What is Japanese for LaBomb? 71 Comments
Bryan LaHair was designated for assignment today. I think we generally hoped he would have a teeny tiny bit of trade value, but maybe he didn't or maybe the Cubs thought they should ...
The Manager’s Record from the Bill James annual 10 Comments
One of the first things I do when I get the Bill James Handbook is look at what's called The Manager's Record. It includes several statistic that the manager controls and it's ...
Season in review: David DeJesus 99 Comments
I was looking through our media library, and it looks like the only pictures we have of DeJesus in the system are of him in a Royals uniform, his wife, and his ridiculous truck. That's ...
The Top 20 Cubs performances in a 2012 game 106 Comments
I was curious which players had the best games in 2012 for this shitty team we follow. I used Win Probability Added (WPA) from Baseball Reference to compile the list. There's no ...
Starlin Castro’s Lineup Spot 35 Comments
Contest reminder: Don't forget to enter our contest to win The Essential Games of the Chicago Cubs DVD set. It runs through Sunday.
This has nothing to do with talent, as Castro ...
The Cubs probably won’t be taking many walks for some time 13 Comments
The Cubs 6.5% walk rate prior to last night's games was the lowest in baseball (league average 8.1%). The following Cubs with 150 PA or more are or were above league average: Geovany ...
Worst Cubs offense ever? 114 Comments
I was checking out Starlin Castro's disappointing offensive season on Fangraphs and thought I'd check to see where the Cubs rank offensively as a team. I didn't realize ...
Dale Sveum’s First Half MVPs: Shawn Camp and James Russell 39 Comments
NEW YORK — Who's your first half Most Valuable Player for the Cubs? Manager Dale Sveum picked relievers Shawn Camp and James Russell.
Camp was 2-4 with a 2.86 ERA and one ...
Players vote in Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair as all-stars 71 Comments
Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair will represent the Cubs as All Stars this year. Both players were voted in by the players.
Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120701&content_id=34263550&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
I’ll ...
Prospects who might be called up soon, part 1 38 Comments
We're very close to the time of the season at which the Cubs guarantee that Anthony Rizzo, Brett Jackson and other prospects who could be called up won't become super-two players. ...
Handling Starlin Castro 99 Comments
The other day in San Francisco Starlin Castro lost track of the number of outs and failed to complete the second half of what may or may not have been a double play. As you'd expect, ...
A 2013 Cubs Contender, Part 2 45 Comments
About 10 days ago we looked at what the Cubs have in terms of guaranteed contracts and we also signed Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza to long-term extensions. Since it's been 10 days ...
10 Best Games By A Cubs Player So Far 27 Comments
We're only 31 games into the season, but I was curious for some unkown reason who had the best game of any player on the team. Win Probability Added (WPA) is the perfect stat for ...
Bryan LaHair’s Fantastic Start 147 Comments
Some Cubs fans entered the season with relatively high expectations for Bryan LaHair. Others weren't optimistic at all. I was somewhere in between. I was fairly certain LaHair's ...
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 ...
One foot on the Samardzija bandwagon 10 Comments
Jeff Samardzija transformed. We heard about it all spring. We were to believe the transformation began in the second half of last season in which he threw about 40 or so innings. We ...
When will we see Brett Jackson and Anthony Rizzo? 37 Comments
Everyone here has heard of a Super Two player. Here is the necessary criteria for becoming a super two: at least 2, but less than 3 years of service time with at least 86 days of service ...
Cubs roster updates 27 Comments