Team overview Team stats and NL ranks Cubs Cardinals wOBA .323 (5th) .344 (1st) UBR -7.3 (16th) -1.7 (12th) UZR -12.1 (14th) 6.9 (4th) SP FIP 4.07 (11th) 3.74 (4th) RP FIP 4.08 (16th) 3.78 (11th) I’m too lazy to breakdown the individual player stats. Blame the Cubs shittiness (laughing). I’ll hit the highlights. “RF” Lance Berkman is still hitting …
Which types of players have been injured? (UPDATED)
Fellow Cubs blogger Doc Blume opined in the comments to today’s article at LOHO that part of the Cubs injury issues stem from the roster being filled with players with questionable medical histories, as the Cubs had no money to spend on better players. The lack of payroll room the past few offseasons pushed the Cubs towards signing/acquiring marginal, injury …
Series Preview: Houston Astros (19-34) vs Iowa Cubs (23-28)
Stoppable force meets movable object in this series between the Cubs and Astros. Both teams are throwing two starters in this series who probably don’t belong in a MLB rotation, but their pathetic offenses should struggle to score runs anyway. If any of you are in the Chicago area and don’t have tickets to the game, let “Aneury Rodriguez! Rodrigo …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (19-23) at Boston Red Sox (23-20)
This could be interesting. Or very ugly. If you’re looking to be patronized, be sure to check out today’s column by Gordon Edes. Team Overview Team stats with respective league rankings wOBA: Sox: .331 (7th), .328 (3rd) UZR: Sox: 5.1 (5th), Cubs: -6.7 (11th)DRS: Sox: -16 (12th), Cubs: -28 (15th)SP FIP: Sox: 4.25 (12th), Cubs: 4.03 (10th)RP FIP: Sox: 3.75 …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (17-23) at Florida Marlins (24-16)
The battle for 4th place is heating up, as the Pirates have topped the Cubs three game losing streak with a six game slide of their own. Luckily for the Pirates the Cubs are heading to Florida, a state were they’ve traditionally been steamrolled. At least it’s only 2 games – the Cubs play the Marlins in a four game …
Series preview: Chicago Cubs (17-21) at Cincinnati Reds (23-17)
It hasn’t been too long since we saw the Reds, but in that span of time they’ve gone from a mediocre record to the top of the NL Central division. A big part of it is that they’re healthy again – Bailey, Cueto, and Scott Rolen are all back on the roster now. They’ve won eight of their last ten …
Series preview: World Champions (21-16) at Chicago Cubs (16-20)
Team Overview Team stats (and NL ranks) wOBA: .297 (15th)UZR: -8.1 (12th)DRS: -6 (6th)SP FIP: 3.22 (3rd)SP xFIP: 3.47 (4th)RP FIP: 2.79 (3rd)RP xFIP: 3.14 (2nd) Batters Player wOBA ZiPS wOBA CF Andres Torres .390 .337 2B Freddy Sanchez .301 .313 1B Aubrey Huff .283 .344 C Buster Posey .319 .365 RF Nate Schierholtz .334 .327 LF Pat Burrell .354 …
Too lazy to look up projections Cardinals vs Cubs thread
Lineups St Louis RF Jon Jay 2B Allen Craig (Skip Schumaker 2.0?) 1B Albert Pujols LF Matt Holliday CF Colby Rasmus C Yadier Molina 3B Daniel Descalso SS Tyler Greene LHP Jaime Garcia Cubs SS Starlin Castro 2B Darwin Barney CF Marlon Byrd 3B Aramis Ramirez RF Jeff Baker 1B Carlos Pena LF Alfonso Soriano C Welington Castillo RHP Casey …
Mental Day Off Game Thread
Lineups Reds CF Drew Stubbs SS Edgar Renteria 1B Joey Votto 2B Brandon Phillips RF Jay Bruce LF Chris Heisey C Ryan Hanigan 3B Chris Valaika P Bronson Arroyo Cubs RF Kosuke Fukudome SS Darwin Barney CF Marlon Byrd 3B Aramis Rodrigo 1B Carlos Pena C Geovany Soto 2B Blake DeWitt LF Tyler Colvin P Casey Coleman Game is …
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (16-15) at Chicago Cubs (14-16)
The Cubs went 4-3 on their trip out west, and a winning record on any such trip is a nice feat no matter the quality of the teams played. Today they start a 2 plus week stretch of games against good to great teams, capped off by an inevitable steamrolling in Fenway. They start this stretch with the Reds, my …