9/23 Cardinals (Leake) @ Cubs (Jake - now w/more sliders!) 1:20 PM CT ABC7/ESPN/670

[ConstableRabbit]

Okay maybe not literally bit quite often.

[Gilby]

You cannot have someone who looks like that play shortstop in the major leagues. I'm sorry, you just can't.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

oh yeah and montero is catching jake again

 

screw it, i want montero catching jake

Yeah seriously, I know why they were trying Contreras with him a bunch but they seem the most comfortable together and you really want the best framer with Arrieta you can get

 

Agreed. Nothing against Willie, either. And I think he would be fine catching him. If god-mode is activated, it doesn't matter too much who is catching him. I really don't think his struggles had anything to do with who was catching him. That being said... god-mode Arrieta is special. It is a unique tool that can be used to inflict blunt force trauma. You want to give him everything he needs to be himself. If he feels more confident with Miggy catching him, then that's what you roll with. And Miggy definitely can help him more, with his framing ability -- which is very important, with all the movement on his stuff.

 

And we've seen what god-mode Arrieta can do. What did he win, 20-some straight starts? That's a guy where you don't need anyone else to even show up to the park. You just let him take the bump and you win. You don't worry about your batting order. You don't worry about matchups. You just win. So give him the best opportunity to win.

 

Also, Miggy has been much better lately, anyway.

[David]

At 85 through 6, not terribly efficient but should give him another inning before Stropy and someone else finish it off. Would really like to see him get through the 7th without much issue.

 

when you have 8 K's in 6 innings and dudes keep swinging and missing, it's gonna be hard to be all that efficient

 

K's don't increase pitch counts.

 

they require more pitches than other types of outs

 

if you're pitching well and getting outs, a high strikeout start is going to typically take more pitches than otherwise

 

obviously, if you're not pitching well and not getting outs, and giving up lots of hits and runs, that is not going to result in a low pitch count either

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

when you have 8 K's in 6 innings and dudes keep swinging and missing, it's gonna be hard to be all that efficient

 

K's don't increase pitch counts.

 

they require more pitches than other types of outs

 

if you're pitching well and getting outs, a high strikeout start is going to typically take more pitches than otherwise

 

obviously, if you're not pitching well and not getting outs, and giving up lots of hits and runs, that is not going to result in a low pitch count either

 

 

He's been pretty darn efficient with the pitch count, anyway. 99 in 7 innings is an average of 14.1 per inning. Anything less than 15 is really solid. The lowest average on the season of any qualified starter this season is 14.3 for Nova. In a playoff game, he gives you 8 scoreless on 113 pitches and you hand the ball over to Chapman. Can't ask for much more than that.

[David]

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

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*Eagerly awaiting the Brooks Baseball data tonight*

[UMFan83]

 

K's don't increase pitch counts.

 

they require more pitches than other types of outs

 

if you're pitching well and getting outs, a high strikeout start is going to typically take more pitches than otherwise

 

obviously, if you're not pitching well and not getting outs, and giving up lots of hits and runs, that is not going to result in a low pitch count either

 

 

He's been pretty darn efficient with the pitch count, anyway. 99 in 7 innings is an average of 14.1 per inning. Anything less than 15 is really solid. The lowest average on the season of any qualified starter this season is 14.3 for Nova. In a playoff game, he gives you 8 scoreless on 113 pitches and you hand the ball over to Chapman. Can't ask for much more than that.

 

Yeah this is true. I guess thinking about it, with the artificial 100 pitch count ceiling we've had recently, 7 innings is pretty good. Even 2015 God Mode Jake had plenty of 7 inning outings.

[TMan92]

Let's not screw this up with a rusty strop

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

they require more pitches than other types of outs

 

if you're pitching well and getting outs, a high strikeout start is going to typically take more pitches than otherwise

 

obviously, if you're not pitching well and not getting outs, and giving up lots of hits and runs, that is not going to result in a low pitch count either

 

 

He's been pretty darn efficient with the pitch count, anyway. 99 in 7 innings is an average of 14.1 per inning. Anything less than 15 is really solid. The lowest average on the season of any qualified starter this season is 14.3 for Nova. In a playoff game, he gives you 8 scoreless on 113 pitches and you hand the ball over to Chapman. Can't ask for much more than that.

 

Yeah this is true. I guess thinking about it, with the artificial 100 pitch count ceiling we've had recently, 7 innings is pretty good. Even 2015 God Mode Jake had plenty of 7 inning outings.

 

Yeah, it definitely seems a little different with how careful we've been to keep guys healthy. And sometimes you'll see a guy cruise through a game really efficiently, like a Porcello or Bartolo Colon, where they only throw 95 pitches in a complete game or whatever. But who wants that anyway, when you can have this?

 

Even with a guy like Kershaw, who is really efficient and works deep into games, sometimes he has to exert himself to get into the 9th. 115 isn't really that big of a deal for the big, bad studs like those guys.

[Sammy Sofa]

[TMan92]

Let's not screw this up with a rusty strop

 

 

The person that posted this should be ashamed of himself. Nice inning Pedro.

[Careless]

So have we reached the point where he is officially "Jake from State Farm"?

[UMFan83]

Moss is in a 5-70 slump, but somehow during that slump he managed to have a game where he went 2-3 with a game winning home run against the Cubs.

 

Not doing the 'only my teams' thing here because we are too good of a baseball team for that, just an oddity that in any other season would have my pulling my hair out because umfan

[UMFan83]

This is the last inning Len and JD will call at home this year because the next 2 games are on FOX and ESPN and obviously won't be calling the playoffs (on TV at least).

[Gilby]

Hopefully Len does on-field interviews in the playoffs so everyone on twitter can make fun of his sketchers again.

[Omar]

JD just said boner on TV

[Sammy Sofa]

Moss is in a 5-70 slump, but somehow during that slump he managed to have a game where he went 2-3 with a game winning home run against the Cubs.

 

Not doing the 'only my teams' thing here because we are too good of a baseball team for that, just an oddity that in any other season would have my pulling my hair out because umfan

 

Why is this realization even in your brain in the first place.

[David]

so carpenter officially goes another year without registering a hit against arrieta

[UMFan83]

Moss is in a 5-70 slump, but somehow during that slump he managed to have a game where he went 2-3 with a game winning home run against the Cubs.

 

Not doing the 'only my teams' thing here because we are too good of a baseball team for that, just an oddity that in any other season would have my pulling my hair out because umfan

 

Why is this realization even in your brain in the first place.

 

BECAUSE UMFAN

 

If you really want my thought process, I heard the 5-70 number on ESPN's broadcast when I flipped to it for a bit. Then I remembered he homered off of us in the last series recently so I looked it up and voila!

 

Are you really questioning my encyclopedia knowledge of Cubs losses? :lol:

Edited September 23, 2016 by UMFan83

[Ding Dong Johnson]

yo Carp, it's CB...

[badger]

I just noticed David's post-count. almost 52,000 is damn nerdy impressive.

 

And then I saw UMFAN'S :shock:

[David]

I just noticed David's post-count. almost 52,000 is damn nerdy impressive.

 

And then I saw UMFAN'S :shock:

 

it was a few years before i got a desk job and really started going nuts.

 

and then i barely posted (relatively) from late 2009 through late 2011 when i checked out on the cubs

 

 

 

CUBS WIN ! ! ! :flythew: :flythew: :flythew:

Edited September 23, 2016 by David

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I just noticed David's post-count. almost 52,000 is damn nerdy impressive.

 

And then I saw UMFAN'S :shock:

don't look at raisin then

[UMFan83]

Most wins in a season since 1945

 

1 more win and we're at most wins since 1935

 

4 more wins and we're at the most wins since 1910

Edited September 23, 2016 by UMFan83