Top Play (WPA): Sometimes, it’s the play you expect to see at the top that ends up there. Today was one of those days. Although he hasn’t exactly come out of the gate guns blazing, Ben Zobrist has been a steady presence in the Cubs’ lineup, and it was his three-run home run in the third inning (+0.297) that […]
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Game 1 Recap: Cubs 9 Angels 0
This was fun. Let’s get to it. Top Play (WPA): “When you go, we go.” That’s what manager Joe Maddon said to Dexter Fowler before every one of his at-bats during the 2015 season, and it is (presumably) what he said to him today, shortly before Fowler began the Cubs’ 2016 campaign with a sharp double down the […]
Game 117 Recap: Tigers 10 Cubs 8
Top Play (WPA): As much as I love Cubs baseball, this game was a chore. The Cubs were trailing almost immediately in this game, as Jason Hammel started and yet again didn’t have quality location on his pitches. The Tigers blasted three home runs off Hammel, as well as one double by Miguel Cabrera that […]
Game 111 Recap: Cubs 6 Brewers 3
Top Play (WPA): It’s fun for me to get to recap a Cubs victory, because it doesn’t happen for me all that often. The Cubs 11th win in their last 12 games takes my recap record to 4-9 on the season (you care, I know). Of course, that’s extremely trivial, but I still find it […]
Game 110 Recap: Cubs 2 Giants 0
Top Play (WPA): Whew, well, what a weekend. In front of another raucous Wrigley crowd on Sunday, the Cubs (barely) completed their second consecutive four-game weekend sweep, and entrenched themselves as favorites in the NL Wild Card race. Let’s recap. The Cubs never quite scored a knockout blow against Giants starter Jake Peavy, but with Jake Arrieta […]