2012 Cubs Catching Defense 130 Comments
One of the things I noticed this season with Welington Castillo was that about any time he had an opportunity to make an error, he did. I'm not being serious of course, but it was ...
Starlin Castro’s Lineup Spot 35 Comments
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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 ...
New Cub Arodys Vizcaino 1 Comment
I was getting ready for bed last night when all these trades happened and I assumed I'd make it to bed at my bedtime. Then I saw Arodys Vizcaino's name surface as one of the ...
New Cub Jake Brigham 32 Comments
Last night Geovany Soto was traded to the Texas Rangers for Jake Brigham. Brigham is a 24 year old right handed pitcher who has spent each of 2011 and 2012 for AA Frisco. His ERA over ...
Geovany Soto traded to Texas Rangers for Jacob Brigham, Johnson and Paul Maholm traded to Braves for Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Capman ***UPDATED*** 109 Comments
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo, Geovany Soto has been traded to the Texas Rangers.
Soto has been traded to Rangers.
— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) July 31, 2012
Not sure ...
Reed Johnson traded, Geovany Soto too ***UPDATED*** 81 Comments
Reed Johnson has more than likely been traded. He was pulled from tonight's game and was shaking hands in the dugout. More on this later (probably tomorrow morning for me).
UPDATE: ...
Potential deadline trades 56 Comments
Nearly every player on the Cubs is a potential trade candidate so talking about each one would be exhaustive and pointless. Luis Valbuena is a trade candidate though why any team would ...
Series Preview: Boston Red Sox (31-32) at Chicago Cubs (21-42) 152 Comments
Wait, the Red Sox have a losing record? That was a surprise to me. Pythagoras disagrees with their record, as they have a +26 run differential, second in the AL east and 4th in the ...
Daily, er, Monthly Facepalm – 5.31.12 112 Comments
Cubs slip from last place
The Cubs sweep of the Padres puts them one game behind in the race for the #1 pick. The Cubs are tied with the Twins for the second pick.
Buried in this Hobbitton ...
Geovany Soto to the DL, Chris Volstad Option to AAA 143 Comments
Geovany Soto has a tear in the meniscus in his left knee and will or already has undergone arthroscopic knee surgery. He'll be out at least 3 weeks. Blake Lalli was called up to ...
Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (18-21) at Chicago Cubs (15-23) 86 Comments
Last I checked, the White Sox were doing pretty well in the AL central and there was talk of contention. They have a losing record now, but it's only a half game back from ...
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 ...
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 ...
Marlon Byrd is not a .091 hitter, and other observations about slumps and trade value – UPDATED 34 Comments
We're all disappointed by the production so far of many of the Cubs offensive players, most notably Marlon Byrd and Geovany Soto. Byrd has a wOBA of .091 on the season, and Geo ...
Wells and Wood optioned to minors, Clevenger over Castillo 37 Comments
I'd much rather have seen Randy Wells in the Chicago Cubs rotation, but rather than bullpenning him the Cubs have at least done the only other smart thing possible by optioning ...
2013 Cubs Projections: Welington Castillo 20 Comments