Very few people would confuse Tim Federowicz for Jonathan Herrera, at least up close. But if you look from a distance and squint a bit, you might just see the resemblance. Herrera, you’ll recall, spent the entire 2015 season on the Cubs’ big league roster despite making it into just 73 total games and starting […]
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Game 63 Recap: Cubs 4 Nationals 3
Are you ready for the final 100 games of the 2016 baseball season? You know what they always say: it’s really the last 100 games where you find out what kind of team you have.* Top Play (WPA): Albert Almora, Jr. Almora. Albert. The Cubs had just lost their game-long lead, entering the ninth inning, and […]
Theo Epstein’s Non-First Round Picks: Who Will be the First to Debut?
Theo Epstein, along with Jed Hoyer, Jason McLeod, Jaron Madison and the rest of the Cubs’ front office, have been rightly praised for their ability to draft and develop talent. Since Epstein’s first draft with the Cubs in 2012, they have produced major-leaguers in Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and most recently Albert Almora, Jr… However, something […]
Eyes on the Field: A Few Scattered Notes on the Cubs’ Draftees
Editor’s note: A few of the Cubs’ recent draftees have plied their craft in front of the watchful eyes of BP’s prospect staff. Here are their notes. Tyson Miller, RHP: Miller was one of the best small-school pitchers in the draft this year, and he was a solid get for the Cubs in the fourth round. […]
Revisiting The Cubs’ 2001 Draft
The 2016 Rule 4 Draft concluded on Saturday, as the Cubs called the names of 38 college and high school players who will now (probably; if they sign) bring new blood into their farm system. While it’s easy to get excited about these new kids, we need to take a moment to remember that the Draft […]
Game 62 Recap: Nationals 4 Cubs 1
If there’s one thing recognizable to fans who root for Jake Arrieta every fifth day, it’s the utter hopelessness of an offense facing a right-hander in the midst of a historic roll. In Monday’s series opener, Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer struck out 11 Cubs batters over seven innings, while facing just two batters more than […]
Series Preview: Cubs at Nationals, June 13-15
Many things went into the Cubs’ four-game sweep of the Nationals at Wrigley Field last month. Their offense was sizzling, they came up with an effective (if unorthodox and, tactically speaking, questionable) salve for the burn Bryce Harper had inflicted upon the rest of the league to that point in the season, and whereas the […]
(Briefly) Profiling the Cubs’ First Three Picks
Editor’s Note: We’ll have a more detailed rundown of quite a few more Cubs picks coming later this week, but for now, please enjoy this taster by Jared Wyllys. Probably more so than in any other professional sport, drafting players as a part of building a successful baseball team is a process that, as researched […]
Game 61 Recap: Cubs 13 Braves 2
There were two schools of thought when the Cubs lost the first game of this series to one of the worst teams in baseball (literally): The more prevalent was “Hey, that’s baseball. Shrug.” But there was also a surprisingly vocal minority of “Hey, what the hell? The Braves are one of the worst teams in baseball—we shouldn’t […]
GAME 60 RECAP: CUBS 8 BRAVES 2
After winning 23 consecutive games in which Jake Arrieta started, the Cubs then proceeded to lose two in a row. They got back in the saddle behind seven strong innings of two run ball from Arrieta today, and a glut of hard contact from the offense didn’t hurt either. If they were to go on another […]