Chris Coghlan had one of the best games of his career yesterday. He doubled, homered, and even played 3 innings of 3B, a position he hadn’t played in years (and did it capably!). He also added a walk and a single. No one cares, though. Chris Coghlan will never be the lede for any other story, because Jorge Soler put on …
Dexter Fowler is the man. Cubs 6, Rockies 5 (4/12/2015)
OSS: Dexter Fowler returns to Coors and makes a deposit. Three Up 1. Dexter Fowler is officially a Cub now. With 2 out, 1 on, down 1, 0-2 count, Fowler laced a shot into the second level on the right field. Fowler finished the game 2-5 with the dinger, and finished the series with 12 total bases and 2 walks. …
Daily Facepalm 4.7.15 – Cubs a game out of first
Evil wins Duke won the NCAA Championship yesterday. When he wasn’t busy not answering questions about the rapist he was sheltering for two years and being an all-around jackass, he was winning a lot of basketball games. Sorry, berselius. Gray matters The A’s beat the Rangers 8-0 today, and Sonny Gray carried a no-hitter until the 8th inning. That’s pretty good, …
Cardinals 3, Cubs 0 (4/5/15)
OSS: Cubs waste 3 lead-off doubles and lead-off single against Wainwright Three Up: 1. Phil Coke was clearly the best player on the team yesterday. He came in to a very dicey situation (2nd and 3rd, one out), and stranded them both. The game could have very easily gotten away from the Cubs there, but Coke locked them out. Great …
Oh, Alvin Yellon. Oh, Oh, Alvin.
When Alvin titles an article Athletics 14, Cubs 2: Oh, Edwin Jackson. Oh, Oh, Edwin. You just know that the article is going to be condescending. When Alvin writes any article, you know that the article is going to be poorly written. Here we go. Then, word came that he had been “caught in traffic.” Uh… okay, I guess, even …
Projecting the 25-man roster
Yesterday, we heard the strongest whispers yet that Javier Baez was making the Opening Day roster. While not altogether unexpected, it nonetheless helps to shape the roster (and with just 2 weeks left, we’ll be hearing a lot more of these soon, I’d wager). The 5th OF and the 6th (or 7th) reliever aren’t the most pivotal positions on the team, but …
The Cubs #5 starter battle dissected
When the Cubs opened camp this Spring Training, one of the only real battles for a roster space figuring to take place was at the back-end of the rotation. 1 through 3 was definitely set (Lester, Arrieta, Hammel), and the 4th starter was almost certainly going to be Kyle Hendricks (though Muskat and others whispered that even he might break …
3-16-15 Liveblog (Cubs vs. Dads)
I’m watching the game and took the day off. I’m going to blog my random thoughts. First, the lineup: Al Contra 3B (interestingly) Coghlan LF (looking behind his shoulder at Bryant/Lake) Castro SS Soler RF Bryant DH (nursing shoulder soreness) Sweeney CF (battling for a suddenly crowded outfield) Castillo C (auditioning for the Padres) O/ 1B (auditioning for 3 weeks …
Know Thy Enemy: 2015 Cardinals
This is the first in a 5-part series that will look at each of the Cubs’ divisional rivals this season. I’m going to start from the top and work my way down, so we can end on some happier notes. Today, we look at the Cardinals, who were the class of this division and appear to be in a class …
Simple Rating System for BP Top 101
The BP 101 just dropped. For some reason, WordPress isn’t allowing me to link that, so go here to see it. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25538 It’s free, so there are no worries about proprietary business. I made a simple ranking system for the prospects and organized each team by how many points they had. My system is as follows: 6 points for 1-103 …