The Cubs kick off a homestand with a two game set against the Mike Trouts of various geographical locations. The Cubs are riding a seven game winning streak, while the Angels were just swept by the Mariners. I was surprised to see that the Angels actually have run differential that is far, far better than their record would suggest (-4). …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (66-41) at Oakland A’s (48-60)
What are these strange things called off….days? Several Cubs spent the day relaxing on their west coast travel day, and they even get one on the way back too. It certainly beats 3+ weeks with no breaks other than the Reds. West coast series suck all around, but at least only one game is a night game. Team Leaders Cubs …
Series Preview: Miami Marlins (57-48) at Chicago Cubs (63-41)
The bafflingly good-again Marlins took three of four from the Cubs back in late June, smack in the middle of their ice cold streak. It’s even stranger to see them succeeding despite a bad year for Giancarlo Stanton in every category other than HR. Team Leaders Marlins OBP: Ichiro Suzuki (.397) ISO: Justin Bour (.258) HR: Stanton (22) R+RBI: Marcell Ozuna …
Series Preview: Seattle Mariners (51-49) @ Chicago Cubs (61-40)
I was never a big fan of interleague play. I couldn’t care less about the White Sox or Royals or Twins, but I’ll admit that I do like it when the Cubs play a team like the Mariners, A’s, Yankees, Red Sox or the teams they don’t face all that often. I’m not in favor of getting rid of it, …
Cubs @ White Sox Game Thread
Time: 6:10 PM CT TV: CSN, ESPN, WGN (Sox) Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, DH Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, LF Addison Russell, SS Jason Heyward, RF Javier Baez, 2B Miguel Montero, C Tommy La Stella, 3B Kyle Hendricks, P Adam Eaton, RF Tim Anderson, SS Melky Cabrera, LF Jose Abreu, 1B Justin Morneau, DH Todd Frazier, 3B J.B. Shuck, …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (59-38) @ Chicago White Sox (48-50)
The Cubs and White Sox kick off a four game series that is split between US Cellular Field and Wrigley Field. The series begins with two on the south side and then moves to Wrigley Field on Wednesday and Thursday. The Sox got off to a great start and early on were nearly matching what the Cubs were doing, but they …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (57-37) @ Milwaukee Brewers (40-53)
The online MLB odds for the Cubs winning the division have taken a small hit over the last month or so, but they still have close to 90% odds of winning their division. The NL Central lead for the Cubs is down to 6.5 games again after the Cardinals swept a double-header on Wednesday and came from behind last night. The Cubs …
Series Preview: Texas Rangers (54-36) at Chicago Cubs (53-35)
If you just look at the records and have been living in a cave for the past month, you would think that this is an exciting matchup with both fanbases eagerly awaiting the return to baseball to watch two possible championship teams sizing each other up. Instead, both fanbases find themselves cautiously peeking over the edge of their dumpster, hoping …
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (30-53) vs Chicago Cubs (51-30)
The Cubs get a break from their brutal stretch of consecutive baseball games by playing the Reds, only 22 games back of the Cubs. Somehow the Cubs still have the best record in baseball despite last week’s asskicking by the Mets. Having swept the Reds at GABP certainly helped. Team Leaders Cubs OBP: Ben Zobrist (.404) ISO: Anthony Rizzo (.289) …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (51-26) at New York Mets (40-37)
I feel like I should be more fired up for this series than I am. The Cubs swept the Mets in both regular season series last year, and we saw how much that meant in the playoffs. Now both teams are coming off a 4-6 stretch with injury problems. For the Mets, the scariest sounding one is that Noah Syndergaard …