08/16 St Louis (Westbrook) @ CUBS (Arrieta) 3:05 CDT, CSN

[Schwarber Fan]

...so there's one reason to watch.

 

Some guy named Kolten Wong is making is ML debut at 2nd base for the Cardinals, so he'll be today's hero most likely.

 

Score a run, Cubs!

[Guest]

Haha, you don't know who Kolten Wong is?

[jersey cubs fan]

Headline on cubs.com, "Cubs shower Arrieta with early support"

 

3 straight walks and a couple singles to drive them in.

 

Yay

[Guest]

How is Arrieta looking?

[Gilby]

How is Arrieta looking?

 

Good so far. 95-96 with the fastball, nasty 81-84 mph curve, and throwing strikes.

[Andy]

How is Arrieta looking?

Not watching super close, but pretty sharp. Had a nice 0-1 breaking pitch to Matt Carpenter. Nothing hit real hard yet except a hot shot back to him.

[jersey cubs fan]

How is Arrieta looking?

 

Not watching, listening online with some spotty audio though.

[jersey cubs fan]

hell of a nice line by Jake so far

[Andy]

It'd be nice if Castro did something besides hit routine grounders to short today

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This is a fun day.

[Guest]

pfft. I'm waiting for Javy to play. :)

[KingCubsFan]

I'm really hoping Arrieta is the next Matt Clement.

[TruffleShuffle]

yeah, arrieta definitely has the type fo stuff you can dream on. problem is, he's 27 and you feel like he should have figured it out by now. hopefully a change of scenery and some different coaching can help him realize his potential.

[Layoutman]

What kind of kool-aid has Donnie Murphy been drinking?

[Guest]

yeah, arrieta definitely has the type fo stuff you can dream on. problem is, he's 27 and you feel like he should have figured it out by now. hopefully a change of scenery and some different coaching can help him realize his potential.

His fastball is pretty straight and I don't pick up a whole lot of deception. But I've always loved his breaking stuff and velocity.

[davell]

Getting him and Strop for Feldman was a hell of a return.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Getting him and Strop for Feldman was a hell of a return.

 

Sure looks that way.

[Guest]

Another broken waiver wire pickup.

[Schwarber Fan]

If Donnie Murphy is hurt, he owes Cody Ransom a steak dinner.

[TruffleShuffle]

nice to see that westbrook's numbers have started catching up to his pathetic K/BB ratio.

[Guest]

Seriously, though, management has done a brilliant job with the cheap position player pickups this season. Too bad they can't work the bullpen as well.

[davell]

Getting him and Strop for Feldman was a hell of a return.

 

Sure looks that way.

Baltimore can't be happy. Feldman hasn't pitched well at all and they've had bullpen problems.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Seriously, though, management has done a brilliant job with the cheap position player pickups this season. Too bad they can't work the bullpen as well.

 

They really have. It's a complete reversal (on the position player part) from 2012.

 

Our season sunk on three things:

 

1) Our "core" stars either being meh or awful

2) Our bullpen

3) Clutch/variance/luck/sequencing/whatever

[Layoutman]

Need some help - stuck at work and at the mercy of fox play by play. Did Arietta squeeze home Barney?

[Andy]

Need some help - stuck at work and at the mercy of fox play by play. Did Arietta squeeze home Barney?

Yes, safety squeeze