06/17 Oakland (Braden) @ CUBS (Wells) 1:20 CDT, CSN TV

[Bruno7481]

Probably not the performances that Wuertz and Blevins were wanting...

[Schwarber Fan]

Fukudome says Fuk You, Colvin!

[Garwilly]

Probably not the performances that Wuertz and Blevins were wanting...

 

Manager fail. Bailey leading off the 9th, lol.

[thefranchise]

Fukudome says Fuk You, Colvin!

 

I don't know why but I laughed hard at this

[Bruno7481]

Probably not the performances that Wuertz and Blevins were wanting...

 

Manager fail. Bailey leading off the 9th, lol.

 

Yeah, Geren screwed that one up.

[JonJayCutler]

Lets not forget that Kosuke also enabled us to tie the game in the 8th. We have too many good outfielders.

 

Good win though. Keep it going.

[Keener98]

Lous postgame comments said they are going to get Fontenot in the lineup for Theriot for a bit. Yea that will last long if it even happens.

[jersey cubs fan]

Lous postgame comments said they are going to get Fontenot in the lineup for Theriot for a bit. Yea that will last long if it even happens.

 

the difference in OPS+ is 99-63. Lou already handed the job to Fontenot, for about 3 days.

[Geech]

How do Soto's stats over the last 28 days compare. I thought that was the preferred way to track stats now, but I haven't seen those posted for a while for some reason.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Weve actually played our best ball vs. .500+ teams this year. If only we could have managed at least a .500 against the Astros and Pirates, who pretty much everyone pounds the snot out of wed be in pretty good shape.

[UMFan83]

Weve actually played our best ball vs. .500+ teams this year.

 

I have thought about this and this is my theory:

 

The Cubs have a pretty decent starting pitching staff and a bullpen that is somewhat stabilizing (at least 8th-9th guys). They can stop good and bad offenses many nights. However, their offense is putrid. They cannot score runs against anyone. So what we see is that these sub-500 teams get just enough offense to win, while the punchless Cubs can't do anything to come back. The same things happen against good teams. Sample size is the reason they've won a few more against the good teams.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Weve actually played our best ball vs. .500+ teams this year.

 

I have thought about this and this is my theory:

 

The Cubs have a pretty decent starting pitching staff and a bullpen that is somewhat stabilizing (at least 8th-9th guys). They can stop good and bad offenses many nights. However, their offense is putrid. They cannot score runs against anyone. So what we see is that these sub-500 teams get just enough offense to win, while the punchless Cubs can't do anything to come back. The same things happen against good teams. Sample size is the reason they've won a few more against the good teams.

 

Yeah, but teams like the Astros and Pirates not only have worse offenses than we do, at least on paper, but they dont have the pitching we have. When it comes down to bad offense vs. bad offense, shouldnt the team with the better pitching win? Id take our number 5 or 6 starter over any Pirates or Astros starter aside from Oswalt any day.

[UMFan83]

Weve actually played our best ball vs. .500+ teams this year.

 

I have thought about this and this is my theory:

 

The Cubs have a pretty decent starting pitching staff and a bullpen that is somewhat stabilizing (at least 8th-9th guys). They can stop good and bad offenses many nights. However, their offense is putrid. They cannot score runs against anyone. So what we see is that these sub-500 teams get just enough offense to win, while the punchless Cubs can't do anything to come back. The same things happen against good teams. Sample size is the reason they've won a few more against the good teams.

 

Yeah, but teams like the Astros and Pirates not only have worse offenses than we do, at least on paper, but they dont have the pitching we have. When it comes down to bad offense vs. bad offense, shouldnt the team with the better pitching win? Id take our number 5 or 6 starter over any Pirates or Astros starter aside from Oswalt any day.

 

Well obviously our offense is worse in that it can't even hit bad pitching. Case in point Charlie Morton and his 1-9 record and 9.35 ERA. 6 IP 2 ER against the Cubs for his only win. Yay

[Careless]

How do Soto's stats over the last 28 days compare. I thought that was the preferred way to track stats now, but I haven't seen those posted for a while for some reason.

He went from an .886 to a .879 OPS over that time, so somewhere around .870, or something like a OPS+ of 124. If you really wanted to know.