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[...] Average: .265 Matt: OVER. Rizzo probably isn't a .285 hitter like he was in 2012 over 368 plate appearances, but he's definitely not the .233 hitter he was in 2013 either. Rizzo suffered from an [...]

[...] role in his struggles. 2011 with Rockies: .156 AVG, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .464 OPS, 20 OPS+ in 136 plate appearances. 2012 with Cubs: .201 AVG, 5 HR, 17 RBI, .627 OPS, 72 OPS+ in 202 plate appearances. Awful [...]

[...] the most out of those 112 plate appearances with the eight home runs, and 19 RBI. He also has four sacrifice flies. What's incredible he [...]

[...] , with lots of room for growth. Actually, he's exactly a .750 OPS hitter through 224 MLB plate appearances.  Anthony Rizzo reached base all three times, going 1 for 1 with 2 walks. Ian Stewart [...]

[...] alas spring beckons anew, and today begins the grind. This afternoon, the Cubs kick off the Spring Training slate in Tempe against the team that many are pegging to be the odds-on favorite to win the [...]

[...] 438 feet to center field for a two-run homer. That was after Rizzo went homerless in Spring Training (once again showing how very little Spring Training statistics mean). Here's video of Rizzo's [...]

[...] in extra innings on Tuesday night in Surprise, Arizona, and lost the game 7-6. But it's Spring Training and we of course don't care about the final score, but rather individual performances and [...]

[...] Baez and Jorge Soler, they each got three at bats as well on Saturday in their first-ever Spring Training games. Baez went 1 for 3 with a single and a run, and Soler went 1 for 3 with a double, RBI, [...]

[...] Quiroz C Angel Villalona DH Matt Cain P Cubs Lineup: David DeJesus CF Starlin Castro SS Anthony Rizzo 1B Alfonso Soriano LF Nate Schierholtz RF Dioner Navarro C Brian Bogusevic DH Darwin Barney 2B [...]

[...] got his first hit of the year on a solo blast to right field. And in the fifth, Anthony Rizzo launched a two-run bomb for his second homer of the year, before Welington Castillo hit [...]

[...] Lineups Cubs 1. David DeJesus, CF (2-18; .380 OPS) 2. Starlin Castro, SS (6-25; .480 OPS) 3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B (4-21; .768 OPS) 4. Alfonso Soriano, LF (4-23; .382 OPS) 5. Nate Schierholtz, RF (4-15; . [...]

[...] improved the Cubs' record to 3-5. The Cubs got their scoring started on an RBI groundout by Anthony Rizzo in the fifth, and got another run on an RBI groundout from Starlin Castro in the seventh. [...]

[...] to take away from the game and other happenings in the world of the Chicago Cubs on Monday: Starlin Castro is expected to be out seven to 10 days after suffering a right hamstring strain on Sunday. [...]

[...] Statistics The Good Anthony Rizzo: .282/.394/.512 .906 OPS, 13 2B, 17 HR, 14.3 BB%, 17.8 K%. Starlin Castro: .283/.329/.469 .798 OPS, 24 2B, 11 HR, .186 ISO, .347 wOBA. Luis Valbuena: .271/.361/.448 . [...]

[...] a pitcher to come through at the plate) were unable to get a run in. I already mentioned Starlin Castro's two hits on the day, and he also stole a base. Castro got a terrific jump & ran on a [...]

[...] 1 HR, and a 1.083 OPS Cubs vs. Estrada notables Alfonso Soriano is 3 for 9 with 3 doubles. Starlin Castro is 3 for 9 with a double. Other Notes... 670 The Score is hearing that the Cubs and the City [...]