Another shitty Cubs season in review: Alfonso Soriano 69 Comments
Alfonso Soriano hit 10 home runs and slugged .613 in April. Over the remaining five months he hit 16 home runs and slugged .435. Although he had a very good April, his OBP was only ...
Bill James Expected RBI and Apologizing For Shit You Shouldn't Have to Apologize For 241 Comments
I bought Solid Fool’s Gold by Bill James this morning and I always like writing about some of the things he discusses. Not everything he writes has a lot of practical value, but ...
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Randy Wells 96 Comments
The 2011 Cubs posted the 109th worst winning percentage in its history. What’s really depressing about that is since I’ve been a fan the following Cubs teams have been as ...
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 ...
Cubs sign 9 of top 10 draft picks, 18 of top 20 228 Comments
Post to be updated as the bonus numbers trickle in. Notable signings announced tonight:
First round pick SS Javier Baez signed for $2.625 mm
Second round pick 1B Dan Vogelbach signed ...
Series Preview: Washington Nationals (55-59) at The Untouchables (49-66) 127 Comments
Now that the winning streak is over, time to get started on a new losing streak. Not only did the Cubs gain no meaningful ground on the Brewers, who were also playing quite well in ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (54-57) at Chicago Cubs (47-65) 147 Comments
BREAKING NEWS: I heard the 49ers are shopping Taylor Mays
Just 18 more wins in a row until the Cubs are back at .500! It’s Gonna Happen.
Where have things gone wrong with the ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (43-65) at Pittsburgh Pirates (54-52) 230 Comments
The Untouchables (h/t @thecubreporter) head to Pittsburgh to lose in beautiful PNC Park. Pittsburgh improved itself at the deadline by adding former foes Derrek Lee and Ryan Ludwick ...
Batman-abbreviated Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (42-63) at St. Louis Cardinals (55-50) 52 Comments
I was going to write a longer preview, but I got sucked into this whole “Batman Equation” thing that was running around the internets today
I tried reproducing the ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (42-60) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-49) 131 Comments
Team Matchups
NL ranks in parens
Cubs
Brewers
wOBA
.316 (7th)
.322 (6th)
UBR
-11.6 (16th)
-3.6 (13th)
UZR
-17.7 (13th)
4.7 (5th)
SP FIP
4.07 (10th)
3.71 (7th)
RP FIP
4.05 ...
Bruce Levine's 5 most likely to be traded, yo 155 Comments
Happy Breaking Bad Day … bitch!
After xoomwaffle posted this link to Levine’s article earlier today I started writing something and then lost interest about a half sentence ...
Series Preview: Florida Marlins (43-48) at Iowa Cubs of Chicago (37-55) 148 Comments
After three days of not losing, the Cubs are back in the saddle again to play out the string on the rest of the season.
The Marlins have had a roller coaster of a season so far. As ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (36-53) at Pittsburgh Pirates (45-42) 145 Comments
I was going to write a longer preview for this series, but I saw the Cubs probable pitchers and gave up.
Friday: Rodrigo Lopez
Saturday: TBA
Sunday: Ramon Ortiz
Saturday will probably ...
Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (40-42) vs Iowa Cubs of Chicago (34-48) 282 Comments
Somehow the White Sox are hovering around .500 despite the vortex of suck that is their offense. As @rotopat pointed out on Twitter yesterday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has more ...
Series Preview: Reigning Champs (44-34) vs Iowa Cubs of Chicago (32-46) 195 Comments
I knew that today’s first game is a makeup game, but I was wondering how that worked out. The “typical” schedule, at least as I have always assumed it, was more or ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (30-44) vs Kansas City Royals (31-44) 91 Comments
For a while there it looked like the Royals might contend in the weak AL central. Much like the Cubs they got off to a decent enough start to the season and had a winning record as ...
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Marlon Byrd 137 Comments