Today as Chicagoans look at the mounds of snow that are everywhere, that first harbinger of spring – pitchers and catchers – appears in Arizona. The Cubs have been tying up their loose ends with some signings being announced or confirmed this morning – reliever Brandon Workman has been signed to a major league contract, […]
Tag: Kyle Hendricks
Aruba, Jamaica, Ooh I Wanna Jake Ya…
There are very few players in the long history of the Chicago Cubs more revered than Jake Arrieta. His 2015 season was the stuff of legends, going the second half of the season without a loss, including a no-hitter. He then took on the entire city of Pittsburgh prior to throwing a complete game shutout […]
Northside Krausencast Episode 9
Three of the four ass-wholes discuss why billionaires are cunts.
Northside Krausencast, Episode 7
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Cy YUng
The NL Cy Young race this year comes down to 4 starters: Jacob Degrom, Dinelson Lamet, Weirdo Trevor Bauer, and Yu Darvish. There may be a few others who’ll get votes: Clatyon Kershaw, Max Fried, Luis Catsillo, German Marquez, and Corbin Burnes will all get some attention and some votes. From a purely statistics perspective, […]
CUBS REPORT CARDS: Starting Pitchers
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 […]
CUBS/MARLINS: By The Numbers
As the 2020 Major League postseason gets underway, we here at Fully Krausened have enlisted a crack team of mathletes to run the numbers on the upcoming series between the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins. So with no further ado, here’s what they came up with: Last time the Marlins were in the postseason: 2003 […]
THE PROFESSOR SCHOOLS THE TWINS: Cubs 1, Twins 0
J HEY HOLY MACKEREL – Cubs 4, Brewers 2
Tonight the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers met for their second-to-last game of the 2020 season against each other in Miller Park. Kyle Hendricks started for the Cubs, and the Brewers went with an emergency bullpen game, as Brett Anderson was unable to answer the bell for his scheduled start. How did it go? Well, […]
Yu, again? Cubs 6, Covidorks 3
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 […]