Chicago Cubs Power Rankings - 2013
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 12 | 28-39 | 25 | In an ideal world, the injury to David DeJesus would open up a spot for Brett Jackson to be called up. Unfortunately, a poor showing in Triple-A for Jackson (.229/.307/.378) means Ryan Sweeney gets the nod. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 11 | 25-35 | 25 | The Cubs fell to 25-35 after losing two of three to the Pirates over the weekend. On the bright side, if you follow Bill James' expected record, the Cubs are a .500 team at 30-30. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 10 | 23-32 | 23 | The Cubs had a five-game winning streak last week, their longest such streak since 2011. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 9 | 19-30 | 27 | Looking for a difference between the first-place Cardinals and the last-place Cubs? Compare their hitting success with runners in scoring position this year. Cubs: .216 batting average. Cardinals: .338. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 8 | 18-25 | 27 | Entering Sunday's game, Cubs starters had tossed 26 quality starts with an ERA of 1.93 in those starts. Those outings have yielded just 11 wins for the team. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 7 | 15-22 | 27 | The Cubs locked up one of their building blocks on Sunday, signing Anthony Rizzo to a seven-year, $41 million deal. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 6 | 11-20 | 28 | The Cubs bullpen has eight blown saves in 16 opportunities this season and is sporting an ERA of 4.71, which ranks 14th in the National League. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 5 | 9-15 | 27 | With two games to play, Anthony Rizzo is two home runs shy of tying the Cubs' record for home runs in April. The record is held by Alfonso Soriano. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 4 | 5-12 | 28 | Despite the poor performance on the field, the Cubs got good news last week as Matt Garza pitched a simulated game and should be on track for a rehab start very soon. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 3 | 4-8 | 26 | The Cubs have been a comedy of errors on defense, committing 10 miscues in 11 games, and will greatly benefit from the defense of Gold Glove second baseman Darwin Barney when he returns from the DL on Tuesday against the Rangers. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 2 | 2-4 | 27 | While it's easy to focus on the struggles and demotion of Carlos Marmol from the closer's role, it's more important to note that going into Sunday's game, the rotation was 2-2 with an ERA of 2.08 and an opponent batting average against of .157. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 26 | The Cubs are probably not going to be in contention for a playoff spot, and may even finish with the worst record in the majors, but the organization is moving in the right direction and still have chips to move before the trade deadline as the rebuilding effort continues. -- Joe Aiello, View from the Bleachers | |