This thread is for the wildcard games

[We Got The Whole 9]

Alright, more pitches

[David]

I feel like our defense would've gotten an out there

[David]

PHEW

[ScrubMD]

Loney better be careful not to exert himself too much.

[Brian]

send him out for the 8th too

[imb]

It's a shame one of these teams has to win.

[Cubswin11]

LEAVE HIM IN TERRY

[David]

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[Cubswin11]

Holy Crap This MLB season, The Mets paid Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248. That's more than twice what they paid Noah Syndergaard $535,375

The Bonilla thing was a smart investment at the time. The Wilpons were just idiots to investment their money with Madoff

[badger]

I just texted my mets friend about loney on that play and he wanted to murder him

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Better win the first two, because Arrieta vs either of these guys in game 3 is a pretty likely loss

 

Arrieta is just as capable of shutting down either of these offenses as Baumgarner or Syndergaard. Short memory dude.

 

i don't know about "just as" capable right now, but definitely very capable...and then they have to shut down our offense, not one of these.

 

For reference, Arrieta faced both teams twice:

 

Mets

7 IP, 1 ER

5.1 IP, 4 ER

 

Giants

6 IP, 2 ER

7 IP, 1 ER

[mikeyt34]

Better win the first two, because Arrieta vs either of these guys in game 3 is a pretty likely loss

 

Arrieta is just as capable of shutting down either of these offenses as Baumgarner or Syndergaard. Short memory dude.

 

i don't know about "just as" capable right now, but definitely very capable...and then they have to shut down our offense, not one of these.

 

I just like the fact that Jake may be coming into a game 3 with a chip on his shoulder. He'd never admit it, but you know he's pissed that he's 3rd in the rotation. I think the extra rest is going to do wonders for him and he's going to come out throwing darts.

[bcl412]

Better win the first two, because Arrieta vs either of these guys in game 3 is a pretty likely loss

 

these are some weak ass lineups

[UMFan83]

This didn't work out that well if the Mets win. I was hoping when he was at about 100 pitches that he would get out of the inning quickly so hopefully he would go another inning and throw 120+ and have arm fatigue for game 3. But Pagan extended the AB and then got that IF hit. Now he's done at 108 pitches. Oh well

[Tryptamine]

 

Arrieta is just as capable of shutting down either of these offenses as Baumgarner or Syndergaard. Short memory dude.

 

i don't know about "just as" capable right now, but definitely very capable...and then they have to shut down our offense, not one of these.

 

For reference, Arrieta faced both teams twice:

 

Mets

7 IP, 1 ER

5.1 IP, 4 ER

 

Giants

6 IP, 2 ER

7 IP, 1 ER

 

Exactly, I think people underestimate how miserable the Giants offense has been this second half. The same could be said for the Mets but some how Asdrubal Cabrera has become a 1.000 OPS guy over the last month plus.

[We Got The Whole 9]

This didn't work out that well if the Mets win. I was hoping when he was at about 100 pitches that he would get out of the inning quickly so hopefully he would go another inning and throw 120+ and have arm fatigue for game 3. But Pagan extended the AB and then got that IF hit. Now he's done at 108 pitches. Oh well

He was probably gonna be done regardless

[UMFan83]

Jake is going to skull horsefeathers whichever of these shitty ass lineups is unlucky enough to face him.

[squally1313]

Thor's walk rates definitely don't back this up, but I just get the sense watching him that he's the type of guy this Cubs team can wait out.

 

In terms of Bumgarner, in the FG live chat Cameron has mentioned repeatedly how much he has missed his spots and left a lot of hittable pitches out there. A combination of the terrible Mets lineup and the ball carrying at all. Not concerned about him (though Cueto is much better than any other pitcher the Mets have).

[UMFan83]

Thor's walk rates definitely don't back this up, but I just get the sense watching him that he's the type of guy this Cubs team can wait out.

 

In terms of Bumgarner, in the FG live chat Cameron has mentioned repeatedly how much he has missed his spots and left a lot of hittable pitches out there. A combination of the terrible Mets lineup and the ball carrying at all. Not concerned about him (though Cueto is much better than any other pitcher the Mets have).

 

Yeah Bum has been quite mortal since like August. Definitely a tough ass pitcher to face but we can hit him

[Tryptamine]

Thor's walk rates definitely don't back this up, but I just get the sense watching him that he's the type of guy this Cubs team can wait out.

In terms of Bumgarner, in the FG live chat Cameron has mentioned repeatedly how much he has missed his spots and left a lot of hittable pitches out there. A combination of the terrible Mets lineup and the ball carrying at all. Not concerned about him (though Cueto is much better than any other pitcher the Mets have).

 

His control definitely dropped a level or two with men on base

[mikeyt34]

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Remember the last big hit vs Bumgarner in Oct? Of course you don't. He's never allowed a hit with RISP in a postseason road game (0-for-23)!

 

That's just sick.

[David]

CALL IT WHAT THE horsefeathers

[17 Seconds]

mmmm, element

[Tryptamine]

Robot Umpires please, Belt is now on strike 4.

[TMan92]

Really ump?