Slow college basketball week, let’s ask the question.
Today’s Best Bets: Friday, August 6th
Another, smaller pivot, and with the Phillies: Why not?
Don’t Get Too Excited About the Cubs’ Future Bullpen
The pieces are there, but they’re just pieces.
Today’s Best Bets: Thursday, August 5th
Fernando Tatís and the Reds, the Astros’ flight home, and a big week ahead for the Red Sox.
Answering the Cubs’ Tanking Question
The Cubs will have one of the worst rosters in baseball for these two months ahead. Do they want to lose?
Today’s Best Bets: Wednesday, August 4th
Jameson Taillon’s decent enough, and Lucas Giolito’s expected downturn hasn’t materialized.
What’s Next for Matt Duffy?
More Ortega (Moretega), Duffy’s future in or out of Chicago, lamenting the Hoyer/Rizzo feud, and oh hey the Cubs play again tonight.
Today’s Best Bets: Tuesday, August 3rd
Nestor Cortes is good, there’s a weird ALCS line available some places.
What’s the Deal with Rafael Ortega?
Can the Cubs’ first rebuild star become a key piece?
Baseball’s Best Players Through July
Where each league’s best by WAR shake out two thirds of the way through.
Summing Up Baseball’s Playoff Races After the Trade Deadline
For casual fans, or those who’ve just had a busy summer.
Today’s Best Bets: Monday, August 2nd
The Blue Jays try to hang around, the Yankees might go back to the jumbo package, LCS futures, and the Oakland A’s.
Today’s Best Bets: Sunday, August 1st
José Berríos’s Blue Jays debut, the Yankees look stronger by the minute.
What’s Kyle Hendricks’s Role in This Cubs Rebuild?
The ace by default, will Kyle Hendricks be around when the Cubs return to October?
Today’s Best Bet: Saturday, July 31st
The Yankees are very much alive.
The Cubs Should Not Have Hired Chili Davis
The emotions of yesterday, the necessity of yesterday, and all the things that led to yesterday becoming necessary, with a hitting coach hiring at the top of the list.
This Trade Deadline Fleeceing Thing, Explained
Here’s what I’m up to.
Today’s Best Bet: Friday, July 30th
Lance Lynn has been remarkably consistent.