Projecting the 2012 Cubs: 2nd Basemen 67 Comments
I don't really know why, but whenever I think about Darwin Barney I want to pronounce his name with a Boston accent. I guess it makes it more fun to think about Dahwin Bahney rather ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: 1st Basemen 43 Comments
Bryan LaHair turned 29 years old in November and he's set to take over 1st base for the Cubs in 2012. LaHair was drafted in the 39th round of the 2002 Draft. Until a few years ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Catchers 50 Comments
The past few years I've done posts for each player, but this year I'm going to do it by position. It's a little more than 9 weeks until the season starts so about one of ...
2012 Cubs ZiPS Projections, Part 2 138 Comments
We looked at the ZiPS projections for the batters already so here are the pitchers.
Player
IP
H
HR
BB
K
ERA
FIP
Matt Garza
194.3
176
19
64
181
3.52
3.60
Andrew Cashner
64.7
59
5
30
51
3.76
4.02
Ryan ...
An Unfair Game 322 Comments
There’s a movie coming out this week. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s based on a book that Bill James didn’t write. It goes by many names: Joe Morgan’s ...
How much have the injuries cost the Cubs, and projecting Doug Davis 10 Comments
Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner were placed on the DL following their first start of the season. Each is currently rehabbing in Arizona and just began facing live batters this week. ...
Welington Castillo to Chicago? 3 Comments
It could be nothing, but I couldn’t help but notice that moments after Soto was out of the game that the Iowa Cubs pinch hit for Welington Castillo. Castillo began the season ...
Cubs to sign Doug Davis 110 Comments
The Cubs are reportedly close to signing Doug Davis to a minor league deal. Davis has been considerably better throughout his career than most people realize. Baseball Reference uses ...
