Last night in a damp and cold Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds began their three game series with a pitching matchup that featured Tyler Mahle squaring off against Alec Mills. The Cubs were once again without the services of Jason Heyward, who left a game this weekend feeling dizzy and ill. He […]
The Chicago Cubs got on a plane for the first time in ten days to travel to the Motor City to begin a three game set with the Tigers in Comerica Park. Alec Mills took the ball for the Cubs following a rough start last time out, and the Tigers sent their top pitching prospect, […]
After the Cubs stunk out the entire city of Chicago in the first game of this evening’s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals, they sent Tyson Miller to the mound for his big league debut in the nightcap. How did it go? The Cubs got no-hit for five innings against a parade of guys making […]
Today the Chicago Cubs played their first doubleheader of the 2020 season, meeting up with the St. Louis Cardinals for a twinbill necessitated by the Cardinals lack of leadership and discipline resulting in a casino outing that led to 18 different members of the organization testing positive for COVID-19. Kyle Hendricks was scheduled to take […]
Cubs won. Again. 4-2. They’re 13-3. Best record in MLB by a game and a half. I think. Math is hard, Darvish threw 7 innings of 1 hit, 1 run ball. 104 pitches. According to Statcast, Darvish threw 7 different pitches tonight. There is an average velocity but that might be the most meaningless stat […]
The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates met this afternoon at Wrigley Field for the finale that has seen the Cubs survive bullpen meltdowns to win the first two games. How would today’s game go? The Cubs rode solid pitching, both from Jon Lester and the much (and rightfully so) maligned bullpen to a 2-1 win […]
After last night’s game in Cincinnati was postponed – one of the few to be postponed by rain rather than COVID-19 – Yu Darvish got to face the Pittsburgh Pirates instead of the Reds, which is extraordinarily good luck. Pittsburgh was in town tonight for the first of three games to face the Cubs. How […]
Last night the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds squared off for the third game of their four game series after the Cubs had won the first two games. However, in this one the Reds would be playing at full strength for the first time in the series with the return of Mike Moustakas and Nick […]
The Rockies are in a bit of a precarious situation. The contract extension they gave to the face of their franchise (and the 3rd or so best 3B in the NL) has put them in a bit of a payroll pickle. They are committed to paying four of their players a combined $88MM in 2020, […]