Series Preview: New York Mets (15-23) at Chicago Cubs (17-23) 19 Comments
The Mets have lost seven of their last ten games, including a sweep by the Pirates and a near-sweep by the Cardinals. Luckily for the Mets, they have the Marlins in their division ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (13-21) at Washington Nationals (19-15) 17 Comments
The Nats have had a bit of a streaky season so far. They've swept the Mets, White Sox, and Tigers and have been swept by the Braves and Cardinals. They're currently riding ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (15-14) at Chicago Cubs (11-17) 26 Comments
The Reds got off to a hot start, but have been scuffling a bit recently. A big reason is the lack of production from their two best players. Ace Johnny Cueto hit the DL with a lat ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (9-15) vs San Diego Padres (9-15) 21 Comments
It was nice to see the Cubs beating up on another team for once this year. They get to face another team that may be worse than they are in the Padres. The Padres have had a weird ...
Series Preview: Cubs (6-14) at Marlins (5-16) 42 Comments
The Cubs get a double-breather in this matchup with the Marlins. Not only do they get to face one of the rosters in the majors that's in even worse shape than theirs, but they ...
Series Preview (and game thread): Giants (6-3) at Cubs (3-5) 82 Comments
The Cubs will get a whiff of success this weekend, and it will probably be coming from the other dugout. (Blatantly plagarized from Brett's preview blurb at Bleacher Nation, because ...
Series Preview: Brewers (1-5) at Cubs (2-4) 60 Comments
The Cubs open their first homestand against a team that is in even worse shape than they are. The Brewers are already missing first basemen Corey Hart and Mat Gamel due to injuries ...
Daily Facepalm 4.3.13 27 Comments
Draft bonus pools announced
Not shockingly, the Cubs have the second largest bonus pool at ~$10.5m. The Nats have the lowest at ~$2.5m due to their low draft position and losing ...
That revamped Cubs rotation 96 Comments
Much has been written here in the last few days about the Cubs rotation injuries and what it means for the overall strength of the rotation. Most, or actually all of that has been negative. ...
Scott Feldman will be the 4th starter 25 Comments
Dale Sveum said yesterday that Scott Feldman will be the 4th starter for the Cubs. He also confirmed what we already knew in that Scott Baker won't be ready to start the season.
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It’s time to get excited about the 2013 Cubs 7 Comments
Spring training is just around the corner and the 2013 Cubs are set to kick off their Cactus League schedule on February 23rd. It's a split squad game and the game against the Angels ...
An updated look at the 2013 rotation 26 Comments
The Cubs finalized contracts with Edwin Jackson and Carlos Villanueva today, which gives the Cubs something like 18 starters. I lost count. The good news is that Edwin Jackson is actually ...
Dave Cameron on the Edwin Jackson signing 1 Comment
Dave Cameron wrote a bit about the Cubs signing of Edwin Jackson. Here's part of it.
But we should note that Edwin Jackson makes them better, and this price for Edwin Jackson is ...
Edwin Jackson Signs 28 Comments
Patrick Mooney was first with the news, and the usual suspects seem to be in agreement, though we at Obstructed View reserve the right to retract any and all free agent signing stories ...
Carlos Villanueva’s contract and Edwin Jackson 38 Comments
The Cubs signed Carlos Villanueva to a contract last night. We didn't know the terms of the contract and I felt about the contract similarly to Myles.
If I were a betting man, ...
Cubs Groundball Rate: Snorting Bosio’s Magic Sinker Dust 15 Comments