MLB 2015 Season Archives - Baseball Essential

Chicago Cubs Playoff Preview By The Numbers

Oct 7, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Postseason

When the Chicago Cubs take the field Wednesday night in their one game Wild Card match-up with the Pittsburgh Pirates, there will be several numerical coincidences that would suggest to any die hard Cub fan tha...

Madison Bumgarner: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Sep 1, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, San Francisco Giants

This week's spotlight is on the reigning World Series MVP and the San Francisco Giants' ace Madison Bumgarner. On the heels of the sixth no-hitter thrown this season by Jake Arrieta, competing in the same divis...

Starlin Castro’s Developing New Role

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 20, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

Starlin Castro has been the Chicago Cubs' Opening Day shortstop for the last five seasons. However, over the last two weeks it appears that the torch has been passed to Addison Russell as Chicago's new man up t...

Chicago Cubs Contending For Seasonal Awards Sweep?

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 20, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Opinions & Predictions

With the 2015 season approaching the final quarter of the season, the Chicago Cubs are not only contending for a playoff spot in the National League, but they are also contending for several individual awards i...

Why Cubs Versus Cardinals Could Be NLDS Preview

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 13, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Postseason, St. Louis Cardinals

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals first met on a diamond in 1892. Since that time, one of baseball's biggest rivalries has seen the two teams play over 2,300 times. But never have the two teams matched u...

Baseball’s Hottest Teams Winning In Different Ways

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 8, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

To take inspiration from Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah, the 2015 baseball season is turning into the home stretch with teams starting to position themselves for the stretch run. Since the calendar has tu...

Chicago Cubs Begin Critical Stretch Of Games

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 3, 2015

Breaking News, Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

On Monday night, the Chicago Cubs will begin a critical stretch of games that may very well go a long way in determining their quest for the playoffs. The Cubs will begin with three games in Pittsburgh against ...

David Price: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 3, 2015

American League, American League East, Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

This week's spotlight is on the Toronto Blue Jays' newest ace David Price. On Monday afternoon, Price made his first start as a Blue Jay since being acquired at the Trade Deadline last week. With one of the bes...

Could James Shields Be Traded To Chicago Cubs?

Nick Schaeflein

Jul 27, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, National League West, San Diego Padres

Major League Baseball is fast approaching the Friday non-waiver trade deadline. A team that was a major buyer in the winter, could very well be a seller this week. The San Diego Padres made several offseason sp...

Jake Arrieta: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Jul 12, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

This week's spotlight is on the Chicago Cubs' ace Jake Arrieta. How good has Arrieta been? The answer is real good, and he has also put in a first half that has been about as consistent as anyone. Arrieta has b...

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