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In a somewhat surprising move Thursday, the Chicago Cubs officially named Jon Lester their starter for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, per MLB's official Twitter account. Cy Young candidate Jake Arrieta will start Game 2.
Lester packs a postseason pedigree—91.1 innings over 15 games and two titles with the Boston Red Sox—but Arrieta was arguably the best pitcher in baseball this season. And the Cubs have won 19 of his last 20 starts, including the playoffs.
Though Lester is coming off a decent season (11-12, 3.34 ERA), it wasn't up to par for the $155 million contract the Cubs ...
CHICAGO — Every traditional sports rivalry has similar components—geography, divisional ties and decades of history. The Cubs-Cardinals rivalry can be similarly characterized but with one very unique attribute attached: envy.
Since Joe Torre left the Yankees, the Cardinals, inarguably, have been baseball's hallmark franchise. The Cubs? They want to be, well, the Cardinals. As blasphemous as that may sound in Cubdom, the ideals of the Theo Epstein era—scouting, top-flight drafting and prospect development—mirror those that have made St. Louis so successful.
No rebuild was to be complete until Chicago bested baseball's kingpin. So when the Cubs won Game 4 of their National League Division ...
The Chicago Cubs notched their first playoff victory since 2003 during this year's MLB postseason but are evidently not satisfied with such modest exploits.
Chicago's young nucleus is thriving on baseball's biggest stage and will proceed to the National League Championship Series after eliminating the St. Louis Cardinals in a 6-4 victory at Wrigley Field on Tuesday.
Three home runs in Game 4 carried the Cubs past their National League Central Division rival. ESPN Stats & Info highlighted how the long ball played a big role in Chicago's success in the National League Division Series:
The Windy City's North Side is ecstatic ...
The Chicago Cubs look to take care of business and eliminate the rival St. Louis Cardinals from the postseason behind starter Jason Hammel in front of the home crowd at Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the National League Division Series at 4:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. Toeing the rubber opposite Hammel is John Lackey, who shut down the Cubs during Game 1 but is pitching on three days' rest. Chicago leads the series 2-1.
One of the biggest keys for the Cubs will be their ability to get to Lackey early in the game. If they allow the big righty to ...
Based on recent headlines, you'd think the Chicago Cubs' rise to power has had everything to do with Jake Arrieta and little to do with, well, anything else.
In reality, however, the bats have also had a lot to do with that. And on Monday evening at Wrigley Field, they made that clear by upstaging none other than Arrieta himself.
After throwing a shutout to lead the Cubs to victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Wild Card Game, Arrieta was considerably less effective in Game 3 of the NLDS. The St. Louis Cardinals limited his outing to 5.2 innings ...
Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell was replaced by Javier Baez in Game 3 of the National League Division Series after suffering a hamstring injury. The Cubs announced Oct. 15 that Russell will miss the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.
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Berry Replaces Russell on NLCS Roster
Saturday, Oct. 17
The Cubs announced outfielder Quintin Berry has taken Russell's place.
Russell Comments on Injury
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Russell said he felt a "little grab" in the hamstring as he rounded the bases in the fourth inning, per Adam Berry of MLB.com.
"It feels fine now," Russell stated at the time, via Berry. "We're just going to wait and ...
The Chicago Cubs needed only one win to distinctly swing the advantage.
On Saturday, they got it. Now, the home-field advantage is on their side. But more importantly, so is the pitching lineup.
The Cubs’ 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 of the National League Division Series at Busch Stadium evened the best-of-five tilt. Now the scene moves to Wrigley Field, where Chicago’s North Side, and the 101-year-old stadium, will be rocking at unheard-of levels for Monday’s Game 3.
Aside from the Cubs having a chance to take the series lead, right-hander Jake Arrieta's presence on the mound will be the ...
Of all the things that happened in 2015, the Chicago Cubs' winning 97 games with a major boost from a pitcher who came to the team as a throw-in player in a throwaway deal was arguably at the top of the "There's No Way This Is for Real" power rankings.
But after what happened Wednesday night, we now know this: This is for real, all right.
The Cubs made their first postseason game since 2008 count, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Wild Card Game by a 4-0 final to earn a ticket to play the St. Louis Cardinals in ...
Jake Arrieta's run of dominance continued Wednesday in a National League Wild Card contest as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, to clinch their first NLDS appearance since 2008.
Arrieta pitched a four-hit, complete-game shutout that saw him strike out 11 Pirates batters. According to ESPN's Karl Ravech, Arrieta is operating in truly elite air:
The win snapped Chicago's nine-game postseason losing streak, per ESPN Stats & Info, so it's no wonder the team went nuts upon recording the game's final out.
Before everyone could get to the clubhouse, it was time for a Gatorade shower, per Baseball Tonight:
The Cubs' official ...
To say that Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta had a good second half to his season would be an understatement—a big one.
In his last start of the regular season Friday night, the Cubs ace delivered six innings of two-hit, shutout baseball and seven strikeouts against the Milwaukee Brewers. Another dominating performance brought his second-half ERA to a minuscule 0.75, the lowest in baseball history, according to statistician Ryan M. Spaeder.
Arrieta also tallied off another quality start, as the Cubs pointed out on Twitter:
Spaeder delved deeper into the 29-year-old's second half, noting that he gave up just four earned runs during ...
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