The MLB first expanded its playoff format from two to four in 1995 and now 12 teams qualify for the playoffs each season. Read more »
Chicago Cubs Analysis
MLB Playoff Appearances For Each Team From 1995-2025
Tucker, Bregman, Schwarber Headline 2025-26 MLB Free Agent Class
Kyle Tucker leads a deep winter market featuring former Astros stars and proven veterans seeking lucrative multi-year deals across multiple positions. Read more »
Grading The 19-20 MLB Offseason: National League Edition
Breaking down all of the moves that mattered for the NL teams, most notably the Dodgers and Reds. Read more »
Favorite Things: A National League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Dodgers are unsurprisingly dominating the National League, followed by the Braves, Nationals, Cubs and Brewers. Read more »
Sense And Sensibility: Craig Kimbrel Is A Cub
Simply put, the Cubs have needed bullpen help, probably as much as any team in baseball, especially given the difficulties of playing in the most difficult division in baseball this year. Read more »
Predictions For The 2019 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Some rankings, thoughts and predictions for the 2019 season, all of which will certainly come to pass and which we will in no way regret in the future. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: NL Central
Paul Goldschmidt, Yasmani Grandal and Yasiel Puig are the big additions to the NL Central this offseason. Read more »
2018 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Red Sox, Astros and Dodgers comprise this year's top-3 with the Yankees and Cubs right behind them. Read more »
Loose Ends: On The NL Tiebreakers And Wild Card Game
On the glorious nonsense of the double one-game playoffs and the NL Wild Card Game. Read more »
Postseason Prospects: Thoughts On The MLB Playoff Races
While there is only one truly interesting race in the AL, the National League has come to the rescue this year and offers a veritable cornucopia of tantalizing scenarios. Read more »
Grading The Deal Roundup: The Search For Reliever Relief
The Indians, Cubs and A's have traded for relievers. Read more »
Early Returns On The National League Favorites
The NL standings are off to a particularly jarring start, with not one of the teams that almost everyone predicted as a division winner (Nationals, Cubs, Dodgers) currently in the lead. Read more »
Predictions For The 2018 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Predicting the regular season awards, division winners and what will happen in the always unpredictable October. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: NL Central
On the moves the Cardinals and Brewers made to close the gap on the Cubs while the Pirates began their rebuild and the Reds did virtually nothing. Read more »
2017 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Indians and Cubs comprise our top-5 as we enter 2018. Read more »
2017 NLCS Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers Vs. Chicago Cubs
The Cubs have been the best team in the NL since the break, but the Dodgers are, however, a better team with a lot of cards stacked in their favor. Read more »
Almost Home: A Quick Look At the NL Wild Card Race
For much of the season, we've been looking at a Diamondbacks-Rockies Wild Card game but the Brewers, Cardinals and Cubs could still make a run. Read more »
Grading The Deals: Lucroy, Wilson/Avila, Garcia
On Jonathan Lucroy to the Rockies, Justin Wilson and Alex Avila to the Cubs, and Jaime Garcia to the Yankees. Read more »
The Hangover, Part II: What the Dickens Is Up With The Cubs' Offense
The Cubs are still, with good reason, the favorite in the NL Central, but their lineup is far from as intimidating as it was during their ridiculous run last year. Here's what's been different. Read more »
Predictions For The 2017 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Here are some predictions for the 2017 season, organized by team. If we make enough; some safe, some crazy, surely, we'll get some right, right? Cue: the rumbling laughter of the baseball gods. Read more »