Stat guys not so monolithic after all

...thought that's what I do, and yet my ballot would have looked like this ... 1. Randy Wells 2. Andrew McCutchen 3. Tommy Hanson ... with Happ and Coghlan and Garrett Jones fighting for fourth...

Right team, wrong Rookie

...help but wondering: What if Bailey had pitched in the first half of the season exactly as well as he did, but generally in eighth innings rather than ninths? What if he'd finished the...

Coghlan vs. McCutchen misses point

...base in the minors. Knowing that, this would have been an awful choice if McCutchen had played well in center field ... but it's not clear that he did. Last winter, Baseball America wrote about...

Realistic goals

...more on the disabled list, missing between five and six starts, and, for that matter, rookie Randy Wells didn't become a part of the rotation until the injuries started to take their toll...

Wells strikes out 10 in 7 innings as Cubs blank Diamondbacks

Randy Wells allowed three hits in seven strong innings and struck out a career-high 10, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Saturday.

Diamondbacks-Cubs Preview

Diamondbacks-Cubs Preview

The final weekend

AJ Mass ranks the starting pitchers and looks for the matchups to exploit and avoid in the final weekend of the season.

Cain's gem keeps Giants 5 back in wild-card race

Matt Cain pitched eight scoreless innings, Eli Whiteside had a pair of RBI doubles and the Giants beat the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Randy Wells throws to the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Sept...

Cubs-Giants Preview

Cubs-Giants Preview

Cy Young candidates take mound

AJ Mass ranks pitchers and finds favorable and unfavorable matchups for fantasy baseball matchups of the weekend of Sept. 26-27.

Any drama left for season's final week?

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the final week of the baseball season and says there's a lot of uncertainty with many top teams close to clinching playoff berths.

Cubs' Baker plays hero, hurts Giants' postseason hopes

Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs staved off playoff elimination for a day by handing the San Francisco Giants a blow to their postseason hopes with 3-2 victory Thursday night.

Rookie Happ earns 11th win as Phillies hammer six runs in fifth inning

Jimmy Rollins capped a six-run fifth inning with a three-run homer and Ryan Howard drove in two runs to help Philadelphia Phillies rookie J.A. Happ win his 11th game, 9-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.

Lee hits 35th homer, sets personal RBI record in win

Derrek Lee homered again and the Cubs beat the Brewers on Tuesday.