Random Cubs Musings

[George Hayduke]

Not many Minor Leaguers capture Player of the Week honors in three different leagues in one season. Schwarber, after going deep in five straight games last week, is one of them. The Cubs fourth overall pick in June's Draft, Schwarber owns a .671 slugging percentage -- second in the Minors only to fellow Cubs prospect Kris Bryant.

 

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That would be cool if it were true. UnFortunately, Jorge Soler is slugging .700, meaning Bryant and Schwarber rank second and third.

FTFY

[Guest]

sort of surprised to see (and i realize it's defense and defensive metrics for catchers ehhhhhh) that castillo has been good for 1.6 war in 86 games.

[sneakypower]

sort of surprised to see (and i realize it's defense and defensive metrics for catchers ehhhhhh) that castillo has been good for 1.6 war in 86 games.

he's only been judged to be +4 defensively, and his offense is nearly the exact C average (.237/.301/.387 vs. .246/.311/.380)

 

he's lucky FG doesn't weigh framing, which he sucks at, and factors in things he's decent at: PB avoidance and CSs

[Guest]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

[George Hayduke]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

That is indeed quite fun.

[Guest]

sort of surprised to see (and i realize it's defense and defensive metrics for catchers ehhhhhh) that castillo has been good for 1.6 war in 86 games.

he's only been judged to be +4 defensively, and his offense is nearly the exact C average (.237/.301/.387 vs. .246/.311/.380)

 

he's lucky FG doesn't weigh framing, which he sucks at, and factors in things he's decent at: PB avoidance and CSs

 

yeah

 

i honestly don't know how to gauge what the numbers really mean under the offense and defense but i saw defense was a decently high positive number (i know part of this is just the positional adjustment...not sure how much that is) and the offense was a negative.

[sneakypower]

in the summary it shows 10.3 defensive value, which is +4.1 actual defense and 6.2 positional adjustment

 

i liked it better before, but they changed it for some reason; i continually get momentarily excited that Castro's D has progressed into a positive and am hit with the cold reality that it's just the positional adjustment tricking me

[Guest]

Yeah, I like that they added that number so you can compare across positions, but it shouldn't be the number they include in that dashboard view that's the first thing you see.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

[Guest]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

ummmm...

[Cubswin11]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

No? 162/28= 5.8 (rounded up) 5.8x16= 92.8

[Guest]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

ummmm...

 

 

http://www.mommyish.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/math-is-hard_o_962622.jpg

[Guest]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

No? 162/28= 5.8 (rounded up) 5.8x16= 92.8

 

what a weird way to do it

 

16/28 = .571

 

.571x162=92.5

 

my way is totally better (but i like your answer a little better so nm)

[George Hayduke]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

ummmm...

I think they got the percentages reversed...93 wins would equate to 69 losses.

[SouthSideRyan]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

No? 162/28= 5.8 (rounded up) 5.8x16= 92.8

 

what a weird way to do it

 

 

I was thinking the same thing

[jersey cubs fan]

Fun fact -

 

The Cubs, over their last 28 games, have played at a 93 win pace.

 

16 wins out of 28... wouldn't that be a 69 pace?

No? 162/28= 5.8 (rounded up) 5.8x16= 92.8

 

what a weird way to do it

 

16/28 = .571

 

.571x162=92.5

 

my way is totally better (but i like your answer a little better so nm)

I was confused by his way.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

OK, so truth be told, I copied/pasted your fact into an email chain and someone responded with he 69 win figure... he is typically a smart person, so I took his word for it. He obviously reversed the W/L. My bad, sorry David.

[Guest]

OK, so truth be told, I copied/pasted your fact into an email chain and someone responded with he 69 win figure... he is typically a smart person, so I took his word for it. He obviously reversed the W/L. My bad, sorry David.

 

email chain?

 

the things that still go on in peoria

[d_money]

Cubs Convention should be pretty rowdy this year

[UMFan83]

If any out of towners are excited about the youth movement for the rest of the season, MLB.TV is only $12 for the rest of the year for today only:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb&partnerId=ed-8583198-735422013

[Cubswin11]

If any out of towners are excited about the youth movement for the rest of the season, MLB.TV is only $12 for the rest of the year for today only:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb&partnerId=ed-8583198-735422013

Thanks :good:

[George Hayduke]

If any out of towners are excited about the youth movement for the rest of the season, MLB.TV is only $12 for the rest of the year for today only:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb&partnerId=ed-8583198-735422013

Winner winner chicken dinner.

[ConstableRabbit]

OK, so truth be told, I copied/pasted your fact into an email chain and someone responded with he 69 win figure... he is typically a smart person, so I took his word for it. He obviously reversed the W/L. My bad, sorry David.

 

email chain?

 

the things that still go on in peoria

I have an email chain with my friends who want to keep up on the cubs but don't want to scour message boards. It's a good way to keep in touch with old friends, too.

[treebird]

yeah, i have an email chain with a bunch of my friends from school who are now dispersed across the country. it's great.

[Clem Fandango]

You guys make baby Mark Zuckerberg cry

 

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