Several of the traditional baseball stats can no longer tell the entire story about a player’s production … and that was the theme for Stats Sunday with Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies and Bob Vorwald. Len Kasper introduced Stats Sunday to the Cubs’ broadcasts last season and brought non-traditional statistics to Cubs’ broadcasts. Baseball is a [...]
Samardzija Dominates
April 10, 2012 By 53 Comments
Jeff Samardzija’s dominant outing Sunday was definitely unexpected. Samardzija ended his first start of the season with an impressive line (one earned run on four hits without a walk and eight strikeouts in 8.2 innings). Really if everything bounces the right way, any pitcher can end an outing with giving up only four hits but [...]
Riding the Wind: How Ryan Dempster Got Lucky
April 6, 2012 By 35 Comments
Kerry Wood’s performance wasn’t the only problem with Thursday’s 2-1 loss to the Washington Nationals. No, another problem lurked below the surface, one that you wouldn’t necessarily notice because of the results. That cryptic explanation points to Ryan Dempster’s performance.
Converting Jeff Samardzija to the Rotation
March 20, 2012 By 24 Comments
From all indications, Jeff Samardzija is a near lock to begin the season in the Cubs’ starting rotation. Dale Sveum clearly thinks highly of him, and other candidates haven’t proven themselves this spring quite to the extent that Samardzija has. With only two weeks remaining in the Cactus League, Samardzija has dominated. He has struck [...]
FIP’ping Off the Cubs’ Starters
March 1, 2012 By 20 Comments
When was the last time that the Cubs haven’t had a below average season in the field? You guessed it, it was 2008. It has been three long seasons since the Cubs were simply average in the field. That year, a spry 32-year old Alfonso Soriano led the team in UZR (which takes in several [...]
Who Could Be the Odd Man Out of the Cubs Rotation?
January 31, 2012 By 33 Comments
Along with the loud exit of starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs have quietly amassed a stable of valuable pitchers. No, the Cubs haven’t gone out and gotten the most talented and most capable of starting pitchers. However, relative to the contracts that the team is paying their starting pitchers, their value exceeds their marketability.
The New-Look Cubs Look to Rely on Defense More Than Ever
January 17, 2012 By 81 Comments
During this off-season, the Cubs have seen a complete overhaul of the team’s starting rotation. Carlos Zambrano’s days in a Cub uniform are over, and it seems as if Matt Garza’s days are waning as well. The new front-office has made several notable, although low-key additions to the rotation.
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