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 Cubs starting pitchers. Adbert Alzolay (1-1, 2.95 ERA) He didn’t set foot on a big league mound until […]
Tonight the Chicago Cubs returned to PNC Park for the second of four games with the Pittsburgh Pirates needing either a win or a Phillies loss to get into the postseason, and begin living the bubble life in preparation for the playoffs. The Cubs were sending Jose Quintana, fresh from the injured list, with a […]
The Chicago Cubs traveled to Pittsburgh to begin a 4-game series against the Pirates tonight, and the Cubs sent Jon Lester to the mound against JT Brubaker. The Cubs have run a 5-1 record so far this year against the Bucs. How did things go? In what may very well have been the last regular […]
Morans shitting all over Cleveland and St Louis. We also shittalk the Rickettses. But, we like Nico and Quintana. So all is well.
It’s everyone’s (well, at least someone’s) favorite time of year, when seasonal projections start coming out. Fangraphs has dropped the ZiPS projections for both the White Sox and Cubs, and as you can guess, the difference in each team’s trajectory shows. Now here is a quick explanation of how these projections are cooked up: Basically, […]