Shockingly, MLB managed to make it to the end of the season without things falling all the way apart, though it looked like a close one for a while. As a reminder, this first round of the playoffs is a three-game series at the home park of the higher seeded team, before things move to a neutral site/bubble for the …
Series Preview: Brewers (7-9) at Cubs (12-3)
The red-hot Cubs head back to Chicago for a four game set against the more scuffle-y Brew Crew. The Brewers are coming off series losses to the Twins and Reds, both at home. Their pitching has been about average, but their big problem is that their offense hasn’t gotten in to gear – they currently have a team wOBA of …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (2-1) at Cincinnati Reds (1-2)
All the buzz going into this ‘season’ was that the Reds lucked out by getting some lot of extra games against the miserable Tigers. They’ve already frittered some of that away by losing two of three at home to said Tigers. Team Leaders Based on 2019 numbers, not including anyone who joined the team this year that I can’t remember. …
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (0-0) at Chicago Cubs
Well, here we are in this bizarro baseball season. The Cubs kick off the summer with a three game set against the Beers. I guess there’s nothing else to say other than that it’s gonna be weird, and it’s gonna be baseball. We can distract ourselves from the shitshow around us by the Cubs continued committment to stranding runners in …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (55-47) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-50)
The Cubs kick off the first of three big intradivisional series with a three game set at Wrigley North. If the Cubs are going to pounce on the Brewers, these back-to-back weekend series would be the time to do it. The Brewers still have a negative run differential, and are reeling due to recent injuries to their starting rotation. Bob …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (46-42) at Chicago White Sox (41-43)
The Cubs have one last short series before the ASB, and will see some old farmhands in Eloy Jiminez and the newly promoted Dylan Cease. Cease is not expected to start, but with the break imminent who knows, he may get to face his old tema. Team Leaders Cubs OBP: Bryant (.399) ISO: Contreras (.278) HR: Baez (22) R+RBI: Baez …
Series Preview: New York Mets (35-39) at Chicago Cubs (40-33)
I would have sworn that the Cubs have already played the Mets this year, but it looks like that is not the case. Much like another NY team who shares 75% of the letters in the team name, I don’t think there’s any moment in which their manager is not on the hot seat. Rumors of Mickey Callaway’s demise seem …
Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (34-36) at Chicago Cubs (39-32)
I had to double check the White Sox record, as I thought they were something like 25-45. But when you play most of your games in the AL central I guess that helps a bit. After flirting with .500 for most of the last month they finally sealed the deal last Friday to move to 34-34, but lost their last …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (38-29) at Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles (45-23)
Jake Arrieta no-hitters aside, I always seem to expect disaster when the Cubs make trips to California. The Cubs did manage to take two of three from the Dodgers at Wrigley earlier this year as a part of bouncing back from their disaster start to the season. Even money whether Joe raises a stink over Jansen’s delivery. Team Leaders Cubs …
Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (31-27) at Chicago Cubs (32-26)
Wait, the Rockies are good again? Last I remembered they got off to a terrible start and were already written off. They had an eight game losing streak in April and were an early 2019 Cubs-esque 3-12. Since then they have gone 28-15, and are currently riding an eight game winning streak that wipes out that earlier dumpster fire of …