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.
Baseball Players Get Older, and So Do We
One more little essay on the Cubs.
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.
Joe Kelly Rolls On
The man is on a tear.
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.
Do You Need Max Scherzer When You Have Joe Kelly?
Joe Kelly, thank goodness, is healthy. Guess you can’t have too much depth?
The Cubs, Without the Cubs
The Cubs will play again tonight. Just without the Cubs.
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.
Rizzo Is Gone, the Cubs Play On
Surprised, sad, expectant, etc. And the Cubs still play a game tonight.
Is Theo Epstein Behind the Mike Hawk Account?
A theory.
Today’s Best Bet: Thursday, July 29th
Getting really transparent with these.
I Hope They’re Ok Right Now
Getting sentimental about Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo.