7/25 Cubs (Arrieta) @ White Sox (Gonzalez) 7:10 PM CT ABC7/670

[UMFan83]

You are the worst hitter ever Heyward

[David]

i think i hate heyward

[Irrelevant Dude]

[expletive] Heyward. It is a good thing he runs well.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

It's more concerning to me when the staff ace fails to pitch past the 6th inning in 6 of his last 7 starts than the offense having a bad game.

 

Objectively, he's been better over the last three, though. He's only walked 4 guys in these past three games. He hadn't given up that few in a three-game stretch since his first three starts of the season. That's been his major problem. His control. He's been beat bad by the long ball in two of these last three, though. That hasn't really been a problem for him at all until recently. I'll be more concerned if that trend continues. But. he's corrected his original issues.

 

wouldn't that really just perfectly align with the narrative about his struggles, though? 2015 and early 2016 jake succeeded by getting hitters to swing at pitches out of the zone. the hitters finally quit swinging and jake thus walked too many to succeed. then jake reacted by throwing more strikes, and as such gave up more hard contact.

 

I think the hitters quit swinging because his pitches were shitty. He wasn't able to get them to swing because his pitches never looked like strikes. He was missing low too often, way low. And he just wasn't fooling guys. If you look at his last two games, hitters have been swinging more against him, but the gains have been because they are swinging more at pitches out of the zone, which they had all but stopped doing. His swinging strike % has been up the last few games, too. I don't think he is easier to hit now.

 

I'm encouraged, and think the homers are a blip on the radar.

[TMan92]

My god he hits to the same place every horsefeathering time

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Yeah time to try to steal with J-Hey.

[Andy]

And real Heyward is back

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Oh wait. We're down by 2.

[Andy]

My god he hits to the same place every [expletive] time

I'm honestly waiting for someone to put 5 fielders between 1st and 2nd or something silly like that

[David]

oh wow big borderline call

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Come on, Miggy, you haven't been dog horsefeathers tonight, for once. Make it the Montero Game.

[David]

how about a nice oppo vintage miggy dong

[Bryants Disco Ball]

$20 to the board if we dong here and win. Edited July 26, 2016 by Bryant's Disco Ball

[Cubswin11]

Maybe Heyward should try hitting right-handed

[soccer10k]

KB will bat in the ninth (assuming we don't do something dumb and get picked off).

[treebird]

I think the hitters quit swinging because his pitches were [expletive]. He wasn't able to get them to swing because his pitches never looked like strikes. He was missing low too often, way low. And he just wasn't fooling guys. If you look at his last two games, hitters have been swinging more against him, but the gains have been because they are swinging more at pitches out of the zone, which they had all but stopped doing. His swinging strike % has been up the last few games, too. I don't think he is easier to hit now.

 

I'm encouraged, and think the homers are a blip on the radar.

 

that certainly makes me feel better. thanks.

[TMan92]

Now that Montero is up with guys on he won't do horsefeathers

[UMFan83]

Worst case we are guaranteed another Bryant ab

[Transmogrified Tiger]

oh that 1-1 pitch was one to drive to LCF

[UMFan83]

Hitting with RISP

[TMan92]

Tattoos and meth for everybody!

[TruffleShuffle]

9 LOB, 2 runs.

[Andy]

I'm guessing our BaseRuns or whatever measures sequencing luck has us in the top 3 unluckiest teams in baseball. Seems like we get this horsefeathers 3 times a week

[Cubbie Swagger]

MELKY CABRERA IS 31?!?!?!

[David]

i'm legit annoyed right now that this should be a 1 run game right now if melky cabrera didn't somehow acquire a tanooki suit and rob a home run