Photo courtesy of Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports I think we can all agree that baseball analytics have come a long way. From the discovery of OBP in the pages of Moneyball to all of the complicated math behind DRA—I’m a person that enjoys digging through the numbers to see what kind of stories they tell and […]
Author: Carlos Portocarrero
Do the Cubs Have a Terrance Gore in Their System?
Photo courtesy of Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports Last year the Royals came out of nowhere to make the playoffs for the first time since 1985 and everyone—myself included—was cheering for them because it was such a great story. When they lost in crushing fashion to the Giants in Game Seven of the World Series, I felt […]
Game 45 Recap: Cubs 3 Nationals 2
Photo courtesy of David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Top Play (WPA): Going into the final frame, the Cubs were hitless with runners on base, but a sinker-happy Kyle Hendricks, some sterling defense, and a couple of solo home runs managed to keep the game tied. The BABIP gods stopped picking on Chris Coughlan for once and his […]
Revisiting the up and down Ride of the Rizzo for Cashner Deal
Photo courtesy of Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports In January of 2012, the newly installed Chicago Cubs front office acquired Anthony Rizzo with the hopes of locking down first base for years to come. That’s the same Anthony Rizzo that’s playing out of his mind right now (1.082 OPS, just one of dozens of stats I […]