Top Play (WPA): In a game that technically lasted about five and a half hours from start to finish, there were several frustrating moments for the Chicago Cubs. However, a win is a win. After seeing Addison Russell get picked off at second base in the eighth inning immediately after hitting a leadoff double, the […]
Author: Ryan Davis
Game 59 Recap: Reds 5 Cubs 4
Top Play (WPA): The Cubs sent Hector Rondon out for his second inning of work in the top of the tenth and the score tied at four. If I said that Todd Frazier reached on an error by an infielder to start the inning, there would probably be a lot of assumption that the error […]
Unraveling Rondon
The Cubs took Hector Rondon in the 2012 Rule 5 draft, stealing him out of the Cleveland Indians farm system. Rondon pitched out of the bullpen and withstood a rough first half of the 2013 season before rebounding and pitching well down the stretch. His 97 mph fastball and 86 mph slider are his bread […]
Game 50 Recap: Marlins 5 Cubs 2
Photo courtesy of Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports Top Play (WPA): This was a fairly frustrating game for the Cubs, who dropped the second game in a three-game series with the Marlins in Miami. You don’t have to be a statistician or an analytics genius to figure out what the top play in this game was […]
Game 46 Recap: Nationals 3 Cubs 0
Photo courtesy David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Top Play (WPA): This game was billed as an exciting match-up between Jon Lester and Max Scherzer, two of the best pitchers in the National League. The game lived up to expectation, with both Scherzer and Lester going seven innings and dominating the opposing lineup. There were several big […]