Consistent poor play has put the Cubs’ 2022 season in jeopardy only one month into the season. Through 26 games, the Cubs sit at 9-17 and fourth in the NL Central. The Cincinnati Reds sit behind them as they have only won four out of their first 27 games. During a brutal stretch of the season against the Los Angeles …

In the first 10 games of the season, the Cubs had a 6-4 record and one of the top offenses in the league. Since then, the Cubs have gone through a sharp decline and are now 9-13. The Cubs players who went on hot streaks cooled down, and the Cubs are playing at the level many people expected them to. …

Snap-shot (noun):  1: a casual photograph made typically by an amateur with a small handheld camera 2: an impression or view of something brief or transitory An EKG or cardiac strip is simply a snapshot of one’s heart activity.  It tells the story of your heart and its relative health.  If you want a snapshot of the baseball season, you need to look no …

The writing on the wall for Welington Castillo was there the moment the Cubs acquired Miguel Montero from the Arizona Diamondbacks during the 2014 Winter Meetings last December. Suddenly, Castillo went from being the starting catcher on non-competitive Cubs teams to a backup on a potentially contending one. The addition of David Ross a few weeks later further diminished Castillo’s …

The All-Star Break, while wonderful, just can’t end soon enough to get us back to Cubs baseball. But while we wait, here’s part two of my First Half Review series. Yesterday, I covered the outfield. Today, let’s take a look at the infield. Who We’ve Seen So Far: Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell, Starlin Castro, Kris Bryant, Miguel Montero, David Ross, …