What You Need To Know: The Cubs are now 41-12 when they score two friggin’ runs. Granted, it took 10 innings to get two, but it still counts. What else do you need to know? Mike Montgomery is good. For real. Jacob deGrom might sue him for identity theft — deGrom has been putting together […]
Tag: Mike Montgomery
Bullpen Flexibility and A Missed Opportunity
While Joe Maddon may never have to pay for a meal in this city again after 2016 (does Maddon even eat meals? Or does he have some new-age health bars he uses? These are the questions, people!), there has been something of a let-down in that the creativity in deploying his lineups hasn’t quite been […]
Mike Montgomery Might Have a Point
With the exception of anyone prescient enough to copyright “#2ELLOFF” or “#DEBT2ERVICE,” MLB’s offseason has been a glacially slow one thus far. But there has been one undeniable benefit for all fans: we now have the most accurate metric in baseball history for measuring the excitement level of a given year’s winter meetings… Year Number […]
2017 Player Profile: Mike Montgomery
Position: SP/RP 2017 Stats: 7-8, 4.08 ERA/3.38 FIP/4.29 DRA, 101 cFIP, 6.9 K/9, 1.6 WARP Year in Review: Mike Montgomery. Starter? Reliever? Nobody knows. All he did in 2017 was further confuse us on this question, posting some perplexing splits between his time in the rotation and his time in the bullpen. Starter- 69.1 IP, 4.15 ERA, 3.94 […]
It’s Time for the Cubs to Act Like the Dodgers: Part 1, Pitching
“This isn’t the Windy City. This is the economic hurricane in Chicago of what the Cubs have done.” -Scott Boras, 11/15/17 After multiple trades over the last two years, most notably for Aroldis Chapman and Jose Quintana, the Cubs’ prospect depth is gone. It’s now on their major leaguer roster, giving them extremely talented and […]
Justin Wilson: As Frustrating to Acquire As He Is to Watch
It has been brought to my attention recently that I’ve been contributing to BP Wrigleyville for about a year and a half and up until now, I have been in violation of the baseball blogger code by neglecting to do a Player A vs. Player B breakdown. Mea culpa. You know the kind I’m talking […]
Mike Check: Is The Use Of Mike Montgomery To Blame?
We knew coming into this season that Mike Montgomery was going to be something of a Swiss Army knife. Especially when some of us had a pretty strong feeling that Brett Anderson was going to be a backyard fireworks show and low hopes for Eddie Butler. It was obvious that Montgomery was going to get some […]
A Brilliant Tandem: Why Anderson and Montgomery Make a Perfect Fifth Starter
The wonders of Cubs Manager Joe Maddon never cease, and before the first pitch has been thrown in the 2017 season, Cubs fans are seeing his strong baseball acumen at work again. In February, after a somewhat under-the-radar and late offseason move the Cubs made in signing left-hander Brett Anderson to a one-year deal, it […]
Southpaw Roulette: Assessing the Cubs Left-handed Bullpen Options
At this point in the off-season, the Cubs have a pretty good idea what their roster might look like on Opening Day. While they might tinker on the fringes and try to get a bargain in January/February, I thought this would be a good time to evaluate the internal options for left-handed relief in the […]
Player Profile: Mike Montgomery
Position: Relief pitcher, likely starter in 2017 2016 Stats: 100 IP, 2.52 ERA, 3.89 DRA, 90 cFIP, .262 oppTAv Year in Review: Every successful team needs a few of the players who are willing to shoulder the unglamorous grunt work in order to make a run at a championship. The task of turning an unparalleled regular season […]