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Chicago Cubs: Weighing the first year of Jon Lester

October 1, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Chicago Cubs, jake arrieta, jon lester, Theo Epstein

Six years. $155 million. The opening salvo of Chicago Cubs contention was fired when Theo Epstein and company signed old

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Chicago Cubs: Jake Arrieta for Cy Young?

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 Brian Davis 4 Comments Chicago Cubs, Cy Young, jake arrieta, Los Angeles Dodgers, Zack Greinke

If there’s an argument for Jake Arrieta winning the National League Cy Young award over Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack

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Aces wild: Top of rotation saving Chicago Cubs magical season

September 17, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Chicago Cubs, jake arrieta, jon lester, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants

We Chicago Cubs fans have the slight propensity to go absolutely bonkers at just about everything. Two wins in row?

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The Chicago Cubs march to October and the inevitable collapse

September 12, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Chicago Cubs, Curse, kris bryant, Playoffs, San Francisco Giants, The Black Cat, Wildcard

Chicago Cubs fans are conditioned to expect the worst. Seriously, it’s a disease –a disease that will only be cured,

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Chicago Cubs: One road trip to rule them all

September 7, 2015 Brian Davis 1 Comment Addison Russell, Chicago Cubs, kris bryant, NL Central, Pittsburgh Pirates, Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals, Wild Card

If the Chicago Cubs have any real thoughts of making a run at the NL Central division title –a long

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Chicago Cubs: Five questions for the stretch run

September 4, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Addison Russell, Chicago Cubs, jake arrieta, Jason Hammel, Javier Baez, jon lester, Kyle Hendricks, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Starlin Castro, Wild Card

Were it not for the gross uncertainty that a one-game wildcard playoff presents, the excitement around the 2015 Chicago Cubs

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Javier Baez, Tsuyoshi Wada among Chicago Cubs first wave of September call-ups

August 31, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Chicago Cubs, Javier Baez, Quintin Berry, Roster Expansion, September Call Ups, Trevor Cahill, tsuyoshi wada

On the eve of the September call-ups, the Chicago Cubs announced that four players would join the team straight away

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Chicago Cubs: Let’s talk about Fernando Rodney

August 28, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments bullpen, Chicago Cubs, Fernando Rodney, Hector Rondon, Jason Motte, Joe Maddon, pedro strop, rafael soriano, Trades

And because Jason Motte got hurt and Rafael Soriano fizzled (and got hurt), Fernando Rodney is the latest “I-used-to-be-awesome-but-now-I’m-kind-of-not” pitcher

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Chicago Cubs: Rotation questions continue to linger into September

August 27, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Chicago Cubs, Dan Haren, Kyle Hendricks, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Sports Illustrated, starting rotation, tsuyoshi wada

No matter which way you cut the proverbial pie, Chicago Cubs broadcaster Len Kasper perhaps said it best: the position

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Chicago Cubs: Jorge Soler and Jason Motte to DL; Tommy La Stella called up

August 24, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments Addison Russell, Chicago Cubs, Disabled List, injury, Jason Motte, Jorge Soler, Zac Rosscup

And just like that, half the Chicago Cubs roster is hurt. Not really, but on a day that saw the

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Sans Starlin Castro, Chicago Cubs sweep away San Francisco Giants

August 10, 2015August 9, 2015 Brian Davis 0 Comments #WeAreGood, Chicago Cubs, National League Central, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Wildcard

When I wrote this piece on Starlin Castro last week, on how his historical performances indicate that he was poised