Photo courtesy of Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Join us for Baseball Prospectus Night at Miller Park to watch the Cubs play the Brewers on May 9th. Order Your Tickets Today. ***Joe Maddon and the Cubs have preached the importance of getting off to a good start since January’s Cubs Convention. This is hardly a new […]
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Patience, Especially at the Top, is a Virtue
Photo courtesy of Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports That the Cubs have a fairly fearsome top half of the batting order should surprise no one. Anthony Rizzo became a star last season. Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant have been two of the most highly touted power bats on prospect lists for over a year. Dexter Fowler […]
Jorge Soler’s Kryptonite
Photo courtesy of Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Jorge Soler started the season playing pretty well—he had an .894 OPS through the first 13 games of the season—but has fallen into a bit of a slump of late, and we can’t blame it on bad luck as his BABIP is an astonishing .412. What’s been alarming […]
Did Wrigley Sap the Cubs Power in April?
Photo courtesy of Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports It’s no secret, the Cub shave been collecting power hitters over the past three-plus years like it’s going out of style. Well, to be fair, it kinda has been going out of style. We know slugging, and power in general, has been slowly, but surely dropping around the […]
The Top 25-and-Under Cubs
With the season underway and the picture for some players and prospects becoming clearer than they were in November, let’s take a look back at the Cubs 25-and-under list with fuller, more in-depth write-ups for each player. Anthony Rizzo, 1B It seems like Rizzo has been tinkering with his swing forever. He’s adjusted his […]