General Cubs Chit-Chat

[David]

Was just looking at DRS on Fangraphs...Zobrist has 5 DRS in less innings than Javy at 2B (4 DRS) and Javy is -1 DRS at both SS and 3B. Has he really been that bad in the field this year?

 

sure, if you call that "bad"

 

Sorry "bad" relative to expectations considering last year we were laughing about how far in 1st he was in DRS at 2B without enough innings to qualify

 

never thought it was reasonable to expect him to grade out obscenely good like that again

[Sammy Sofa]

David is not a fan of relative expectations.

[David]

David is not a fan of relative expectations.

 

not really but if that's how you want to read those conversations, go nuts

 

fwiw i was saying all offseason that there was no way baez would come all that close to those defensive numbers again this season

 

and i think it's weird to complain about bryant basically matching his career numbers to this point. probably underperforming a little bit given the environment now but definitely nothing that crazy considering it's baseball.

 

and, again, in bryant's case, much like baez, a lot of the value you're seeing missing compared to last year is based on defensive numbers which can be super flukey year to year

[Sammy Sofa]

In both cases you jumped on "relatively disappointed" to mean "why aren't these players as good or better than they were last season?"

 

In both cases, regression was expected, but not necessarily to the degree we've seen, hence the relative disappointment.

 

NUANCE.

[David]

In both cases you jumped on "relatively disappointed" to mean "why aren't these players as good or better than they were last season?"

 

In both cases, regression was expected, but not necessarily to the degree we've seen, hence the relative disappointment.

 

NUANCE.

 

he literally asked "has he really been that bad in the field?"

 

i answered his question and qualified the wording. i didn't jump on horsefeathers.

[Clem Fandango]

Since July 1st Willson Contreras is slashing .349/.415/.735/1.150 over his last 28 games with 12 homers and 32 RBI.

[David]

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[Sammy Sofa]

[UMFan83]

Since July 1st Willson Contreras is slashing .349/.415/.735/1.150 over his last 28 games with 12 homers and 32 RBI.

 

Willson a contender for the best of the bunch was unexpected

[We Got The Whole 9]

Dreaming on this guy when he was tearing up Iowa was fun but I was thinking realistically maybe he was a 110 wRC+ type and if he were to become the best offensive Catcher in baseball it would be 5 or so years down the road.

[weis21]

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so, i clicked on the pic of javy there and I had a

 

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/ab/ab709e0a6410c5cedf8b59dc1f7fcedf3b9faf43f040004186aae8204023f752.jpg

 

moment

 

also, happ inexplicably still looks like a serial killer. maybe even more so? his name tag should read "rest station strangler"

[imb]

kris bryant horsefeathering sucks lol, if i showed random people all those pictures and said "guess the mormon" no one would get it wrong

[Sammy Sofa]

kris bryant horsefeathering sucks lol, if i showed random people all those pictures and said "guess the mormon" no one would get it wrong

 

He's stealthily emerged as the biggest creep with this one, and that's with the stiff competition of Lackey looking like he showed up wearing his usual Sunday best and Happ coming the closest to a genuine smile he's shown so far (probably because his "leather" vest is actually made out of skin).

[mul21]

kris bryant horsefeathering sucks lol, if i showed random people all those pictures and said "guess the mormon" no one would get it wrong

 

He's stealthily emerged as the biggest creep with this one, and that's with the stiff competition of Lackey looking like he showed up wearing his usual Sunday best and Happ coming the closest to a genuine smile he's shown so far (probably because his "leather" vest is actually made out of skin).

 

That no sleeves look with just the vest makes me think this isn't the first time Happ has worn a get up like this.

[We Got The Whole 9]

There was a picture that surfaced recently of Ian laughing in the dugout and I'm fairly certain the poor soul that posted it became another notch in his killing spree

[Sammy Sofa]

kris bryant horsefeathering sucks lol, if i showed random people all those pictures and said "guess the mormon" no one would get it wrong

 

He's stealthily emerged as the biggest creep with this one, and that's with the stiff competition of Lackey looking like he showed up wearing his usual Sunday best and Happ coming the closest to a genuine smile he's shown so far (probably because his "leather" vest is actually made out of skin).

 

That no sleeves look with just the vest makes me think this isn't the first time Happ has worn a get up like this.

 

Yeah, like he showed up as is and was, like, "hey, why are you guys all dressed like that?

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so, i clicked on the pic of javy there and I had a

 

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/ab/ab709e0a6410c5cedf8b59dc1f7fcedf3b9faf43f040004186aae8204023f752.jpg

 

moment

 

also, happ inexplicably still looks like a serial killer. maybe even more so? his name tag should read "rest station strangler"

 

In a mostly sea of dorks, Javy looks like a damn rock star.

[Sammy Sofa]

In that he looks like he got kicked out of both Biohazard and Suicidal Tendencies?

[The_Achiever]

In that he looks like he got kicked out of both Biohazard and Suicidal Tendencies?

 

I was thinking more like a mini-Slash but that works too. I saw the technique when he was air-guitaring "Bombtrack"....

[We Got The Whole 9]

In that he looks like he got kicked out of both Biohazard and Suicidal Tendencies?

And cut that pinche Spider when the dog was belly up

[SouthSideRyan]

Since July 1st Willson Contreras is slashing .349/.415/.735/1.150 over his last 28 games with 12 homers and 32 RBI.

 

Has he really been that bad?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

how have I missed "el mago" before today?

[We Got The Whole 9]

Someone who can come up with a clever thread title should start the Contreras thread. Kind of shocking he doesn't have one yet (that I can find). He was just named player of the week for the NL.

[jersey cubs fan]

Someone who can come up with a clever thread title should start the Contreras thread. Kind of shocking he doesn't have one yet (that I can find). He was just named player of the week for the NL.

let's not ruin the one good thing we still have

[jersey cubs fan]

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