pretty slick defense today, especially the double plays by baez and heyward/contreras
― na (NA), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
#Cubs Darvish session did not go well. Chatwood will start Saturday— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) June 28, 2018
#Cubs Maddon says Darvish had some pain in his arm during bullpen. He'll return to Chicago and Joe says they'll figure out next step— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) June 28, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
Let’s start with Chatwood. When I examined his season back on May 22, he had a 3.14 ERA despite an 18.3% walk rate and 102 FIP-, the latter figure mostly on the back of an unsustainable 3% HR/FB. Since then, his walk rate has actually increased; since May 22, he’s recorded an 18.8% walk rate. That’s bad. Not only has Chatwood produced the highest walk rate among pitchers with 30 or more innings this season, but his 18.6% mark would actually represent the second highest among qualifiers* since the integration of baseball.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-the-cubs-and-yankees-should-swap-tyler-chatwood-and-sonny-gray/
― na (NA), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
imagine how good this team would be if they had more than one reliable pitcher
john lackey is available
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-cubs-are-on-pace-for-their-worst-rotation-ever/
― na (NA), Friday, 20 July 2018 17:08 (six years ago) link
congratulations jon lester, who was declared by tim mccarver to be "probably the NL cy young award winner for the first half"
― Karl Malone, Friday, 20 July 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
not helping his odds today. might have to edit my earlier post on the cubs' number of reliable pitchers.
― na (NA), Friday, 20 July 2018 18:57 (six years ago) link
lester's been getting good results but i think degrom and scherzer and nola are waaaaay in front in terms of standout NL seasons
― Karl Malone, Friday, 20 July 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
i agree
― na (NA), Friday, 20 July 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
hahaha what is McCarver's droolcup full already
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 July 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
lol at this inning -- double walk walk single walk walk, nobody out yet. I guess I'll go start dinner.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Friday, 20 July 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
come on, rain...
― na (NA), Friday, 20 July 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
congratulations jon lester, who was declared by tim mccarver to be "probably the NL cy young award winner for the first half"― Karl Malone, Friday, July 20, 2018 11:55 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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well he *is* 12-2 with 88 strikeouts in only 111.2 IP, Max Scherzer has collapsed for 5 losses and clearly those 182 K in 134.2 IP make his defense bored and therefore listless when they come to the plate.
― omar little, Friday, 20 July 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Tyler Chatwood gives out more free passes than a cheap gym franchise.
-Ben Carsley, BP
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 July 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
just over .500 since the all-star break despite series against the padres and royals, fortunately the brewers have kept the same pace.
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/some-of-my-favorite-javier-baez-statistics/
this is really good on weird changes baez has made (including being more aggressive at the plate) that are somehow working
― na (NA), Friday, 10 August 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
just read that David Bote has the highest hard-hit percentage in MLB (albeit an extremely small sample size.)
second walk-off slam this season for them iirc, first walk-off slam by anyone with their team down to their final out and down 3 runs since 2011.
― omar little, Monday, 13 August 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
hamels is looking like a great pick-up so far: over 18 innings with the cubs, he has 1.00 era and 20 Ks, with no homers. obviously unsustainable but still promising.
― na (NA), Monday, 13 August 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
especially now that lester's luck appears to be running out
― na (NA), Monday, 13 August 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
Lester needs rest that he's not going to get. Not sure why there's so much confidence in Justin Wilson as a reliever, but we got what we got. Sure glad that Strop has stepped up this year - he's fun to watch.
I think the big question, is who gets sent down. I vote Russell and put Baez at Short and Bote on Second Base, when Bryant returns.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 13 August 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
russell is def the one guy who i don't have much confidence in when he steps up to bat. he's great defensively though.
― na (NA), Monday, 13 August 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
breaking down the details
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/david-bote-and-the-maximum-swing/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 August 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
it feels like every single game this season has started with them giving up 2-4 runs in the first inning or two
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
in support of that statement: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/hamels-and-pray-for-rain-and-pray-for-more-rain/
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
Quintana's downturn is depressing.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
One of the hardest games I ever sat through - can't bring myself to look at scorecard again. Best quote I saw on reddit's /r/ChiCubs channel: Worth remembering that Quintana's affordable contract was a big selling point. That financial freedom allowed them to acquire both Chatwood and Darvish. I have a pretty big oven if anyone's head wants to join mine in it.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
If everyone is healthy, the Cubs have six lineup spots for:- Kris Bryant- Javier Baez- Kyle Schwarber- Daniel Murphy- Ben Zobrist- Addison Russell- Albert Almora- Ian Happ- Jason Heyward- David BoteThat is a first-world problem.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 21, 2018
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
how are the cubs not a 100-game winner this year? it always seems like if the starting pitching could revert back to anywhere close to what most people expect (esp for quintana, lester) they'd instantly be unbeatable again
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
xp a reminder that september expanded rosters are bullshit
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Daniel Murphy?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
Oh just saw the news.
i mean that's a great offensive lineup but also they had one run in each of their last four games so ???
― na (NA), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
Rizzo has been more or less struggling all season, Bryant is injured, Heyward is Heyward, Happ and Almora have wrc+ of 100, sure it's a very good lineup but a four game funk can happen to even better lineups.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
Was Hendricks ever good or was that just my imagination.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
2016 he was very good
― timellison, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link
#Cubs starting pitchers: 1.67 ERA, 0 HR allowed over last 10 games— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) August 26, 2018
― na (NA), Sunday, 26 August 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
tbf their last 10 games are against the pirates, tigers and reds. but yeah that's pretty good
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 August 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
i think chatwood only started one of those games, which helps toomills looked promising in his first start, curious to see how he does on wednesday
― na (NA), Monday, 27 August 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
It says something to the Cubs depth of roster talent how well they have played the last two seasons with people having off years and quite a few injuries.
― earlnash, Monday, 27 August 2018 00:44 (six years ago) link
Current Cub WAR on Baseball Reference -
Baez 5.4Contreras 3.2Zobrist 2.6 (!)Russell 2.3Chisek 2.1
You might figure a couple of those guys would be in their top 5. Zobrist has had a nice bounce back year.
― earlnash, Monday, 27 August 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
crazy that neither bryant nor rizzo makes the cut
― Karl Malone, Monday, 27 August 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
contreras and russell (especially russell) haven't been hitting that well so that's mostly defensive war
― na (NA), Monday, 27 August 2018 02:53 (six years ago) link
ICYMI
"Oh dear..."
http://thecomeback.com/mlb/daniel-murphys-message-to-gay-cubs-fans-oh-dear-i-hope-you-root-for-the-cubs.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 12:26 (six years ago) link
i'm glad people are still pushing him on that, it seemed like it had been forgotten
i was at the game last night. i think i'm good luck for lester - he had the 2-run single off of syndergaard, picked a guy off at first, and made a great snag of a hard hit. last time i saw him pitch he hit his first career home run.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
Jesse Chavez pitches in prescription sunglasses, even in night games. Who knew.https://securea.mlb.com/assets/images/6/8/8/286528688/cuts/960x540/cut.jpg
― WmC, Friday, 31 August 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
Daniel Murphy now gets Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" from @bravesorganist #Cubs— MBDChicago (@MBDChicago) August 31, 2018
― na (NA), Friday, 31 August 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link
joker
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24665452/anthony-rizzo-chicago-cubs-wears-uniform-overnight-flight-joke-makeup-game-vs-washington-nationals
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 September 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
i think this long string of games with no breaks is wearing on them, especially the bullpen - their games feel laborious lately
― na (NA), Friday, 14 September 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
Just met @benzobrist18 cuz he was casually riding a bike down the street in his uniform. I’m shook ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/ACKGUjFz8J— Becca Gerke (@beckersg3) September 16, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link