Scott Feldman News

With about 40 games gone by - one quarter of the season - here's a look at how the JMLs are faring: Like last year, NY Mets first baseman Ike Davis has gotten off to a horrible start, so much so that fans and media are clamoring for his demotion to the minor leagues.

The New York Mets have won back-to-back contests for the first time since the beginning of this month.

Cubs starter Scott Feldman pitches to the New York Mets in the first inning Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez was roughed up by the Rangers Saturday night, pitching only 2 2/3 innings in the Tigers' 7-2 loss to the Rangers at the Ballpark in Arlington Saturday night.

The New York Mets have won back-to-back contests for the first time since the beginning of this month.

The Cubs have made great use of the concept of "core" players, as their repeated statements that Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro are part of their core indicate.

The Cubs rose to the challenge against stiff competition by winning four of six this week.

He drove in two runs with a single against Stephen Strasburg in the fifth and is hitting .288. RHP Shawn Camp , a reliever for the Cubs, saw action in his second game in a row.

As the Cubs and Nationals wrap up a weekend series in the nation's capital Sunday, the rebuilding Cubs merely need to look across the field to see what they hope to become.

Crunching numbers is one of Theo Epstein's specialties, and his reliance on statistical analysis is one of the main reasons Chairman Tom Ricketts hired him away from Boston.

How many people thought that Scott Feldman would be the best pitcher on the Chicago Cubs ' pitching rotation at the beginning of the season? Probably not many.

Braves 7, Reds 4 : The Braves weren't going to be able to maintain any sort of momentum if the offense was all Justin Upton - who can't do it alone - and Evan Gattis - who is, after all, a rookie.

You can now purchase the Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2013 , with 300 pages of great content.

Each weekday, Star reporter Mark Ambrogi, a life-long Reds fan, will provide links to Indy’s four favorite teams — the Reds, Cubs, Cardinals and White Sox — and other hot topics in baseball.

Sahadev Sharma of ESPN Dallas handles the Rapid Reaction to the Rangers' 9-2 drubbing at the hands of old friend Scott Feldman and those Chicago Cubs.

The Texas Rangers made a stop in Chicago on their way to a series in Milwaukee against the Brewers , to make up the game that was rained out at Wrigley Field April 17.

Blue Jays 8, Rays 7: J.P. Arencibia hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth off Tampa Bay's Fernando Rodney as Toronto completed a comeback from a seven-run deficit.

Before Monday's night's 9-2 makeup victory over the Texas Rangers, Hoyer entertained reporters at Wrigley Field and talked honestly of the Cubs' woes to date.

For the sixth time in his career, Mitch Moreland will start a game batting fifth for the Rangers.

The Chicago Cubs will send Scott Feldman to the hill Monday hoping he can put an end to their four-game skid against his former team, the Texas Rangers .