Roster Reshuffling update 111 Comments
The Cubs have transacted half a zillion minor moves in the last week. We'll take a page from Phil Rogers and use the +/- system, because it actually means something in this context ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (29-49) @ Atlanta Braves (41-37) 130 Comments
The red hot Chicago Cubs travel to Atlanta fresh off sweeping the super-talented Houston Astros. The Braves lost 2 of 3 to the Nationals over the weekend.
Teams at a glance
Stat
Cubs
Braves
wOBA
.297
.317
wRC+
80 ...
Daily Facepalm 3.23.12 – Too many DUIs edition 246 Comments
Practice game recap
The Cubs pounded the rangers 11-4. Soriano, Mather, Jackson, and Ian Stewart all homered. Matt Garza threw 81 pitches in five innings, but could have gone deeper ...
OV’s Projected Playing Time for the 2012 Cubs 79 Comments
On Saturday I published this year's playing time survey and more than 50 of you took the time to fill it out. Thanks for taking the time. I'm going to go ahead and publish the ...
Daily Facepalm 3.5.12 – Random state laws edition 89 Comments
This week in state laws
Lots of discussion in the comments this morning about state liquor and marriage laws yesterday. Apparently WaLi tried to get drunk and marry his cousin yesterday, ...
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 ...
The Cubs should not call up Brett Jackson 92 Comments
I’ve been reading a lot of things from fans the last few days about how silly it is that the organization may not call up Brett Jackson when rosters expand. I know we all want ...
Raised Expectations 8 Comments
Well… here we are. After all the hype building up to the site’s debut today, I can’t help but wonder if people will walk away with the same sense of disappointment ...
Andrew Cashner joins the rotation 73 Comments
The Cubs announced on Saturday that Andrew Cashner would be the team’s 5th starter and that Marcos Mateo had claimed the final bullpen spot. This leaves Carlos Silva ...
2013 PECOTA Projections 70 Comments