I had thought about doing this again this year, but held off for some reason. After listening to Wrigley Talk Friday this morning I thought I’d finally do it. WTF talks about Carlos Zambrano for awhile to begin the podcast and like Julie, Tim and Adam, I’m as confused as they are. I really do not know why Carlos Zambrano …
Series Preview: San Diego Padres (7-8) at Chicago Cubs (7-8)
Despite the fact that the Cubs lost the series (as expected), I came away mildly impressed with the team’s performance in Colorado. Part of that could be due to the fact that I did not see them get shut out by Jhoulys Chacin (I had more pressing things on my mind). But that doesn’t bother me that much, Coors of …
Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies, 2:10 pm
GamedayB-Ref Preview Cubs wOBA wRC RS Rockies wOBA wRC RS Starlin Castro .332 .52 -.03 Dexter Fowler .347 .58 -.03 Darwin Barney .293 .36 .03 Jonathan Herrera .298 .38 .02 Marlon Byrd .338 .52 -.01 Carlos Gonzalez .381 .67 .00 Aramis Ramirez .350 .54 -.03 Troy Tulowitzki .382 .66 .04 Carlos Pena .378 .62 -.01 Todd Helton .345 .51 -.01 …
Wittenmyer Lays Foundation For Later Soriano Hate
Alfonso Soriano has had a very nice start to the season, so the fans that call for his head every time he makes a mistake in the field have been quieted a bit. That's about as much as anyone capable of rational, logical thought can expect from Soriano here in the beginning of the "bad part" of his mega-contract. It …
This Starlin Castro kid is going to be pretty good
Just for fun, and because we need a new thread, here are some random facts on Castro’s 2011 season. AVG (.397) – 1st among all SS, 4th in MLB, OBP (.415) – 3rd among all SS SLG (.556) – 3rd among all SS Triples (2) – 1st in MLB wOBA (.431) – 3rd among all SS WAR (0.9) – 2nd …
Matt Garza is not this bad or this good
The start to Matt Garza‘s career as a Cub has not gone as planned. After giving up Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Hak-Ju Lee, Brandon Guyer and Super Sam Fuld, the Cubs Cubs were expecting big things from Garza. He’d been a very good pitcher for a few years now and was moving from the AL East to the NL Central. …
Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies, 7:40 pm
I had wanted to start using Base Runs instead of using wRC to calculate runs, but I need to look things over before I publish them. Hopefully tomorrow. Cubs wOBA wRC RS Rockies wOBA wRC RS Starlin Castro .332 .524 -0.03 Dexter Fowler .347 .580 -0.03 Darwin Barney .293 .365 0.00 Jonathan Herrera .298 .383 0.02 Marlon Byrd .338 .518 …
I just checked and Barry Bonds is still the home run leader
As you all know by now, Barry Bonds was convicted two days ago for hitting too many home runs. It’s a serious offense in modern America. Punishment has not yet been handed down and no precedent exists. It’s believed Bonds will be get a spanking for each of the 13 home runs he hit above Babe Ruth. There’s still much …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (6-6) at Colorado Rockies (10-2)
Team Overview The Cubs head to the thin air of Colorado to face the team with the best record in baseball. Here are their numbers so far on the season (NL rank in parens) Rockies Cubs wOBA .337 (4) .333 (5) SP FIP 4.52 (14) 4.35 (11) RP FIP 2.77 (3) 3.42 (7) DRS 12 (1) -11 (13) I started …
Cubs Now Getting Beat in Marketing Overhype Department Too
Just when I thought the Cubs were best at something, along comes another team to take away their prize. I didn’t think any team anywhere could top the Cubs in over-hyping players the way Vine Line and Cubs.com and Ricketts’ puppet blogger have in the past, but they are going to have to step up their game to catch up …