NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others

[Cubswin11]

Fangraphs projections has it at Cubs 91 (tied for most with Dodgers in NL), Cardinals 88, VB’s 82 as of right now and who cares about Reds/Pirates, fwiw. We are at 88% for playoffs (62% for division) Cardinals at 72% (31%), Brewers 25% (5%).

 

Current Pythagorean Wins are VBs 14-11, 15-8, Cubs 13-8

[NonProfitCow]

Pirates are somehow getting Jung Ho Kang back

[Regular Show]

Pirates are somehow getting Jung Ho Kang back

 

Let's hope he doesn't decide to go driving again...

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Pirates are somehow getting Jung Ho Kang back

shouldn’t this go in the #metoo thread?

[The_Achiever]

Pirates are somehow getting Jung Ho Kang back

 

How this menace is getting back into the country will always be a mystery to me.

[Cubswin11]

Pirates are somehow getting Jung Ho Kang back

 

How this menace is getting back into the country will always be a mystery to me.

Trump must have saved him along with the Ball Brother when he was over in Asia

[Liam Neeson]

Luis Castillo is broken

[Clem Fandango]

Luis Castillo is broken

 

I had to Google him because I thought Luis Castillo retired ages ago.

[imb]

Luis Castillo is broken

 

I had to Google him because I thought Luis Castillo retired ages ago.

 

Thanks to your post, I had to google the old Luis Castillo cause I forgot he existed! Full circle!!!

[17 Seconds]

Luis Castillo is broken

 

I had to Google him because I thought Luis Castillo retired ages ago.

 

Thanks to your post, I had to google the old Luis Castillo cause I forgot he existed! Full circle!!!

 

he had one of the best errors ever

 

[PackLandVA]

I know it's early, but three of the Cardinal starters are batting under .185:

 

Wong - .182

Dex - .170

Carpenter - .163

 

That's a whole lotta SUCK in the lineup on a regular basis. Not to mention attrocious defense, too!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

On the other hand, a few people in this thread were going on about Miles Mikolas' crappy spring. He's got a 3.36 ERA now through 33 innings with only 2 walks.

[The_Achiever]

On the other hand, a few people in this thread were going on about Miles Mikolas' crappy spring. He's got a 3.36 ERA now through 33 innings with only 2 walks.

 

Yeah I can see the cardinals being annoying this year. They have guys struggling but they still pull Jose Martinez and Paul dejonges out of their ass regularly.

 

I think the cubs should be much better but could see them winning a wild card.

[Banedon]

"Everybody is going to look at it as a sweep but every game was close," Shaw said. "Pretty much, every game we've played against them has been close. I envision that happening throughout the summer, too.

 

"I wouldn't say this was a dominant sweep. We just didn't hit enough; we didn't score any runs. I don't think that will be an issue going forward."

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/04/29/no-home-runs-rely-brewers-offense-completely-dominated-cubs-pitchers/551696002/

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I can live with non-dominant four-game sweeps

[Agony and Ivy]

"Everybody is going to look at it as a sweep but every game was close," Shaw said. "Pretty much, every game we've played against them has been close. I envision that happening throughout the summer, too.

 

"I wouldn't say this was a dominant sweep. We just didn't hit enough; we didn't score any runs. I don't think that will be an issue going forward."

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/04/29/no-home-runs-rely-brewers-offense-completely-dominated-cubs-pitchers/551696002/

 

Pretty sure I was arguing with Shaw on Twitter then. The gist of their argument was the Brewers would've won if they hit better and weren't so home run dependent. Brewers fans are really really really dumb.

[Cubswin11]

"Everybody is going to look at it as a sweep but every game was close," Shaw said. "Pretty much, every game we've played against them has been close. I envision that happening throughout the summer, too.

 

"I wouldn't say this was a dominant sweep. We just didn't hit enough; we didn't score any runs. I don't think that will be an issue going forward."

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/04/29/no-home-runs-rely-brewers-offense-completely-dominated-cubs-pitchers/551696002/

Sounds like Gerrit Cole a few years back and his “the Cubs aren’t that good” talk. That turned out well for the Pirates...... Jake kicked their dick in, in the WC Game and we scared them in to a rebuild.

Edited April 30, 2018 by Cubswin11

[The_Achiever]

"Everybody is going to look at it as a sweep but every game was close," Shaw said. "Pretty much, every game we've played against them has been close. I envision that happening throughout the summer, too.

 

"I wouldn't say this was a dominant sweep. We just didn't hit enough; we didn't score any runs. I don't think that will be an issue going forward."

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/04/29/no-home-runs-rely-brewers-offense-completely-dominated-cubs-pitchers/551696002/

Sounds like Gerrit Cole a few years back and his “the Cubs aren’t that good” talk. That tourned out for the Pirates well...... Jake kicked their dick in, in the WC Game and we scared them in to a rebuild.

 

I think cole's "I don't think the cubs are the best team" comment came in early 2016, which is even worse.

 

The cubs turning into a juggernaut has really broken a lot of people's brains. I love it.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hashtag dominant sweep.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/04/29/no-home-runs-rely-brewers-offense-completely-dominated-cubs-pitchers/551696002/

Sounds like Gerrit Cole a few years back and his “the Cubs aren’t that good” talk. That tourned out for the Pirates well...... Jake kicked their dick in, in the WC Game and we scared them in to a rebuild.

 

I think cole's "I don't think the cubs are the best team" comment came in early 2016, which is even worse.

 

The cubs turning into a juggernaut has really broken a lot of people's brains. I love it.

 

And there was Josh Harrison singing "No Cubs no" after one of the Pirates 4 wins that year.

 

The Pirates went 4-14 in 2016 against the Cubs. The Brewers can only hope they can get their winning percentage up to .222 against the Cubs this year.

[UMFan83]

Interesting how the schedules have played out so far. The Cardinals, Brewers and Pirates have combined to go 29-5 against teams under .500 and 19-31 against teams over .500. For comparison's sake, the Cubs are 2-3 against teams under .500 and 13-7 against teams over

[Brian707]

Interesting how the schedules have played out so far. The Cardinals, Brewers and Pirates have combined to go 29-5 against teams under .500 and 19-31 against teams over .500. For comparison's sake, the Cubs are 2-3 against teams under .500 and 13-7 against teams over

 

 

The Cubs poor record against sub 500 teams will change once the Brewers dip below the .500 mark.

[Cubswin11]

Interesting how the schedules have played out so far. The Cardinals, Brewers and Pirates have combined to go 29-5 against teams under .500 and 19-31 against teams over .500. For comparison's sake, the Cubs are 2-3 against teams under .500 and 13-7 against teams over

The Brewers May schedule is pretty tough. 3 vs Pirates, 6 vs D'backs, 4 @ Coors, 2 vs Indians (right now Kluber and Carrasco are the scheduled pitchers), 4 vs Mets and 3 vs Cardinals. They only have 5 games vs teams under .500. The Cardinals looks pretty average about half/half vs good and bad teams and I'm still not worried about the Pirates so don't care who they play.

[Cubswin11]

The VB’s sent Sogard down to AAA for just as shitty, switch hitting version of Sogard, in Nick Franklin. Your move Theo!

[badger]

I feel like we should be back in this title until further notice.