Top Play (WPA): Aramis Ramirez poked a soft line drive to left field that scored Carlos Gomez and Hector Gomez to break the 3-3 tie. Adam Lind advanced to third and Ramirez advanced to second. (.348) With that clutch, bases-loaded single, Ramirez put the Brewers ahead for the second time Sunday afternoon. Back in the […]
Day: May 4, 2015
The 2015 Ballad of Jon Lester: Start No. 5
Photo courtesy of Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports Date: May 1 Opponent: Milwaukee Brewers Location: Wrigley Field Introduction “April showers bring May flowers bring Lester victories.” -Grandma Felper, May, 1961 Welcome to May on the North Side. As we noted after his last start, Jon Lester made it through April without a victory or pitching […]
Jorge Soler’s Kryptonite
Photo courtesy of Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Jorge Soler started the season playing pretty well—he had an .894 OPS through the first 13 games of the season—but has fallen into a bit of a slump of late, and we can’t blame it on bad luck as his BABIP is an astonishing .412. What’s been alarming […]
Young Cubs: Billy the Kid, the Mending of Mendy, and the Return of the Baez Bomb
Photo courtesy of Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Hello, readers. Welcome again to “Young Cubs!” I don’t have too much to say this time before we get started, but I do want to let you know that I won’t be on Twitter as much this week. I know, you’re all insanely disappointed, right? As it stands, […]