It shouldn’t have been this close, not when Dexter Fowler, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and Jorge Soler all had multi-hit games; not when Jon Lester faced the minimum in seven of his eight innings. Here’s how it went down: Top Play (WPA): “You go, we go.” Or, as has become a familiar pattern this season, when […]
Day: June 6, 2016
Prospectus Q&A: Jason McLeod, Cubs VP of Player Development and Amateur Scouting
The following Q&A, conducted by BP’s Tim Britton (also of the Providence Journal) originally ran on the main site today. We think you’ll enjoy it, too, so we’ve posted a portion here. For the full interview, please head on over to the main site. Jason McLeod’s first-ever draft pick as a scouting director was Dustin Pedroia, 65th […]
Hello From the Other Side: Dispatch From a Former Cub
Trades make transient the most homebound of men. In a moment, the center of a life is pulled to the periphery, mixed up every which way, and repainted in the unfamiliar colors of a new hometown team. The traded player finds that he is suddenly quite different, adrift amongst the broken links of brotherhood that bind […]
Series Preview: Cubs at Phillies, June 6-8
There is no such thing as a soft schedule over the course of an MLB season. The Cubs had a pretty soft April, but a tough stretch in May, and after a brief respite, they’ll soon see the difficulty setting ratchet up again. Between now and the All-Star break, the Cubs will play 33 games […]