Photo courtesy of David Banks-USA TODAY Sports As the Cubs’ rotation stands right now, they’ve got three (sorry Edwin Jackson) back-end starters on the roster in Kyle Hendricks, Travis Wood, and Tsuyoshi Wada. With conventional usage, Hendricks and Wada are traditional starting pitchers who will be expected to toss at least six innings before turning […]
Day: May 20, 2015
Game 38 Recap: Padres 4 Cubs 3
Photo courtesy of Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports Top Play (WPA): Although it wasn’t the play that handed the Padres the lead, the straw that broke the camel’s back was a Will Venable single to center that scored Yangervis Solarte from second to knot the game at two (.261). Solarte was the second Padres’ baserunner to […]
Kris Bryant’s Full Count and Two-Strike Prowess
Photo courtesy of Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports When Kris Bryant exited Sunday’s game early with an illness, I tweeted this: It's ridiculous to feel this way, but Bryant's absence makes me feel significantly less confident about Cubs ability to score in bunches — Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) May 17, 2015 No, it’s not as simple as […]
What the Cubs May Do with Their Soon-To-Be Rule 5 Eligible Prospects
Photo courtesy Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports I’m anxious. We all know that the Cubs have the best farm system in MLB thanks to guys like Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison Russell, and the other half-dozen names you’ve been bragging to your coworkers about. But there are other guys, really talented guys, who give the […]
Is Yoervis Medina the new Pedro Strop Project?
Photo courtesy of Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Welington Castillo has caused quite the whirlwind in the Cubs world, with news coming out Tuesday morning that he was officially traded to the Seattle Mariners for bullpen arm Yoervis Medina. The reactions amongst Cubs fans in the Twitterverse were immense, ranging from “he’s injured” to “he’s fine”, to “the trade wasn’t fair” and […]