4/15 Cubs (Garza) @ Rockies (Chacin) 7:40 pm WCIU

[CUBZ99]

I miss Archer.

 

Archer? Shoot so far this year, sending Fuld was overpaying. :D

[Schwarber Fan]

Garza = overrated

[illiniguy]

Matt Garza has been a dissapointment thus far.

[XZero771679666304]

Byrd was loafing on that and should have gotten an error.

 

This. Add the Castro throw, and it was just an awful defensive sequence.

[CUBZ99]

Rockies announcers pointing out the drop in Garza's velocity so far this game. From avg. 93.5 last year to 89-90 tonight.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Matt Garza has been a dissapointment thus far.

I must say I haven't been overly impressed with anything I have seen out of him. I hadn't watched him pitch very much with Tampa, but I was expecting a guy with #1 or 2 type stuff.

[illiniguy]

Byrd was loafing on that and should have gotten an error.

 

This. Add the Castro throw, and it was just an awful defensive sequence.

We are kind of an odd team. Not a ton of power, not much speed, not great defensively.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Oh what the [expletive]. Im just hoping...neigh, praying for the day that Matt Garza does something, anything to prove that he was worth emptying out the farm system.

[imb]

Well, that's inauspicious.

[gflore34]

Matt Garza has been a dissapointment thus far.

Dissapontment? He [expletive] sucks.

[CubColtPacer]

I don't understand how a pitcher can be striking out 14 guys per 9 innings and be giving up 40% LD's on balls in play. If he's throwing so many meatballs, how is he striking out lots of people? And if he's giving up this many meatballs, how has he not given up a HR yet this year? His numbers so far this year are utterly perplexing.

[XZero771679666304]

Byrd was loafing on that and should have gotten an error.

 

This. Add the Castro throw, and it was just an awful defensive sequence.

We are kind of an odd team. Not a ton of power, not much speed, not great defensively.

 

Yeah. But that wasn't a lack of speed, Byrd was either loafing, or didn't read the ball at all.

[imb]

hang on real quick while i write up my full scouting report on a guy after I see him throw 12 innings. I'm going to ignore everything else he's ever done, so it's going to be easy.

[XZero771679666304]

I don't understand how a pitcher can be striking out 14 guys per 9 innings and be giving up 40% LD's on balls in play. If he's throwing so many meatballs, how is he striking out lots of people? And if he's giving up this many meatballs, how has he not given up a HR yet this year? His numbers so far this year are utterly perplexing.

 

 

Yeah, it seems he's either striking guys out or getting squared up. It's confounding.

[Schwarber Fan]

ha, awful call at 1st

[Irrelevant Dude]

hang on real quick while i write up my full scouting report on a guy after I see him throw 12 innings. I'm going to ignore everything else he's ever done, so it's going to be easy.

I understand your point, but we also saw the same act throughout Spring Training.

[Guest]

Chacin pitching kinda like we hoped Garza would pitch.

[imb]

hang on real quick while i write up my full scouting report on a guy after I see him throw 12 innings. I'm going to ignore everything else he's ever done, so it's going to be easy.

I understand your point, but we also saw the same act throughout Spring Training.

 

oh, in that case

[Northside Blues]

I don't understand how a pitcher can be striking out 14 guys per 9 innings and be giving up 40% LD's on balls in play. If he's throwing so many meatballs, how is he striking out lots of people? And if he's giving up this many meatballs, how has he not given up a HR yet this year? His numbers so far this year are utterly perplexing.

 

this is funny.

 

after an 0-1 count this year, hitters have a 771 OPS against him

after a 1-1 count this year, hitters have a 423 OPS against him

 

lol

[XZero771679666304]

hang on real quick while i write up my full scouting report on a guy after I see him throw 12 innings. I'm going to ignore everything else he's ever done, so it's going to be easy.

 

You better, because non-reactionary thinking isn't allowed in the game thread.

[JonJayCutler]

This rotation is in serious trouble.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Nice jump on that ball by Byrd.

[UMFan83]

This rotation is in serious trouble.

 

It'll be fine eventually. Dempster and Garza aren't likely to pitch this bad all year. Doesn't seem like Wells will be out super long. Cashner if healthy should be decent too. A 13 game sample that isn't encouraging isnt the end of the world either.

[JonJayCutler]

Aramis on the other hand looks fantastic.

[Careless]

Im just hoping...neigh, praying .

Neigh is for horses.