With the signings of Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist, the Chicago Cubs not only improved a team that won 97 games and reached the National League Championship Series, but established a starting nine that has a chance to be among the very best lineups in the league. While it’s easy to look at the lineup […]

As memorable as this 2015 Chicago Cubs season was, there was not a player who made a louder statement to close out the year than Kyle Schwarber. While the Cubs’ bats largely fell silent in their NLCS loss to the New York Mets, Schwarber kept on plugging. He finished his first playoff appearance with an […]

Rushing to judgement about the success of a particular player or a specific team after only a week of the Major League Baseball season is always a rather questionable endeavor. This is particularly true in the event of declaring a team to be a contender or otherwise after such a limited sample size of games. […]

Just over a week into the season, we’ve already seen plenty of intriguing storylines and overbearing narratives throughout Major League Baseball. However, there’s been a notable absence of the whole “baseball is dying” talk. Perhaps it’s because it’s still early in the season. Or that the pace of play changes are doing their job. Or […]

The wait finally came to an end on Sunday night, as the Chicago Cubs and their fans were finally able to watch their $155 Million Man go to work, as Jon Lester was on the bump against the St. Louis Cardinals at bleacher-less Wrigley Field. The start didn’t work out the way anyone would have […]

It seems like every year, the baseball world discusses the possibility of that particular season serving as a breakout campaign for Bryce Harper. And it seems like every year, by his own design (read: playing like his hair is on fire) or otherwise, Harper has found a way to let us down. Could this year […]

For a while there, the Chicago White Sox, along with their North Side counterparts, were the talk of the Major League Baseball offseason. They made some sweeping additions in order to improve what was an absolutely miserable bullpen last season, bringing in relievers David Robertson and Zach Duke, while signing outfielder Melky Cabrera as well. […]

Hey, it’s 2015. As everyone in the world knows, and has stated several times, that means the Chicago Cubs are set to win the World Series, as indicated by Back to the Future II. While it obviously will not be over Miami, is it really that far-fetched to think this team could pull that off? […]

Every winter, we always get one or two “What the hell is Beane doing?” moments. This offseason, we had even more of those. In selling off key pieces of what has been a playoff team for three consecutive years, Billy Beane raised no shortage of eyebrows. Some questioned if he was already punting the year […]