The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Trevor Strunk, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Five coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The Cubs have had a not-so-quiet concern this postseason, an unsure refrain that has been […]
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Second City October: On The Brink
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 Five coverage can be found here. With the series tied 2-2, the Dodgers entered Thursday night’s contest armed with a handful of strategies designed to tip the scales and trigger an […]
Second City October: They’re Back, Baby
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Isaac Bennett, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Four coverage can be found here. The Cubs entered tonight’s Game 4 of the National League Championship Series in a familiar position. Last year against the Cardinals, they needed to […]
Playoff Prospectus: Arrieta’s Slider, Cubs’ Bats Go Missing
The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Matt Trueblood, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Three coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October” It wasn’t really a bad pitch that Jake Arrieta threw to Yasmani Grandal. He’d certainly […]
Playoff Prospectus: The Bold and the Beautiful
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Playoff Prospectus: RIP, Even Year Magic
The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Henry Druschel, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Four coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. For eight innings, this was a boring game. It’s playoff baseball, so there’s a pretty high […]
Second City October: Eff Your Magic
Alright, let’s start by going to back to this bit of wisdom from my recap yesterday: “Before I dive deeper into it, here’s a question: has there ever been a postseason game where the Cubs ended up winning? Like, ever?” So before you go any further, know this: you are most likely reading the words […]