OSS: Cubs outplay the Cardinals, lose anyway. Three up The Cubs biggest play of the day by WPA was Ben Zobrist‘s seeing-eye single up the middle in the ninth, making it first and third with one out and Rizzo coming to the plate. Zobrist had a great day at the plate in general, going 3-4 with a walk and a …
Cubs @ Cardinals Game Thread (5-23-2016)
Time: 7:15 PM CT TV: CSN+ Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, RF Ben Zobrist, 2B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Jorge Soler, LF Miguel Montero, C Javier Baez, 3B Addison Russell, SS John Lackey, P Cardinals Matt Carpenter, 3B Aledmys Diaz, SS Matt Holliday, LF Stephen Piscotty, RF Matt Adams, 1B Yadier Molina, C Randal Grichuk, CF Kolten Wong, 2B …
Chicago Cubs (29-13) @ St. Louis Cardinals (23-21)
The Cubs have not played particularly well over the last week or two. The offense has been rather quiet. Other than the 8-run game in the opener in San Francisco, the Giants pretty much shut down the Cubs offense. The Brewers beat them 2 of 3 also and they’ve lost 7 of their last 11. To their credit, they have managed …
Cubs Minor League Update (5-23-2016)
We used to do these before and I always enjoyed doing them so I figured I’d start them again. Iowa Cubs 1, Tacoma Rainiers 8 Albert Almora continues to rake. He was 3-4 with a double and RBI. Willson Contreras was 1-3 with a walk and Dan Vogelbach was 2-3 with a walk. In 39 AAA games and 165 plate …
Cubs @ Giants Game Thread (8-22-2016)
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: ESPN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Anthony Rizzo, 1B Kris Bryant, 3B Ben Zobrist, 2B Jorge Soler, LF Addison Russell, SS Matt Szczur, RF David Ross, C Kyle Hendricks, P Giants Denard Span, CF Joe Panik, 2B Matt Duffy, 3B Buster Posey, C Brandon Belt, 1B Brandon Crawford, SS Gregor Blanco, RF Madison Bumgarner, P …
Cubs @ Giants Game Thread (8-21-2016)
Time: 6:15 PM CT TV: FOX Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, RF Jorge Soler, LF Javier Baez, 2B Addison Russell, SS David Ross, C Jon Lester, P Giants Denard Span, CF Joe Panik, 2B Kelby Tomlinson, LF Buster Posey, 1B Matt Duffy, 3B Trevor Brown, C Brandon Crawford, SS Gregor Blanco, RF Matt …
Cubs 8, Giants 1, Heyward injured
OSS: Cubs win handily on Jake Arrieta day, but Heyward goes down early. Three One down Jason Heyward left the game after making a spectacular catch near/into the wall in the first inning. He slid into the padded wall and came up holding his side. No word form the Cubs on how serious it is, and any tentative reports you see should be …
Cubs @ Giants Game Thread (8-20-2016)
Time: 9:15 PM CT TV: WGN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Jason Heyward, RF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, 2B Jorge Soler, LF Miguel Montero, C Javier Baez, SS Jake Arrieta, P Giants Denard Span, CF Joe Panik, 2B Matt Duffy, 3B Buster Posey, C Brandon Belt, 1B Hunter Pence, RF Brandon Crawford, SS Jake Peavy, P …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (28-11) at San Francisco Giants (24-18)
The Cubs dropped two of three to the Brewers, and now travel to the west coast to face an actual good team. Now that I’m west coast adjacent I wish this was a weekday series, it’s nice when the games start after I get home for once (dying laughing). The Giants are coming off of a three game sweep of …
Cubs @ Brewers (5-19-2016) Game Thread
Time: 12:40 CT TV: CSN, MLB Network Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Jason Heyward, RF Kris Bryant, 3B Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, 2B Jorge Soler, LF Addison Russell, SS Miguel Montero, C Jason Hammel, P Brewers Jonathan Villar, SS Alex Presley, LF Scooter Gennett, 2B Chris Carter, 1B Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF Domingo Santana, RF Hernan Perez, 3B Martin Maldonado, C Junior …