John Grochowski | For the Sun-Times
Only three men in the interleague era have played at least two seasons for the Cubs and White Sox.
Anderson’s offensive struggles are the result of a high percentage of grounders, few barrels and an awful launch angle.
Baseball by the numbers: Sox have had several All-Star starting pitchers; Cubs have had one.
The White Sox’ Luis Robert Jr. and the Cubs’ Dansby Swanson, Justin Steele and Marcus Stroman are deserving selections, despite their subpar teams.
His Fangraphs WAR in 37 games before getting hurt was 1.3. That put him on a pace for a full-season fWAR of about 5, which is on the All-Star/superstar divide.
Baseball Reference, Fangraphs use metric to measure different things.
A handful of Cubs and Sox and Cubs have been star-level by the numbers. Let’s take a look at them.
The overall trend has been that homer streaks of at least five games have gone hand-in-hand with staying power.
The Cubs are far better than the White Sox on that side of the ball, but don’t blame Luis Robert Jr. for that.