Photo courtesy of Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Hey, have you heard? Kris Bryant still doesn’t have a home run! It’s true, and now he’s heading into a weekend series against a pitching staff that held him to one hit—and that one was a pop up that barely fell for a double—and six strikeouts in 12 […]
Day: May 8, 2015
Cubs Versus Cardinals, By the Numbers
Photo courtesy of Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports If you watched almost any of this week’s series in St. Louis, you can speak anecdotally to how head-shakingly frustrating the Cubs’ losses to the Cardinals were. It seemed that, when the Cardinals needed a hit, the gods blessed the ball with the perfect speed, spin and angle […]
The 2015 Ballad of Jon Lester: Start No. 6
Photo courtesy of Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Date: May 6 Opponent: St. Louis Cardinals Location: Busch Stadium Introduction WARNING: Cliched, one-sentence paragraph baseball speak coming up in 3…2…1… On a hazy, humid St. Louis night, Jon Lester strode to the mound for the first time in a Chicago Cubs uniform. It was for nights like […]
Kyle Schwarber and the Decision Ahead
Photo courtesy of Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports The Chicago Cubs surprised many when they selected Kyle Schwarber fourth overall in last year’s amateur draft. Many considered Kyle Schwarber a mid-to-late first-round pick, but Chicago liked what they saw and grabbed him early. Chicago signed him to a $3.125 million deal, which was well below the […]
Fowler Fixes the Top
Photo courtesy of Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports If I were to ask three separate people the question “Who played center field for the Cubs in 2014?” I would probably gather three different answers. This is because last year, between trades, flip-flopping players between the majors and minors, and prospects getting the call-up, the Cubs had […]
Young Cubs: Billy The Kid Does it Again, The Null Hypothesis, And a Non-Fiction Underwood
Hello, readers. Welcome again to “Young Cubs”! Finals are over and now only the summer session stands between me and receiving my undergraduate degree! Now that the main portion of my year is over and my finals are behind me, I will have even more time to devote to bringing you the best possible coverage […]