9/15 - Brewers (Nelson) @ Cubs (Montgomery) 7:05 CSN

[ScrubMD]

Boo! I want a pinch hitter.

 

nvrmnd

[UMFan83]

Good time for first MLB hit

[TruffleShuffle]

Montgomery's stuff looked very mediocre tonight

 

they're still trying to find the best role for him. so far the role in which he has look best is "not pitching in the baseball game."

[Brian]

give me a dong

[UMFan83]

Bryant has been slumping the last 10 days or so. That was not a good AB

[TruffleShuffle]

three straight swinging strikes is pretty much the polar opposite of a dong.

[ScrubMD]

Man, Bryant has had some crap AB's lately.

[UMFan83]

The Brewers should know the optimal strategy in this series is to lose today. The Cubs will be hung over tomorrow (except Bryant he will just randomly have a stomach bug) and will probably play a lot of reserves Saturday and Sunday

[bukie]

Montgomery's stuff looked very mediocre tonight

 

they're still trying to find the best role for him. so far the role in which he has look best is "not pitching in the baseball game."

He's largely looked good as a starter, but it's a nice hot take.

[Cubswin11]

He's just not clutch, guys

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I think Montgomery's looked good. He's getting a bunch of swings and misses. He's had a bit of a problem with walking guys since he's come over and he's given up far too many homers. But, he's never really struggled with his control throughout his career. And the homers seem like an aberration -- his HR/FB with us is ridiculously high.

 

He's a youngish, controlled lefty that gets a horsefeathers ton of ground balls and has a lot of swing-and-miss stuff. I'm excited for his future.

[Tedward]

I think Montgomery's looked good. He's getting a bunch of swings and misses. He's had a bit of a problem with walking guys since he's come over and he's given up far too many homers. But, he's never really struggled with his control throughout his career. And the homers seem like an aberration -- his HR/FB with us is ridiculously high.

 

He's a youngish, controlled lefty that gets a horsefeathers ton of ground balls and has a lot of swing-and-miss stuff. I'm excited for his future.

 

+1

[Careless]

If you'd told me that Lee and Ramirez only combined for 6 30 homer seasons, I would not have believed you.

[Careless]

I think Montgomery's looked good. He's getting a bunch of swings and misses. He's had a bit of a problem with walking guys since he's come over and he's given up far too many homers. But, he's never really struggled with his control throughout his career. And the homers seem like an aberration -- his HR/FB with us is ridiculously high.

 

He's a youngish, controlled lefty that gets a horsefeathers ton of ground balls and has a lot of swing-and-miss stuff. I'm excited for his future.

 

+1

And yet, you didn't hit the button

[TruffleShuffle]

Montgomery's stuff looked very mediocre tonight

 

they're still trying to find the best role for him. so far the role in which he has look best is "not pitching in the baseball game."

He's largely looked good as a starter, but it's a nice hot take.

 

coming into tonight he walked 11 batters in 18 innings as a cub start, and his 3.93 era is mostly due to good luck on batted balls (.209 babip despite a 28% line drive rate).

 

the poor command has been the biggest problem, which hopefully will be something that he can straighten out.

[Splendid Splinter]

NACHOS!!!!

[David]

Montgomery's stuff looked very mediocre tonight

 

they're still trying to find the best role for him. so far the role in which he has look best is "not pitching in the baseball game."

He's largely looked good as a starter, but it's a nice hot take.

Lol seriously.

[UMFan83]

Feel like we should have killed this bozo for more runs. Oh well

[Sammy Sofa]

 

they're still trying to find the best role for him. so far the role in which he has look best is "not pitching in the baseball game."

He's largely looked good as a starter, but it's a nice hot take.

Lol seriously.

 

In Australasia they're actually called cold takes.

[UMFan83]

My buddy compared his numbers as a Cub to Jakes Cub stint in 2013 and they are nearly identical. Not that it means anything. At all.

[TruffleShuffle]

good one.

[ScrubMD]

I'm torn between wanting them to score 10 runs this inning and wanting them to win on a walk-off. Clinching on a walk-off would be mighty badass.

[TruffleShuffle]

i feel like we have faced jimmy nelson about 15 times this season.

[UMFan83]

i feel like we have faced jimmy nelson about 15 times this season.

 

I feel like we've played the Brewers in every other series since the ASB

[bukie]

 

they're still trying to find the best role for him. so far the role in which he has look best is "not pitching in the baseball game."

He's largely looked good as a starter, but it's a nice hot take.

 

coming into tonight he walked 11 batters in 18 innings as a cub start, and his 3.93 era is mostly due to good luck on batted balls (.209 babip despite a 28% line drive rate).

 

the poor command has been the biggest problem, which hopefully will be something that he can straighten out.

And you're quoting rate stats in 18 innings of work, where one either way will fluctuate the numbers wildly. He's had 3 good starts, 1 meh start, and one bad start as a Cub, the shaky starts largely stemming from control issues where he gave up 8 walks in those 2 starts.

 

Tonight as well he's allowed 3 hard hit balls with some unfortunate sequencing after his defense gave the Brewers an extra out.