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 […]
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 […]
2017 Player Profile: Kyle Hendricks
Position: Starting Pitcher, tenure track 2017 Stats: 7-5, 3.03 ERA/3.89 FIP/3.31 DRA, 7.9 K/9, 3.5 WARP Year in Review: One of the curses of maxing out in the upper 80s with your fastball is that no matter how many times you prove that you’re one of the best pitchers in baseball, everyone in the game […]
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 […]
Player Profile: Kyle Hendricks
Position: Starting pitcher 2016 Stats: 190 IP, 22.8 K%, 5.9 BB%, 2.13 ERA, 3.34 DRA, 4.4 WARP To say that Kyle Hendricks’ 2016 season piqued the interest of baseball in the same way that Jake Arrieta’s 2015 season did feels irrational at first blush. But it truly isn’t. Just two years ago, Hendricks looked to be every bit […]
Player Profile: Justin Grimm
Position: Relief Pitcher 2016 Stats: 52.2 IP, 28.9 K%, 10.2 BB%, 4.10 ERA, 3.52 DRA, 0.9 WARP Year in Review: Much like the man whom I profiled last week, Pedro Strop, Justin Grimm was pushed out of the Cubs’ latter season and postseason bullpen plans due to the acquisition of Aroldis Chapman and the resultant […]
Player Profile: Rob Zastryzny
Position: LHP 2016 Stats: 16.0 IP, 1,12 ERA, 3.75 DRA, 89 cFIP, .270 oppTAv, 25.8 K% and 7.6 BB% Year in Review: After playing on seven different minor-league and fall-league clubs and starting the 2016 season in Double-A Tennessee, Zastryzny made his major-league debut late this season. He was the first pitcher drafted by the Theo Epstein-era […]
Player Profile: Addison Russell
Position: Shortstop 2016 Stats: .238/.321/.417, .275 TAv, 21 HR, 3.8 FRAA, 3.9 WARP Year in Review: If you’d like to, you can find things that are wrong with Addison Russell. He hit only .238 this year, and .242 the year before. His release is quick, his throws are accurate, but his arm isn’t particularly strong. He strikes out […]