General Cubs Chit-Chat

[We Got The Whole 9]

The 2016 Cubs set a lot of offensive franchise records last year, highest walk rate, highest fWAR, but the scoring of 808 runs was just 8th all time for the franchise in the World Series era.

 

This year's team is currently averaging 5.42 runs per game. At a whole season, that would project to 878 runs for the season, just 3rd all time.

 

To set the record, the Cubs would have to surpass 998 runs scored, set by the 1930 Cubs, which is the same year everybody scored a stupid amount of runs (Yankees and Cards each cleared 1000 and 6 teams cleared 900). In order to score 1000 runs for the season, the Cubs would have to average scoring just over 6.17 runs per game.

 

This is the expectation I have for the offense.

This is me, too. My expectations for the offense are pretty much blast everybody into oblivion every night and I get too down when they hit the valleys.

 

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[David]

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[David]

Not sure if I should've posted this here or in the Sports Media thread, but I happened to have Mully and Hanley on today when they brought on Gordo, and it was hilariously negative. Hanley was doom bonering over people stealing bases all year on Lester (which, to be fair, Gordo shot down) and was talking about how they lost last night because of lack of "clutch hitting" (which, well, FINE, whatever, if you want to say that about a game they scored 5 runs in, that's probably the game). It was just hilariously bizarre to me about a team coming off like 6 wins in their last 8 games and that has lost one series all year.

[champaignchris]

To set the record, the Cubs would have to surpass 998 runs scored, set by the 1930 Cubs, which is the same year everybody scored a stupid amount of runs...

 

I've long been completely fascinated by those Cubs teams of the late 20s and early 30s.

 

Four HoFers in Hartnett, Kuyler, Hack Wilson, and Hornsby. Plus some really good all-star caliber players in Charlie Grimm,Woody English and Riggs Stevenson. Two very good starting pitchers in Charlie Root and Pat Malone. As that crew started to age out, they were able to bring up more great players like Billy Herman (HoF), Stan Hack and Lon Warneke.

 

They really should have won a World Series (got to two, were victims of Babe's called shot in '32), but could never seem to get their three best players - Hornsby, Hartnett and Wilson - on the field at the same time due to health and sobriety.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Not sure if I should've posted this here or in the Sports Media thread, but I happened to have Mully and Hanley on today when they brought on Gordo, and it was hilariously negative. Hanley was doom bonering over people stealing bases all year on Lester (which, to be fair, Gordo shot down) and was talking about how they lost last night because of lack of "clutch hitting" (which, well, FINE, whatever, if you want to say that about a game they scored 5 runs in, that's probably the game). It was just hilariously bizarre to me about a team coming off like 6 wins in their last 8 games and that has lost one series all year.

 

Nobody has stolen a base off Lester since Opening Night. Base runners have been successful on 2 of 6 attempts on the year against him. That's some serious doom bonery.

[Sammy Sofa]

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I hope they weren't planning on going public, what with the whole 18th in dongs and all.

[David]

Not sure if I should've posted this here or in the Sports Media thread, but I happened to have Mully and Hanley on today when they brought on Gordo, and it was hilariously negative. Hanley was doom bonering over people stealing bases all year on Lester (which, to be fair, Gordo shot down) and was talking about how they lost last night because of lack of "clutch hitting" (which, well, FINE, whatever, if you want to say that about a game they scored 5 runs in, that's probably the game). It was just hilariously bizarre to me about a team coming off like 6 wins in their last 8 games and that has lost one series all year.

 

Nobody has stolen a base off Lester since Opening Night. Base runners have been successful on 2 of 6 attempts on the year against him. That's some serious doom bonery.

 

Almost forgot, they were doom bonering about our defense too because of errors and one of them was saying (i think gordo) how schwarber's defense brings down the whole group a lot. lol.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Not sure if I should've posted this here or in the Sports Media thread, but I happened to have Mully and Hanley on today when they brought on Gordo, and it was hilariously negative. Hanley was doom bonering over people stealing bases all year on Lester (which, to be fair, Gordo shot down) and was talking about how they lost last night because of lack of "clutch hitting" (which, well, FINE, whatever, if you want to say that about a game they scored 5 runs in, that's probably the game). It was just hilariously bizarre to me about a team coming off like 6 wins in their last 8 games and that has lost one series all year.

 

Nobody has stolen a base off Lester since Opening Night. Base runners have been successful on 2 of 6 attempts on the year against him. That's some serious doom bonery.

 

Almost forgot, they were doom bonering about our defense too because of errors and one of them was saying (i think gordo) how schwarber's defense brings down the whole group a lot. lol.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

The guy who played the most innings in LF for us last year, Soler, has been worth -12 DRS in 173 career starts in the outfield. For 24 games, we also started Chris Coghlan, he of the -42 DRS in his career in the outfield. And we also started this year's starting catcher for 21 games out there. Coghlan and Soler also saw time in RF.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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I hope they weren't planning on going public, what with the whole 18th in dongs and all.

they decided to include foul balls this year

[Sammy Sofa]

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I hope they weren't planning on going public, what with the whole 18th in dongs and all.

they decided to include foul balls this year

 

Man, that's still not going to help Baez hit his quota.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

For an extra $50, Addi will throw a bat at you.

[Omar]

Bryzzo Souvenir Company ® has unethical practices.

 

What they don't show you in these commercials is that they literally pry the home run/foul balls from the hands of young and innocent ballgame goers in order to get inventory.

 

Anyone who supports this company is an enabler.

[jersey cubs fan]

Bryzzo Souvenir Company ® has unethical practices.

 

What they don't show you in these commercials is that they literally pry the home run/foul balls from the hands of young and innocent ballgame goers in order to get inventory.

 

Anyone who supports this company is an enabler.

Any kid who gets a free hr ball is literally receiving a non-participation trophy.

 

Screw 'em

[Clem Fandango]

Bryzzo Souvenir Company ® has unethical practices.

 

What they don't show you in these commercials is that they literally pry the home run/foul balls from the hands of young and innocent ballgame goers in order to get inventory.

 

Anyone who supports this company is an enabler.

 

David Ross is willing to work there for free so you know they must be a bunch of monsters.

[soccer10k]

Bryzzo Souvenir Company ® has unethical practices.

 

What they don't show you in these commercials is that they literally pry the home run/foul balls from the hands of young and innocent ballgame goers in order to get inventory.

 

Anyone who supports this company is an enabler.

 

David Ross is willing to work there for free so you know they must be a bunch of monsters.

 

They were good people until they hired Ross. His bad influence probably turned them into monsters.

[David]

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I forgot who said it (I think it was mikey) in a game thread the other day, but looks like he might've been right about bosio's absence

[Sammy Sofa]

Good. It was some petty bull horsefeathers to insinuate. Bad enough you've already got a schmuck like Lackey out there doing the same.

[David]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eddie-vedder-covers-talking-heads-the-who-at-boston-benefit-w479648

 

Len, Gammons, and Theo play on keep on rockin in the free world...not sure if any others.

 

[UMFan83]

Good. It was some petty bull horsefeathers to insinuate. Bad enough you've already got a schmuck like Lackey out there doing the same.

 

I agree but selfishly I don't want to do anything to give Bosio any desire to leave the Cubs.

[UMFan83]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eddie-vedder-covers-talking-heads-the-who-at-boston-benefit-w479648

 

Len, Gammons, and Theo play on keep on rockin in the free world...not sure if any others.

 

 

Theo has certainly got a good life going for him.

[Clem Fandango]

Opponents scoring first inning runs...

 

[mikeyt34]

Good. It was some petty bull horsefeathers to insinuate. Bad enough you've already got a schmuck like Lackey out there doing the same.

 

I agree but selfishly I don't want to do anything to give Bosio any desire to leave the Cubs.

 

Same, I don't want him going anywhere. I think it's pretty obvious that Theo and Jed suspended Bosio but kept it quiet. Making it public would have just brought more attention to the subject so I think they handled it well. You would hope Bosio got the message and gets back to work soon.

[David]

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[UMFan83]

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

 

I'm pretty content overall. There have been some warts but none of them that I expect to last all season. I don't think any of us doubt that they will go on a hot run sooner rather than later. The starting pitching concerns me a little but Hendricks has turned in 2 good performances in a row, Anderson is still healthy, and Jon and Jake have enough of a history to not give me any concern with a slow start (although Arrieta slightly I guess). Also I haven't gotten to Duke's article yet so I'm sure that will reassure me more.

 

None of the hitters that have slow starts are really that concerning to me. Schwarber is too good to struggle for long, Bryant is heating up, Rizzo has been great, Heyward has had a nice start. Contreras and Javy could stand to hit better but we have options even if they don't come around (and Willy hasn't looked bad despite a barley sub-.700 OPS).

 

So yeah, 13-11 isn't 25-6 but considering the amount of mental errors, struggling starting pitching and some slow starts, I'm happy where we are at and don't see any reason why we won't win the division and be a WS favorite again.

[Cubswin11]

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

 

I'm pretty content overall. There have been some warts but none of them that I expect to last all season. I don't think any of us doubt that they will go on a hot run sooner rather than later. The starting pitching concerns me a little but Hendricks has turned in 2 good performances in a row, Anderson is still healthy, and Jon and Jake have enough of a history to not give me any concern with a slow start (although Arrieta slightly I guess). Also I haven't gotten to Duke's article yet so I'm sure that will reassure me more.

 

None of the hitters that have slow starts are really that concerning to me. Schwarber is too good to struggle for long, Bryant is heating up, Rizzo has been great, Heyward has had a nice start. Contreras and Javy could stand to hit better but we have options even if they don't come around (and Willy hasn't looked bad despite a barley sub-.700 OPS).

 

So yeah, 13-11 isn't 25-6 but considering the amount of mental errors, struggling starting pitching and some slow starts, I'm happy where we are at and don't see any reason why we won't win the division and be a WS favorite again.

Yeah I feel mostly good. Starting pitching looks to be getting a little better, the bullpen is elite, the defense is/will be elite, everyone has been and seems pretty healthy. Even though the offense has been a little down here and there they are still taking a lot of walks/working pitchers and most guys underlying stats don't show anything to get overly worried about and in fact most guys are showing they are going to hold their value/are stabilizing and are going to be very good for a long time and are even showing things that they will still get better, other than Javy (which wasn't hard to predict or see coming). Also the rest of the division sucks and other than the Nats so far the rest of the NL looks pretty bad.

Edited May 1, 2017 by Cubswin11