haven't looked it up so I'm probably wrong but it feels like the cubs always struggle against zach davies
― na (NA), Sunday, 29 April 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
they only scored 9 runs across the four-year game brewers series and still managed to sweep.
― na (NA), Sunday, 29 April 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
ha ha four-game that is
― na (NA), Sunday, 29 April 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
What did we score, like 0? Missing u Eric Thames
― frogbs, Sunday, 29 April 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Milwaukee was shut out in three of the games and scored two runs in one of them
― na (NA), Sunday, 29 April 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
going to the game tonight, hoping they can muster up more than 3 runs against the marlins (though not optimistic, with the way things have been going)
― na (NA), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
seems like things just aren't clicking yet - they haven't had many games where the pitching and offense both performed well at the same time. they had some strong offensive games early on but the pitching was struggling, then the pitching tightened up but the offense went cold, then nothing really went well against the cardinals. rizzo is still having problems, javier finally cooled off, etc. i try to remember that they were basically a .500 team through the all-star break last year too before heating up in the second half.
― na (NA), Monday, 7 May 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
The pre-championship season they were basically .500 at the break too iirc. I think 2016 has been the only recent year where they were wire-to-wire great.
― omar little, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
That seemed to be a huge homer call to not give Heyward an error yesterday.
― earlnash, Monday, 7 May 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
Definitely. Then they were immediately like ‘that’s the cardinals first triple of the year!’
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
hoping they can muster up more than 3 runs against the marlins
what a relief
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
#Cubs place Darvish on 10-day DL with parainfluenza virus— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) May 7, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
Something happened to Baez too. Couldn't tell what but he limped off with a trainer.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
Schwarber can still be shaky in the outfield but he's got a good arm.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
chatwood on some rick ankiel shit
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
oh shit, really?
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
74 pitches, 30 strikes, six walks in 2,2
had to take him out with the pitcher coming to bat
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 00:30 (five years ago) link
there was just a fangraphs story today suggesting he was heading for regression. he's been walking tons of batters all season but has been lucky with the results so far.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
or had been, i should say
i like the cubs announcers, but i hate when *anyone* has special guests in the booth . . . so naturally the cubs vp of community relations was there for the half-inning that chatwood really exploded. it just went on and on and len kasper was all like 'so . . . mike. the, uh, ricketts family is really giving back to the chicagoland community, huh. tell us . . . something about that'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
The cards’ team had a rep from Segs4Vets (segways) for a full inning a few weeks ago, and it was weird to hear them say “sex for vets” so many times on regional cable
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 04:05 (five years ago) link
btw last night's game:
cleveland - 10 runs on 11 hitscubs - 1 run on 10 hits
― na (NA), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
Russell/Heyward/Lester at the bottom of the order is a real momentum killer
― na (NA), Thursday, 24 May 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
hey at least they're making $58,866,667 this year
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 May 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/you-wrote-off-kyle-schwarber-too-soon/
this is fantasy-focused but i'm glad it confirms my suspicion that schwarber is quietly improving, even if he isn't slugging homers all over the place. he's obviously emphasizing patience/plate discipline and becoming more of an on-base guy than a slugger, which i believe was his projection before he was called up.
― na (NA), Thursday, 24 May 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
chatwoodn’t morelike
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 May 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
#Cubs this seasonGames Almora starts: 20-10Games Almora plays, but doesn't start: 7-7Games Almora doesn't appear in: 0-5— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) May 28, 2018
― na (NA), Monday, 28 May 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
chatwood is batting .250, they should convert him to an outfielder and have him replace heyward
― na (NA), Monday, 28 May 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
i can imagine him having trouble hitting the cutoff man
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 May 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
can't wait to hear maddon's thoughts on this one
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeT2L9TV0AIJEgA.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 May 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
ahhh, thanks joe
Maddon on the slide: "It was a perfect play by Rizzo. My concern is that they're teaching the fans the wrong thing, also. Because the fans' reaction to Rizz the next time he came up indicates that they think he did something wrong. And that's what's so wrong about all of that."— Wes Crosby (@OtherNHLCrosby) May 28, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 May 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
very surprised pirates fans did not support rizzo for that play
― na (NA), Monday, 28 May 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
he'll probably wear one tomorrow whether the pirates mean to or not, because he stands on top of the fucking plate
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 May 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
Watched several games lately w/my kid while my dad was visiting, and for some reason he’s under the impression that while Bryant and Rizzo and Schwarber and Baez are outstanding hitters, the real tough out in the lineup is Jason Heyward.
“Oh yes, here’s Jason Heyward. He is THE best hitter. He’s going to hit a home run, I just know it! (*Heyward bounces one to second*) Oh nooo Jason Heyward whyyyy???”
― omar little, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
he definitely looks like someone who should be hitting a lot of home runs
― na (NA), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
i'm really enjoying old man zobrist killing it this season
― na (NA), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
Heyward with the 2 out, walk off salami!
― BrianB, Thursday, 7 June 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
beaver falls' own joe namath guaranteed it
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 June 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
5+ Walks in a gameMark Buerhle: 6 times in 493 career starts Bob Gibson: 7 times in 482 career startsMax Scherzer: 8 times in 309 career startsTyler Chatwood: 8 times in 12 starts this season @ckamka @jaysonst @Cubs @MattSpiegel670— Mike Garrigan (@MikeGarrigan23) June 7, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
i would not be mad if they kept montgomery as a starter when darvish came back and ended or at least suspended the tyler chatwood experiment
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
Buerhle was something.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
pretty slick defense today, especially the double plays by baez and heyward/contreras
― na (NA), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:45 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
crazy that neither bryant nor rizzo makes the cut
― Karl Malone, Monday, 27 August 2018 01:20 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
he lives near me, so about 2 miles from wrigley (unless he's moved in the past couple of years). biking makes sense.
he also has a podcast apparently? https://www.theshowandgo.com/
― na (NA), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/09/21/addison-russells-wife-melisa-comes-forward-with-details-about-years-of-abuse/
― na (NA), Friday, 21 September 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
Major League Baseball issued the following statement today:“Major League Baseball takes all allegations of Domestic Violence seriously. When the allegations against Addison Russell became public on June 7, 2017, the Commissioner’s Office’s Department of Investigations immediately commenced an investigation. Melisa Russell declined to participate in the investigation at that time. Our investigation of this matter has remained open and we have continued our efforts to gather information. “With the new details revealed in today’s blog post by Ms. Russell, Mr. Russell has been placed on Administrative Leave in accordance with the Joint MLB-MLBPA Domestic Violence Policy. We are hopeful that this new information will allow us to complete the investigation as promptly as possible.”
“Major League Baseball takes all allegations of Domestic Violence seriously. When the allegations against Addison Russell became public on June 7, 2017, the Commissioner’s Office’s Department of Investigations immediately commenced an investigation. Melisa Russell declined to participate in the investigation at that time. Our investigation of this matter has remained open and we have continued our efforts to gather information. “With the new details revealed in today’s blog post by Ms. Russell, Mr. Russell has been placed on Administrative Leave in accordance with the Joint MLB-MLBPA Domestic Violence Policy. We are hopeful that this new information will allow us to complete the investigation as promptly as possible.”
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 September 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
lovable mug joe maddon has thoughts on the matter
#Cubs' manager Joe Maddon on Addison Russell (cont.):"This is b/t her and Addison. ... I'm not gonna be swayed one way or the other by reading this. ... I'm interested in the investigation finalizing itself. ... Anyone can write what they want with social media these days."— Bernstein & McKnight (@Bernstein_McK) September 25, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
disappointing but not surprising
― na (NA), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
most baseball guys gonna say that, esp if they're 64
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
Most games this season with 1 or 0 runs scored:40 Orioles39 Cubs37 Marlins36 Giants35 Mets— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) October 1, 2018
― na (NA), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
plus side: great seasons for javy and zobrist, two dudes i did not really expect to be the most consistently productive all-around players for the cubs this year
― na (NA), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced today that Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has accepted a 40-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The unpaid suspension of Russell is retroactive to September 21st. Russell has agreed not to appeal the discipline. Consistent with the terms of the Policy, Russell will participate in a confidential and comprehensive evaluation and treatment program supervised by the Joint Policy Board.Commissioner Manfred issued the following statement regarding the discipline:“My office has completed its investigation into the allegations that Addison Russell violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Russell violated the Policy and should be subject to discipline in the form of an unpaid suspension that will cover 40 games.”
Commissioner Manfred issued the following statement regarding the discipline:
“My office has completed its investigation into the allegations that Addison Russell violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Russell violated the Policy and should be subject to discipline in the form of an unpaid suspension that will cover 40 games.”
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
The feeling when 40 days of rest from work is the worst that will happen to domestic abusers.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
It would be risky and controversial. There has been no guarantee or final decision yet. But the Cubs are seriously considering bringing back Addison Russell after his domestic abuse suspension, sources told The Athletic. https://t.co/ltkiqxjq94— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) November 4, 2018
controversial? i wish, but was there ever any doubt that he'll just go back to playing and everyone will cheer him? that's how sports works, pretty much. yankees fans still love aroldis chapman (and the cubs fans before that, and pretty much any fanbase) because he throws a ball very fast.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 5 November 2018 02:21 (five years ago) link
i don't really know what to make of this team claiming that they don't have any money to spend this offseason and they aren't even looking at any big signings
― na (NA), Friday, 4 January 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
Ricketts will be funding Trump2020
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 January 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cubs-sinclair-regional-sports-network-20190212-story.html
puuuuke
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:27 (five years ago) link
on june 18, 2021, the cubs were alone in first place in the NL central with a 39-31 record
since then they are 66-115
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 July 2022 06:17 (one year ago) link