General Cubs Chit-Chat

[jersey cubs fan]

So one month in, how is everyone feeling about the Cubs?

 

like a honeymooner who married the world's most beautiful, and rich, woman.

 

 

DGAF if she woke up a little worse for wear after last night's late night party down session

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Arrieta's velocity and Hendricks' results ticking up takes a big chunk of any worry I had away. I'm mildly worried that Lackey might be toast and that Anderson isn't quite good, but those are much more tolerable problems. The bullpen has exceeded expectations.

 

On the offensive side, Almora and Jay have been much better than expected, Almora's peripherals in particular are really encouraging. Montero with a hot start is nice too. Baez has been disappointing, but he's had crummy months before(in 2016 alone he had a .243 wOBA in May and .252 in August), so that's part of the price you pay for the hot streaks. It'll be tricky to decide how much rope to give him with Almora/Jay hitting so well though.

[David]

Arrieta's velocity and Hendricks' results ticking up takes a big chunk of any worry I had away. I'm mildly worried that Lackey might be toast and that Anderson isn't quite good, but those are much more tolerable problems. The bullpen has exceeded expectations.

 

On the offensive side, Almora and Jay have been much better than expected, Almora's peripherals in particular are really encouraging. Montero with a hot start is nice too. Baez has been disappointing, but he's had crummy months before(in 2016 alone he had a .243 wOBA in May and .252 in August), so that's part of the price you pay for the hot streaks. It'll be tricky to decide how much rope to give him with Almora/Jay hitting so well though.

 

yeah, i'm trying hard not to get too excited about almora's walk rate and power bc it is difficult to process how valuable he could be with those two things (and adding that player to this roster is also hard to comprehend)

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Almora is going to be a stud. I'm not sure when I passed from willing it to be true to actually believing it. But I firmly believe it now.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Almora is going to be a stud. I'm not sure when I passed from willing it to be true to actually believing it. But I firmly believe it now.

 

I wish we had better plate discipline metrics for MiLB, I feel like he and Javy are perfect illustrations of the the pro and con arguments for 'can plate discipline/pitch recognition be taught/developed?'

[We Got The Whole 9]

Almora has always been significantly better against LHP than he has against RHP and that is certainly holding true this year.

 

Vs RHP his wOBA is 224 right now

 

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[sneakypower]

i wanted to hold that against him but in the minors last year he had a reverse split

 

this is amusing to see (last cal. year)

http://i.imgur.com/2Gwl4eh.png

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Yeah I'd expect his LHP line to regress and his RHP to progress given more time. It's also noteworthy that he's probably seeing a disproportionate number of ABs against RHP that are against RP v. SP which makes things a little tougher on him. His 6% walk rate and 20% K rate against same sided pitching is on point, so with some better matchups, BABIP progression, and just luck I'd expect him to look more normal.

[We Got The Whole 9]

i wanted to hold that against him but in the minors last year he had a reverse split

 

this is amusing to see (last cal. year)

http://i.imgur.com/2Gwl4eh.png

Still, for the vast majority of his milb career he was much better against LHP

 

 

 

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

Montero and his wife became US citizens today.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTkH_iXFYmS/

[davell]

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[David]

 

This is so great

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That is fantastic.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Miggy is proof that Ben Zobrist's Game 7, 10th inning hit opened up a portal into some Bizarro World alternate timeline.

 

Trump is president. The Cubs suck. Jason Heyward's slugging% is higher than Schwarber's. Miggy is hitting .382.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I want Miggy to wear a mic all game, every game

[davell]

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

John Lackey won Employee of the Month for April.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

 

John Lackey won Employee of the Month for April.

he couldn't even win horse of the day in his own house

[Sammy Sofa]

What if he ate the horse.

[davell]

What if he ate the horse.

 

Are you trying to tell me Bryzzo promotes cannibalism?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

What if he ate the horse.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBWtiFUm2Gs&t=17s

[Derwood]

Addison Russell - SS - Cubs

 

Addison Russell (shoulder) could be held out of the Cubs' lineup again Friday.

 

Russell was scratched from Wednesday's lineup due to right shoulder soreness which he said had gradually gotten worse over the past week. It's an issue that he dealt with at times last season, as well. "With the type of soreness I have in my shoulder, I think throwing is putting gas on the fire," Russell said Wednesday. "But I got work done, I didn't throw (Wednesday), and it feels better right now than it did when I woke up. That's a good thing." Javier Baez will fill in at shortstop if Russell is unable to go for Friday's series opener in St. Louis.

[Banedon]

Addison Russell - SS - Cubs

 

Addison Russell (shoulder) could be held out of the Cubs' lineup again Friday.

 

Russell was scratched from Wednesday's lineup due to right shoulder soreness which he said had gradually gotten worse over the past week. It's an issue that he dealt with at times last season, as well. "With the type of soreness I have in my shoulder, I think throwing is putting gas on the fire," Russell said Wednesday. "But I got work done, I didn't throw (Wednesday), and it feels better right now than it did when I woke up. That's a good thing." Javier Baez will fill in at shortstop if Russell is unable to go for Friday's series opener in St. Louis.

 

I wonder if that's a chronic thing that's just always gonna be an issue?

[Cubswin11]

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[Derwood]

Poor Ronnie Woo Woo. Can't mooch off of the team anymore like he could when 5000 people might show up to games in the early 90's