The Chicago Cubs have signed erstwhile Dodgers left fielder Joc Pederson to a one-year deal worth $7 million. This is, as all these things are, pending a physical. What the Cubs have managed to do is to replace Kyle Schwarber with…Kyle Schwarber. But while Schwarber is getting $10 million to ply his trade in the […]
While the season ended sooner than we would have liked, it did indeed end. So now there’s nothing left but to hand out report cards for the players of each team. We’re continuing this series today with the Cubs outfield. Albert Almora (167/265/200 -0.1 fWAR) Oy. 34 plate appearances, one extra base hit (a double). […]
A lot of shit happened in this game. Some of it pretty weird. In the end, the Cubs shaved a game off their magic number and got their 29th win of the year. The Cubs took a 5-3 lead into the top of the ninth. The Cubs scored the winning run on a pair of […]
Last night, the Cubs and Reds got off to a late start due to a rain delay, then proceeded to play in said rain anyway. As this was the last meeting between the two teams, they really had no choice to get it in. Adbert Alzolay started for the Cubs, looking for better defensive support […]
Yu Darvish struggled through a 3 run first inning and that was enough. Put this one to bed and get ’em next time. The Good Of course Darvish was still awesome. He threw 98 pitches in his 6 innings on the mound. He struck out 9. 65 of his 98 pitches were strikes. Darvish didn’t […]
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 morans further dive into Tonker’s heritage, Yu Darvish’s Cy Young chances, Ian Happ’s breakout, and the new Cubs medical staff. Among other things. https://anchor.fm/krausencast/embed/episodes/Northside-KrausenKast-Episode-4-eiflhq
The Cubs did just enough to win this game. They pitched really well. They got a couple timely hits. The bullpen shut down the Cardinals when it had to but not without a speed bump. There have been some pretty impressive pitching performances in the NL so far. The Reds have Gray and Castillo. Max […]
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 […]