4/9: World Champeen Cubs (Jake the Bearded Snake) @ Brewers (Zach "not Greinke" Davies) 1:10PM CST on WGN

[Hunter]

The rare Zobrist strike out.

[weis21]

being that it's sunday, zobrist decided to turn the other cheek for Davies and let him have a single positive moment with that K

[weis21]

heyward's time to shine

[SpongeWorthy]

horsefeathers outta here braun

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Holy hell, he's actually hitting the ball hard. And horsefeathers you, Braun.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

97 mph on that exit velocity.

[Schwarber Fan]

Braun is a POS

[Aaron_Kennelly]

According to statcast, Heyward hit that 99 mph and it traveled 380 feet. He only hit 11 balls at least 99 mph and 380 feet last year.

 

To follow up on this, last year Heyward hit a total of 30 balls at least 97 mph that went at least 320 feet. He just did it in back-to-back PA.

Edited April 9, 2017 by Duke Silver

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Is this a great matchup for Heyward? Can't imagine Davies is a dude who can give him problems with velocity.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

never seen a slight delay for an ump to pop a rubber before

[UMFan83]

This is the kind of game that I'd sim to the end right about now if I was playing The Show.

[weis21]

len should run for president in 2020

[mikeyt34]

It might be fun this year to not groan when JHey comes to the plate.

[17 Seconds]

idiot

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Come on, Jake.

[David]

Ugh

[Schwarber Fan]

There's literally ONE guy in the lineup you can't put two guys on base for. Jesus.

[mikeyt34]

Ryan Horsefeathers Braun. The only thing Cub and Cardinal fans can agree on.

[David]

There's literally ONE guy in the lineup you can't put two guys on base for. Jesus.

 

You do realize that this wasn't something he did on purpose right?

[Schwarber Fan]

I can't believe Davies made it through 5.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I have to say that I do like that they play Real Mf Gz at Miller Park

 

It's no Thuggish Ruggish Bone but it's solid enough

Edited April 9, 2017 by We Got The Whole 9

[Aaron_Kennelly]

A lot of 91 from Arrieta today. On the one hand, that scares the hell out of me. On the other hand, he looks so much better than he did in the second-half of last year, and the results look really good, too. My prognosis: Take whatever he gives us this year (probably really good stuff), thank him for his great success in a Cubs uniform and stay the hell away from him this off-season.

[We Got The Whole 9]

A lot of 91 from Arrieta today. On the one hand, that scares the hell out of me. On the other hand, he looks so much better than he did in the second-half of last year, and the results look really good, too. My prognosis: Take whatever he gives us this year (probably really good stuff), thank him for his great success in a Cubs uniform and stay the hell away from him this off-season.

He looks like he's trying not to over-throw, to me. And the command of his curve has been quite good.

[David]

A lot of 91 from Arrieta today. On the one hand, that scares the hell out of me. On the other hand, he looks so much better than he did in the second-half of last year, and the results look really good, too. My prognosis: Take whatever he gives us this year (probably really good stuff), thank him for his great success in a Cubs uniform and stay the hell away from him this off-season.

 

Exactly how I feel.

 

And I'm pretty sure he could dial it up to 95 too if he wanted to, tbh.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

A lot of 91 from Arrieta today. On the one hand, that scares the hell out of me. On the other hand, he looks so much better than he did in the second-half of last year, and the results look really good, too. My prognosis: Take whatever he gives us this year (probably really good stuff), thank him for his great success in a Cubs uniform and stay the hell away from him this off-season.

He looks like he's trying not to over-throw, to me. And the command of his curve has been quite good.

 

Yeah, I've got no issues with what I'm seeing. He's pitching well. He made one mistake at a bad time. But, he's pitching really well. His stuff is probably still filthy, even at 91-92. And maybe him taking a little off will allow him to regain his command, without losing much of his nastiness. Hell, Kyle Hendricks can do it throwing 82 mph. So I'm not super worried about it. But, he's a guy that been injured before, has unorthodox mechanics, has had trouble with his mechanics (last year), now is showing a drop in velo (even if it's due to trying to fix the mechanical issues), he's been bad in the past. It seems like too many red flags, long-term. He's not a Jon Lester that you just plug in and not worry about. There's always something that feels like it could unravel at any moment.

 

So, you take his best seasons, which were some of the finest seasons in franchise history. And then you let someone else worry about all the rest when he is old and getting paid a trillion dollars.