Last season, Nate Schierholtz was very solid for the Chicago Cubs. He showed nice power with 21 home runs and 32 doubles in 462 at-bats, while playing respectable defense in right field. Schierholtz has always struggled against left-handed pitching, but he does […]
As Spring Training has gone on this season, the Chicago Cubs should be getting more and more encouraged by the progress of two of their young future stars. While the team has several young hitters that they’re looking forward to […]
After tearing triple-A to shreds in 2012 before hitting 15 home runs with an OPS of .805 for the Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo was supposed to take the next step towards stardom in 2013. In a lot of ways, he […]
With Starlin Castro sidelined for 7-10 days with a strained hamstring, Javier Baez should see more action than anticipated during early spring games. While Baez is known for his prolific bat speed and light-tower power, he flashed some leather in […]
Last Friday in his first career Spring Training at-bat, Chicago Cubs prospect Kris Bryant worked a 3-2 count, then fouled off several pitches before he hit a monster home run to deep center field. The ball was estimated to have […]
The recent signing of Emilio Bonifacio by the Chicago Cubs had the fan base wondering how much of a contribution he could make on this team. It’s certainly likely that he will make the team and the more and more manager Rick Renteria is […]