6/20 Cubs (Jackson) vs. Pirates (Morton) WGN 3:05

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

edwin jackson, lol

[imb]

I had completely given up on Castro last year. This is beautiful [expletive] to see from him and Rizzo.

[Schwarber Fan]

No comments on Coghlan quietly becoming more productive than Kalish was?

[Sammys Boombox]

I'm going to coin the term Crizzastro. As in "This pitcher's in for a Crizzastro." If you don't like it I don't care.

[DiamondMind]

http://i.imgur.com/sH6KO1r.jpg

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

No comments on Coghlan quietly becoming more productive than Kalish was?

http://i.imgur.com/HR7VTwc.png

[Gilby]

No comments on Coghlan quietly becoming more productive than Kalish was?

http://i.imgur.com/HR7VTwc.png

 

Coghlan's OPS is .711 fwiw

[Guest]

Lake may never see the field again.

[Guest]

Ramirez with a case of the Edwin's right now.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Lake may never see the field again.

 

:yahoo:

[Gilby]

The only RHP with shitty enough stuff that I can think of that Olt can hit is probably Vance Worley, and he goes tomorrow. Olt's looked so awful today, though, so he might not even get that chance.

[DiamondMind]

I have no idea how we're winning games with the bottom half of our lineup.

[Schwarber Fan]

11 wins in 18 June games.

[DiamondMind]

How much credit am I supposed to give Renteria for Castro and Rizzo ballin out this year?

 

also - coghlan 829 ops in june

Edited June 20, 2014 by DiamondMind

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I have no idea how we're winning games with the bottom half of our lineup.

 

Swag, pitching and swaggy pitching

[Hairyducked Idiot]

We're once again the same number of games under .500 as the 2007 Cubs' low point.

[DiamondMind]

our pythagorean is .500 now

[UMFan83]

Chicago also improved to 18-13 since May 17 for the best record in the NL in that stretch.

[UMFan83]

We're once again the same number of games under .500 as the 2007 Cubs' low point.

 

The problem is that there is not much time left before the July sell off

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Chicago also improved to 18-13 since May 17 for the best record in the NL in that stretch.

 

lolololol

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Dare to say: I'm coming around on the 8-man pen.

[davell]

Dare to say: I'm coming around on the 8-man pen.

 

With enough versatility out of the 12 position guys, I'm fine with it. IF, big IF, we have 8 guys that are truly solid. Honestly, there's no need for Villanueva.

 

But, I can see a future pen with Rondon, Strop, Ramirez, Grimm, Vizcaino, Rivero, Wright, and Rosscup being good enough that we don't need a bunch of 7 inning starts either. Limit the innings on the starters, get each of the pen arms plenty of work. May be unconventional, but if the pen is as solid as I can envision this one becoming, the rotation may not need to have anything other than homegrown types and short term FA.

 

Which is a totally different mindset than I've always had. But these bullpen arms are really making me think.

[muntjack]

It's too bad we've given over 700 ABs to guys with sub .600 OPS. Everyone hates on Lake, and I'll be happy myself when we can replace him, but he has the 5th best wOBA on the team. Replacing Barney and Schierholtz with even slightly positive players would make such a difference.

[bukie]

Cubs are 18-13 since May 17, tops in the NL (KC and Oak are 19-12). Unfortunately, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th best records in the NL in that span are the Pirates, Cards, Reds and Brewers, as the entire NL Central has been over .500 the past month.

[ScrubMD]

How much credit am I supposed to give Renteria for Castro and Rizzo ballin out this year?

 

also - coghlan 829 ops in june

 

Now 1.009 in June, .702 overall.