04/19 San Diego (Cashner) @ CUBS (Lester) 1:20 CDT, WGN TV

[George Hayduke]

Even with a day off today, both Strop and Rondon are both on pace for over 100 appearances. This is the same argument as Friday, you can't simply go by 'not exhausted? Better throw him out there' or you'll burn out your best pen guys. They've needed a reprieve from either/both of the offense or the starting pitching and neither has cooperated, so the downside is middle relievers have to pitch in more important situations. Losing both Grimm and Ramirez at once means those middle relievers are going to be less reliable. This is a temporal thing, as we'll get some better/deeper starts, the offense will blow people out on occasion, and Grimm is on the mend.

 

I find the "on pace" argument to be meaningless. The Cubs have played a series of games that were close in the late innings. That won't always be the case. There will be stretches later in the season where the opposite happens and you can rest them then. Win the game in front of you.

 

what a ridiculous argument. burning them out now damages them in the near term, long before the convenient-to-your-argument stretch of low-leverage games

I don't think the argument is ridiculous, but this team is probably going to play in a lot of close games and hoping or expecting that they'll have some long stretch of blowouts is probably a bit optimistic.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

what a ridiculous argument. burning them out now damages them in the near term, long before the convenient-to-your-argument stretch of low-leverage games

 

They aren't going to be burnt out in any damaging way by throwing a couple days in a row.

[treebird]

pretty dire performance from the offense today.

[UMFan83]

Put Contra out of his misery and send him to Iowa to get his head straightened out.

[Fred Hornkohl]

If they scored 4 runs in the 9th yesterday.... why the hell can't we do it today ??

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

But anyway, it didn't matter and there's a bunch more interesting things that happened in the game than some marginal bullpen decision.

 

Kris Bryant is awesome. Jon Lester is iffy and that's kinda scary but it's too early to tell anything. Alcantara is making plans to catch up with friends in Des Moines very, very soon.

[Guest]

But anyway, it didn't matter and there's a bunch more interesting things that happened in the game than some marginal bullpen decision.

 

Kris Bryant is awesome. Jon Lester is iffy and that's kinda scary but it's too early to tell anything. Alcantara is making plans to catch up with friends in Des Moines very, very soon.

 

And soon we'll have hugs for some guy named Sheffield or Waveland or something.

[Guest]

But anyway, it didn't matter and there's a bunch more interesting things that happened in the game than some marginal bullpen decision.

 

Kris Bryant is awesome. Jon Lester is iffy and that's kinda scary but it's too early to tell anything. Alcantara is making plans to catch up with friends in Des Moines very, very soon.

 

And soon we'll have hugs for some guy named Sheffield or Waveland or something.

I've come to call him 1060 in my mind.

[Guest]

Fowler is so much fun

[Guest]

we're going to have a sweet bottom of the order fake rally that will end with a soler line drive right at kemp

 

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[Guest]

Yay! Our turn to do this.

[Andy]

Fake rally, but Fowler was such a great pickup.

[Guest]

Fowler is so much fun

 

nah he's just piss break fodder

[mul21]

Fowler is a really smart player.

[Guest]

What happened to time limits between pitches?

[George Hayduke]

What happened to time limits between pitches?

Was wondering the same, isn't there like a 20 sec limit?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

What happened to time limits between pitches?

 

Doesn't apply with runners on base, I think?

[Guest]

:(

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Eh, not our day. We'll get it back and then some this coming week.

[Butterscup1679666578]

bummer.

[Fred Hornkohl]

[sigh]

[Derwood]

F-F-F-F-FAAAAAAKKKKEE RALLY

[Guest]

Eh, not our day. We'll get it back and then some this coming week.

 

hope so. stacking division wins is fun.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Eh, not our day. We'll get it back and then some this coming week.

 

hope so. stacking division wins is fun.

 

That's why this week is so important. Pirates especially.

 

Oh yay, Burnett tomorrow. I was just thinking how I never wanted to face anything but tough righties forever.

[Guest]

Eh, not our day. We'll get it back and then some this coming week.

 

hope so. stacking division wins is fun.

 

That's why this week is so important. Pirates especially.

 

Oh yay, Burnett tomorrow. I was just thinking how I never wanted to face anything but tough righties forever.

 

At least he should walk his share.