As Nate Greabe pointed out in last week’s minor league update, the South Bend Cubs have an interesting young bat in 2013 IFA signing Wladimir Galindo who could be lucrative to other teams if the Chicago Cubs pursue a top-flight starting pitcher before the trade deadline in a deal structured similarly to last year’s acquisition […]
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Game 74 Recap: Cubs 5, Marlins 3
What You Need to Know: After a rocky start, Jon Lester threw seven strong innings backed by big days from Ian Happ and Javier Baez. Carl Edwards Jr. and Wade Davis were perfect out of the bullpen to preserve the win. Next Level: After getting shut out in last night’s game, it seemed as if the […]
Zack’s Sack: A Wrigleyville Mailbag, Vol. 5
Welcome to this week’s edition of Zack’s Sack! We’ve got some fun questions this week, so let’s get right to it. And, as always, please submit your questions to me at @beersntrumpets on Twitter. As you’ll see, I’ll answer most anything. “Which Cubs would have the most interesting conversation with Socrates, were he alive today?” […]
Game 73 Recap: Marlins 2, Cubs 0
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 […]
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 […]
Game 72 Recap: Cubs 11, Marlins 1
The day we’d been eagerly anticipating for years finally arrived Thursday night in Miami: Mark Zagunis Day! Okay, maybe that’s an overstatement – but the consensus Cubs top-10 prospect made his major league debut in right field in the Cubs 11-1 victory over the Marlins tonight. Mark Zag, heralded for hion-basese skills throughout his minor […]
The Legacy of the Leland Giants
During the first decade of the 20th century, Chicago boasted a robust city baseball league. Chicago had harbored an intra-city league in the waning years of the 19th century, but the league had disbanded by 1895. Re-forming a few years after some of the best teams absconded for the greener financial pastures of independent barnstorming, […]
Game 71 Recap: Padres 3, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: Once again, the Cubs offense went Copperfield against a pitcher you were sure was straight out of the EA Sports Name Generator. This time it was a collection of whosits and whatnots, with Miguel Diaz exiting in the 3rd with an arm injury, followed by Craig Stammen (yes, still in the league), […]
Anthony Rizzo: Leadoff Experiment Should Be More Than That
In search of a spark for what has been a relatively stagnant offense for the majority of 2017, Joe Maddon made waves last week when he inserted his slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo into the top spot in the batting order against the New York Mets. What has ensued has been an offense that, while […]