In this Weekly Digest: The previous week in MLB was about a team in the American League adding a potent bat, a team in the National League places a starting pitcher on the injured list, and a shortstop will be sidelined several weeks. New York Yankees Acquire Designated Hitter Edwin Encarnacion from Seattle Mariners The […]
The last week in MLB was about a pair of starting pitchers in the National League making history, a starting pitcher in the American League will be out several weeks, and a team will shorten the workload of a starting pitcher. Atlanta Braves Starting Pitcher Mike Soroka Domination Makes History Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike […]
With about one month and less than 30 games until postseason baseball, it seems appropriate to start predicting how things will shape up for the first-place Chicago Cubs. The Cubs have reached a season-high 25 games over .500. ESPN gives Chicago a 99.4% chance of making the playoffs. So, since the playoffs seem basically a […]
Angel Hernandez ringing Anthony Rizzo up on a ball three inches out of the zone to end Sunday’s game summarizes a painfully average week for the Chicago Cubs. As they have since the all star break, the Cubs played mediocre baseball last week. Chicago split two with a hot Pittsburgh Pirates team at PNC Park […]