5/30 Cobs (Wood) @ Brewers (Estrada) 7:10 CT WGN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Rather than moan that this team is legit awful right now rather than just kinda bad by pythagorean record, I'd rather moan that we're in year three and we're still kinda bad by pythagorean and going to get worse after the deadline.

[Guest]

[expletive] this. I can't believe I'm actually about to try to watch a hockey game from the beginning.

[Sammy Sofa]

The whole "it's the third year and they're going to have their worst year yet" part that really bothers me. I doubt even the most deluded "we gotta suck before can get better"-types thought that would have happened.

[Guest]

The whole "it's the third year and they're going to have their worst year yet" part that really bothers me. I doubt even the most deluded "we gotta suck before can get better"-types thought that would have happened.

 

FWIW, I honestly think this is not only the bottoming out point, but that next year is going to be the best since 2009.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The whole "it's the third year and they're going to have their worst year yet" part that really bothers me. I doubt even the most deluded "we gotta suck before can get better"-types thought that would have happened.

 

Bryant is trying to change my mind, but I'm still thinking next year might be just as bad.

[Sammy Sofa]

The whole "it's the third year and they're going to have their worst year yet" part that really bothers me. I doubt even the most deluded "we gotta suck before can get better"-types thought that would have happened.

 

FWIW, I honestly think this is not only the bottoming out point, but that next year is going to be the best since 2009.

 

What do you see the big developments being besides Bryant? If we're talking something like Bryant plus Stanton, alright, I'm on board.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The whole "it's the third year and they're going to have their worst year yet" part that really bothers me. I doubt even the most deluded "we gotta suck before can get better"-types thought that would have happened.

 

FWIW, I honestly think this is not only the bottoming out point, but that next year is going to be the best since 2009.

 

What do you see the big developments being besides Bryant? If we're talking something like Bryant plus Stanton, alright, I'm on board.

 

I assume he meant in the prospect rankings.

[Andy]

Way to go Wood on striking out the side in the first.

As Len would be happy to point out, it's not technically striking out the side if anyone reaches base in between.

[Guest]

The whole "it's the third year and they're going to have their worst year yet" part that really bothers me. I doubt even the most deluded "we gotta suck before can get better"-types thought that would have happened.

 

FWIW, I honestly think this is not only the bottoming out point, but that next year is going to be the best since 2009.

 

What do you see the big developments being besides Bryant? If we're talking something like Bryant plus Stanton, alright, I'm on board.

 

I think Baez and Bryant joining Rizzo and Castro in the lineup should help the offense (they don't need to be great right off the bat to do this, remember who they have to replace). And, hell, Alcantara may make it before either. I also think they should be able to sign or trade for a couple of guys who aren't black holes to fill out the OF (whether Bryant is in it or not).

 

I'm not going to try to predict what happens with the rotation, because I have no idea. They are pretty good at getting good production for cheap there, though, FWIW. I just think the offense should be fairly easy to fix when the infield will be as productive as it should be. It's not all that hard to find OFers who aren't terrible hitters (which, yes, makes the current situation laughable).

Edited May 31, 2014 by David

[Careless]

bah, slide a little later and you're safe. How can he be so bad on the bases?

[Careless]

jebus, man

[Guest]

Wow, didn't realize N&G was such a meatball.

[Sammy Sofa]

Really? I thought it was obvious I'm barely functionally [expletive] when it comes to baseball.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well, I'm glad Travis Wood had a good year last year so that spot was settled forever because starting pitchers are totally reliable.

[Sammy Sofa]

But seriously, why do people talk about the pythag like it's practically set in stone? The way some react that the Cubs aren't at theirs it's like they want to explain it away via everything except, "well, it's just not a very good team."

 

See also: run differential.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

But seriously, why do people talk about the pythag like it's practically set in stone? The way some react that the Cubs aren't at theirs it's like they want to explain it away via everything except, "well, it's just not a very good team."

 

See also: run differential.

 

 

Because they're right and you aren't.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

But there's like a million different ways a team can underperform their peripherals. You could always find one to say we're not as bad as we look.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

What's with the piss-yellow unis the Brewers are wearing?

[Guest]

Putrid.

[d_money]

Damn, just checked in and this looks brutal.

[gscool89]

Meanwhile the Houston Astros have won 7 in a row. Nice rebuild!

[ScrubMD]

Using the pythag as a crutch is equally pointless with a Frankenstein team like this; it's not like we're talking about a bunch of fulltime players likely to be around for a while. In this context it's just to make people feel better. It's not unusual at all when a team largely cobbled together with busts and platoon players and the like plays worse than "expected."

 

Surely you can vent without being this aggressively stupid.

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh, get over yourself. This is a bad team largely skewed by several ridiculous single game offensive outbursts with long stretches of putrid offense. Are we really going to act like it's so unusual that they end up under their projected records yet again?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Oh, get over yourself. This is a bad team largely skewed by several ridiculous single game offensive outbursts with long stretches of putrid offense. Are we really going to act like it's so unusual that they end up under their projected records yet again?

 

It is unusual.

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh, get over yourself. This is a bad team largely skewed by several ridiculous single game offensive outbursts with long stretches of putrid offense. Are we really going to act like it's so unusual that they end up under their projected records yet again?

 

It is unusual.

 

So far we're looking at 3 seasons of being consistently 4-5 games under the pythag projection. It's oddly impressive.