10/10 - NLDS Game 3 - Cubs (Arrieta) @ Giants (Bumgarner) 8:40PM CST FS1

[Clem Fandango]

OH GREAT ANOTHER STELLAR FS1 BROADCAST

 

Well the Cubs are up 2-0. This feels very familiar. I have to admit going into yesterday's game, with a tough matchup against Cueto, I was a bit nervous. Confident, but nervous. there's something about going into the playoffs with a target on your back that amps up the nerves. This is why Joe is here to guide us and teach us to embrace the target. Game 1 win = soothed nerves. Game 2 matchup against Samardzija = 100% cocky confidence.

 

That confidence was rewarded with another victory over the even year Giants. Hendricks was good, had a scare, but came out okay. Meanwhile Travis Wood helped dong us into another victory becoming only the 2nd relief pitcher in major league history to hit a home run in the postseason. Neat!

 

Game 3 brings perhaps the toughest matchup yet. We'll have Jake Arrieta going for us. He's a Cy Young winner. He has been, by and large, an excellent pitcher this year, but not Cy Young caliber. He appeared to have many struggles with his command, but then he majestically returned to God mode Jake for a start and showcased what appeared to be the slider movement and command we've been missing all year.

 

WAS IT A PLOY TO SAVE HIS ARM FOR THE PLAYOFFS?!?!? LETS FIND OUT

 

Here's a picture of Jake:

 

http://i.imgur.com/mM2ybfQ.jpg?1

 

Only intense pictures of our Cubs for the playoffs. Here's Jake's 2016 regular season numbers:

 

                                                                          
W    L  ERA  G GS CG SHO    IP BB  SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
18   8 3.10 31 31  1   1 197.1 76 190  129 3.52 1.084 6.3 0.7 3.5 8.7 2.50

 

Jake walked a lot of guys this year. In fact that mysterious start where he was God mode Jake disappeared in his next and last start of the season. NOT COOL, JAKE. But the evidence is there that he has the ability to dial it up when he needs to. Maybe that was a tune up, to make sure he still had it, and then his last start he was going at 50%!?!?! I JUST WANT TO BELIEVE IN GOD MODE JAKE.

 

The Cubs will be facing this pile of hillbilly horsefeathers:

 

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/madison-bumgarner.jpg

"I've made a huge mistake"

 

Look at him, realizing he's down two games to none against the best offense in baseball.

 

"But Logan, Madison Bumgarner is the best playoffs pitcher in basebaaaallll!"

 

Shut the horsefeathers up. 2012 he was amazing, yes. This is true. And he's been a tremendous World Series pitcher. This isn't the World Series. This is the NLDS. Career NLDS numbers for Bumgarner:

 

                                                            
Year     W L  ERA G GS   IP BB SO  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
3 NLDS   1 2 4.15 3  3 17.1  3 15 1.269 9.9 1.0 1.6 7.8 5.00

 

So if you wanna walk in here and start swinging your worried dick around acting like Bumgarner is this insurmountable goliath of the postseason you're wrong. Bumgarner can be beat. He's not going to be easy, but he's not going to be impossible. So if you wanna get all worried about having to face Bumgarner with all that loser talk...

 

http://i.imgur.com/avaUO3O.gif

 

One more to go.

 

Keep winning, Cubs.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bumgarner threw 119 pitches in the wild card game, he'll be starting on 4 days rest on Monday. Here's Bumgarner the last 3 years coming off 110+ pitches when he has 4 days rest:

 

 

The highlighted piece shows how he does in those starts compared to those seasons on the whole(postseason included). Since the season totals include the games following 110+ pitches on 4 days rest, the gap is a bit larger than that. In other words, when Bumgarner has a high pitch count outing and doesn't get additional rest, you can basically tack on a run to his ERA and that's the pitcher you're facing.

[Thusly Boned]

I hope Jake homers off of the dumb hick and stares him down all the way around the bases.

[imb]

http://i.imgur.com/ZCQDDDh.jpg?1

[Tim]

Let's crush this bum.

[Omar]

Cubs v. Bumgarner

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Dexter Fowler        42  38  8  0  1  0   1  4  6 .211 .286  .263  .549  0  0   0   0         1
Miguel Montero       33  32  6  1  0  0   2  0  8 .188 .212  .219  .431  0  0   0   1         1
Jason Heyward        20  18  5  0  0  1   5  1  4 .278 .300  .444  .744  0  1   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo        19  16  3  0  0  0   0  3  7 .188 .316  .188  .503  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist          13  12  6  1  1  0   1  1  1 .500 .538  .750 1.288  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur          11  10  2  0  0  0   0  1  3 .200 .273  .200  .473  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant           9   8  1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .125 .222  .125  .347  0  0   0   1         0
David Ross            9   9  2  0  0  1   1  0  3 .222 .222  .556  .778  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez           8   7  1  0  0  0   1  0  4 .143 .125  .143  .268  0  1   0   0         0
Chris Coghlan         8   7  2  1  0  0   0  0  1 .286 .375  .429  .804  0  0   0   1         0
Addison Russell       8   7  0  0  0  0   0  0  7 .000 .125  .000  .125  0  0   0   1         0
Trevor Cahill         6   4  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  2  0   0   0         0
Tim Federowicz        4   3  2  0  0  1   3  1  0 .667 .750 1.667 2.417  0  0   0   0         0
Jorge Soler           4   3  0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .250  .000  .250  0  0   0   0         0
Willson Contreras     3   3  2  1  0  0   0  0  0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Arrieta          2   2  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .500 .500  .500 1.000  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
Travis Wood           2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella       1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
John Lackey           1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               205 185 41  4  2  3  15 12 51 .222 .281  .314  .594  2  2   0   4         2
Has not faced: Albert Almora, Jeimer Candelario and Munenori Kawasaki & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Buchanan, Aroldis Chapman, Gerardo Concepcion, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, Jon Lester, Mike Montgomery, Spencer Patton, Felix Pena, Hector Rondon, Joe Smith, Giovanni Soto, Pedro Strop and Rob Zastryzny

 

GIants v. Arrieta

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Denard Span          21  20  4  1  0  0   0  1  4 .200 .238 .250  .488  0  0   0   0         1
Buster Posey         18  15  1  0  0  0   2  1  2 .067 .111 .067  .178  0  2   0   0         0
Brandon Crawford     15  13  1  0  0  0   0  2  6 .077 .200 .077  .277  0  0   0   0         0
Hunter Pence         15  13  3  0  0  0   0  1  2 .231 .333 .231  .564  0  0   0   1         0
Brandon Belt         12  10  0  0  0  0   1  2  7 .000 .167 .000  .167  0  0   0   0         0
Angel Pagan          11  11  5  1  0  0   0  0  2 .455 .455 .545 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Gordon Beckham       10  10  2  0  0  0   0  0  2 .200 .200 .200  .400  0  0   0   0         0
Eduardo Nunez         9   8  3  0  0  0   1  1  1 .375 .444 .375  .819  0  0   0   0         0
Ehire Adrianza        8   8  2  0  0  0   0  0  1 .250 .250 .250  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Gregor Blanco         7   7  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Conor Gillaspie       7   6  2  0  0  0   1  1  1 .333 .429 .333  .762  0  0   0   0         0
Joe Panik             6   5  2  0  0  0   1  1  2 .400 .500 .400  .900  0  0   0   0         0
Tony Sanchez          3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Madison Bumgarner     2   1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .500 .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Johnny Cueto          2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Peavy            2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kelby Tomlinson       2   2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500 .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Cain             1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               151 137 26  2  0  0   6 11 34 .190 .252 .204  .456  0  2   0   1         1
Has not faced: Trevor Brown, Gorkys Hernandez and Jarrett Parker & Has not faced pitchers: Ty Blach, Santiago Casilla, Cory Gearrin, George Kontos, Derek Law, Javier Lopez, Matt Moore, Joe Nathan, Steven Okert, Josh Osich, Sergio Romo, Jeff Samardzija, Will Smith, Chris Stratton, Hunter Strickland and Albert Suarez

 

Go CUBS !!

[BigSlick]

sweep these fools

[Brian]

#BeliEVEN Jake.

[tawfiqmp]

I want multiple dongs off this racist baby

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Yep, this racist horsefeathers needs knocked down a peg or two. The Logan is the one to do it, too. God-mode Jake returns. 8IP 2H 0R 1BB 13K

 

The Cubs take Bumgarner for six runs and cruise to the sweep.

[Cubswin11]

I doubt he will start, but if he gets an AB, Georgie is donging

[Tryptamine]

It wont be enough for me if the Cubs win 3-1, they need to bury Bumgarner on Monday. If there was ever a time to make a statement in a game, Monday is it.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Let's sweep these bastards.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I don't #beliEVEN quantum physics when it comes to matters of the heart. Well I #beliEVEN the soul, the [expletive], the [expletive], the small of a woman's back, the hangin curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I #beliEVEN Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I #beliEVEN there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I #beliEVEN the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I #beliEVEN in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

[Rob]

Did they ever actually officially announce Bumgarner for game 4? I know everybody is expecting it, but at one point they were talking about letting Moore have game 3 and MadBum game 4.

[jersey cubs fan]

Did they ever actually officially announce Bumgarner for game 4? I know everybody is expecting it, but at one point they were talking about letting Moore have game 3 and MadBum game 4.

Wait, game 4? What?

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I assume he meant game 3. But yeah, I don't get the point of starting Bum on short rest when they need to win three straight anyhow.

[ScrubMD]

Did they ever actually officially announce Bumgarner for game 4? I know everybody is expecting it, but at one point they were talking about letting Moore have game 3 and MadBum game 4.

 

I never heard anything like that, but if they didn't start Bumgarner and they lost an elimination game, there would be riots in SF.

[jersey cubs fan]

I assume he meant game 3. But yeah, I don't get the point of starting Bum on short rest when they need to win three straight anyhow.

But he's not on short rest. He's on normal 4 days rest tomorrow.

[Tracer Bullet]

NSBB has not demonstrated mastery level of elementary mathematics this post-season.

 

Needs Improvement

[raw]

Bumgarner threw 119 pitches in the wild card game, he'll be starting on 4 days rest on Monday. Here's Bumgarner the last 3 years coming off 110+ pitches when he has 4 days rest:

 

 

The highlighted piece shows how he does in those starts compared to those seasons on the whole(postseason included). Since the season totals include the games following 110+ pitches on 4 days rest, the gap is a bit larger than that. In other words, when Bumgarner has a high pitch count outing and doesn't get additional rest, you can basically tack on a run to his ERA and that's the pitcher you're facing.

 

Great, now I'm expecting a 13K 1-hitter, because he did that 1 time.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I want to crush them and I want the world to know his name: JAKE ARRIETA

[Gilby]

Yeah, the Giants' beat writer for their official website wrote before the series that Bochy might start Moore in game 3. Safe to say he's no longer considering that given their current predicament.

[Clem Fandango]

http://i.imgur.com/ZCQDDDh.jpg?1

 

I now expect to see one of these for every one of our starting pitchers

[imb]

http://i.imgur.com/ZCQDDDh.jpg?1

 

I now expect to see one of these for every one of our starting pitchers

 

haha ive already got them ready