What You Need to Know: Well, it was a stinker. Well, at least it was a quick 2.5-hour contest. It’s better to die a quick, relatively painless death than to suffer for months, isn’t it? The Cubs failed to score against Jose Urena and three fellow Marlins relievers, scattering just six hits. Only one Cubs base […]
Day: June 23, 2017
Schwarber Demotion, Heyward Injury Pressure Cubs to Remake Outfield
We here at BP Wrigleyville are allergic to the hot take. We prefer measured analysis, historical analysis, analysis of analyses. We don’t publish news, we don’t break news, we rarely comment on players being sent down or called up, except in the instance of them being parts of larger processes. But, oh boy, Kyle Schwarber […]
Maintaining Perspective Surrounding Kyle Schwarber
When the Chicago Cubs made the announcement that they were optioning Kyle Schwarber to Triple-A Iowa on Thursday, there were mixed reviews and perspectives, but ultimately not a ton of surprise. When you’re off to a start that features a .171 batting average and an on-base percentage under .300, it’s reasonable to have the expectation […]