5/31: Cubs (Arrieta) at Pads (Perdomo) 2:40 on WGN

[Sammy Sofa]

So when do you swap Baez back in to your sig, David?

[David]

So when do you swap Baez back in to your sig, David?

 

probably never

[David]

all those numbers that UMFan posted about how the Cubs have had the most at-bats with runners in scoring position and have had historically poor numbers in those situations gives me more hope and confidence than less. Getting people on base is a repeatable, consistent stat, hitting with runners in scoring position isn't.

 

well, duh.

 

between us, maybe, not for everybody

 

those people are dumb. who cares about them?

[David]

i guess what i really should've said is i don't give a horsefeathers about our average with RISP and this offense will be fine

[Sammy Sofa]

i guess what i really should've said is i don't give a horsefeathers about our average with RISP and this offense will be fine

 

In 2018.

 

Maybe.

 

[Liam Neeson]

Call Washington and tell them we will give them Wade Davis for Robles and 2 bottles of Bryce's hair conditioner.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Hot take sort of: The Cubs ain't winning this division. If one part of the team sucked, that's one thing. Every part sucks.

 

It's possible, especially if they get swept this weekend.

 

But the Cardinals are very flawed and playing as crappy of late themselves. The Cubs are playing as badly as they possibly can with their roster. The Cardinals aren't playing much differently than their actual true talent level (like an 84-win team). Hell, they're significantly overachieving with their starting rotation (which is 30 points better than any in baseball at 3.22).

 

Again, you get swept this weekend, and that's 4 games you have to make up on them. The gap in these teams' talent levels would probably be made up with that, where the Cubs would really need to kick it into gear the rest of the way to win the division.

 

*Right now*, the Cubs should still be clear favorites because they have the much better roster, and usually that shows up over 162 games. But we're at least now at the point where's it not like "oh they'll be fine." They may very well not be, and need to start playing much better.

 

But it's especially unlikely the Cubs keep sucking across the board for too much longer (hopefully before it's too late). This team is going to hit, and should play better defense. The starting rotation is a real problem and could stay that way, but we know they're going to add there (should the team not keep sinking).

 

At what point, if at all, do the Brewers enter the equation?

[cubsclapp]

I just don't buy their starting pitching over a full season and their offense should have some regression. I mean they just struck out 26 times tonight for example.

 

But yeah, as long as they're there, they're worth paying attention to of course.

[David]

So when do you swap Baez back in to your sig, David?

 

probably never

Yup