How are the ex-Cubs Doing – 5/12

A semi-regular feature showing how former Cub players are doing.

Hitters

#	Name	Team	WAR	G	PA	HR	RBI	OPS	wRC+
1	Isaac Paredes	HOU	1.4	38	166	4	17	.787	133
2	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	1.4	40	178	14	32	.998	173
3	Zach McKinstry	DET	1.2	37	147	1	16	.765	121
4	Javier Báez	DET	1.1	32	116	3	19	.791	127
5	Willson Contreras	STL	0.7	40	171	6	23	.763	118
6	Victor Caratini	HOU	0.4	20	64	2	4	.778	129
7	Cody Bellinger	NYY	0.4	36	150	5	20	.675	90
8	Cam Smith	HOU	0.4	28	105	3	10	.673	97
9	Tomás Nido	DET	0.2	9	34	0	2	.707	107
10	Travis Jankowski	2 Tms	0.2	19	42	0	2	.643	84
11	Tucker Barnhart	TEX	0.1	3	8	0	0	.929	180
12	Christopher Morel	TBR	0.1	34	116	3	11	.679	100
13	Jorge Soler	LAA	0.1	37	149	6	16	.731	105
14	Nick Castellanos	PHI	0.0	40	165	4	21	.740	106
15	Mike Tauchman	CHW	0.0	3	12	0	0	.900	171
16	Miles Mastrobuoni	SEA	0.0	30	82	0	6	.568	73
17	Matt Mervis	MIA	-0.1	31	104	7	14	.739	100
18	Nick Martini	COL	-0.2	32	84	0	2	.611	61
19	Gage Workman	2 Tms	-0.2	12	17	0	2	.485	40
20	Martín Maldonado	SDP	-0.2	22	60	2	4	.561	58
21	Jason Heyward	SDP	-0.3	28	81	2	12	.517	45
22	Alexander Canario	PIT	-0.4	19	56	2	3	.570	59
23	Kris Bryant	COL	-0.5	11	41	0	1	.400	-2
24	Jeimer Candelario	CIN	-0.7	22	91	2	10	.410	10
25	Joc Pederson	TEX	-0.7	35	115	1	4	.467	37

Wow…look who is showing up 4th on that list…Javier Baez. After a disastrous season last year, he has really bounced back in center field. Could the stress of being a middle infielder have impacted his hitting? Isaac Parades has found success in Houston, with Cam Smith holding his own. And after a very tough start, Willson Contreras has been raking lately.

In the middle, Matt Mervis has 7 homers, but only a -0.1 WAR, as the Marlins come to Chicago. Soler and Morel are hovering just above 0 WAR. And Tucker Barnhart has made his was back into the majors.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of this list, Joc Pederson and Jeimer Candalario have really been struggling.

Pitchers

#	Name	Team	WAR	G	IP	ERA	xERA
1	Chris Martin	TEX	0.7	18	17.2	2.04	2.97
2	Trevor Williams	WSN	0.6	8	41.1	5.88	3.92
3	Jeremiah Estrada	SDP	0.5	19	18.1	1.96	2.79
4	Pierce Johnson	ATL	0.5	16	14.2	2.45	2.55
5	Phil Maton	STL	0.5	18	16.0	3.38	2.65
6	Brendon Little	TOR	0.4	20	18.0	2.00	2.59
7	Mark Leiter Jr.	NYY	0.4	17	14.1	3.77	3.05
8	Shelby Miller	ARI	0.4	16	16.2	1.08	3.17
9	Jason Adam	SDP	0.3	19	20.1	1.77	1.81
10	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	0.3	16	14.1	1.88	2.92
11	Trevor Megill	MIL	0.2	15	11.1	3.18	6.36
12	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	0.1	6	32.0	4.50	4.31
13	Jesus Tinoco	MIA	0.1	12	12.1	3.65	3.38
14	Shawn Armstrong	TEX	0.1	15	16.2	3.24	4.11
15	Jorge López	WSN	0.0	17	17.0	7.41	5.56
16	Andrew Chafin	WSN	0.0	5	4.0	2.25	2.99
17	Héctor Neris	2 Tms	0.0	5	3.0	15.00	3.24
18	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	0.0	7	35.2	5.30	4.64
19	Richard Lovelady	TOR	-0.1	2	1.2	21.60	7.07
20	Jesse Chavez	ATL	-0.1	2	3.0	6.00	6.12
21	Carl Edwards Jr.	LAA	-0.1	2	3.0	9.00	4.19
22	Marcus Stroman	NYY	-0.1	3	9.1	11.57	6.98
23	Hunter Bigge	TBR	-0.3	13	15.0	2.40	6.08

For the pitchers, lots of decent relievers on this list that might look good in the Cubs’ bullpen including Martin, Estrada, Johnson, Maton, and Adam. Only a few starters, with Trevor Williams being the standout. Kyle Hendricks is at 0 WAR.