9/11 (BOOOOOOO) Cubs (Arrieta) @ Astros (Fiers) 7:05 ESPN

[Ski]

Nice.

[KingCubsFan]

 

Lester

Arrieta

Hendricks

Lackey

 

Hendricks has a 1.21 era at home and 3.09 on the road. Pitch him in game 2.

 

 

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shouldn't be deciding the playoff rotation based on home/road ERA splits

Eh, I'd usually agree with you but Hendricks is a guy who seems tied to his routine and there was an article the other day where he talked about how it's much easier for him to go through his pre-game routine at Wrigley. I have no problem having him go Game 1 or Game 2 to get him the start at home.

[Ski]

I wonder if Jake's late inning issues are entirely mental or tied to his mechanics somehow. It seems that he gets much more flustered and tries to do too much when he's in a bind this season compared to last season.

[OleMissCub]

This pitcher looks like he needs to be pitching against Gehrig or something

[David]

 

Hendricks has a 1.21 era at home and 3.09 on the road. Pitch him in game 2.

 

 

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shouldn't be deciding the playoff rotation based on home/road ERA splits

Eh, I'd usually agree with you but Hendricks is a guy who seems tied to his routine and there was an article the other day where he talked about how it's much easier for him to go through his pre-game routine at Wrigley. I have no problem having him go Game 1 or Game 2 to get him the start at home.

 

that's probably him just giving the media an answer to explain away the splits because they asked him about them

 

to me the split is more likely than anything to be a coincidence and using it to decide the rotation in the playoffs makes about as much sense to me as wanting to move bryant down the order last year on the road would've.

[stitchface]

What an annoying inning.

 

 

I was as annoyed by the lets go astros chant as the announcers were amazed by it. in houston.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If you had asked me to guess Cahill's ERA before seeing that graphic I would've been off by at least a run.

[David]

If you had asked me to guess Cahill's ERA before seeing that graphic I would've been off by at least a run.

 

same

[17 Seconds]

wait, is the espn sunday night crew actually good?

[David]

the offense has really looked like horsefeathers since they scored their 9th run

[Derwood]

wait, is the espn sunday night crew actually good?

 

Mendoza>>>>>>>>>>Schilling

 

and

 

Boone>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kruk

 

so...maybe?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

the offense has really looked like [expletive] since they scored their 9th run

 

"Cubs offense fails to score in final 5 innings, could haunt them come playoffs" writes Rogers

[CubInOK]

Marisnick missed that catch in the 2nd.

[17 Seconds]

wait, is the espn sunday night crew actually good?

 

Mendoza>>>>>>>>>>Schilling

 

and

 

Boone>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kruk

 

so...maybe?

 

well they're definitely a massive improvement over what they had, but i think they might actually just be really good.

[CubInOK]

Please no Zastryzny or Wood for the playoffs.

[David]

the bullpen picture isn't really going to be all that complicated

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Cahill going 2 innings in relief is a pretty implicit slap in the face by Maddon

 

"Yeah we have about 7 good relievers to throw at you but we don't really need to dig into that tonight"

[Brian]

the bullpen picture isn't really going to be all that complicated

 

The second part of Len's tweet here, nails it

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LenKasper/status/775024701865242624[/tweet]

 

They have to talk about something, especially in a once again not very interesting game.

 

The only real decision Joe may have trouble with is if Hammel get's a pen spot or is left off the roster.

[David]

haha, i like this guy.

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mqmoody/status/775166783883976704[/tweet]

[Brian]

Mendoza not knowing Rizzo on bended knee is commonplace

[Sammys Boombox]

Soler K Zone in full effect tonight. Wow.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

the bullpen picture isn't really going to be all that complicated

 

If they like Montgomery as a lefty reliever and they don't want a 3rd lefty, then I think it's relatively straight forward: Chapman, Rondon, Strop, Edwards, Grimm, Hammel, Montgomery

 

If they like Wood better or they need a 3rd lefty for their opponent, the decisions are less clear cut.

[Schwarber Fan]

Man, Jorge just continues to get screwed on borderline strikes.

[Schwarber Fan]

the bullpen picture isn't really going to be all that complicated

 

If they like Montgomery as a lefty reliever and they don't want a 3rd lefty, then I think it's relatively straight forward: Chapman, Rondon, Strop, Edwards, Grimm, Hammel, Montgomery

 

If they like Wood better or they need a 3rd lefty for their opponent, the decisions are less clear cut.

 

Give me Cahill over Hammel.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

the bullpen picture isn't really going to be all that complicated

 

If they like Montgomery as a lefty reliever and they don't want a 3rd lefty, then I think it's relatively straight forward: Chapman, Rondon, Strop, Edwards, Grimm, Hammel, Montgomery

 

If they like Wood better or they need a 3rd lefty for their opponent, the decisions are less clear cut.

 

Give me Cahill over Hammel.

 

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