Time: 7:10 PM CT TV: CSN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS (89-48) Dexter Fowler, CF Ben Zobrist, 2B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Jorge Soler, LF Tommy La Stella, 3B Jason Heyward, RF Miguel Montero, C Javier Baez, SS Jason Hammel, P Hammel Stats 146 IP 7.52 K/9 2.90 BB/9 3.14 ERA 4.26 FIP 4.11 ZiPS FIP (60-77) Jonathan Villar, 3B Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF Ryan Braun, …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (88-48) at Milwaukee Brewers (60-76)
At least the Brewers have a seven game lead on the Reds to avoid finishing last in the division. Looking at the standings, there are five other teams in the NL with records as bad or worse than the Brewers. Remember when the Diamondbacks were viewed as having an outside shot at making the playoffs? (dying laughing). Team Leaders Cubs …
Cubs 3, Giants 2 (9.4.16)
OSS: The Jason Heyward Game? Three up: Heyward drove in all three runs in this game, including the RBI single that sent the game to extras in the ninth and the game-winner in the thirteenth. His slash line since the weekend off in Coors now stands at .308/.320/.442, and hopefully he just keeps on hitting. Addison Russell had a great …
Cubs 5, Giants 4 (9.1.16)
MSS: …before Tuesday’s game against the Athletics, pitcher Jeff Samardzija said he wasn’t thrilled with the moves. “I don’t think this team improves by trading Scott Feldman,” Samardzija said. “He was one of our better pitchers. He’s thrown a lot of innings, a solid dude, a solid guy in the clubhouse. It’s a shame to see him go, and the …
Giants @ Cubs Game Thread
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: CSN, MLB Network Gameday LINEUPS (72-60) Denard Span, CF Angel Pagan, LF Buster Posey, C Hunter Pence, RF Brandon Crawford, SS Joe Panik, 2B Eduardo Nunez, 3B Brandon Belt, 1B Jeff Samardzija, P Samardzija Stats 166.2 IP 6.75 K/9 2.38 BB/9 4.00 ERA 4.17 FIP 3.82 FIP (ZiPS) (85-47) Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B …
These 2016 Cubs are one of the best teams in the divisional era
This is the best Cubs team most of us have seen in our lifetimes. You’d have to be pretty old to have seen a better Cubs team than the 2016 version. So let’s just say this is the best Cubs team in our lives, but how good are they compared to the rest of the teams? The Cubs 3rd order …
Cubs 6, Pirates 5 (8.31.16)
OSS: Cubs close out August with a nail biter. Three up Kris Bryant homered again, keeping pace with Nolan Arenado for the NL lead. Jason Heyward had yet another solid day at the plate, going 2-3 with a walk, a RBI, and the totally common run-scored-on-balk. Since his series off in Colorado, he has a .333/.351/.500 slash line, and has …
Pirates @ Cubs Game Thread
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: CSN, ESPN Gameday LINEUPS (67-63) Josh Harrison, 2B Josh Bell, 1B Andrew McCutchen, CF Gregory Polanco, RF Starling Marte, LF Francisco Cervelli, C Fuckface, 3B Jordy Mercer, SS Ryan Vogelsong, P (84-47) Javier Baez, 2B Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Jorge Soler, LF Jason Heyward, RF Addison Russell, SS Tommy La Stella, 2B Willson Contreras, C Jason …
Pirates @ Cubs Game Thread
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: WGN, MLB Network Gameday LINEUPS Josh Harrison, 2B Josh Bell, 1B Andrew McCutchen, CF Gregory Polanco, RF Starling Marte, LF David Freese, 3B Francisco Cervelli, C Jordy Mercer, SS Chad Kuhl, P Javier Baez, 2B Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Jorge Soler, LF Jason Heyward, RF Addison Russell, SS Miguel Montero, C Matt Szczur, CF Kyle …
Cubs 8, Pirates 7 (8.29.16)
OSS: Cubs win a bizarre one. Three Six up There were too many crazy plays in this game to stick to just three. WPA-wise this was one of the craziest games I’ve seen. There were twenty separate plays that swung win probability by more than ten percent. The biggest one was Jorge Soler‘s game-tying homer in the ninth (.470 WPA). …