With a journalism degree from Eastern Illinois University and a decade of Cubs reporting, my work has appeared on 670 The Score, ESPN 1000, and the Pinwheels and Ivy Podcast. I cover Cubs news and analysis for Sports Mockery, including roster moves, game breakdowns, and prospect development.
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White Sox prospect Nick Madrigal has been underwhelming down in the minors this year. Before Thursday's game, the second baseman was only hitting .250, which is pretty bad because Madrigal is supposed to be a high average hitter considering he doesn't hit for much power and doesn't walk a lot. Yet,...
Yu Darvish had arguably his best start with the Cubs on Wednesday, when he pitched 5.1 innings and struck out 11 Reds. More importantly, the right-hander didn't surrender a walk and was actually aggressive going after hitters. But it didn't matter because the bullpen eventually blew the game and...
Victor Caratini is back with the Cubs. The backup catcher last played on April 11, when he broke the hamate bone in his hand. He had surgery and has been playing in the minors for the past couple weeks. Prior to Thursday's series finale against the Reds, the Cubs activated Caratini from the injured...
In 2018, right-hander Lucas Giolito was the worst starting pitcher in MLB. He was dead last with a 6.13 ERA and a -0.7 fWAR. It's not just that he was the worst, there was quite some space between Giolito and the second worse starting pitcher. It was his first full year in the majors and obviously...
So, it was made public today that the reason Ben Zobrist has been given an indefinite leave of absence from the Cubs is because he's dealing with a pending divorce. His wife Julianna filed for divorce in Cook County a few days ago. https://twitter.com/SonRanto/status/1128614019366117378 And...
Kyle Hendricks was pretty bad in April, posting a 5.33 ERA in five starts. His sluggish start to 2019 was capped off by allowing 10 hits and seven earned runs to the Diamondbacks on April 26. But since then Hendricks has pitched the best three starts of his career. In 25 innings, Hendricks has only...
The annual "Anthony Rizzo has back tightness" has arrived as the Cubs first baseman has missed the past couple games. He's hoping to be back in the next few days, but in the meantime Kris Bryant is filling in at first base and the Cubs won't stop messing with Rizzo. Apparently Jon Lester always...
The Cubs placed Ben Zobrist on the restricted list last week and there were no specifics on why Zobrist was going to be away from the team and for how long. Well, you can end all the speculation because we now know why Zobrist is gone indefinitely. According to court records, Zobrist is dealing...
This didn't take long and both Joe Maddon and Theo Epstein were pretty direct on the intentions of the Cubs moving forward with Addison Russell. Or what they won't be doing with him. On Monday, ESPN's Karl Ravech was on the Waddly And Silvy Show on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. During the radio segment...
The White Sox have already dealt with Lucas Giolito being on the injured list this year for a few weeks and on Monday the team announced that left-hander Carlos Rodon will have Tommy John surgery ending his 2019 season. Ervin Santana made three starts for the White Sox and was then DFA'd. Now,...
I mean, your guess is as good as mine when it comes to trying to project what 16-year-old kids will do eventually in professional baseball. But hey, the people who do all the work scouting these young kids consider the Cubs favorites to sign three of the top-30 international prospects when the...
In 2018, right-handed pitcher Tyson Miller had a pretty good year at High A-Ball, posting a 3.54 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in 127 innings with Myrtle Beach. He struck out 126 and only walked 35 in 23 starts. Hooray for pitching command! Anyway, those numbers were good, but so far in 2019, Miller has been...
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