Cubs rWAR and fWAR

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Most of you are at least somewhat familiar with WAR and how it works. I’d bet most of you are familiar that Fangraphs publishes their own WAR (fWAR) and Baseball Reference publishes their own. BRef’s WAR is based on Rally Monkey’s formula and it’s been referred to as rWAR for a few years now. There are some key differences between …

When could Wells and Cashner return?

In News And Rumors by dmick8947 Comments

LOS ANGELES — Cubs pitchers Andrew Cashner and Randy Wells headed to Arizona on Wednesday to continue their rehab there and both could be facing batters next week. — Carrie Muskat So let’s say they begin facing batters on Monday, May 9th. They get their 4 days off and go back out to face some hitters again on May 14th. …

Colorado Rockies @ Chicago Cubs (WRONG!)

In Game Threads by Obstructed View Staff92 Comments

Rained out. Makeup scheduled for the end of June. GamedayB-Ref Preview Rockies wOBA wRC RS Cubs wOBA wRC RS Dexter Fowler .347 .58 -.03 Kosuke Fukudome .342 .56 -.06 Jonathan Herrera .298 .38 .02 Starlin Castro .332 .51 -.03 Carlos Gonzalez .381 .67 .00 Jeff Baker .312 .42 -.01 Troy Tulowitzki .382 .66 .04 Aramis Ramirez .350 .54 -.03 Todd …

Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (14-7) at Chicago Cubs (10-11)

In Series Previews by berselius59 Comments

After hosting the Cubs last week, the Rockies dropped a series at home vs the Giants and lost 2 of 3 against the Marlins, where they were nearly no-hit on Friday by Anibal Sanchez. They no longer have the best record in baseball (that belongs to the Phillies) but they’re one game off the pace. Team Overview Team stats and …