5/14 Bucs (Locke) @ Cubs (Jake), 1:20 CDT, ABC7

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Yay

 

Maybe we'll quit whining about fly outs in the third inning, next time? Oh who am I kidding?

[Brian]

it is impossible to pick a favorite hitter on this team

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Can't wait for Arrieta to get ejected next inning because of this idiotic warning. Shades of Rondon last year.

[David]

Russell would be a cool candidate to sign to an extension after this season where we buy out a few years of free agency.

 

I'm not saying Scott Boras doesn't do early team friendly extensions to buy out free agency but

[ScrubMD]

so maybe Addi is a 6-win guy already this season

 

When I said he would be our best player by 2018, I may have been off by a couple years.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 12-4 (.750) when they get hit by a a pitch.... 14-4 (.778) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[UMFan83]

how sick must Pirate fans be of Locke by now? He has 88 (!) starts for them since 2013.

 

He's the kind of guy you call an innings eater because you don't have anything nice to say about him

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Make it a run differential game.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 23-7 (.767) when they draw 3 or more walks.... 3-1 (.750) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Yay!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Russell would be a cool candidate to sign to an extension after this season where we buy out a few years of free agency.

 

Would be cool but Boras is his agent so it certainly won't be easy.

[David]

teehehehee

[Guancous]

Addison Russell

 

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[Bryants Disco Ball]

Russell would be a cool candidate to sign to an extension after this season where we buy out a few years of free agency.

 

I'm not saying Scott Boras doesn't do early team friendly extensions to buy out free agency but

 

horsefeathers. I didn't know he was his agent. horsefeathers.

[David]

so maybe Addi is a 6-win guy already this season

 

When I said he would be our best player by 2018, I may have been off by a couple years.

 

He won't be, but that's not his fault

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 19-0 (1.000) when they score 6 runs or more.... 7-8 (.467) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[BrockLanders]

how sick must Pirate fans be of Locke by now? He has 88 (!) starts for them since 2013.

 

Imagine how infuriated their fans must be to watch Locke every fifth day while Glasnow remains in AAA.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Grand dong time.

[David]

this is tantalizingly tasty run differential stuff

[Gilby]

It's sort of a shock to my system to watch Soler and Russell hit back-to-back in the lineup. The huge, constant disappointment that is Jorge Soler, to Russell, maybe the most underrated player in the MLB and best SS in the NL.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 22-6 (.786) when they draw 4 or more walks.... 4-2 (.667) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[David]

sigh

[Hunter]

Think of the runs!

[ScrubMD]

so maybe Addi is a 6-win guy already this season

 

When I said he would be our best player by 2018, I may have been off by a couple years.

 

He won't be, but that's not his fault

 

With his improved discipline, if the power keeps up, it will be a good race between him, Bryant, Rizzo, Heyward, and Arrieta.

[Fred Hornkohl]

P/PA through 6 inning(s)....

 

CUBS: 3.74

Pirates 3.65

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!