5/2 Cubs (Samardzija) @ Reds (Arroyo) 6:10 PM WGN

[David]

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4.13 ERA 2.40 FIP 2.93 xFIP 9.38 K/9

 

faces off against

 

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2.70 ERA 3.13 FIP 4.08 xFIP 5.06 K/9

 

at

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GO CUBS!

Edited May 2, 2012 by David

[Schwarber Fan]

hopefully the scattered storms stay away

[jersey cubs fan]

Byebye April, you sucked balls. Hello May, hope you're better.

[MWV]

Hello May, hope you're better.

 

First half of (14 games): @Reds(3), Dodgers(3), Braves(3), @Brewers(3), @cardinals(2)

 

Second half of (14 games): Phils(2), White Sox(3), @Astros(3), @Pirates(3), Padres(3)

 

First 14 look pretty brutal. Latter half should be more manageable. Cubs would have to go 18-10 in May to break 0.500. My (optimistic) prediction: 15-13, putting us at 0.451.

[Smack]

Hello May, hope you're better.

 

First half of (14 games): @Reds(3), Dodgers(3), Braves(3), @Brewers(3), @cardinals(2)

 

Second half of (14 games): Phils(2), White Sox(3), @Astros(3), @Pirates(3), Padres(3)

 

First 14 look pretty brutal. Latter half should be more manageable. Cubs would have to go 18-10 in May to break 0.500. My (optimistic) prediction: 15-13, putting us at 0.451.

 

15-13 would be [expletive] fantastic.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Hello May, hope you're better.

 

First half of (14 games): @Reds(3), Dodgers(3), Braves(3), @Brewers(3), @cardinals(2)

 

Second half of (14 games): Phils(2), White Sox(3), @Astros(3), @Pirates(3), Padres(3)

 

First 14 look pretty brutal. Latter half should be more manageable. Cubs would have to go 18-10 in May to break 0.500. My (optimistic) prediction: 15-13, putting us at 0.451.

 

There really is no "class of the NL" this season. The Dodgers have been somewhat of a one man gang with Kemp and the Nats are off to a nice start, but there really are no teams in the NL that make me think "oh crap, them". Sure would have been a good year to be good.

[weis21]

It'll probably be the same way next year.

[haubrich91]

Watch out for Jay Bruce.

[Guest]

DeJesus

Campana

Castro

LaHair

Soriano

Stewart

DeWitt

Soto

Samardzija

 

I hope Barney is a little banged up or something. I don't really like DeWitt getting back to back starts.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I hope Barney is a little banged up or something. I don't really like DeWitt getting back to back starts.

 

Just looks like a lefty/righty thing. Arroyo's a mediocre righty and the Reds top relievers are Marshall and Chapman, both lefties Maybe Sveum's saving his righties for later.

[Guest]

I would hope that you wouldn't hold back someone from starting just to make them available against a certain reliever. Particularly a player with Barney's skillset when Johnson, Mather, Baker, and Castillo are all still on the bench. I'm sure it's because Arroyo has a pretty hefty split, but I just get a visceral reaction to seeing DeWitt in the lineup in consecutive games.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I would hope that you wouldn't hold back someone from starting just to make them available against a certain reliever. Particularly a player with Barney's skillset when Johnson, Mather, Baker, and Castillo are all still on the bench. I'm sure it's because Arroyo has a pretty hefty split, but I just get a visceral reaction to seeing DeWitt in the lineup in consecutive games.

 

To expound on this point, the problem isn't using a left-handed specialist infielder against Arroyo. The problem is that our left-handed specialist infielder is as bad as Blake Dewitt.

[El Duderino]

i thought blake dewitt have a reverse platoon split anyway

[jersey cubs fan]

Maybe sveum wants to give him a little chance to do something before they marlon byrd him.

[weis21]

I wish they'd just Marlon Byrd him already and bring up Cardenas.

[MWV]

i thought blake dewitt have a reverse platoon split anyway

 

Yep, with the obvious caveat of limited ABs.

 

                        PA      AB    BA  OBP  SLG  OPS  
   vs RHP as LHB      1009    910  .251 .314 .368 .682 
   vs LHP as LHB       228    200  .290 .373 .440 .813

[CincyCubsFan]

Pouring here in Cincy right now. Hunkered down in a sushi restaurant about five minutes from downtown waiting for the storm to pass before I head down to the game. Looks like it should be through within the hour.

[Schwarber Fan]

officially announced the game won't start on time

[CubmanPi]

I just pulled up Chapman's numbers.

 

12.1 IP, 21:4 K:BB, 0 ER.

 

I hope Swaim doesn't think it matters who he saves to face that guy.

[SouthSideRyan]

I just pulled up Chapman's numbers.

 

12.1 IP, 21:4 K:BB, 0 ER.

 

I hope Swaim doesn't think it matters who he saves to face that guy.

 

I hope Dusty continues to deem it important that he be a lefty bullpen arm.

[Schwarber Fan]

Don't think this one is being played

[El Duderino]

any actual updates on the weather?

[MWV]

The front appears to be moving through rather quickly with nothing to speak of in its wake. I think it will come down to the condition of the field itself.

[Yeti]

Don't think this one is being played

radar looks pretty clear after the present cell moves on...i'm betting they take off the tarp within the next 30 minutes and get started by 8:00

[CincyCubsFan]

It's been a heavy downpour for the last 45 minutes. This cell should be out of the area within the half hour. The field probably took on a lot of water, but GABP is always bragging about their drainage system, so who knows.