Edwin Jackson, Cody Ransom help Cubs top Pirates 4-1
Chicago Sun-Times — Sunday was Kids’ Day at Wrigley Field, with an army of tykes allowed on the field to scamper around the bases after the game. It might well have been Baseball Vagabond Day, as Edwin Jackson and Cody Ransom lifted the Cubs to a 4-1 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The result enabled the Cubs to avert a three-game sweep and to stop a five-game losing streak against the Pirates. Jackson is 29, and the Cubs became his eighth major-league team when he signed a four-year, $52 million contract with them as a free agent...
Chicago Cubs June 9, 2013Tough-luck grounders impacting Jackson
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — Sometimes the results don’t tell the whole story. With Edwin Jackson, that seems to be the case. On the surface, Jackson’s first 11 starts with the Chicago Cubs have been an outright disaster. With a 1-8 record and a 6.29 ERA, many have questioned the decision to hand Jackson a four-year, $52 million deal this past offseason. However, Cubs manager Dale Sveum believes that Jackson’s struggles primarily stem from a run of bad luck.
Chicago Cubs June 9, 2013D-backs the latest to beat Cubs’ Jackson
Chicago Sun-Times — It was easier for Cubs right-hander Edwin Jackson to acknowledge his shortcomings than it was for his manager. Dale Sveum blamed center fielder Julio Borbon, who dropped ‘‘a routine fly ball’’ in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks, for opening the floodgates in an 8-4 loss, the latest defeat for the struggling starter who was the Cubs’ lone major free-agent signing. ‘‘Those things change outcomes and the course of a ballgame,’’ Sveum said. But Jackson knew better. ‘‘Errors are part of the game,’’ said J...
Chicago Cubs June 2, 2013Jackson says he's better than this
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO – Things could be worse for the Chicago Cubs’ Edwin Jackson. He isn’t Carlos Marmol, after all. It’s hard to say, though, that a pitcher brought in for four years and $52 million could be having a more disappointing season. Jackson would agree after giving up seven runs (five earned) on 12 hits over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday’s 8-4 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks. “It’s probably one of the most frustrating seasons I’ve been through,” Jackson said after falling to 1-8 with a 6.
Chicago Cubs June 2, 2013Cubs' Jackson stays even-keeled despite ragged start
Cubs Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — Struggling pitcher not living up to contract but says, 'I'll stay me'On his return to U.S. Cellular Field, well-traveled Cubs starter Edwin Jackson was asked when he was last booed facing a former team on the road.
Chicago Cubs May 28, 2013Frustration mounts with 1-7 Jackson
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — PITTSBURGH -- Before the Chicago Cubs lost 4-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon, manager Dale Sveum sounded like a man getting frustrated with some of his lineup issues. After the loss he seemed to direct some of that frustration to the team's $52 million offseason signing, Edwin Jackson. He had little command on the mound, giving up four runs to the Pirates in the first two innings while Pittsburgh completed a series sweep. "(He) seems to be not coming out with a whole lot of conviction early in games," Sveum said.
Chicago Cubs May 23, 2013Cubs Game Day: Jackson in early hole
Cubs Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — PITTSBURGH -- Edwin Jackson has only one win and a 5.76 earned-run average in his first nine starts for the Chicago Cubs, after signing a four-year, $52 million deal over the winter.
Chicago Cubs May 23, 2013Cubs shut down by Mets ace Matt Harvey
Chicago Sun-Times — Edwin Jackson is a long-term investment for the Cubs, who signed the veteran right-hander to a four-year, $54 million contract in the offseason. The return on that investment is coming slowly, despite another loss Friday to the New York Mets and their shining ace, Matt Harvey. ‘‘He threw a great ballgame,’’ manager Dale Sveum said of Jackson, who fell to 1-6 with the 3-2 loss at Wrigley Field. ‘‘He threw strikes and did a good job. That’s pretty much two well-pitched games in a row.’’ Jackson won the last one, an 8-2 d...
Chicago Cubs May 17, 2013Jackson's struggles at Wrigley continue
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — Edwin Jackson, who signed a four-year, $54 million contract with the Cubs last winter, continued to struggle at Wrigley Field on Friday despite turning in his longest performance of the season. Jackson pitched into the seventh inning for the first time in 2013 before being lifted after allowing a go-ahead single to Mets starter and winner Matt Harvey as New York held on for a 3-2 win. Jackson is 1-6 in eight starts in Wrigley with an ERA above 8.
Chicago Cubs May 17, 2013Harvey pitches, hits way to 3-2 victory over Cubs
Inside the Cubs | Chicago Sun-Times — Edwin Jackson was a long-term investment for the Cubs, who made the veteran righthander their signature off-season free agent signing. The return on the four-year, $54 million investment is coming slowly despite another loss Friday to the New York...
Chicago Cubs May 17, 2013Edwin Jackson earns first win with Cubs in 8-2 rout of Nats
Chicago Sun-Times — WASHINGTON — Edwin Jackson, the Cubs’ $52 million free agent, finally earned his first victory of the season Saturday, and he needed to outpitch Washington Nationals star Stephen Strasburg to do it. Jackson took a one-hit shutout into the fifth inning on his way to an 8-2 victory that snapped the Cubs’ six-game losing streak in Washington. Jackson (1-5) took an 8-1 lead into the sixth on the strength of consecutive four-run innings. But his day ended after he loaded the bases with back-to-back walks and a single. Jacks...
Chicago Cubs May 11, 2013Big-money righthander Edwin Jackson still not getting it done
Chicago Sun-Times — The Cubs were convinced they would be a more competitive team this season with better balance in the lineup. They thought the rotation would be upgraded as well with the addition of Edwin Jackson, who was given a four-year, $54 million deal. But the offense has struggled to hit with runners in scoring position, and Jackson has endured one bad, costly inning in almost all of his seven starts. Jackson fell to 0-5 on Sunday after the Cubs’ 7-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, who swept the three-game series at Wrigley Field. ...
Chicago Cubs May 5, 2013Cubs lose 4th straight as Jackson drops to 0-5 in 7-4 loss
Chicago Sun-Times — Cubs starter Edwin Jackson remained winless on the season while his team dropped its fourth straight in a 7-4 loss Sunday to Cincinnati. The Reds, who had only three road victories when they arrived on Friday, doubled that total by sweeping the three-game series at Wrigley Field. Jackson (0-5), the team’s highest profile free agent signing of the off season, lasted only five innings in his seventh start, giving up four runs on eight hits as the Cubs saw their record drop to 11-20. Unlike recent games, the Cubs trailed ...
Chicago Cubs May 5, 2013Jackson again comes up short of a win
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO -- Edwin Jackson was the Chicago Cubs' top offseason free-agent signing last winter and, although it is early in the 2013 season, to this point the four-year $52 million commitment doesn’t appear to be a good value. After Sunday’s 7-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, Jackson is 0-5 with a 6.39 ERA. Some of the fault for the pitcher’s poor start can be deflected toward a sputtering offense, a spotty defense and an inconsistent bullpen.
Chicago Cubs May 5, 2013Edwin Jackson’s bad night dooms Cubs
Chicago Sun-Times — One month into the new regime’s first big free-agent deal, and Cub fans don’t seem to like it any better than some of the old regime’s free-agent deals. The boos began for $52 million right-hander Edwin Jackson about the time Yonder Alonso’s three-run homer landed on the other side of the center field wall Tuesday night — and reached overpowering levels when he was lifted after allowing a run-scoring single to the pitcher four batters later. “I would have probably booed myself as well, so I don’t blame them,” said Jack...
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