General Cubs Chit-Chat

[cl smooth]

Never forget (or forgive) that the Cubs opted to visit the Trump WH for NO horsefeathering REASON SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY SHOWN UP AFTER WINNING THE WS as we hear all of the brouhaha over the Eagles (the horsefeathering EAGLES) being awesome and not going.

 

how many opted not to visit trump? i recall carl edwards jr. visiting a museum and gawking over dinosaurs.

[David]

Never forget (or forgive) that the Cubs opted to visit the Trump WH for NO horsefeathering REASON SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY SHOWN UP AFTER WINNING THE WS as we hear all of the brouhaha over the Eagles (the horsefeathering EAGLES) being awesome and not going.

 

 

i suppose the fact that they specifically went out of their way (and against the norm) to visit while obama was still in office (although he had something to do with it too, iirc) is better than most MLB teams probably would've done, but yeah, that second visit still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

 

for me it isn't really a political issue (in other words, i wouldn't care with literally any other president) so much as a trump is a terrible monstrous buffoon issue. nobody should visit him. the absurdity of everything coming from that administration on a near daily basis is almost beyond my comprehension.

[Sammy Sofa]

Never forget (or forgive) that the Cubs opted to visit the Trump WH for NO horsefeathering REASON SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY SHOWN UP AFTER WINNING THE WS as we hear all of the brouhaha over the Eagles (the horsefeathering EAGLES) being awesome and not going.

 

 

i suppose the fact that they specifically went out of their way (and against the norm) to visit while obama was still in office (although he had something to do with it too, iirc) is better than most MLB teams probably would've done, but yeah, that second visit still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

 

for me it isn't really a political issue (in other words, i wouldn't care with literally any other president) so much as a trump is a terrible monstrous buffoon issue. nobody should visit him. the absurdity of everything coming from that administration on a near daily basis is almost beyond my comprehension.

 

Yeah. Like, I get that the Astros still went*; I get why any team would up sending some kind of representation for a WH visit regardless of who is in office (though I would prefer as many people opting out as possible just for basic human decency). The unforgivable part to me is that the Cubs got their WH visit and then inexplicably went back a second time.

 

*Jose Altuve FTW:

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

if only there wasn't some incredibly dumb political controversy in baseball, then Carl going to see dinosaur museums instead of visiting the Trump WH could've gotten a similar response as the Eagles.

[Sammy Sofa]

[Cubswin11]

It's Russell's left, middle finger apparently

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

"Russell's knuckle" sounds FILTHY.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Never forget (or forgive) that the Cubs opted to visit the Trump WH for NO horsefeathering REASON SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY SHOWN UP AFTER WINNING THE WS as we hear all of the brouhaha over the Eagles (the horsefeathering EAGLES) being awesome and not going.

 

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[PackLandVA]

I would be thrilled if the Cubs visited the WH the next three winters.

[Banedon]

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

[Cubswin11]

I’m hoping he can be a bullpen option around August +/- a few weeks and obviously a potential playoff contributor

[CubmanPi]

Tuesday's 6-1 loss was only the 6th loss this year by 4 or more runs, compared to 19 wins by 4 or more.

Over the last calendar month, RD is at +70. (In the same time frame, Yankees are +25, Astros are +55, Red Sox are +35)

[Sammys Boombox]

Tuesday's 6-1 loss was only the 6th loss this year by 4 or more runs, compared to 19 wins by 4 or more.

Over the last calendar month, RD is at +70. (In the same time frame, Yankees are +25, Astros are +55, Red Sox are +35)

 

28-16 their last 44 games with a 5-game losing streak in the middle. Should have won at least 2 of the games in that losing streak.

 

The only unsustainable thing I see during that stretch is the relatively low amount of runs allowed by Chatwood. He’s got to find a way to get his walk rate cut at least in half.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

More Smyly updates:

 

[javy knows my name]

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Doubt it. I think he'll probably ground out weakly

[Bobson Dugnutt]

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i know there's still a likely lengthy minor league rehab stint to come, but i thought smyly's target return date was late august. if he's already throwing bp, can we expect him earlier than that? it'd be nice to add him to the list of potential chatwood replacements sometime soon.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[CubinNY]

Their Pythagorean record is 31-17. I am very confident in this team, but damn, it would be nice to go on a 15-5, twenty game stretch. I think they have to get another starter (or 2, if Darvish is dead).

So let it be written, so let in be done. 10-2 is a nice start

[David]

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[Bobson Dugnutt]

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lmao

[woodchip2153]

It's looking like Montgomery is forcing his way into the starting rotation. TT is driving the bandwagon, but I'm definitely on board.

 

The Cubs will probably want to watch his innings closely. Last year, he pitched 130 innings, so I would think a 20% increase to 150 innings is probably a fair limit for this year. He has already pitched 43 innings. With 100 games left in the year, if he started every 5th game, he would start 20 more games this year, which would put him at about 160 innings for the regular season.

 

We need to keep him fresh for the postseason and beyond, so I would think letting him throw 160 innings during the regular season would be risking fatigue or worse. How do the Cubs limit his innings? They could switch to a six man rotation when Darvish returns, but this would only reduce about 3 starts from his work load. They could also limit him to about 80 pitches per start so he would only pitche about 5 innings per start. That would get his innings to about 125, which would keep him available for the postseason. However with Chatwood as one of the other 6 in the rotation, having 2 pitchers in the rotation that can only be expected to go 5 innings could burn out the bullpen. Fortunately the depth for the bullpen has been incredible, but overuse is still a legitimate concern.

 

Is there another solution, I'm not thinking of? Could they do a modified piggy back thing with some of the arms?

 

Are there too many variables, so there's no perfect answer, and I've already put too much thought into this? Most definitely, but I'm bored at work and need to do something to pass the time.

[Cubswin11]

Assuming no other injuries I’d say I’m almost certain Monty will be back in his swing man role once Darvish is back. That’s where he’s most valuable. We have some long stretches of games in the 2nd half (and a double header or two) so it wouldn’t surprise me to see him get some more starts when the rotation is at full health to get everyone an extra day of rest or out of necessity for the DH’s.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

130 to 160 innings isn't that obnoxious a jump either, and Montgomery has slim odds of significant postseason innings. I don't think managing his workload, even in an optimistic case where he locks down a rotation spot for the rest of the year, is a big need.

[woodchip2153]

Assuming no other injuries I’d say I’m almost certain Monty will be back in his swing man role once Darvish is back. That’s where he’s most valuable. We have some long stretches of games in the 2nd half (and a double header or two) so it wouldn’t surprise me to see him get some more starts when the rotation is at full health to get everyone an extra day of rest or out of necessity for the DH’s.

 

I'm afraid you're right, that he will probably go back to being a swing man. I don't agree that he's more valuable in that role though. I haven't looked at the numbers but he doesn't usually pitch in high leverage situations as a reliever, his stuff also doesn't seem to play up that much out of the pen versus starting, so I think he provides more value as a starter.