8/27 Cubs (Horse teeth) vs Phillies (Some scrub)

[Brian707]

The Cubs finished their 13 game stretch vs last place teams at a disappointing 8-5 and actually picked up 1 game on the Vaunted Brewers. Should have been probably a 10-3 stretch though.

Going 8-5 over a 13 game stretch, regardless of the competition, is perfectly fine by me. There's nothing disappointing about that. That's playing at around a 100 win pace.

 

I nearly drove off the road listening to Mully and Hanley whining about the 8-5 stretch and "only" gaining 1 game this morning on The Score. horsefeathering horrible takes. I could only listen for like 3 minutes before turning it off in a fit of rage. The last straw was when Jon Heyman said the Dodgers were more than 50% likely to win the World Series.

 

 

LOL, so I wonder if Heyman would take a $1000 bet, he gets the Dodgers and I get the Field. I think Fangraghs has them at 24% and even that seems a bit high.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

LOL, so I wonder if Heyman would take a $1000 bet, he gets the Dodgers and I get the Field. I think Fangraghs has them at 24% and even that seems a bit high.

 

I would imagine he would. He said it wasn't a crap shoot this year like it normally was. He then said something like, "I'm not saying saying it's 90% likely, probably not 80% either, but it's definitely over 50%."

[Bryants Disco Ball]

The Cubs finished their 13 game stretch vs last place teams at a disappointing 8-5 and actually picked up 1 game on the Vaunted Brewers. Should have been probably a 10-3 stretch though.

Going 8-5 over a 13 game stretch, regardless of the competition, is perfectly fine by me. There's nothing disappointing about that. That's playing at around a 100 win pace.

 

I realize many will disagree, but going 8-5 wasn't totally fine by me, although I'd admit it was adequate. I think 10-3 would have been perfectly fine. With the talent we have -- even minus Willson -- when we have a 13-game stretch against last place teams in August, I hope for them to perform at a better than around 100-win pace and more on the "we are going to fulfill Duke's 117 wins prediction pace."

 

Anything can happen in a short series, so losing to the Phils is always possible. But it sucks to lose two of three when we didn't even have to face Nola. Oh, well. They still get a bunch of games against below average teams and hopefully take even bigger advantage of it.

[Cubswin11]

The Cubs finished their 13 game stretch vs last place teams at a disappointing 8-5 and actually picked up 1 game on the Vaunted Brewers. Should have been probably a 10-3 stretch though.

Going 8-5 over a 13 game stretch, regardless of the competition, is perfectly fine by me. There's nothing disappointing about that. That's playing at around a 100 win pace.

 

I realize many will disagree, but going 8-5 wasn't totally fine by me, although I'd admit it was adequate. I think 10-3 would have been perfectly fine. With the talent we have -- even minus Willson -- when we have a 13-game stretch against last place teams in August, I hope for them to perform at a better than around 100-win pace and more on the "we are going to fulfill Duke's 117 wins prediction pace."

 

Anything can happen in a short series, so losing to the Phils is always possible. But it sucks to lose two of three when we didn't even have to face Nola. Oh, well. They still get a bunch of games against below average teams and hopefully take even bigger advantage of it.

That's just not how baseball works so I can't get upset when a 10-3 stretch doesn't happen. Those are insanely ridiculous and unrealistic expectations.

 

Look at it this way..... We have 33 games left wouldn't you be fine with going 20-13 the rest of the way? That would certainly get us the division and that's playing at the 8-5 pace/rate over 13 game chunks.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Going 8-5 over a 13 game stretch, regardless of the competition, is perfectly fine by me. There's nothing disappointing about that. That's playing at around a 100 win pace.

 

I realize many will disagree, but going 8-5 wasn't totally fine by me, although I'd admit it was adequate. I think 10-3 would have been perfectly fine. With the talent we have -- even minus Willson -- when we have a 13-game stretch against last place teams in August, I hope for them to perform at a better than around 100-win pace and more on the "we are going to fulfill Duke's 117 wins prediction pace."

 

Anything can happen in a short series, so losing to the Phils is always possible. But it sucks to lose two of three when we didn't even have to face Nola. Oh, well. They still get a bunch of games against below average teams and hopefully take even bigger advantage of it.

That's just not how baseball works so I can't get upset when a 10-3 stretch doesn't happen. Those are insanely ridiculous and unrealistic expectations.

 

Look at it this way..... We have 33 games left wouldn't you be fine with going 20-13 the rest of the way? That would certainly get us the division and that's playing at the 8-5 pace/rate over 13 game chunks.

 

I suck at math, so if you are guaranteeing that we win the division going 20-13, then I have to agree that I'd be fine with it.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

if you also assume they play at that 8-5 rate against the Brewers(which rounds down to 4-3), then the Brewers would need to go 18-6 in their remaining non-Cubs games to get to the 89 wins the Cubs would have.

 

EDIT: The Brewers do not appear to have won 18 of 24 at any point this season