Position: Catcher 2016 Stats: .216/.327/.357, .257 TAv, 2.1 WARP Year in Review: Recency bias would have been kind to Miguel Montero if not for some surprising off-the-cuff remarks on the day of the World Series victory parade and rally a few weeks ago. What made them surprising was not so much that Montero had spoken so […]
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Player Profile: Ben Zobrist
Ben Zobrist Position: Second base, occasional corner outfield 2016 Stats: .272/.386/.446, .306 TAv, 18 HR, 96 BB, 82 K, 631 PA, -9.4 FRAA, 4.1 WARP Year in Review: The Cubs front office had made it vehemently clear that in 2016 they desired a lineup with a strong, patient plate approach. It was almost hidden between the lines in […]
Player Profile: Javier Baez
Position: 2B, 3B, SS, 1B, C, CF, SP 2016 Stats: .273/.314/.423, .275 TAv, 2.5 WARP Year in Review: Some people think that a little intoxication reveals your true personality. It isn’t that drinking turns you into a jerk per se, you just become more of who you really are. If that theory is true, then we’re all […]
Cubs Manager Profile: Joe Maddon
Position: Manager 2015 Stats: 97-65; Best Onesie Party Ever Some people don’t like to give managers credit for anything a baseball team accomplishes during the season. It’s the players, the argument goes, that step onto the field and determine whether a team wins or loses on any given day. The manager simply decides who plays where […]
Cubs Player Profile: Dexter Fowler, Potential Offseason Target
On the night when Jake Arrieta threw his no-hitter and the Cubs all donned pajamas for the long flight home to Chicago, a lot of players got love for their embrace of Joe Maddon’s favorite shtick. Arrieta himself stole the show, of course, not only with his on-field performance, but with the mustache-covered onesie he […]