5/3 Cubs (Jake) @ Pirates (Niese) - 6:05 CST - MLBN/WPWR

[David]

The Cubs must be getting good because I am into power rankings and offense at being slighted by them again.

 

But seriously, this one is math based right?

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi

 

The Cubs are 3rd behind the 2nd place White Sox (RD +25, SOS slightly better, expected WL would put them 4 GB Cubs) and.....the 15-11 Philadelphia Phillies with a run differential of -23, expected WL of 10-16, and 15-11 overall record after getting smashed by the Cardinals last night.

 

I already made fun of it in general baseball.

 

run differential isn't a factor at all in the actual RPI ranking (even though they show run differential), i'm almost positive. it's just based on who you beat and the phillies just swept the nationals a few days ago.

 

edit - i worded that poorly. not who you beat, but who you've played. the phillies have a good record and have played a bunch of games against good teams like the nationals and the stupid mets.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It is difficult for me to think of too many things I care less about than power rankings.

 

If we're looking at fake standings, Fangraphs now projects we win the division by 14 games.

[BigSlick]

Is +83 good? It really is crazy how many of the regulars are still under performing and they're still wrecking the league right now.

There really aren't any underperformers right now though, aside from Heyward. Rizzo, Bryant, Zobrist and Russell are giving us what you could reasonably expect. Fowler, Ross, Sczcur and La Stella and several of the starters are probably *exceeding* expectations.

 

Having no Schwarber sucks but the combined effort by the bench to fill in for him has been probably just as good as what he'd have pitched in. (Maybe better, which is probably not sustainable over the course of a season, but the same can be said for Heyward's production at the plate).

[Banedon]

So, Joe said on the radio that he didn't think Szczur's thing was bad, and said he didn't know anything about it yet, and wouldn't till he got to the ballpark.

[javy knows my name]

Oh yeah, forgot you guys live in backwards-time.

 

 

Actually EST is the same as CDT so you were right

 

THANK YOU

[Omar]

WPWR?

 

lets call it by its true name, UPN

[David]

i grew up watching cartoons and saved by the bell (i THINK...this is like 1992-93 i'm talking about) after school on WPWR

 

a friend of mine once won the huffy bike they gave out if you were the 50th caller to 591-5050

[Omar]

i had a beautiful red huffy bike when i was 7

 

then someone stole it

[fallacy]

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Any lineup with Baez starting makes me happy

[Omar]

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[Omar]

The Cubs must be getting good because I am into power rankings and offense at being slighted by them again.

 

But seriously, this one is math based right?

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi

 

The Cubs are 3rd behind the 2nd place White Sox (RD +25, SOS slightly better, expected WL would put them 4 GB Cubs) and.....the 15-11 Philadelphia Phillies with a run differential of -23, expected WL of 10-16, and 15-11 overall record after getting smashed by the Cardinals last night.

 

"+The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage, 50% opponents' average winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage."

[UMFan83]

The Cubs must be getting good because I am into power rankings and offense at being slighted by them again.

 

But seriously, this one is math based right?

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi

 

The Cubs are 3rd behind the 2nd place White Sox (RD +25, SOS slightly better, expected WL would put them 4 GB Cubs) and.....the 15-11 Philadelphia Phillies with a run differential of -23, expected WL of 10-16, and 15-11 overall record after getting smashed by the Cardinals last night.

 

"+The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage, 50% opponents' average winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage."

 

Reading is tough for me, thanks

[Andy]

Niese is just the guy to awaken Soler's dong-rage.

[David]

no marte partay?

[MWV]

no marte partay?

I presume Marte's absence is due to Joyce being 7/14 w/ 1 HR and 2 BB vs. Arrieta.

[bcl412]

no marte partay?

I presume Marte's absence is due to Joyce being 7/14 w/ 1 HR and 2 BB vs. Arrieta.

That must be pre-super Arrieta so it doesn't count.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Every day that I see that Baez is starting, I head to my daily fantasy sites and put in a line up with him on it.

[Dfan25]

Well now that we know about Heyward having a wrist issue since the Arizona series i wouldnt have a problem with him going to the 15 DL and make sure that wrist is as close to a 100 percent as possible. Call someone from the 40 man roster up to take his place. They can survive 2 weeks without him. There is some talk of him playing tomorrow i am not sure that is a good idea.

[Omar]

Every day that I see that Baez is starting, I head to my daily fantasy sites and put in a line up with him on it.

 

Bad move. The real cash cow tonight sits in Federowicz.

[Brian]

we will be getting a gander at JB dong tonight.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Every day that I see that Baez is starting, I head to my daily fantasy sites and put in a line up with him on it.

 

Bad move. The real cash cow tonight sits in Federowicz.

I actually have him in my lineup too, so I can have enough to splurge on Jake.

Edit: I've been playing on Yahoo lately. Baez is nearly the same price as Federo there...

[Gilby]

Man, it was a really bad idea for the Pirates to lose last night with Cole pitching. This lead could turn into 6 games very quickly.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's weird how many comments I see from meatballs thinking any Cub getting beaned is righteous retaliation for what happened to Kang. I mean, I know meatballs are going to meatball, but even by their dumb standards how long is this supposed to go on for? We've seen multiple Cubs players beaned by the Pirates, plus I don't get the whole vendetta theory thing. Yeah, I'd have been pissed if a player on my team when out like that, but hell, Coghlan's not even on the team anymore. I remember half-jokingly being pissed at Furcal when he fucked up Lee's wrist, but it's not like I was hoping the Cubs would ever seek out payback or something against him. Edited May 3, 2016 by Sammy Sofa

[UMFan83]

I have to say, Jake is way too good to be pitching on WPWR

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's weird how many comments I see from meatballs thinking any Cubs getting beaned is righteous retaliation for what happened to Kang. I mean, I know meatballs are going to meatball, but even by their dumb standards how long is this supposed to go on for? We've seen multiple Cubs players beaned by the Pirates, plus I don't the whole vendetta thing. Yeah, I'd have been pissed if a player on my team when out like that, but hell, Coghlan's not even on the team anymore. I remember half-jokingly being pissed at Furcal when he [expletive] up Lee's wrist, but it's not like I was hoping the Cubs would ever seek out payback or something against him.

 

It doesn't make any sense. Kang got hurt in the top of the first inning of that game, and no Cubs were hit afterward, intentional or otherwise. The idea that they stewed on the injury and then unleashed their fury in the 7th inning of their next meeting(after they had already hit Russell on accident) is more than hard to imagine. They were salty that they got beat(with their ace on the hill, and by the team ahead of them that ended their season last year) and probably annoyed that Marte was banged up(by getting hit for the league leading 6th time already), so they threw at Zobrist to retaliate. It was dumb and they are dumb for doing it.