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 ...
HP on Stephen Strasburg No Comments
Unless you read every word, you probably didn't see that defacto OV owner Harry Pavlidis has expanded his internet empire to the Washington Post, where he will write about pitch ...
The Top 20 Cubs performances in a 2012 game 106 Comments
I was curious which players had the best games in 2012 for this shitty team we follow. I used Win Probability Added (WPA) from Baseball Reference to compile the list. There's no ...
NDLS Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) vs Washington Nationals (98-64) 38 Comments
The Nats lost 102 and 103 games in 2008 and 2009, respectively, and improved to 69-93 in 2010. Last year they finished the year with a 80-81 record, which was a marked improvement. ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (51-82) at Washington Nationals (81-52) 40 Comments
Team Overviews
Cubs
Nats
wRC+
78 (16th)
98 (4th)
BSR
-0.7 (9th)
-15.5 (16th)
UZR
19.1 (3rd)
19.5 (2nd)
DRS
-5 (9th)
-3 (7th)
SP FIP-
104 (11th)
86 (1st)
RP FIP-
113 ...
One foot on the Samardzija bandwagon 10 Comments
Jeff Samardzija transformed. We heard about it all spring. We were to believe the transformation began in the second half of last season in which he threw about 40 or so innings. We ...
Nationals at Cubs Chat 106 Comments
The games threads this year, for as long as we do them anyway, are going to be abbreviated compared to the past. Stephen Strasburg gets the ball for the Nationals and Ryan Dempster ...
Series Preview: Washington Nationals (0-0) at Chicago Cubs (0-0) 14 Comments
Welcome back to another year of Obstructed View series previews! And I guess Cubs baseball too.
The Washington Nationals have come a long way since their "Natinals" days. ...
2013 MLB Draft: Could the Cubs Force the Astros to Pass on Appel? 27 Comments