ATLANTA — Four video games into workforce president Theo Epstein’s yr of ‘‘reckoning’’ for the Cubs, it’s already time for a actuality examine. Talk about urgency. In truth, speaking about urgency in all probability must be the primary actuality examine. Epstein mentioned because the season started that ‘‘October starts in March,’’ which makes a pleasant T-shirt slogan however has little constructive worth relating to profitable a six-month, game-a-day baseball season.Four video games into the season, supervisor Joe Maddon and the Cubs have already got their first three-game dropping streak. They did not lose three in a row final yr till May. It’s definitely not how this one has labored up to now. Already through the Cubs’ 1-Three
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New Yu debut: Second probability at a primary impression for Cubs’
ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s the Cubs’ final probability to land a big-name free agent for this season. That’s what Yu Darvish means to the staff on this “year of reckoning” as he takes the mound for the primary time in a fresh-start season, dealing with the Rangers on Saturday evening at Globe Life Park. It’s virtually unimaginable to overstate that context for the massive right-hander and this staff. “He’s an impact guy, and he wasn’t there for us last year,” staff president Theo Epstein stated earlier than spring coaching even started. “I’m looking forward to him having a second crack at this.”Darvish pitching towards the Mariners this spring. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) When Darvish signed a six-year,
Cubs’ 12-Four victory permits for the great type of Opening Day
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ah, Opening Day. The galloping hope. The gnashing tooth. The dizzying elation. The sudden lack of cabin stress, if not the need to stay. And that’s simply the primary inning. “No matter how lengthy you’re within the sport, there’s a long-standing custom of overreacting to no matter occurs on Opening Day,’’ Cubs president Theo Epstein mentioned. On Thursday, after Jon Lester threw 22 pitches within the first and gave up a two-run homer to the Rangers’ Elvis Andrus within the third, the “sense of urgency’’ the Cubs had vowed to deliver to Epstein’s “season of reckoning’’ appeared to have slipped right into a coma.Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant rounds third base after hitting a two-run
Hot Cole: Day after hole-in-one, Cubs’ Hamels homers off Cy
MESA, Ariz. — Cubs left-hander Cole Hamels says he’s prepared for “go time” and his first begin of the season Sunday in Texas. But don’t blame him if he’d like not less than a number of extra days in Arizona. “Shoot, I’ve been having a pretty good couple days here,” stated Hamels, who hit a third-inning homer off former Cy Young winner Rick Porcello on Monday night time – sooner or later after hitting the primary hole-in-one of his life throughout a golf outing with Cubs teammates. “Sometimes you don’t want it to end.” Hamels pitched round some visitors and allowed one run on Andrew Benintendi’s homer throughout a five-inning tune-up because the Cubs beat the Red Sox
2019 MLB preview: Pressure’s on Cubs, Sox to do higher than
More. That’s the four-lettered theme of this baseball season in Chicago. We want extra from the Cubs, who didn’t meet their excessive requirements final season. We want extra from the White Sox, who haven’t seen a lot progress on the big-league stage the final a number of seasons. More playoff video games from the North Siders, who dipped a single toe into postseason baseball final season and misplaced a wild-card sport. Hell, extra World Series appearances from the Cubs, whereas we’re as regards to extra. And from the South Siders, extra dialogue in regards to the precise video games this season and fewer deal with subsequent season and the season after. More consideration on what must be accomplished
Cubs 2019 preview: why Kyle Hendricks cannot cease speaking to
But critically: “Hendo?” Come on, man. A “Hendo” spits streams of tobacco juice like a human fireplace hose. A “Hendo” stands on the sector in entrance of a crowd of 40,000 and adjusts his protecting cup like no one’s watching. A “Hendo” leads together with his instincts, wears a minimal of 10 days’ scruff on his face and has the serene composure of a rabid badger. That’s the nickname Cubs beginning pitcher Kyle Hendricks chooses to put on throughout the again of his jersey throughout baseball’s annual Players’ Weekend? Is one thing flawed with “the Professor” — merely one of the excellent monikers in all the main leagues? Well, yeah. Hendricks, 29, a Dartmouth graduate (in economics modified
Scary Kris Bryant Hit-By-Pitch Draws Ire Of Chili Davis, Cubs Coaches
Sunday’s Chicago Cubs-Colorado Rockies game got contentious in a hurry. On just the eighth pitch of his outing at Coors Field, Rockies starter German Marquez drilled Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant in the head with a 96 mph fastball. Bryant was visibly shaken after the frightening incident, which obviously left everyone in the ballpark concerned. Concern wasn’t the only emotion of the moment, though. Cubs hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Andy Haines both were seen angrily yelling at the umpires, as they believed Marquez may have been hit intentionally. You can see Davis gesturing to an umpire at about the 1... NESN.com