This morning, the prospect team over at the main site released their Midseason Top 50 Prospects List. Three Cubs feature. We hope you enjoy this preview. Let’s make a couple things clear right up top: 1) There are no recent draftees or international prospect signings in this ranking. That means no Kevin Maitan or Corey Ray. 2) […]
Day: July 7, 2016
Even While Losing, Only One Thing Matters
The Cubs have been losing baseball games. It’s the sad truth, they’re no longer good at baseball. That’s how this works, right? The Cubs were the best team ever when they started the season 25-6, on pace to win 130 games in the regular season. But since then, they’re 27-26—an 84 win pace—and barely hanging […]
Skill, Not Luck: Jake Arrieta Is Struggling Edition
When I wrote of Jake Arrieta, the poet, I wrote of a man opening to us a window unto stories told and retold, a narrative through line from generations past to today. Since, that window has closed slightly. Arrieta has struggled recently, and has looked decidedly human. He’s not bad—far from it. After all, NL […]