8/21 Braves (Miller) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 3:05 PM, CSN, MLBN

[Guest]

Shelby Miller is a good pitcher. Too bad Hendricks is just average.. Miller vs. Arrieta would have been a good matchup.. ohh well

 

i can state pretty unequivocally that this is not true

[ARCubsFan]

No chance to win today unless we hold em to 3 and blow up ATL's pen.

Might not see the bullpen at this rate

[ARCubsFan]

Shelby Miller is a good pitcher. Too bad Hendricks is just average.. Miller vs. Arrieta would have been a good matchup.. ohh well

 

i can state pretty unequivocally that this is not true

What is he? Good? This wouldn't be true.

[Guest]

Team is still young and will make mistakes but Bryant cost the team 2 runs in that inning.

 

you don't need to come up with a reason to justify mistakes. all baseball teams make them and will make them, not just young ones. they play lots of games and attempt lots of things during those games.

 

Not to mention, sure, that play led to 2 runs. But, you don't know that at the time. It was a dumb play, especially with the bottom of the order coming up. But, it was only magnified by the Markakis double. If we get out of it, then no harm, no foul.

 

It was just [expletive] sequencing luck the whole inning. Two BS hits and then one bad pitch. The world doesn't end, and it doesn't make Bryant's decision the worst thing ever. It just baseball.

 

yep it's just more of the narratives stuff

[Guest]

Shelby Miller is a good pitcher. Too bad Hendricks is just average.. Miller vs. Arrieta would have been a good matchup.. ohh well

 

i can state pretty unequivocally that this is not true

What is he? Good? This wouldn't be true.

 

in 211 career innings, hendricks has 3.6 fWAR and a 3.62 xFIP

 

yes, he's quite good

 

especially when he's your 3rd or 4th best starter

Edited August 21, 2015 by David

[ARCubsFan]

Thanks for swinging at a pitch 3 feet outside the zone on 3-1 dude

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I can't wait to quote all of the doom boner posts about how this game is over, when we win 6-3.

[Agony and Ivy]

The only thing I don't like about Hendricks is he cannot miss bats to pitch out of jams whether he gets into those jams because of bad defense or bad luck or bad pitching. This leads to productive outs and runs that other pitchers with swing and miss stuff would at least have a puncher's chance at preventing. He's a good backend of the rotation piece but he will always give up runs in games even when it feels like he pitched well. I'm not watching this game so I can't really speak to it but this is how I feel about him in a general sense.

[Agony and Ivy]

Team is still young and will make mistakes but Bryant cost the team 2 runs in that inning.

 

you don't need to come up with a reason to justify mistakes. all baseball teams make them and will make them, not just young ones. they play lots of games and attempt lots of things during those games.

 

Not to mention, sure, that play led to 2 runs. But, you don't know that at the time. It was a dumb play, especially with the bottom of the order coming up. But, it was only magnified by the Markakis double. If we get out of it, then no harm, no foul.

 

It was just [expletive] sequencing luck the whole inning. Two BS hits and then one bad pitch. The world doesn't end, and it doesn't make Bryant's decision the worst thing ever. It just baseball.

 

yep it's just more of the narratives stuff

 

Pitchers like Hendricks are more susceptible to sequencing luck.

[Guest]

The only thing I don't like about Hendricks is he cannot miss bats to pitch out of jams whether he gets into those jams because of bad defense or bad luck or bad pitching. This leads to productive outs and runs that other pitchers with swing and miss stuff would at least have a puncher's chance at preventing. He's a good backend of the rotation piece but he will always give up runs in games even when it feels like he pitched well. I'm not watching this game so I can't really speak to it but this is how I feel about him in a general sense.

 

7.61 K/9 this season

 

it's not great but it's not like he can't strike people out

[PrimeTime]

Motte up in the pen? Holy hell. I guess they are throwing in the towel

[Guest]

Team is still young and will make mistakes but Bryant cost the team 2 runs in that inning.

 

you don't need to come up with a reason to justify mistakes. all baseball teams make them and will make them, not just young ones. they play lots of games and attempt lots of things during those games.

 

Not to mention, sure, that play led to 2 runs. But, you don't know that at the time. It was a dumb play, especially with the bottom of the order coming up. But, it was only magnified by the Markakis double. If we get out of it, then no harm, no foul.

 

It was just [expletive] sequencing luck the whole inning. Two BS hits and then one bad pitch. The world doesn't end, and it doesn't make Bryant's decision the worst thing ever. It just baseball.

 

yep it's just more of the narratives stuff

 

Pitchers like Hendricks are more susceptible to sequencing luck.

 

not sure what this is a reply to. my post was about how people want to say "young teams make mistakes" or whatever when a mistake is made.

[BigSlick]

Just gonna pop in to say: Don't lose to these bums please

 

Carry on

[PrimeTime]

Nice BB..Gotta get atleast one in here

[ARCubsFan]

At the very least, make this a long inning with a lot of pitches

[UMFan83]

I hate to say this but this is one of the few siutations i would bunt.

 

2nd and 3rd with 1 out and 2 hot hitters in russell and fowler due

 

Edit: well I guess 1st and 3rd with 0 out and a runner in is pretty good too :)

Edited August 21, 2015 by UMFan83

[Agony and Ivy]

The only thing I don't like about Hendricks is he cannot miss bats to pitch out of jams whether he gets into those jams because of bad defense or bad luck or bad pitching. This leads to productive outs and runs that other pitchers with swing and miss stuff would at least have a puncher's chance at preventing. He's a good backend of the rotation piece but he will always give up runs in games even when it feels like he pitched well. I'm not watching this game so I can't really speak to it but this is how I feel about him in a general sense.

 

7.61 K/9 this season

 

it's not great but it's not like he can't strike people out

 

It's the same argument I had with Brett. It's not terrible but his swing strike% is like 4th worst among qualified starters. The K/9 stat can be really deceiving. I like Hendricks a lot, I just know there are going to be frustrating unlucky starts because he allows contact.

[Guest]

YES!

[UMFan83]

Wow. Me likey

[PrimeTime]

WOW we caught a huge break there..Should have been a easy DP

[ARCubsFan]

BARVES

[Agony and Ivy]

The only thing I don't like about Hendricks is he cannot miss bats to pitch out of jams whether he gets into those jams because of bad defense or bad luck or bad pitching. This leads to productive outs and runs that other pitchers with swing and miss stuff would at least have a puncher's chance at preventing. He's a good backend of the rotation piece but he will always give up runs in games even when it feels like he pitched well. I'm not watching this game so I can't really speak to it but this is how I feel about him in a general sense.

 

7.61 K/9 this season

 

it's not great but it's not like he can't strike people out

 

It's the same argument I had with Brett. It's not terrible but his swing strike% is like 4th worst among qualified starters. The K/9 stat can be really deceiving. I like Hendricks a lot, I just know there are going to be frustrating unlucky starts because he allows contact. Also, a DenoDong would be the tops here.

[Agony and Ivy]

That'll work too.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

It's too bad this game was already over with Miller on the mound.

[PrimeTime]

Tie this bitch up please