There is no such thing as an awesome bullpen entering the season. There is no such thing as an awesome bullpen entering the season. There is no such thing as an awesome bullpen entering the season. Every time you start to think some team has an awesome bullpen in March, repeat those lines ahead. The bullpen is way too inconsistent …
Offense So Far
Before we show any numbers at all, it must be stated that the numbers are mostly useless, if not entirely useless. It’s a total of 8 games. Small sample size! That doesn’t mean we can’t show some team numbers just for fun. That’s all it is at this point. vs. R: 182 PA, .325 wOBA, 94 wRC+ (100 is average)vs. …
Ramirez’s single
“Aramis Ramirez, in typical style, is at first base. I mean, no excuse why a Major Leaguer is not at seconed base on that ball.” — Bill Schroeder, Brewers color commentator In last night’s 7-4 Cubs victory over the Brewers, Schroeder took a shot at Aramis Ramirez after Rickie Weeks first error of the night. A popup was misjudged by …
There Have Been Worse Ideas
It has been suggested on other parts of the interwebs by someone we’ll refer to as A. Yellon… no… that’s too obvious. We’ll call him Alvin Y. Anyway, he suggested that the Cubs need to think outside the box and just let Kerry Wood start as the 5th starter until either Cashner or Wells returns. I swear I am not …
100 Percent Discount
Bleacher tickets to see the Cubbies at the Greatest Place on Earth? Priceless.
Can’t-Lose Thursday: Random Points of Hopefulness
The Cubs can’t lose today. Nary a single Cubbie appendix has ruptured. Starlin Castro hasn’t been put in timeout yet. Alfonso Soriano leads the league in homers. Wrigley Field hasn’t had chunks of itself fly off in several months. Albert Pujols‘ free agent value has tumbled to $299 million. No new Nicolas Cage movies are being released this weekend. It’s …
Searching For a Ray of Sunshine on an Otherwise Craptastic Day
Today has been a rough day to be a Cubs fan. Everything got off to a bad start this morning as we awaited word on Andrew Cashner’s MRI results. But we can look to Cubs.com to point us to the light and make the best of a bad situation. Surely, Carrie Muskat will give us the hope for a happy …
Mapping out the Rotation
Shawn pointed out in the comments that given the number of off-days, the Cubs can limit the 5th starter somewhat. But given that they’re spaced 7 days apart there will still be a few starts. Here’s how it maps out 4/6 Ryan Dempster OFF DAY 4/8 Carlos Zambrano 4/9 Matt Garza 4/10 Casey Coleman 4/11 Demp 4/12 5TH STARTER 4/13 …
Entire team lands on DL
Andrew Cashner left yesterday’s game with tightness in his shoulder and had an MRI after the game. The results revealed a tear in his rotatar cuff. It’s what they are calling a mild strain, which is the same thing as a mild tear. Randy Wells also landed on the DL becasue of pain in his forearm. Hendry has said it …
Cashner exits game with tightness in his right shoulder
Andrew Cashner was taken out of today’s Cubs/Diamondbacks game in the 6th inning with tightness in his pitching shoulder. He had thrown the ball as well or better than any starter so far. He’d averaged about 94.5 mph on the fastball, but on one pitch in that 6th inning you could see him lower the shoulder after the follow through. …