Top Play (WPA): The Cubs got a very strong start from Jon Lester, who pitched seven innings with just two earned runs and seven strikeouts. The bad news? The Cubs were absolutely shut down by Wei-Yin Chen, who had been really bad in his last few starts—a 9.88 ERA in 13.2 innings in his previous […]
Day: June 23, 2016
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Marlins, June 23-26
If one were to write a book about the first 72 games of Miami’s 2016 season it would likely be titled Slightly Above Average: The Story of the First 72 Games of Miami’s 2016 Season*. Their record is 38-34. Their third-order winning percentage is .509. Their run differential is even. Luckily for the Marlins, though, slightly above average […]
Adam Warren: The Minors Now, the Rotation Later
I was going to use this space to simply lay out a detailed explanation of what’s been off about Adam Warren lately. I had numbers and everything. And then the Cubs announced that he was being sent to Triple-A to stretch out and get ready for a spot start coming up, and suddenly it seemed […]
The Cubs at 70: How’re They Doing?
The mighty Cubs struck out three times against their mortal enemy St. Louis Cardinals. This means that they are limping, somewhat, into the 70 game mark of the season. 70 games is an important demarcation line in the season is because this is the point where Russell Carleton, writing at the mothership, found that run differential stabilizes. […]