4/24 Cubs (aregood) (Lester) @ Reds (Leake) 6:05 CDT, CSN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Let's all list fun things about the Cubs.

 

Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs both project them to be one of the top 6 teams in the NL with 40%+ chances of making the playoffs.

 

Jon Lester has a 2.87 FIP, 2.83 xFIP, and is getting killed by a .434 BABIP and 60.2% strand rate. I'm forced to believe that he's pitching fine, getting insanely unlucky, and everything is going to be awesome starting today.

[Guest]

#wearegood

[Guest]

We've had 3 starts out of 15 go 6+ IP with less than 2 ER. That's too few for this run environment, let's fix that.

[CyHawk_Cub]

It'd be nice if our $150 million addition would find a way to go 7 strong innings tomorrow.

[DiamondMind]

Time for Lester to be Lester

[ARCubsFan]

Yeah this is the game Lester needs to go deep

[jersey cubs fan]

Yeah this is the game Lester needs to go deep

I'd settle for the occasional single.

[sontensei]

C'mon Bryant get your first homer already :D

[DiamondMind]

Avoiding Cueto in this series, that's nice/lucky.

[Cubswin11]

Time for Bryant to unleash the Kraken in this series

[DiamondMind]

Time for Bryant to unleash the Kraken in this series

 

Bryant down to a measly 1.035 OPS :(

[tfarks]

Cubs have the 2nd most SB's and 3rd highest BsR in the majors.

[sontensei]

Cubs have the 2nd most SB's and 3rd highest BsR in the majors.

 

yeah but the staff ERA is 4.00 ...

[tfarks]

Almost a full run lower when you take into account the less than stellar performance of the D so far

[Guest]

Split the first two and then knock Marquis around again to win the series.

[sontensei]

Are we skipping Cueto again?

[Guest]

Are we skipping Cueto again?

 

yes

[jersey cubs fan]

cueto is skipping the cubs

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm going to set the over/under on Cubs dongs in this series at 6.5.

[Guest]

I'm going to set the over/under on Cubs dongs in this series at 6.5.

 

maybe if we stop talking about the dongs they will come

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm going to set the over/under on Cubs dongs in this series at 6.5.

 

maybe if we stop talking about the dongs they will come

 

We've had a pretty decent number of dongs already. It's not like we've been held dongless.

[sontensei]

cueto is skipping the cubs

 

we are lucky lol

[sontensei]

I'm going to set the over/under on Cubs dongs in this series at 6.5.

 

maybe if we stop talking about the dongs they will come

 

We've had a pretty decent number of dongs already. It's not like we've been held dongless.

 

the hype for the first KB dong is off the charts -- i dont think it will die till he finally does it, then i think he'll go on a rampage.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm going to set the over/under on Cubs dongs in this series at 6.5.

 

maybe if we stop talking about the dongs they will come

 

 

i'm just not going to say anything.

[weis21]

I'm going to set the over/under on Cubs dongs in this series at 6.5.

 

maybe if we stop talking about the dongs they will come

Hmm. Dong performance anxiety?