7/20 - Mets (High Karate Colon) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 1:20 CDT ESPN (out-of-market), ABC 7

[Schwarber Fan]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Edwards since his debut: 11 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 11/3 K/BB, 0 HR

[David]

it's funny how rubio and sharma seem to go out of their way to try to back up the hendricks hype truck since they were never very high on him

 

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[sneakypower]

Playoffs start today, does Hendricks get the game 3 start?

on such short rest after starting G1?

[sneakypower]

it's funny how rubio and sharma seem to go out of their way to try to back up the hendricks hype truck since they were never very high on him

 

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...as evidenced by his dog horsefeathers 3.33 FIP

[minnesotacubsfan]

can anyone describe the javy play?

 

 

He ran into the rolled up tarp and said "IM DEAD" and we all cried and then he popped up and said "JUST KIDDING I JUST BLEW OUT MY KNEE" and then we cheered but thought ONOZ and he ran back to his position like nothing ducking happened

 

 

Oh, he caught the ball

Edited July 20, 2016 by minnesotacubsfan

[David]

it's funny how rubio and sharma seem to go out of their way to try to back up the hendricks hype truck since they were never very high on him

 

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...as evidenced by his dog [expletive] 3.33 FIP

 

lol yep

[JonJayCutler]

On his own team he's out-pitching two Cy Young caliber guys and two solid veterans. BUT DEFENSE GUYS!

[BigSlick]

Up to the minute

 

http://i.imgur.com/gLjgysc.jpg

 

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/02/shocked.gif

Why is his WAR so much lower?

 

Oh is it based on FIP?

[David]

On his own team he's out-pitching two Cy Young caliber guys and two solid veterans. BUT DEFENSE GUYS!

 

Let's not go crazy here. He's not out-pitching Arrieta and Lester. ERA isn't everything.

[Cubswin11]

Playoffs start today, does Hendricks get the game 3 start?

He should but Lackey's veteran, grit probably gets the start

[David]

Up to the minute

 

http://i.imgur.com/gLjgysc.jpg

 

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/02/shocked.gif

Why is his WAR so much lower?

 

Oh is it based on FIP?

 

no idea what kind of witchcraft the ESPN WAR numbers are based on

[stitchface]

it's funny how rubio and sharma seem to go out of their way to try to back up the hendricks hype truck since they were never very high on him

 

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...as evidenced by his dog [expletive] 3.33 FIP

 

 

Which is exactly Sharma's point . . . I have no idea why this bothers people. The Cubs defense is really good. It helps the pitchers.

[David]

it's funny how rubio and sharma seem to go out of their way to try to back up the hendricks hype truck since they were never very high on him

 

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...as evidenced by his dog [expletive] 3.33 FIP

 

 

Which is exactly Sharma's point . . . I have no idea why this bothers people. The Cubs defense is really good. It helps the pitchers.

 

What? How is that exactly Sharma's point? It's literally the opposite. It proves Sharma's "point" to be silly.

Edited July 20, 2016 by David

[BigSlick]

I can't believe Clayton Kershaw still hasn't registered double digit walks this year

 

What an alien that has taken pitching form

[David]

I can't believe Clayton Kershaw still hasn't registered double digit walks this year

 

What an alien that has taken pitching form

 

He probably won't all year.

[Andy]

The Cubs defense isn't somehow better when Hendricks pitches than it is when any of the other 4 guys pitch, which I think is why that comment seems a bit off.

[stitchface]

...as evidenced by his dog [expletive] 3.33 FIP

 

 

Which is exactly Sharma's point . . . I have no idea why this bothers people. The Cubs defense is really good. It helps the pitchers.

 

What? How is that exactly Sharma's point? It's literally the opposite. It proves Sharma's "point" to be silly.

 

How? Sharma says he is made better by the defense. His FIP exhibits that relative to his ERA. Pretty simple stuff. He even says he is good pitcher - seems fair for that FIP.

[David]

The Cubs defense isn't somehow better when Hendricks pitches than it is when any of the other 4 guys pitch, which I think is why that comment seems a bit off.

 

no, that's not why...he's saying hendricks is more defense reliant than the others.

[raw]

2nd straight day the starting pitcher is pulled while dominating and under 90 pitches.

 

Completely fine with that.

[philosophizer75]

I'd give hendricks the third start come playoffs. He is consistent as all get out, and he is consistently good.

[stitchface]

The Cubs defense isn't somehow better when Hendricks pitches than it is when any of the other 4 guys pitch, which I think is why that comment seems a bit off.

 

no, that's not why...he's saying hendricks is more defense reliant than the others.

 

 

well, it is excepting Hammel.

[David]

 

 

Which is exactly Sharma's point . . . I have no idea why this bothers people. The Cubs defense is really good. It helps the pitchers.

 

What? How is that exactly Sharma's point? It's literally the opposite. It proves Sharma's "point" to be silly.

 

How? Sharma says he is made better by the defense. His FIP exhibits that relative to his ERA. Pretty simple stuff. He even says he is good pitcher - seems fair for that FIP.

 

well, let's go back to andy's point then...the entire staff aside from Lackey has a pretty major FIP to ERA differential.

[David]

by the way, nowhere did i state that hendricks doesn't rely on his defense and isn't helped by a great one. that wasn't the point at all. the point was exactly what i said in the original post.

[UMFan83]

it's funny how rubio and sharma seem to go out of their way to try to back up the hendricks hype truck since they were never very high on him

 

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...as evidenced by his dog [expletive] 3.33 FIP

 

His xFIP is around 3.87 going into today, but that's still 35th in baseball, not exactly a slouch, and given the weak contact he induces he's probably always going to be an outlier, or am I understanding it incorrectly?