Top Play (WPA): You know what it is! Kris Bryant’s second walkoff home run of the year (and first that I didn’t attend in person) sent the Cubs home happy (+0.469). After Jon Lester barely missed a Maddux (complete game shutout, less than 100 pitches), the mood at Wrigley was somewhat dark. Chris Coghlan and Anthony Rizzo had […]
Day: August 24, 2015
The Road They’ve Traveled: George Plimpton, DRA Run Values, and the Cubs Rotation
One of my favorite baseball books is George Plimpton’s 1961 classic, Out of My League. Plimpton, the founding executive editor of the Paris Review—and an enormous baseball fan—took it upon himself to pitch batting practice to the 1958 National League All-Stars a few hours before they took on the Junior Circuit at Yankee Stadium that year. Plimpton […]
Young Cubs: Torres and Happ Struggle, Villanueva Homers, and Enter DJ Wilson
Not a lot of time left in the minor-league season, le’ts get right into it: Top 10 Name Level Stats Gleyber Torres Low-A South Bend 1-for-12, 1 RS, 1 BB, 4 SO Ian Happ Low-A South Bend 2-for-14, 2 RS, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SO Billy McKinney Double-A Tennessee 7-Day DL Albert Almora Double-A […]