Positions(s): Second base, third base, and pinch hitter extraordinaire 2018 Stats: 210 PAs, .239/.319/.408, 17 XBH, 6 HR, .269 TAv, 1.8 FRAA, 0.9 WARP Year in Review: When Cubs position players reported to Mesa for 2018 Spring Training, David Bote was a nobody. No one outside his family and friends knew how to correctly pronounce his last […]
Tag: 2019
An Early Look at 2019 Free Agent Options
This offseason the Chicago Cubs, every other team, and every Major League Baseball fan on the planet will be focusing on the free agencies of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. They are two all-world talents, who can alter the course of whichever team(s) gets them to sign on the dotted line. Imagining a Cubs lineup […]
It’s Time To Give Pedro Strop a Chance to Close
Game after game, season after season, there is one player on the Chicago Cubs who flies under the radar. It’s not surprising that any great player could fly under the radar with teammates like Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Dexter Fowler, John Lackey, Willson Contreras, and Javier Báez continually finding themselves in the spotlight. It’s even […]
With Wrigley All-Star Game on Horizon, A Look Back
It’s been a lifetime since the Cubs have hosted an All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. No, literally—I’m a ripe old 24, and this season marks 26 since the light standards shone down on Sandberg, Dawson, and their All-Star peers in July of 1990. That drought will reach 28 years by the time the Cubs can […]
The Cubs and the Next Few Offseasons
Cubs fans are rightly excited about the upcoming season. It’s all that most want to think about, and, really, after years of thinking about the future, it absolutely makes sense to enjoy the present. Front offices don’t have that luxury, though. And if there’s one thing we’ve learned about the Cubs’ brain trust over the past several years, it […]