The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyvilles Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Two coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The last time two starting pitchers with ERAs this low faced off in […]
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Second City October: Kershaw Draws the Dodgers Even
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Clarissa Young, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Two coverage can be found here. When most starting pitchers throw a side session, it doesn’t involve securing the final two outs in Game 5 of a Division Series, but […]
Second City October: NLCS Game Two Preview, Cubs (1-0) vs. Dodgers (0-1)
While baseball offers the great therapy of returning to action the very next day after a loss, that same quality allows little time for reveling in remarkable victories like Saturday night’s. All that needed to go well for the Cubs went well, and they overcame even issues such as small bullpen failures and cold bats […]
Playoff Prospectus: Of Ghosts and Pinch-Hit Grand Slams
The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Meg Rowley, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game One coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The Cubs and Dodgers kicked off the NLCS last night, and be honest, you thought […]
Second City October: Miggy Makes ‘Em Pay
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game One coverage can be found here. The 2016 Chicago Cubs posted a Park-Adjusted Defensive Efficiency (PADE) score of 6.38, which is both tremendously good, when considered in absolute terms—it means the team converted balls […]
Second City October: NLCS Game One Preview, Cubs (0-0) vs. Dodgers (0-0)
All throughout the melodic mayhem that was game five of the NLDS between the Dodgers and the Nationals on Thursday evening, there was a strange part of me that wanted this to happen. I didn’t care how the Dodgers did it, and obviously, neither did Dave Roberts. I just wanted the Cubs to face the […]
Second City October: NLCS Series Preview
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Jared Wyllys, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October”. Additional NLDS coverage, written by Aaron Gleeman and originally run on the main site’s series “Playoff Prospectus,” can be found here. Fortune has not been kind to the Cubs when they travel to the west coast, and especially so in […]
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Preview—Dodgers vs. Cubs
The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Editor-in-Chief Aaron Gleeman, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus”. Additional series coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. Dave Roberts and the Dodgers pulled out all the stops in Game 5 of the NLDS, […]
Why Aren’t the Cubs Shifting All That Much?
In the fourth game of the 2015 National League Championship Series, down 3-0 in the series, the Cubs had their backs against the wall. And in the top of the first inning, Lucas Duda set the tenor of the game when he drilled a three-run shot into center field on a full count offering from starter Jason […]
Rubbing Mud: The Rizzo Post-Mortem ($)
This piece, by BP Wrigleyville’s Matt Trueblood, originally appeared on the Baseball Prospectus main site, where it was available exclusively to BP subscribers. We’ve posted a sneak preview here. If you had to put your finger on a single reason why the Cubs were swept by the Mets in the NLCS this week (and more […]