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  • 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 ...

    Rethinking Pitching Philosophies, Derek Johnson, and Carlos Gomez 29 Comments

    Cubs Den has a post up drawing attention to a Baseball America article on changes in the Cubs’ organizational philosophy related to developing pitching talent. The BA piece focuses ...
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    World Series Preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74) 148 Comments

    The Giants have home field advantage in this series thanks to All-Star Game MVP Melky Cabrera, who was suspended for PED violations and was left off the Giants playoff roster (his 50 ...
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    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-32) at San Francisco Giants (27-24) 223 Comments

    The Cubs start a ten game road trip with a visit to Pac Bell Park (or whatever the hell they're calling it these days). At least this series, unlike most west coast series, will ...
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    Matt Garza Update 312 Comments

    It’s been a few days since we had a post about Matt Garza and since we’re rebranding as the Matt Garza Blog we figured it was time for an update. Jon Heyman says that there ...

    Series preview: World Champions (21-16) at Chicago Cubs (16-20) 139 Comments

    Team Overview Team stats (and NL ranks) wOBA: .297 (15th)UZR: -8.1 (12th)DRS: -6 (6th)SP FIP: 3.22 (3rd)SP xFIP: 3.47 (4th)RP FIP: 2.79 (3rd)RP xFIP: 3.14 (2nd) Batters Player wOBA ZiPS ...