Well, that road trip is over with. Hopefully the Cubs can get a fresh start now that they are finally at their homes for the first time in two months. At least the Brewers final felt like a regular loss instead of yet another back-breaking loss. Team Leaders I’ll use the teams’ 2018 numbers here (excluding injured/departed players), since looking …
Cubs 14, Brewers 8
OSS: Cubs offense gets ahead of the Cubs pitching, for one day at least. Three up: Jason Heyward, of all people, had a big day at the plate, going 3-3 with two homers and two walks. Between this and his garbage time HR yesterday, he has brought his slash line up to .370/.419/.704. Hopefully he manages to gets some more …
Series Preview: Chicago Dumpster Fire (1-5) at Milwaukee Brewers (6-1)
Well that sucked. I’m not even jazzed enough to joke about this being the real Cubs home opener. The Brewers have gotten off to a hot start, full of dramatic walk off hits/catches and all the other fun things that the 2016 Cubs seemed to have from the get go. The Cubs meanwhile have gone from a team that certain …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (1-2) at Atlanta Braves (0-3)
Well, the offense looks like it’s going to be fun this year. It doesn’t look like the pitching staff has magically learned to throw strikes yet, however. The Braves may have built their team around young pitching, but the real strength of the team seems to be its defense. 13 different players started games for them last year, and they …
Gameday 3/31/2019: Cubs (1-1) @ Rangers (1-1)
Cubs (1-1) **Zobrist LFBryant 3B*Rizzo 1BBaez SS*Schwarber DHDescalso 2B**Heyward RFAlmora Jr. CF**Caratini C SP: Cole Hamels (LHP) Rangers (1-1) DeShields CF*Odor 2BAndrus SS*Gallo LFPence DH*Mazara RF**As. Cabrera 3BForsythe 1BMathis C SP: Lance Lynn (RHP) Time: 3:05 PM CSTWatch: NBCSCHRadio: 670 the Score
Cubs 12, Rangers 4
OSS: Cubs bats come alive, win comfortably in season opener Three up: Javy Baez homered twice, and drove in four runs. Not a bad start for last year’s MVP runner-up. Perhaps more importantly, he also worked a full count in his first PA. The dude seems like he is picking up where he left off last year. The Cubs overall …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (0-0) at Texas Rangers (0-0)
The crack of the bat! the roar of the crowd! Baseball’s back at WYNX WSCR. *waves tiny flag* It will be great to have Pat Hughes back in my earballs, no matter how ambivalent I feel about the upcoming season. At least with my win prediction in the podcast that ones of you likely listened to, I have seized the …
Episode 23: Is this thing on?
By unpopular demand, we are back! In this episode, Jeff (berselius), David (sitrick2), and Myles (…..Myles) get caught up on the Cubs goings-on, including Various offseason PR disasters The tumbleweeds bouncing around the farm system The rash of extensions around the league The new CBA changes What baseball might look like in 2021. Carlos Zambrano being the GOAT of former …
2019 Spring Training Facepalm
Three Up Tyler Chatwood is having the best spring of any pitcher in the Cubs system. He had one walk in this first appearance, and hasn’t allowed a free pass since. In 3 appearances, Tyler has logged 8 innings with 8 hits and 5 strikeouts. I’m completely out on Chatwood in a rotation for the Cubs unless it’s an emergency, …
Non-Roster Invites: Dakota Mekkes
I’ve written here before about Dillon Maples, a “stuff” D.M. with 6 letters in each name. That experiment had mixed results in 2018, and we very well may see a repeat of that in 2019. Maples still has a ton of skills, even if finding the strike zone on a consistent basis isn’t one of them. While the supply of …