NL CENTRAL PREDICTATRON 2019

btw don't miss that Pirates UZR in the chart

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-cardinals-great-and-boring-defense/

just watched Steve Cishek spit the bit vs SD last night, a joy to behold

so much fun to hate the Cubs

I didn’t realize he was still pitching!

technically he is

oh no, the fucking Pirates visit Wrigley this weekend

you get your 18 games against the marlins, they get theirs against the pirates

Six of which are still to play!

https://i.redd.it/g2fbp8nvs5m31.jpg

not so fast...

BREAKING NEWS: Albert Almora Jr. cut his hair

— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) September 13, 2019

just the type of move the Cubs needed to make to shore up their outfield

omg Pirates with 4 in the first

throwing error by newly shorn Almora

two seconds after your post and it's 4-2

4-3

this Brault guy must be good

The Wind Is Blowing Out

guess i won't rush home to watch on the laptop

3rd dinger of the inning by the Cubs

done with this one

4-5

lmao

lmao @ the last few posts, not the Cubs winning

brault had allowed five homers over his last 16 appearances going back to may 18. oh well!

dear Mr Manfred

1) fix the ball
2) blow up Wrigley Field

The Cubs have hit three home runs in the first inning of a game for the first time since Sept. 17, 2006, also at Wrigley Field.

Jacque Jones, Ronny Cedeño and Carlos Zambrano did the honors against Eric Milton and Sun-Woo Kim of the Reds.

— Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) September 13, 2019

holy shit they're only in the fifth?

lmao

tbh should they get there i still expect the Cubs to make as much of an impact on the postseason as the O's, ultimately.

quite a Bears-Steelers game

I shd've specified Wrigley should be imploded while the Rickettses are holding Trump fundraiser

5 0 5 0 7

pirates tying franchise records right and left today

plunked four batters in a game (last done in 1909)

allowed double-digit runs for the 28th time this season (last done in 1930)

following up on Flaherty, who escaped my notice tbqh

https://www.mlb.com/news/jack-flaherty-is-best-pitcher-of-second-half

great weekend, Buccos

hang onnnn Cards

We could witness more history: The Pirates have allowed 46 runs in this series. One more ties their modern-era record for most runs allowed in a three-game series (June 23-25, 1950). Cubs have hit 13 home runs over three days.

— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) September 15, 2019

Junior who? fuckin St Loo

Cards about as helpful as the Bucs

Junior Fernandez is going to kick the Mets’ ass a hundred fold in 2020-25 just for that!

I’m more bummed about giant walking the bases loaded. He was unstoppable in the first half but now he’s completely lost it

Giant = Gant

has wainwright announced an intention to retire? he's having a pretty nice season

he has kind of hinted at it, but he also did that last season. and he's also laid some hints about retiring when yadi does (whose contract is up at the end of 2020)

i feel bad for talking so much shit about him last year, hoping that he'd retire. he really seemed *done* done last year, though. his velocity dropped off a cliff and it was just one hanging uncle charlie after another for months straight.

Wainwright has quite a bit of guile and just mixing speeds is pretty effective if he has control. I'd imagine returning depends a whole lot on how the rest of the season plays out.

Those 40s Cardinals clubs are the only players that would have won 3 titles. Wainwright and Yadi would have three rings if they won it this year.

Anthem time! 🎵🇻🇪🎵 pic.twitter.com/yigLc9Awbs

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 19, 2019

this Flaherty has big (figurative) balls

Uugh, this 9th has been excruciating

Feels so weird to say this but.......go.......Cardinals

Aw heck just caught up

I
Hurt myself today
To see if I still felt

isn't that a shame

glad the Cubs have acquired future HOFer Craig Kimbrel to shut down the opposition.

at least the Mets may finish ahead of the Cubs.

AH, THE PIRATES