubs 4, Sox 5 (7.25.16)
OSS: TOOTBLAN’d Three up: Javy Baez provided most of the spark for the Cubs offense today, hitting a two run homer in the seventh to answer a shot by Todd Frazier in the previous half inning. He also doubled to lead off the Cubs rally in the ninth inning and stole third. The Cubs biggest WPA play of the day …
Cubs trade bevy of prospects for Aroldis Chapman
I’m going to break this article into three parts. First, I’ll talk about what the Cubs gave up. Second, I’ll talk about the on-field potential of Aroldis Chapman, and what it means for the Cubs in 2016. Lastly, I’ll talk about the off-field potential of Aroldis Chapman and what this means (to me) about this team. The first thing we …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (59-38) @ Chicago White Sox (48-50)
The Cubs and White Sox kick off a four game series that is split between US Cellular Field and Wrigley Field. The series begins with two on the south side and then moves to Wrigley Field on Wednesday and Thursday. The Sox got off to a great start and early on were nearly matching what the Cubs were doing, but they …
Cubs acquire Aroldis Chapman, send Gleyber Torres and others to New York
The Cubs are even closer to completing the trade for Aroldis Chapman that was rumored yesterday. For now, this is just a placeholder until any new info comes in on it. The most recent reports seems to suggest that the sure thing piece going to the Yankees would be Gleyber Torres who was the Cubs top prospect entering the season. …