8/28 Pirates(Williams) vs Cubs(Guy who got 30th out in G7 of WS) 7:05 WGN

[itisallpartoftheplan]

-Avila homers

-Cubs win

 

[Sammy Sofa]

FEEL THE REAL SEAL ZEAL.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I remain a huge fan of Jay and LaStella batting 1-2 with Bryant and Rizzo 3-4.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I would bat seal man 1, 4, and 7

[bcl412]

Win this stupid game.

[Cubswin11]

Win tonight you butt faced idiot jerks

[CyHawk_Cub]

Win please.

 

Or lose, and I'll enjoy watching meatball fans meltdown on social media.

 

Whichever works, though I prefer the first option.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Shut them down, Monty.

[Cubswin11]

Good start, Monty

[Aaron_Kennelly]

For the people on the "Start Montgomery" train, what's an acceptable amount of innings for him this year? He had 114.1 IP, including the regular season and playoffs last year. He's at 102.1 IP this year entering tonight. Seems like they've been able to increase his workload a decent amount, without overextending him. And he could be set up to give us 175 or so innings next year without much worry.

 

I know there is a separate question about whether they've actually seen if he can be counted on as a starter, though.

[gobigred]

is Montgomery our 3rd best option right now with Lester on the dl?

[Derwood]

is Montgomery our 3rd best option right now with Lester on the dl?

 

I don't know, but people seem to have selective amnesia with Monty and Quintana; they forget all of Monty's bad starts, and forget all of Quintana's good ones

[Transmogrified Tiger]

For the people on the "Start Montgomery" train, what's an acceptable amount of innings for him this year?

 

They already threw away the chance to make him a 200 IP guy next year by messing around with Butler, so as many as he can get is the best answer.

[Cubswin11]

For the people on the "Start Montgomery" train, what's an acceptable amount of innings for him this year? He had 114.1 IP, including the regular season and playoffs last year. He's at 102.1 IP this year entering tonight. Seems like they've been able to increase his workload a decent amount, without overextending him. And he could be set up to give us 175 or so innings next year without much worry.

 

I know there is a separate question about whether they've actually seen if he can be counted on as a starter, though.

He should get to 130+ including the playoffs this year would be my rough guess. Start tonight and let's say he gets 1 more (either for Lester next time thru the rotation or maybe he spots starts 1 more time towards the end of the year) that should put him around 115, then maybe 7-10 innings worth of relief appearances the rest of the year outside of the starts then another hopefully 10 or more in the playoffs if they use him in leverage spots and not just as the long guy.

 

My ide;a role for Monty is roughly what he's been this year. Don't plan for him to be one of the 5 starters going in to the year but have him be first or 2nd man up when inevitable injuries/performance woes hit. I would like to see him be used as less of a long man at times and more in leverage 2-5+ out spots, ideally.

[gobigred]

is Montgomery our 3rd best option right now with Lester on the dl?

 

I don't know, but people seem to have selective amnesia with Monty and Quintana; they forget all of Monty's bad starts, and forget all of Quintana's good ones

 

 

when has quintana been good for the Cubs?

[Cubswin11]

is Montgomery our 3rd best option right now with Lester on the dl?

 

I don't know, but people seem to have selective amnesia with Monty and Quintana; they forget all of Monty's bad starts, and forget all of Quintana's good ones

 

 

when has quintana been good for the Cubs?

I mean it's not the greatest stat or whatever but Quintana has more quality starts as a Cub in 1 fewer start than Monty has all year. 5 for Q, 4 for Monty in 8 starts for Q and 9 for Monty (not including tonight). Q has also pitched into the 6th inning or later just as much as Monty (5 times) with that fewer start as already stated.

Edited August 29, 2017 by Cubswin11

[gobigred]

to be fair I was out of the country from July to early August so I am not current on the day to day of the post all star break part of the schedule

[17 Seconds]

is Montgomery our 3rd best option right now with Lester on the dl?

 

I don't know, but people seem to have selective amnesia with Monty and Quintana; they forget all of Monty's bad starts, and forget all of Quintana's good ones

 

 

when has quintana been good for the Cubs?

 

do you want a link to his game log or

[weis21]

hot take: happ literally kills a pirate on the field by bludgeoning them to death then screams into the camera "where you at, coughlan?"

[Aaron_Kennelly]

For the people on the "Start Montgomery" train, what's an acceptable amount of innings for him this year? He had 114.1 IP, including the regular season and playoffs last year. He's at 102.1 IP this year entering tonight. Seems like they've been able to increase his workload a decent amount, without overextending him. And he could be set up to give us 175 or so innings next year without much worry.

 

I know there is a separate question about whether they've actually seen if he can be counted on as a starter, though.

He should get to 130+ including the playoffs this year would be my rough guess. Start tonight and let's say he gets 1 more (either for Lester next time thru the rotation or maybe he spots starts 1 more time towards the end of the year) that should put him around 115, then maybe 7-10 innings worth of relief appearances the rest of the year outside of the starts then another hopefully 10 or more in the playoffs if they use him in leverage spots and not just as the long guy.

 

My ide;a role for Monty is roughly what he's been this year. Don't plan for him to be one of the 5 starters going in to the year but have him be first or 2nd man up when inevitable injuries/performance woes hit. I would like to see him be used as less of a long man at times and more in leverage 2-5+ out spots, ideally.

 

I like that idea, too. I think there's a lot of value in having a guy like that. If he can give you 125 innings or whatever, and you use him in higher leverage spots out of the pen, you can get a ton of value there. And you don't have to worry so much about what kind of rotation depth you have at AAA. It's nice to be able to just plug him into the rotation whenever you need to do so.

 

Now, that's a luxury. I'd want 5 starters that I trusted as much or more than him. If we have that, then I'm all for it. I'd be fine with him turning into a 30-start 200-inning starter, too. But, I'm not so upset about him not being that right now.

[Derwood]

is Montgomery our 3rd best option right now with Lester on the dl?

 

I don't know, but people seem to have selective amnesia with Monty and Quintana; they forget all of Monty's bad starts, and forget all of Quintana's good ones

 

 

when has quintana been good for the Cubs?

 

Wow, that was quick

[Cubswin11]

JAVY

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Holy hell, Javy.

[Cubswin11]

Monty is using that change up really well tonight off of his curveball/cutter

[Bote McBoteface]

They should invent an award to give Javy. First ever Gold Glove Utility Player?

 

Maybe just give Javy a giant gold glove award every year in recognition of the fact that he would have won the award at every position over the actual winner had he played enough innings there?