What you need to know: It was a battle of the last two Cy Young winners in the nation’s capital and, you guessed it, the Cubs gave up another first-inning run, their 65th of the year. That was just the start, as things got sloppier from there. To be precise: two errors, another couple defensive […]
Day: June 27, 2017
The BABIP-Defying Bullpen
If there was one aspect of the Cubs’ 2016 performance that was almost certain to regress, it was the historic .255 BABIP allowed by the pitching staff. That mark was the lowest since the last round of expansion in 1998 by a clear margin, beating the 116-win Mariners of 2001 by 5 points, and the […]
Willson Contreras’ Offense Is On The Rise
As frustrating as this season has been on the North Side of Chicago, many continue to hold out hope that at any given moment, this Cubs team is going to break out in a big way. We’ve seen some signs of it, though it has yet to materialize into anything resembling consistency, especially on the […]