Week 2 (April 11 – April 16) Monday, April 11 vs Reds: W 5-3 (Box, OV Recap) Wednesday, April 13 vs Reds: W 9-2 (Box, OV Recap) Thursday, April 14 vs Reds: W 8-1 (Box, OV Recap) Friday, April 15 vs Rockies: L 1-6 (Box, OV Recap) Saturday, April 16 vs Rockies: W 6-2 (Box, OV Recap) Sunday, April 17 vs …
Where We Stand Now (4-11-16)
Week 1 (April 4 – April 10) Monday, April 4 @ Angels: W 9-0 (Box, OV Recap) Tuesday, April 5 @ Angels: W 6-1 (Box, OV Recap) Thursday, April 7 @ Dbacks: W 14-6 (Box, OV Recap) Friday, April 8 @ Dbacks: L 2-3 (Box, OV Recap) Saturday, April 9 @Dbacks: W 4-2 (Box, OV Recap) Sunday, April 10 @ …
Where We Stand Now (8-10-15)
The Cubs completed their 4-game sweep of the Giants and won 5 of their games this week. They’ve won 10 of 11 overall during this hot streak. Their playoff chances are looking pretty good at this point with a 3.5 game lead over the Giants. Team W L PCT RS RA GB Cardinals 71 40 .640 440 319 – Pirates …
Where We Stand Now (8-3-15)
I’m going to try and do these every Monday from now on. The Cubs are coming off a very nice 4-game sweep in Milwaukee with a chance to do even more damage in the next week. They’ve got 3 in Pittsburgh starting tonight and then return home for four against the Giants. Team W L PCT RS RA GB Cardinals …
Where We Stand Now 7-23-15
The Cubs are coming off a 4-3 road trip and I thought I’d update the WWSN tables. The Cubs lost a game to the Cardinals since the break, but they don’t have much chance of catching them anyway. They did pick up some ground on the Pirates and it would be nice to finish in 2nd rather than 3rd. If …
Where We Stand Now: ASB 2015
I figured the All Star break was as good a time as any to break out a new Where We Stand Now post. The Cubs sit in 3rd place in the NL Central, but 3rd place isn’t as bad as it sounds. They’re still a game up for the final Wild Card spot, but they’ve been a bit unlucky while …
Where We Stand Now
Following last night’s 6-0 loss to the Indians, the Cubs are a solid 34-28, but are 8 games behind the Cardinals who have hacked their way to baseball’s best 43-21 record. The Pirates are in 2nd place and after winning 6 in a row are a couple of games ahead of the Cubs. The Cubs remain 5th in the NL, …
Where We Stand Now: Starting pitching
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 games thus far have performed. Player GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 GB% BABIP ERA FIP xFIP Ryan Dempster 4 28.1 9.21 2.86 0.32 41.2% .191 0.95 2.32 2.94 …
Where We Stand Now 5.1.12 – Batters
Now that a month has passed, let's take a look back at what's gone wrong (and a few things that have gone right). First, a look at the batters. Here are the regulars' current slash lines, wOBA, BABIP, and preseason projected wOBAs. I'm only doing Johnson and Mather because they've picked up the most PAs of the bench guys, and …