2022 Season First Recap

The Northside Baseball Podcast

After the first 16 games, the season is approximately 10% complete, and the Cubs sit at 7-9. Opening Series vs Brewers (scheduled for 4; played 3) Won 2-of-3 Good start Cubs Starters this series1.17 ERA 1.17 WHIP 15.1 IP Brewers Starters9.23 ERA 1.82 WHIP 12.2 IP Seiya Suzuki - (since 1920) First MLB player with 3+ hits, 3+ BB & 6+ RBI in first 3 career games @ Pirates (2gm series) Split Series Seiya Suzuki - only MLB player with 8+ RBI and 4+ walks over his first 4 career games since 1920 when RBI became an official stat One time through the rotation (4 of 5 anyway)Hendricks: 5.1 IP, 7K, 1 ER Steele: 5 IP, 5K, 0 ER Stroman: 5 IP, 3 K, 1 ER Smyly: 5 IP, 1 K, 0 ER @ Rockies (4gm series) Split Series Won 5-2 Lost 6-5 Lost 6-9 Won 6-4 vs Rays (3gm series) Lost 2-of-3 Won 4-2 Lost 6-5 Lost 8-2 vs Pirates (4gm series) Lost 3-of-4 Only win was Saturday, April 23 - 21-0Hendricks threw 7 IP / 2H / 2K / 0BB Only 1 HR 3rd largest shutout win in MLB since 1900 and largest in franchise history Most runs by a team who only hit one HR or less since the Royals in 2004 Largest margin of victory in a Cubs shutout EVER! Since 2011, there have only been two occurrences of a team scoring 84+ runs and having a .350+ OBP in the first 16 games of a season while having a losing record. 2019 Cubs 2022 Cubs +17 Run DifferentialIn 1-Run Games: 2-5Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-4Home: 4-6Road: 3-3 – Up Next – April rounds out with 3 in Atlanta and the start of a 3-game set in Milwaukee.