OSS: Against all odds, Travis Wood saves the day. Three up: Travis Wood Houdini-ed himself out of an impossible jam in the twelfth inning. He inherited two runners from Rondon, who was working in his second inning, then walked Santana to load the bases with nobody out. The Cubs brought an outfielder for the extra shot at the force at home but …
Cubs @ Brewers (5-18-2016) Game Thread
Time: 7:10 CT TV: WGN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Jason Heyward, RF Kris Bryant, LF Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, 2B Tommy La Stella, 3B Addison Russell, SS David Ross, C John Lackey, P Brewers Jonathan Villar, SS Scooter Gennett, 2B Jonathan Lucroy, C Chris Carter, 1B Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF Domingo Santana, RF Alex Presley, LF Aaron Hill, 3B …
Brewers 4, Cubs 2 (5/17/16)
OSS: Chase Anderson no-hits the Cubs into the eighth inning, nearly completes the shutout. Three up Jason Heyward is still a member of the No Homers Club, but he picked up his first one in the ninth today. Now that that monkey is off his back* maybe we’ll see more power out of him. Kris Bryant went back to back with …
Cubs @ Brewers (5-17-2016) Game Thread
Time: 7:10 CT TV: CSN Series Preview Gameday LINEUPS Cubs Dexter Fowler, CF Jason Heyward, RF Kris Bryant, LF Anthony Rizzo, 1B Ben Zobrist, 2B Addison Russell, SS Javier Baez, 3B Miguel Montero, C Kyle Hendricks, P Brewers Jonathan Villar, SS Scooter Gennett, 2B Ryan Braun, LF Jonathan Lucroy, C Chris Carter, 1B Domingo Santana, RF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF Aaron …
OV Podcast 15
In this episode, Jeff, Myles, and David discuss The recent Pirates series The Cubs are really good The Barves are really bad Lack of concern about Heyward Soler not making adjustments Addison Russell's amazing season Jeff is still not warming up to John Lackey A fun subtraction game This episode was recorded just before Sinday's Pirates game. Listen. Or don't. …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (27-9) vs Milwaukee Brewers (16-22)
The Brewers find themselves neck and neck with the Reds for the worst record in the NL central division. Their offense has been middle of the pack in the NL so far, and in fact they are second only to the Cubs in walk rate (11.0% to the Cubs 12.6%). But the pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been putrid. …
Kris Bryant and Addison Russell are striking out a lot less frequently
This is mostly just a placeholder on the new server. I might have more to say, but I’m not sure how much there is to say at this point. Both Kris Bryant and Addison Russell are showing promising improvement with their high strikeout rates. A couple images should show you what I mean.
Cubs 8, Pirates 2
OSS: “I recalled the line from the Bhagavad Gita – I am become Jake Arrieta, destroyer of worlds” Three up Pitcher vs team stats are dumb, but Arrieta is almost as much of a bogeyman for Pirates fans as he is to Orioles fans at this point. His only hiccup was with the pirates mini-rally in the fourth, after that he …
Cubs 9, Pirates 4
OSS: Cubs hit three homers off Liriano while First Half Jason Hammel does his thing. Three up Addison Muscle had the biggest hit of the day, getting the Cubs scoring going with a three run bomb off Liriano in the fourth. Russell quietly has a .264/.379/.427 line with three home runs on the season, good enough for a 112 wRC+ and nearly …
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (18-15) at Chicago Cubs (25-8) and game thread
The Cubs ground the Pirates bones to make their bread a week or so ago, and after losing both ends of a doubleheader on Wednesday they’re likely pretty hungry again. Since then the Pirates have taken a series with the Cardinals and split a rain-shortened series with the puny Reds. As mentioned last time their offense has been their main driver, …