4/22 World Champion Cubs (Arrieta) @ Reds (Reed) 12:10 ABC 7

[mikeyt34]

Maddon has to be fuming.

[sweetpeteman]

There is no reason to keep Duensing anymore. Give another guy a chance.

[CubinNY]

Thank Jah!

[Agony and Ivy]

Start javy only vs lefties and fastball heavy righties.

 

And he needs to get with Mallee and work his horsefeather off in the cage. He's physically gifted he just needs his brain to catch up.

 

I bet he hasn't worked in the cage at all so this is definitely the answer.

[bukie]

Duensing should be the mop up relievers, used mostly in 6 run blowouts...oh wait.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

That was the darkest timeline of the last out of the WS with Bryant bobbling the ball on top of slipping - and he still got the last out.

[NOLA]

Duensing should be the mop up relievers, used mostly in 6 run blowouts...oh wait.

Hearting this post isn't enough. The very last guy out of the pen looks like garbage in a blowout in April.

[bukie]

Got really dicey there at the end, thought the win probability might dip below 99%...

 

http://i.imgur.com/xbi9lOK.png

[Aaron_Kennelly]

This is our 20-run game. Calling it now.

 

These guys continue to let me down.

[bukie]

Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.

[The_Achiever]

W

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.

 

We are playing at a 95-win pace, and the reigning NL MVP is 11th on the team in wOBA:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2017&month=33&season1=2017&ind=0&team=17&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=15,d

 

And the World Series MVP is 12th.

[mikeyt34]

3 weeks into the season and the thing that I'm getting the most joy from is watching JHey hit a baseball.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.

 

The problem with this sarcasm - which I did enjoy - is it's actually true. Imagine when they play the way they are capable and are firing on all cylinders. They can win the 118 Duke is predicting.

[Derwood]

Pray for Duensing's grandma

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.

 

The problem with this sarcasm - which I did enjoy - is it's actually true. Imagine when they play the way they are capable and are firing on all cylinders. They can win the 118 Duke is predicting.

 

That's just the baseline, so we can break the record. I actually think we'll win 135.

[The_Achiever]

3 weeks into the season and the thing that I'm getting the most joy from is watching JHey hit a baseball.

 

He's playing with a lot of confidence. Awesome to see.

[CubinNY]

Duensing should be the mop up relievers, used mostly in 6 run blowouts...oh wait.

You have a special knack at complaining about things that people don't say that make you angry, keep up the good work and have a xanax on me.

 

Duensing sucks.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.

 

The problem with this sarcasm - which I did enjoy - is it's actually true. Imagine when they play the way they are capable and are firing on all cylinders. They can win the 118 Duke is predicting.

 

That's just the baseline, so we can break the record. I actually think we'll win 135.

 

I feel like you're pushing it now. But you are right more than wrong, so......

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

The problem with this sarcasm - which I did enjoy - is it's actually true. Imagine when they play the way they are capable and are firing on all cylinders. They can win the 118 Duke is predicting.

 

That's just the baseline, so we can break the record. I actually think we'll win 135.

 

I feel like you're pushing it now. But you are right more than wrong, so......

 

It was 140, but I've tempered my expectations after the slow start.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

In all honesty, I think this is a better team than last year's team. (My opinion on that may change, depending on how Hendricks looks going forward.) But it's going to be awfully hard to replicate those results. I mean, we won 103 games, won the World Series, had a crazy run differential and everything. I don't think we were lucky last year. But... it was all so very easy. That might not be the case this year. But I do feel this team might be better, with the addition of Schwarber, Heyward looking fixed, and the young guys seeming like they are improving.

[bukie]

Duensing should be the mop up relievers, used mostly in 6 run blowouts...oh wait.

You have a special knack at complaining about things that people don't say that make you angry, keep up the good work and have a xanax on me.

 

Duensing sucks.

You, as usual, are aggressively wrong.

[NOLA]

In all honesty, I think this is a better team than last year's team. (My opinion on that may change, depending on how Hendricks looks going forward.) But it's going to be awfully hard to replicate those results. I mean, we won 103 games, won the World Series, had a crazy run differential and everything. I don't think we were lucky last year. But... it was all so very easy. That might not be the case this year. But I do feel this team might be better, with the addition of Schwarber, Heyward looking fixed, and the young guys seeming like they are improving.

The development of Addy and Contreras is fun to see. The really isn't any serious weakness position/batting wise on the team if we are judging them rationally. If the starters come around, which they should, this team can basically stand pat at the deadline, no problem.

Edited April 22, 2017 by NOLA

[bukie]

Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.

 

We are playing at a 95-win pace, and the reigning NL MVP is 11th on the team in wOBA:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2017&month=33&season1=2017&ind=0&team=17&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=15,d

 

And the World Series MVP is 12th.

And the NLCS MVP is 14th.

[UK]

lol Heyward is gonna be worth 7 wins this year.

 

Is it wrong to gain great pleasure knowing how much that would horsefeather off Cardinal fans?

 

Not as much as the combo of Jay/Almora > Fowler in WAR.