4/23 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Pirates (Locke) 11:35 CSN/MLBN

[Guest]

Most annoying road series split against a good team EVER

[Banedon]

Are you so far up your own ass that you really don't think hitting the ball hard is important?

 

 

Nope, but I'm not convinced hitting the ball hard when you do hit t for three weeks means you will keep hitting it hard forever.

 

Then no three week stat is meaningful, and you should probably just stop talking about his strikeout rate.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

oh no Soler only reached base in half his plate appearances today and his OPS is down to .837, goodness people

 

.432babip and 35ish% k rate, those are both huge signs that a lot of bad is coming, pretending otherwise is just sticking your head in the sand.

 

If only he had a .250 BABIP and a .700 OPS, then we could be optimistic? Soler has had a rough couple days, there are no 'huge signs' of anything here.

 

The contact rate has been scary all year.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Are you so far up your own ass that you really don't think hitting the ball hard is important?

 

 

Nope, but I'm not convinced hitting the ball hard when you do hit t for three weeks means you will keep hitting it hard forever.

 

Then no three week stat is meaningful, and you should probably just stop talking about his strikeout rate.

 

False. Contact is meaningful quickly. Quality of contact takes forever.

[Guest]

Most annoying road series split against a good team EVER

 

Yeah. Would have been happy with a split before the series but after winning the first two, you want more than that.

[KatJ]

Disappointing ending to the series. Oh well, 2/2 & now do some damage in GABP

With a better bullpen and/or bullpen management we probably sweep.

 

Capitalizing on more scoring opportunities could have (should have?) turned this game into a laugher in the Cubs' favor.

[DiamondMind]

I'm depressed

[Guest]

Most annoying road series split against a good team EVER

 

Yeah. Would have been happy with a split before the series but after winning the first two, you want more than that.

 

Especially when we crossed the 85% threshold in win probability today

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If the bullpen gets healthy, the fun train continues. If it doesn't, outside help is needed there ASAP.

[Guest]

oh no Soler only reached base in half his plate appearances today and his OPS is down to .837, goodness people

 

.432babip and 35ish% k rate, those are both huge signs that a lot of bad is coming, pretending otherwise is just sticking your head in the sand.

 

If only he had a .250 BABIP and a .700 OPS, then we could be optimistic? Soler has had a rough couple days, there are no 'huge signs' of anything here.

 

The contact rate has been scary all year.

 

Unless his contact rate is something like 20%, I care not a single solitary bit what it is. Contact rate is the dumbest statistical bogeyman we've come up with in a long time.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

neil ramirez please come back

[Smack]

If the bullpen gets healthy, the fun train continues. If it doesn't, outside help is needed there ASAP.

 

Yeah, if Ramirez and Grimm aren't going to be around for a while we need to trade for someone now.

[tfarks]

Edwin done Edwin'd.

 

Would be cool if we stopped bringing in the bullpen by the 6th inning.

[Tryptamine]

oh no Soler only reached base in half his plate appearances today and his OPS is down to .837, goodness people

 

.432babip and 35ish% k rate, those are both huge signs that a lot of bad is coming, pretending otherwise is just sticking your head in the sand.

 

from the guy who thinks a guy who gave up something 2 HR in 52 innings last year gives up a lot of HR

 

So we're just ignoring tell tale statistics because they don't fit what we wont now. Got it. Soler will main .423babip and we will pretend he doesn't have 17 strike outs in the last 10 games.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

oh no Soler only reached base in half his plate appearances today and his OPS is down to .837, goodness people

 

.432babip and 35ish% k rate, those are both huge signs that a lot of bad is coming, pretending otherwise is just sticking your head in the sand.

 

If only he had a .250 BABIP and a .700 OPS, then we could be optimistic? Soler has had a rough couple days, there are no 'huge signs' of anything here.

 

The contact rate has been scary all year.

 

Unless his contact rate is something like 20%, I care not a single solitary bit what it is. Contact rate is the dumbest statistical bogeyman we've come up with in a long time.

 

 

I love how Junior Lake made you look so dumb on this exact subject 15 months ago, and you just double down with the same misunderstandings.

[apete6]

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[Guest]

I love how Junior Lake made you look so dumb on this exact subject 15 months ago, and you just double down with the same misunderstandings.

 

lol okay, kyle on man, kyle on

[Guest]

oh no Soler only reached base in half his plate appearances today and his OPS is down to .837, goodness people

 

.432babip and 35ish% k rate, those are both huge signs that a lot of bad is coming, pretending otherwise is just sticking your head in the sand.

 

from the guy who thinks a guy who gave up something 2 HR in 52 innings last year gives up a lot of HR

 

So we're just ignoring tell tale statistics because they don't fit what we wont now. Got it. Soler will main .423babip and we will pretend he doesn't have 17 strike outs in the last 10 games.

 

and brian schlitter (who clearly is awful, mind you) gives up lots of home runs and is not a ground ball pitcher

[Tryptamine]

oh no Soler only reached base in half his plate appearances today and his OPS is down to .837, goodness people

 

.432babip and 35ish% k rate, those are both huge signs that a lot of bad is coming, pretending otherwise is just sticking your head in the sand.

 

from the guy who thinks a guy who gave up something 2 HR in 52 innings last year gives up a lot of HR

 

So we're just ignoring tell tale statistics because they don't fit what we wont now. Got it. Soler will main .423babip and we will pretend he doesn't have 17 strike outs in the last 10 games.

 

and brian schlitter (who clearly is awful, mind you) gives up lots of home runs and is not a ground ball pitcher

 

So you have no actual response then.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I love how Junior Lake made you look so dumb on this exact subject 15 months ago, and you just double down with the same misunderstandings.

 

lol okay, kyle on man, kyle on

 

Same attitude you had when we discussed Lake.

 

Soler's has better patience, better power and a better track record last year, so I don't expect a full Lake-level implosion. But be is going to be an OBP problem sooner than later.

[Guest]

I love how Junior Lake made you look so dumb on this exact subject 15 months ago, and you just double down with the same misunderstandings.

 

i wish you'd acknowledge at all the many many times you've looked like a [expletive] moron if you're going to call out one of the most knowledgeable and best posters here

[Guest]

 

So we're just ignoring tell tale statistics because they don't fit what we wont now. Got it. Soler will main .423babip and we will pretend he doesn't have 17 strike outs in the last 10 games.

 

and brian schlitter (who clearly is awful, mind you) gives up lots of home runs and is not a ground ball pitcher

 

So you have no actual response then.

 

Yep, that's it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I love how Junior Lake made you look so dumb on this exact subject 15 months ago, and you just double down with the same misunderstandings.

 

i wish you'd acknowledge at all the many many times you've looked like a [expletive] moron if you're going to call out one of the most knowledgeable and best posters here

 

He may be one of the more level-headed, by he is wrong as often as any of us and I am not going to genuflect.

[UMFan83]

Edwin done Edwin'd.

 

Would be cool if we stopped bringing in the bullpen by the 6th inning.

 

Maddon is like the reverse Dusty

[sneakypower]

it really is too bad Junior Lake didn't become the sure-fire superstar that TT guaranteed he'd be

 

fwiw, there's a strong likelihood the NL ROY will have a contact rate in the low-mid 60s this year