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 …
Cubs 9, Reds 2 (6.29.16)
OSS: What is best in life? To crush your enemies, to drive them before you, to hear the lamentations of their broadcasters. Three up: After a 15-inning marathon last night, Kyle Hendricks pitched into the seventh inning to help give the pen a breather. I was going to say that it’s pretty long for a Hendricks start, but he’s actually …
Cubs @ Reds Game Thread
Time: 11:35 AM CT TV: WGN Gameday LINEUPS Ben Zobrist, RF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Willson Contreras, C Javier Baez, 2B Matt Szczur, LF Addison Russell, SS Kyle Hendricks, P Albert Almora, Jr., CF Billy Hamilton, CF Joey Votto, 1B Brandon Phillips, 2B Jay Bruce, RF Adam Duvall, LF Eugenio Suarez, 3B Jose Peraza, SS Tucker Barnhart, C Cody Reed, P …
Cubs 7, Reds 2 (15 innings)
OSS: The Joe Maddon game? Three up This was a slog of a game that turned entertaining as it got weirder and weirder in the late innings. Joe Maddon had used all of his position players by the 13th inning, so when he needed to bring in new LHP cannon fodder Joel Peralta to relieve Cahill he had Peralta take …
Journeymen of tomorrow: Cubs minor league recap (6.28.16)
Iowa Cubs 9 @ Oklahoma City Dodgers 10 (Game 1) The Cubs trailed 8-3 going to the top of the 6th and scored 6 over the final 2 innings of regulation to tie it up. They lost in the bottom of the 9th to fall to 36-39. John Andreoli was 2-4 with a double, walk, strikeout and 2 runs scored. …
Cubs 11, Reds 8 (6.27.16)
OSS: Kris Bryant has a day Three up Kris Bryant went 5-5 for 16 total bases. He posted a .670 WPA, as well as a 1042 wRC+ and supposedly 0.6 WAR according to the twitters, but I think it’s a case of someone conflating WPA with WAR. Though having your season wOBA jump 21 points in one game might be …
Cubs @ Reds Game Thread
Time: 6:10 PM CT TV: WGN Gameday LINEUPS Ben Zobrist, 2B Jason Heyward, CF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Willson Contreras, LF Miguel Montero, C Addison Russell, SS Chris Coghlan, RF Jake Arrieta, P Zack Cozart, SS Billy Hamilton, CF Joey Votto, 1B Jay Bruce, RF Adam Duvall, LF Eugenio Suarez, 3B Jose Peraza, 2B Tucker Barnhart, C Dan Straily, P Will …
Cubs 1, Marlins 6 (6.26.16)
OSS: Cubs drop to 22 games over .500, all is lost. Three up: Heyward was the only Cubs hitter to post a positive WPA on the day, a whopping 0.09. A big chunk was due to a base-clogging single in the third that eventually led to the Cubs only run, the rest was from a leadoff single in the sixth …
Cubs @ Marlins Game Thread
Time: 3:10 PM CT TV: WGN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Jason Heyward, RF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Willson Contreras, LF Javier Baez, 2B Addison Russell, SS Miguel Montero, C John Lackey, P Albert Almora, Jr., CF Ichiro Suzuki, CF Martin Prado, 3B Christian Yelich, LF Giancarlo Stanton, RF Justin Bour, 1B Derek Dietrich, 2B J.T. Realmuto, C Adeiny Hechavarria, SS Paul …
Journeymen of tomorrow: Cubs minor league recap (6.25.16)
Nashville Sounds 4 @ Iowa Cubs 7 Iowa is trying to crawl its way back to .500. With this win they’re 35-37. Similarly to the parent club, Iowa opened up an early lead and then blew it, but came back in the end. Mark Zagunis and Dan Vogelbach were each 0-4 with 2 strikeouts. Vogelbach walked once Zagunis was hit by a …