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: 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 ...
Another Matt Garza setback and what to do with Scott Feldman 39 Comments
Matt Garza's rehab start was scratched the other day due to soreness in the arm. It's being called dead arm, which is common for players. It's especially common for those ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (5-12) at Cincinnati Reds (11-8) 20 Comments
The Reds are still the team to beat in the NL Central. They had a rough first road trip, losing two of three in St. Louis and getting swept in Pittsburgh, but bounced back with a sweep ...
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 ...
Matt Garza pushing for early May return 1 Comment
ATLANTA — Matt Garza rejoined the Cubs on Friday, one day after his first bullpen session since mid-February, and said he was already penciling himself into the rotation for ...
Daily Facepalm 4.6.13 12 Comments
Cubs lose
The Cubs dropped the first game of their series against the Braves. Scott Feldman gave up four runs in 4 2/3 innings, and is lucky he didn't give up more than that. He ...
Series Preview: Cubs (2-1) at Braves (2-1) 37 Comments
The Cubs somehow managed to scratch together enough runs to take a series from the Pirates. Now they head to relatively warm Atlanta for another three game set. Atlanta beat up on ...
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. ...
Cubs players who are out of options 7 Comments
There are 6 Cubs players who are out of options meaning they cannot be optioned to the minor leagues. They would have to be placed on waivers instead. Those players are: Michael Bowden, ...
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 ...
Tommy John Surgery, The Hardball Times Annual and Scott Baker 16 Comments
I got the Kindle version of The Hardball Times annual for my birthday and the first thing I wanted to read was the article about Tommy John surgery. It looked at whether pitchers get ...
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 ...
Cubs Groundball Rate: Snorting Bosio’s Magic Sinker Dust 15 Comments