Position: Relief Pitcher 2017 Stats: 3-4, 2 saves, 3.98 ERA/3.80 FIP/3.78 DRA, 94 cFIP, 10.5 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 0.7 WARP Year in Review: For the second consecutive season, the Cubs took a chance on a reliever in his 40s. In fact, they employed not only one, but two past-their-30s bullpen arms in Joe Nathan and Joel Peralta […]
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2017 Player Profile: Jen-Ho Tseng
Position: Pitcher 2017 Stats: Team Lg IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% TAv WHIP ERA DRA CHN MLB 6.0 7.5 3.0 3.0 12.0 33% .289 1.17 7.50 5.82 TEN AA 90.3 7.9 2.4 0.7 8.3 41% .244 1.14 2.99 3.88 IOW AAA 55.0 7.9 2.3 0.8 6.4 55% .225 1.13 1.80 3.09 Year in Review: […]
2017 Player Profile: Pedro Strop
Position: Relief pitcher 2017 Stats: 60.1 IP, 26.0 K%, 10.4 BB%, 2.83 ERA, 3.42 DRA (72.7 DRA-), .270 BABIP, 59.2 GB%, 8.7 HR/FB% Year in Review: Pedro Strop has quietly been one of the best, most consistent relievers in baseball over the last five years, with DRA marks 30-50 percent better than league average and […]
CUBS OFFSEASON TARGET: Jackie Bradley Jr.
As the Chicago Cubs retool for the 2017-2018 season, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have made it clear that they will have to be creative in their efforts to bolster the Cubs’ current roster. The Cubs’ outfield depth has caused a logjam the last few years, but there may be space freed up soon as Kyle […]
2017 Player Profile: Brian Duensing
Position: Relief Pitcher 2017 Stats: 0 saves, 2.74 ERA/3.43 FIP/4.08 DRA, 89 cFIP, 8.8 K/9, 0.8 WARP Year in Review: When Brian Duensing signed with the Cubs for 1 year/$2 million last December, many thought the move was a call for depth heading into the 2017 season. But Duensing far exceeded the organization’s expectations, throwing the second most […]
Offseason Player Profile: Jon Jay
Editor’s Note: This is the first of BP Wrigleyville’s offseason player profiles. Over the next few months, we’ll review every player on the Cubs’ roster this year one-by-one and look ahead at their potential roles next year. First up: Jon Jay. Position CF/LF 2017 Stats Avg OBP SLG TAv FRAA VORP WARP .296 .374 .375 […]
Second City October: NLCS Game One, Cubs (0-0) at Dodgers (0-0)
The war of attrition that was NLDS Game Five in Washington is over. Choose your analogy: General Grant wearing down opposing forces, Virgil shepherding Dante through the nine circles of Hell—they all fit. In the end, it was a big ol’ goofy end to a lean and mean series, with pitchers being worked through the […]
It’s Time (Once Again) To Consider a Switch in Right Field
I like to think, because I give myself undue credit whenever possible, that I’ve been as patient with Jason Heyward as anyone out there. There were knives out for him as early as May last year, even when it wasn’t all that hard to predict a player would struggle in his first year under a […]
Making the case for keeping Jake Arrieta past 2017
Prior to the start of the 2017 season, one of the many topics of discussion revolving around the defending World Series champions was the contract situation of starter Jake Arrieta. Arrieta, who is represented by baseball mega-agent Scott Boras, has not been able to come to terms on an agreement and has been eyeing the […]
A Reflection on the First Half
This All Star break feels like a reprieve. After three months of underperformance, disappointment, and frustration, there is genuine relief in this: four days where the Cubs will not be showing up to play baseball. In that respect, it’ll be just like every day following a win in the first half. Since none of us […]