Matt Garza leaves game with forearm injury 35 Comments
Matt Garza left tonight's game after 3 innings with a forearm injury. It's probably not serious, but here are some other players who have had not so serious forearm injuries: ...
The Children Are The Future – Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Cookies Bar “B” “Q” 15 Comments
Iowa Cubs
Brett Jackson was 1-4 and struckout twice. He has an astronomical 33.8% strikeout rate, but is still managing a wOBA near .370, which is good for a wRC+ of 113. It's ...
Gordo on Randy Wells DFA (tweet) No Comments
Randy Wells DFA'd. Dolis recalled. Cubs have 10 days to trade or waive. Also: Sabathia to DL in NY. Just saying.
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) June 27, 2012
(dying laughing), ...
Randy Wells Designated for Assignment 102 Comments
Following his second straight outing with four walks in less than four innings, Randy Wells was designated for assignment by the Cubs today (first reported by Bruce Miles on Twitter, ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (22-44) at Chicago White Sox (35-31) 69 Comments
I think the White Sox have already claimed the Dead Pelican Cup, even if their entire team comes down with the plague and the Cubs eke out a sweep this week. The White Sox are a legit ...
A 2013 Cubs Contender, Part 1 143 Comments
RC has been insistent about wondering how the Cubs may contend in 2013. I've been meaning to write something about it for some time, but can't help but think the Cubs are a ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (15-26) at Houston Astros (18-23) 50 Comments
We knew that the Cubs would stink this year, but seeing the Pirates and Astros above the Cubs in the standings still takes some getting used to. At least we have the Hope Monster to ...
The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Acapulco Taco Pie 107 Comments
Iowa
Another day another Anthony Rizzo HR. He decided to pair his 13th shot of the year with a triple and kept his average at .359. Brett Jackson on the other hand is really scuffling ...
Where We Stand Now: Starting pitching 24 Comments
I already took a look at the team batting numbers, and now we'll look at the bright spot in the Cubs roster: starting pitching. Here's how the seven pitchers who have started ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (6-13) at Philadelphia Phillies (9-10) 102 Comments
The Cubs finally got their first series win of the year! Things are looking up….except that they just barely avoid having the worst record in the NL (mostly due to opportunity ...
Minor League Update 4-6-12 79 Comments
I'd like to make this a daily feature here at Obstructed View, but have you looked at the minor league rosters? I'd suggest you avoid doing so if you haven't looked already. ...
Other transformed Cubs 129 Comments
With Jeff Samardzija's "transformation" I thought it would be fun to find other Cubs player who have transformed this spring.
Joe Mather: With a .412/.455/.745 batting ...
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 ...
Did the Cubs really add that much depth? 79 Comments
Over on Cubs Den (a really good blog), John talks about how the Cubs have quietly built depth to give them trade flexibility. I want to look at his bullets one by one because I just ...
Daily Facepalm 3.26.12 35 Comments
Anything interesting happen over the weekend?
Eh. Dempster was knocked around in a minor league game yesterday, but who knows if he was working on something. I missed yesterday's ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs – Randy Wells 106 Comments
Somehow Jeff Samardzija has more upside than Randy Wells, despite the fact that Wells posted back to back 3 WAR seasons in 2009-2010 before last year's injury rattled season. Wells ...
Cherry Picking 40 Comments
In the final 14 appearances one season, he threw 74 innings, allowed only 50 hits and posted a sparkling ERA under 2. After the season fans were excited about what this pitcher could ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Chris Volstad 104 Comments
It looks like Chris Volstad has the last rotation spot locked up. If you looked up "serviceable" in a dictionary there would probably be a picture of Volstad next to it. ...
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 ...
Season in Review: Jeff Samardzija 70 Comments