I was a little confused this morning when I read Ed Sherman’s interview with Tom Ricketts. In it, Ricketts said that the Cubs’ meagre attendance numbers had more to do with the soggy weather than the crappy baseball. When you play most of your home games in 45 degrees and it’s wet, I’m sorry, I can understand why some people …
Chicago Bulls vs. Axis of Evil – Game 1
Let’s get it on!
Grades so far: Outfield
I haven’t gotten to this one as quickly as I’d hoped, but here it is. You can read about the article I wrote about the infield if you haven’t already. Alfonso Soriano – It hasn’t been pretty, but Soriano has been a productive hitter to this point in the season. He has a .359 wOBA thanks to his 11 home …
To slot or not to slot
I read an interesting article today from Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports re: the bonus slotting issue that is being debated for the next CBA. Here’s what seems to be the most important point of argument: Somewhere in the middle sit the players, the MLBPA’s truest voices and, in all likelihood, the ultimate arbiters of the draft slotting debate. …
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects
I have always wanted to write more about the minor leagues, but whenever I start to do so I have failed to keep it up. As a result, I’ve mostly stopped writing articles about minor league players unless it’s relevant to the big league team. I know there are at least a few of you who closely follow the Cubs …
Wells to start rehab on Tuesday
Randy Wells will begin his rehab on Tuesday. I was thinking it would be five days later, but the Cubs could use some rotation help as it is. CHICAGO — Cubs pitcher Randy Wells threw two innings in an extended spring training game on Thursday in Mesa, Ariz., and the next step will be a Minor League rehab start for …
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 …
How much have the injuries cost the Cubs, and projecting Doug Davis
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. Wells is a bit ahead of Cashner, but neither pitcher is probably going to be back with the big league club by the end of the month. Wells pitched …
Kosuke Fukudome’s Odd Season So Far
Kosuke Fukudome has been known for his great April starts and then fading away. This year has been a bit different. He’s still hitting fairly well into May, which is because of the new calendar the Cubs presented him with, but something is different. I put together these images of his AVG, OBP and SLG after each of the first …
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 …