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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Cubs-Phillies Rewind: Significance of Pitch Framing and Catcher Positioning Examined
Last night’s exciting success against Aaron Nola and the Phillies bullpen sure salved that game one loss. But the memory…
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Cubs-Mets Rewind: Keith Hernandez (nearly) Calls Baez Steal of Home
In 1994, former Mets’ great Keith Hernandez published a personal favorite of mine called “Pure Baseball.” In it, Hernandez insightfully…
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Monday Fungos: Cleaning up for a homecoming
How better for the Chicago Cubs to finish a crisp, clean 6-1 road trip than by bringing out the broom…
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Cubs Have Promoted Middle Reliever Daury Torrez to AAA Iowa
One of the Chicago Cubs’ under-the-radar prospects I follow is reliever Daury Torrez. On Thursday, the organization quietly promoted him…
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Grading Cubs Defense Overall and By Position
I never bought the “Best Defense Ever” tag put on the 2016 Chicago Cubs. How quickly the media forgot even…
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Monday Fungos: Cubs First Quarter in Memoriam
Ah, Memorial Day, that traditional point at which the baseball season feels either one-quarter over or three-quarters remaining. It just…
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First Quarter Grades Complete, Cubs Miss Out on Dean’s List
Now more than one quarter over, the 2018 season has delivered surprises. Not just for the Cubs, but for most…
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Lineup Strategy Postmortem: Cubs Bats vs. Bauer’s Power
Prior to Tuesday’s game against the Indians and Trevor Bauer, I offered an alternative lineup strategy to combat the Cubs’…
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How Are Maddon’s Lineup Decisions Affecting Cubs’ Poor Production Against Power Pitchers?
With each game the Cubs play against top power arms, the evidence mounts that these pitchers are the offense’s Achilles…
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Monday Fungos: Riggleman, the Iowa Shuttle, and Kris Bryant’s Papa Does Preach
Interesting week and month for the Chicago Cubs. They were officially 4-3 for the week and .500 for May, but…
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