Daily Facepalm 2.15.12 69 Comments
Jorge Soler a Cub, then Jorge Soler not a Cub
Reports that the Cubs had signed Jorge Soler yesterday proved to be premature. Could he be signed today? It could go either way. The Yankees ...
Taking a closer look at the Cubs supersized rotation 105 Comments
The Cubs currently have 6 starting pitchers on the roster*. Those 6 include Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm, Travis Wood, Chris Volstad and Randy Wells. Jeff Samardzija ...
"You better know who your ninth starter's going to be" 252 Comments
I’ve been a bit confused by one of Theo’s comments since taking over as President of Baseball Operations.
“We need starting pitching. You can’t take your chances ...
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 ...
Lollygagging Chicago Cubs (56-71) vs. Fun-Having Atlanta Braves (76-52) 329 Comments
Bobby Valentine doesn’t think much of the Cubs, particularly Starlin Castro. He must have just watched bull Durham or something.
Bobby would definitely support the Cubs’ ...
33rd Spot Start Game Thread 106 Comments
Rodrigo Lopez is the starting pitcher tonight and it is the 33rd game started by one of the following pitchers: Doug Davis (9), Casey Coleman (9), Rodrigo Lopez (8), James Russell ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 4 113 Comments
Over the last week we’ve looked at the top 20 Cubs prospects according to John Sickels and how they’re performing this season. We’ve also looked at 15 or 16 additional ...
Cashner to the bullpen when he returns 51 Comments
No decision has been made on what type of a role he will have long term with us. I will leave all of that up to Dr. Gryzlo and Dr. Yocum who are treating him for his shoulder injury. ...
Series Preview: New York Mets (22-24) @ Chicago Cubs (20-25) 330 Comments
Berselius refused to show up for work so that left the rest of us scrambling around to find a replacement. We couldn't find any qualified applicants though we thank you for your ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (17-23) at Florida Marlins (24-16) 14 Comments
The battle for 4th place is heating up, as the Pirates have topped the Cubs three game losing streak with a six game slide of their own. Luckily for the Pirates the Cubs are heading ...
How much have the injuries cost the Cubs, and projecting Doug Davis 10 Comments
Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner were placed on the DL following their first start of the season. Each is currently rehabbing in Arizona and just began facing live batters this week. ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-15) at Chicago Cubs (15-18) 147 Comments
The Cubs stranded approximately 215 baserunners in the last series against the Reds, and I don’t know if I should be encouraged by the numbers of batters who got on base or discouraged ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (16-15) at Chicago Cubs (14-16) 23 Comments
The Cubs went 4-3 on their trip out west, and a winning record on any such trip is a nice feat no matter the quality of the teams played. Today they start a 2 plus week stretch of games ...
When could Wells and Cashner return? 47 Comments
LOS ANGELES — Cubs pitchers Andrew Cashner and Randy Wells headed to Arizona on Wednesday to continue their rehab there and both could be facing batters next week. — ...
Colorado Rockies @ Chicago Cubs (WRONG!) 92 Comments
Rained out. Makeup scheduled for the end of June.
GamedayB-Ref Preview
Rockies
wOBA
wRC
RS
Cubs
wOBA
wRC
RS
Dexter Fowler
.347
.58
-.03
Kosuke Fukudome
.342
.56
-.06
Jonathan ...
Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (14-7) at Chicago Cubs (10-11) 59 Comments
After hosting the Cubs last week, the Rockies dropped a series at home vs the Giants and lost 2 of 3 against the Marlins, where they were nearly no-hit on Friday by Anibal Sanchez. ...
