Chicago Cubs

The red, white and blue (literally) Chicago Cubs saw their 2021 season completely turned on its head during the span of time in between two super patriotic American holidays. On Flag Dlay, June 14, they were 38-28 and tied with the Milwaukee Brewers atop the NL Central division. A 4-11 June swoon, including a sweep at those aforementioned Brewers, now has them riding a six … [Read more...] about Jake Arrieta, Eric Sogard and Other Chicago Cubs Who Must Go

Ahead of last night's 7-1 win at the San Diego Padres, the Chicago Cubs placed starting pitcher Adbert Alzolay on the 10-day injured list (blister on the middle finger on his pitching hand) and recalled right-hander Kohl Stewart from Triple-A Iowa. They also activated Alec Mills off the 10-day IL, and sent right-handed pitcher Cory Abbott back down to the I-Cubs. Mills saw … [Read more...] about Alec Mills Returns as Adbert Alzolay Injury Forces Cubs to Shuffle Pitching Roster

In the preseason, we saw plenty of Chicago Cubs season win projections in the 77-79 range. At the time, those seemed very legit. Then the season started, and the Cubs offense was very late to joining the rest of us here in the 2021 baseball season. At that point, the Cubs were looking much more like a 70 win or thereabouts kind of team. Then they started winning a few here … [Read more...] about 2021 Cubs are Actually No Better or Worse than the 2020 Cubs

Was this brilliance by the Chicago Cubs' Javy Baez? Maybe, or perhaps it's just total bone-headedness on the part of the Pittsburgh Pirates. "THERE WERE TWO OUTS!" is a top trending term on Twitter right now, because the social media world of baseball fans just cannot believe what they just watched. You've heard of "manufacturing a run," well, what El Mago did here is … [Read more...] about Javy Baez Tricks Pirates into Making the Dumbest Play Ever (Video)

It's the Chicago Cubs at the Cleveland Indians, on a Wednesday, just like one specific game in the annals of baseball history that you might have once heard about. The Cubs have a long list of injury and fitness concerns for this game, but there is some good news, to go along with the bad. There is a lot to get to, so let's just dive right in with Javier Baez, who is back in … [Read more...] about Cubs Injury/Fitness Updates: Bryant, Baez, Arrieta, Hoerner, Happ

The Chicago Cubs are back to being the Cubes. Legendary former NFL Coach Bill Parcells is now synonymous with the phrase "you are your record," and yes, indeed that is always true. But the record doesn't tell the whole story sometimes, and in the case of the Cubs, not really at all. If there is one theme to the season so far, it's "the wheels have come off now, here in … [Read more...] about Stats Show Cubs are Much Worse than their Record Indicates

If you don't know the difference between a bear and bull market, here's the etymology, which is really easy to remember. A bull market refers to stocks going up, because that's how the animal attacks its prey, by driving its horns upward. A bear market is heading downward, because that's how bears kill their victims- clamping and biting down. Or you can just remember that in … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs 2021 Playoff Prospects, Betting Odds are Bearish