04/21 CUBS (Arrieta) @ Cincinnati (Finnegan) 6:10 CDT, CSN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30145.png&w=350&h=254 Jake Arrieta (3-0) ERA = 1.23, WHIP = 1.15

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/33633.png&w=350&h=254 Brandon Finnegan (1-0) ERA = 2.04, WHIP = 1.02

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

 

 

 

Win, lose, or rain, Derwood will be up to bat for Friday's game vs. Cincinnati

[UMFan83]

Not this dude again

[Banedon]

Not this dude again

 

Why do you hate Arrieta?!?!?!?!!!!

[UMFan83]

Not this dude again

 

Why do you hate Arrieta?!?!?!?!!!!

 

I was referring to Fred

 

 

 

 

kidding of course!

[David]

horsefeathering deadbeat derwood missing his turn

[Banedon]

According to ESPN, the Cubs have had the toughest strength of schedule so far.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[expletive] deadbeat derwood missing his turn

let's all take turns beating the horsefeathers out of him

[BigSlick]

According to ESPN, the Cubs have had the toughest strength of schedule so far.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos

Next ten games against Reds, Brewers and Braves. Time to even that out. (As the Reds will have a losing record when we're done with them)

[Omar]

Cubs v. Finnegan

Name              PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jason Heyward      4  4 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Dexter Fowler      3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo      3  2 0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .333 .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross         3  2 1  0  0  0   0  1  1 .500 .667 .500 1.167  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell    3  2 0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .333 .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Jorge Soler        3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist        3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Lester         2  0 0  0  0  0   0  1       0           1.000  1  0   0   0         0
John Lackey        1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur        1  0 0  0  0  0   0  1       0           1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             29 23 1  0  0  0   0  5  5 .043 .214 .043  .258  1  0   0   0         0
Has not faced: Javier Baez, Tommy La Stella and Miguel Montero & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, Kyle Hendricks, Neil Ramirez, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop, Adam Warren and Travis Wood

 

Reds v. Arrieta

Name               PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Billy Hamilton     15 12  3  1  0  0   2  3  3 .250 .400 .333 .733  0  0   0   0         0
Zack Cozart        12 12  4  1  0  0   1  0  4 .333 .333 .417 .750  0  0   0   0         0
Jay Bruce          11 11  2  1  0  0   2  0  6 .182 .182 .273 .455  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Phillips   11 11  4  2  0  0   2  0  0 .364 .364 .545 .909  0  0   0   0         0
Joey Votto          9  8  2  1  0  0   1  1  1 .250 .333 .375 .708  0  0   0   0         0
Devin Mesoraco      7  5  1  0  0  0   1  2  1 .200 .429 .200 .629  0  0   0   0         0
Ross Ohlendorf      2  0  0  0  0  0   1  1       0          1.000  1  0   0   0         0
Tucker Barnhart     1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              68 60 16  6  0  0  10  7 15 .267 .343 .367 .710  1  0   0   0         0
Has not faced: Ivan De Jesus, Adam Duvall, Tyler Holt, Jordan Pacheco, Scott Schebler and Eugenio Suarez & Has not faced pitchers: Tony Cingrani, Caleb Cotham, Brandon Finnegan, J.J. Hoover, Raisel Iglesias, Tim Melville, Jon Moscot, Alfredo Simon, Dan Straily and Blake Wood

[Liam Neeson]

Rain rain go away.

[OleMissCub]

[expletive] deadbeat derwood missing his turn

let's all take turns beating the [expletive] out of him

[Omar]

Reds hit Arrieta better than Cubs hit Finnegan

 

this game is over before it even begins

[Sammys Boombox]

Actual winning percentage is .094 lower than our Pythag. We are so unlucky.

[Sammy Sofa]

[expletive] deadbeat derwood missing his turn

let's all take turns beating the [expletive] out of him

 

And just like that, he's worse than Ryne Ween.

[BigSlick]

Win this one for Prince :(

[Banedon]

All walkup songs tonight across the league should be Prince.

[CubinNY]

Raspberry beret for Soler

[Andy]

Fowler/Heyward/Bryant/Rizzo/Soler/Zobrist/Russell/Ross is the lineup per @MLBLineups

[Schwarber Fan]

Back to back Ross days, yay. Then again, he did break up Finnegan's no-no.

[Omar]

All walkup songs tonight across the league should be Prince.

 

and chyna's entrance music

 

[Cubswin11]

Finnegan is walking over 5 guys per 9 innings, I think we score at least 7 runs tonight Edited April 21, 2016 by Cubswin11

[UMFan83]

So this is the second time in a row where Ross catches Arrieta and Lester back to back right?

 

If you are set on getting Ross 2 out of every 5 starts (and as long as he doesn't look like a complete hack at the plate like last year that's fine), its not a bad plan to match him with your best pitchers (who might need less offense, and who would benefit even more from a very good framer) as well as give him consecutive games instead of sporadic starts.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I'm ok with giving Rossy more opportunities to get bruised up and achy. Maybe we'll get Contreras up early enough to get in on the dong party.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm ok with giving Rossy more opportunities to get bruised up and achy. Maybe we'll get Contreras up early enough to get in on the dong party.

the dong party that better start soon, dammit

[CubInOK]

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