5/4 Cubs (Wood) @ Cardinals (Martinez) 7:10PM ESPN/CSN

[Clem Fandango]

http://i.imgur.com/fLX3qiK.png

[treebird]

dont watch this series it will make you sad

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

comic sans cardinals

[ctcf]

Logan is an A++++ thread maker. would read again

[Guest]

Don't worry guys, I just picked up Carlos Martinez for my fantasy team and my fantasy teams usually stink so we'll light him up.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I noticed the comic sans way before the poop, which I just noticed on my second look

[ARCubsFan]

Nah Carlos Martinez will probably sit at that 2.00 ERA and 4.50 FIP all year because Cardinals

[ctcf]

I noticed the comic sans way before the poop, which I just noticed on my second look

 

hahaha didn't even notice until you mentioned it

[DiamondMind]

terrified about this series

[Sammy Sofa]

Why? Are you driving through St. Louis?

[Guest]

I'm excited about this series but I'm also really excited about the Bulls/Cavs series so I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the remote tonight.

[Guest]

Wood/Martinez

Hendricks/Lyons

Lester/Lynn

Arrieta/Lackey

 

We've got advantages in the pitching matchup both Tuesday and Thursday with Lester pitching the other, so getting this game would put them in really good position to get 3 of 4.

 

Two things to watch out for with Martinez, one is to see if he's throwing enough early strikes to get ahead of hitters. If he is, then we'll likely see a lot of his changeup, which has been a good 3rd pitch for him to date and the type of pitch the offense has struggled with(looking at you, rookies).

[Andy]

Carlos Martinez has a 100% LOB%. 100.

[seanimal]

changeup, which has been a good 3rd pitch for him to date and the type of pitch the offense has struggled with(looking at you, rookies).

 

pretty much the book on us right now

[sontensei]

pull out the broom we are about to be swept into the dustpan.

[abuck1220]

how do you exploit a FIP?

[Sammys Boombox]

Yeah, I don't think I'm watching this series at all. Not going to let my week get ruined.

 

Also, even if we win 3/4 the 1 loss will make me so angry because Cardinals.

[seanimal]

how do you exploit a FIP?

 

make their defense suck

[Guest]

how do you exploit a FIP?

 

dongs, and getting your hits in succession

[Clem Fandango]

And by not letting a pitcher who is very hittable strike your team out 12 times in a game.

[Clem Fandango]

Serious question, though. What's the largest difference between a low ERA and a high FIP that a pitcher has ended up with? 1.73 to 4.45 seems like an astronomical gap for those two statistics to coexist, an obviously it will correct itself as the season goes on, but I don't know if I've ever recalled a gap this large at any point in any season since I've been paying attention to FIP.

[UMFan83]

Gonna be flipping during breaks of the Bulls game, which means that the Cubs will look awesome and hit a bunch of dongs but oh well.

[Little Slide Rooter]

We will take 3/4 from these Cardinals, and be once again on top of the world. We will then proceed to go 3-7 against the Brewers, Mets, and Pirates, and all will be lost. But THEN...

[Clem Fandango]

Relevant: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/yadier-molina-forgot-how-to-frame-a-pitch/

[seanimal]

this series should be a good test of my "cubs play to the level of the competition" thesis, which posits that the cubs will play to the level of their competition