What You Need To Know: In a make-up game that neither team wanted to play and no one wanted to watch, the Cubs easily cruised to a one-run win that was never all that tense and got out of D.C. and back to Chicago about as cleanly as could be asked in this piss-poor situation. What’re […]
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The Bullpen And September, A Rough Nexus
With the NL Central race having gone the opposite way we’d hoped (and thought, really), there are rising blood pressures and clenching… well, you know what’s clenching, around the Northside and Greater Cubdom. And it goes beyond just gaining a third-straight division crown. The concerns extend into October, because after all, it’s that upon which the Cubs’ success […]
Something’s Up With Your Daily Cishek, It Just Might Not Be What You Think
From basically May on, a lot of us have watched the appearances pile up for Steve “Your Daily” Cishek and worried that by the time September came around and he unfurled his right arm in his sidewinding delivery, his fingers would end up somewhere around Section 210. As he has been designated Joe Maddon’s “fireman” out […]
Game 144 Recap: Cubs 3, Brewers 0
What You Need To Know: Jose Quintana had had just about enough of this crap, and had the Brew Crew staring at the lights for 6 2/3rds. The offense didn’t do much, and it’s an awfully strange world when I have to tell you Wade Miley and Jhoulys Chacin are probably the Brewers best two starters. […]
Justin Steele – The Comeback Player of the Year
In 2014, the Cubs selected three high school pitchers in the first six rounds of the draft. They took Carson Sands, Justin Steele, and Dylan Cease back-to-back-to-back. Carson Sands is no longer with the organization. Dylan Cease was part of the deal that brought José Quintana to the Cubs. All that is left is Justin Steele. […]
Game 141 Recap: Nationals 10, Cubs 3
What You Need To Know: Next Level: There’s no question the MLB handled last night’s… what-have-ya in the most balloon-handed fashion possible. The game should have never started. They should have started again when they could have late. More the former than the latter. And it’s easy to shout at the rain that MLB cost the Cubs this […]
Is Javy Báez The NL MVP?
I’ll get this out up front so there’s no misunderstanding: I always hate these discussions. To me, all four pro leagues on this continent should take a cue from the rest of the world and rename the award “Player Of The Year.” Because that’s really what it is. With this nebulous, winking, “most valuable” label, […]
Game 139 Recap: Cubs 6, Brewers 4
Hey, did I ever mention that Pedro Strop is the ballsiest damn pitcher on the entire 40 man roster? Oh, yeah. I did, didn’t I? Can someone remind me how to upload the emoji for “Vince McMahon Strut?” This game felt like a three hour and 14 minute loop of Fred Sanford clutching his chest. […]
The Strop Abides
If you’re a frequent reader of sites like BP Wrigleyville, chances are that you already knew Pedro Strop was cool before this year. That’s how good Strop has been over the past five seasons—he’s one of the only relievers in baseball who has his own group of hipsters. Someday soon, you’ll walk past The Cubby […]
What Could Be the Impact of Nico Hoerner’s Assignment to the Arizona Fall League?
It used to be that the Cubs had all the shortstops back in 2014 and 2015. People wondered where they were going to play them all. It looks like things worked out nicely from that era and the Cubs are about to enter into another shortstop dilemma in 2019. Last Thursday, the 30th, the Cubs […]