8/18 Brewers (Davies) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 CSC

[beantowncubfan]

The Cubs go for the four game sweep this afternoon, sending Jake out against impressive youngster Zach Davies. Davies, who has won 4 of his last 5 decisions, will surely experience the dongage and the Cubs will get out the brooms.

 

I love day games,they allow me to be a better husband and father (albeit a worse employee).

[Omar]

Brewers v. Arrieta

Name               PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Scooter Gennett    23 23  6  2  0  0   1  0  3  .261  .261  .348  .609  0  0   0   0         0
Ryan Braun         15 12  4  0  0  1   4  3  3  .333  .467  .583 1.050  0  0   0   0         1
Kirk Nieuwenhuis    8  8  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  .125  .125  .125  .250  0  0   0   0         0
Martin Maldonado    7  6  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  .333  .429  .333  .762  0  0   0   0         0
Hernan Perez        7  6  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .429  .333  .762  0  0   1   0         0
Chris Carter        3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jonathan Villar     3  2  2  0  0  0   0  1  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jimmy Nelson        2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Tyler Thornburg     2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Tyler Cravy         1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              71 65 17  2  0  1   5  6 17  .262  .324  .338  .662  0  0   1   0         1
Has not faced: Orlando Arcia, Keon Broxton, Jake Elmore, Ramon Flores and Manny Pina & Has not faced pitchers: Chase Anderson, Blaine Boyer, Zach Davies, Matt Garza, Corey Knebel, Damien Magnifico, Jhan Marinez, Wily Peralta, Rob Scahill and Carlos Torres

 

Cubs v. Davies

Name                PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Kris Bryant          6  6 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .167 .167 .167  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Dexter Fowler        6  6 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo        5  5 1  1  0  0   0  0  2 .200 .200 .400  .600  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez          4  4 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .250 .250 .250  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell      4  3 0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .250 .000  .250  0  0   0   0         0
Willson Contreras    3  2 0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .333 .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist          3  3 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .333 .333 .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Kyle Hendricks       2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward        2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
John Lackey          2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Miguel Montero       2  1 0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .500 .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Jorge Soler          2  2 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .500 .500 .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               41 38 5  1  0  0   0  3  7 .132 .195 .158  .353  0  0   0   0         1
Has not faced: David Ross and Matt Szczur & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill, Aroldis Chapman, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, Jon Lester, Mike Montgomery, Spencer Patton, Hector Rondon and Travis Wood

[Brian707]

I love day games too but that means I will have to watch the Bears tonight without the need to flip the channels back and forth

[Banedon]

No Fowler, but I love everything else about this lineup.

 

[UMFan83]

Willy catching Jake, I like it

[muntjack]

Love it. I'll set the o/u at 4 dongs.

[Cubswin11]

Sweep these fools

[Sammy Sofa]

Ben Zobrist is a very productive hitter, and this is basically just me meatballing, but continually seeing him in the cleanup spot when he hasn't donged since July 9th is kind of driving me a little insane. Especially since there are young, vital dongsmen lurking lower in the lineup. Edited August 18, 2016 by Sammy Sofa

[Old Style]

Contreras catching Arrieta? Is this foreshadowing a playoff roster without Miggy?

[Omar]

Ben Zobrist is a very productive hitter, and this is basically just me meatballing, but continually seeing him in the cleanup spot when he hasn't donged since July 9th is kind of driving me a little insane. Especially since there are young, vital dongsmen lurking lower in the lineup.

 

meh

 

Split          G GS  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+
Batting 1st   20 20  95  81 12 18  3  0  4   5  1  1 14 14 .222 .337  .407  .744 33   3   0  0  0   0   1  .222    79    96
Batting 2nd    2  2   8   7  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  1  2 .286 .375  .429  .804  3   0   0  0  0   0   0  .400    94   111
Batting 3rd   15 15  68  56 11 14  3  0  0   5  1  0  9 10 .250 .358  .304  .662 17   3   1  1  1   0   0  .298    62    65
Batting 4th   28 28 120 102 14 28  8  1  1  15  0  2 15 11 .275 .370  .402  .772 41   4   1  1  1   1   0  .297    87    97
Batting 5th   41 41 174 143 32 45  9  0  7  31  2  1 27 21 .315 .422  .524  .946 75   4   1  1  2   3   3  .325   128   150
Batting 6th    2  2  10   8  2  4  1  0  1   3  0  0  2  0 .500 .600 1.000 1.600  8   0   0  0  0   0   0  .429   281   326
Batting 9th    2  0   3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  1 .000 .333  .000  .333  0   0   0  0  0   0   0  .000   -14    28

[Sammy Sofa]

One would think they would want that juicy OBP in front of Rizzo and Bryant, but what do I know.

[UMFan83]

Ben Zobrist is a very productive hitter, and this is basically just me meatballing, but continually seeing him in the cleanup spot when he hasn't donged since July 9th is kind of driving me a little insane. Especially since there are young, vital dongsmen lurking lower in the lineup.

 

I guess I understand it. I think Joe likes having S, R, L, S in the top 4 so it gives him great match up versitility. Regardless of a LHP or RHP you have 3 of the first 4 hitters in a favorable matchup (and Bryant and Rizzo both have about an .880 OPS against like handed pitchers).

 

There's the contact hitter hitting after the first wave of mashers component of it too but Zobrist has hit 4 SFs this year and grounded into 14 DPs so it probably hasn't been a big benefit there.

 

I do agree that his .385 OBP and ability to have long ABs to make the pitchers work is something you'd like a #2 hitter to have, maybe Joe will move it around before the season is over.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

In addition to Zobrist's contact skills, his patience can really drive up the SP's pitch count if you have one of the previous dongsmiths on base. Also, I think someone alluded that having Bryant hitting 2nd is that they can take advantage of his superior baserunning ahead of Rizzo and Zobrist, while still having his shiny .386 OBP as well.

[Cubswin11]

One would think they would want that juicy OBP in front of Rizzo and Bryant, but what do I know.

Or you'd want juicy OBP in front of the guy who walks or puts the ball in play 85-90% of the time

[Tim]

Also, in many cases you'll be using Zobrist as a table setter for those dongsmiths later in the lineup.

[Sammy Sofa]

One would think they would want that juicy OBP in front of Rizzo and Bryant, but what do I know.

Or you'd want juicy OBP in front of the guy who walks or puts the ball in play 85-90% of the time

 

It's not like it's a BAD thing, but since Joe seems to have moved away from batting someone besides the pitcher 9th as much as he did before, I figured he'd still want more guys on base ahead of Bryant and Rizzo; as good as Addison is, I'm a simple creature and I want many men on base for the dong monsters.

[Omar]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

who was Mooney just talking about? I turned just in time to hear him say something about getting someone back who has missed about 3 seasons from TJS or something.

[mikeyt34]

Hey Guys. Registered a long time ago but never post much. A long time lurker, but decided to enter the fray.

 

Good to see Joe get Jorgie some more at bats against a righties. Argubly our best hitter last post season, so keep him fresh and ready to dong the opposition to death in October.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I like that KB is still hitting, but I need more dongs

[CubInOK]

Maybe Maddon's thoughts on batting Zobrist 4th are that he gets to bat 1st in the 2nd inning if Fowler-Bryant-Rizzo go 1-2-3 in the 1st. (hahahahahah)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

stupid Rizzo hits the ball too hard for KB to score. holy crap, I love those guys

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I love 1st innings with multiple runs!

[Banedon]

Man, the Brewers are reliably terrible.

[Cubswin11]

Russell is really starting to put it together, he's going to be sooo good