Photo courtesy of Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports As the Cubs continue their steady climb towards contention, it’s natural that comparisons will be drawn between this year’s team and the last Chicago Cubs playoff squad—the 97-win 2008 Chicago Cubs. Indeed, BP Wrigleyville’s own Editor-in-Chief, Sahadev Sharma, has a piece up today drawing that exact comparison, noting that the latter-day […]
Day: May 6, 2015
What the Cubs Wonderful April Means
Photo courtesy of Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Join us for Baseball Prospectus Night at Miller Park to watch the Cubs play the Brewers on May 9th. Order Your Tickets Today. ***Joe Maddon and the Cubs have preached the importance of getting off to a good start since January’s Cubs Convention. This is hardly a new […]
Chris Coghlan and Trading BABIP for Power
Photo courtesy of David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports Looking around the diamond these days, Cubs fans can be forgiven for feeling a little bit smug. Ensconced at six of the eight non-pitching positions are players who have either been an All-Star (Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro, and Miguel Montero) or been a BP Top Twenty prospect (Kris […]
Game 25 Recap: Cardinals 7 Cubs 4
Photo courtesy of Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Top Play (WPA): It was the third time facing the top of the order that unraveled Kyle Hendricks. Facing Matt Carpenter with two runners on and one out, Hendricks threw an 0-1 cutter right down the middle of the plate that was lined into the right field seats in […]