NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others

[PackLandVA]

Goldie with 3 dongs....so far...for the sh!tbirds!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Cubs in first place for the first time since right before the tiebreaker game with the Brewers ended

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Cubs in first place for the first time since right before the tiebreaker game with the Brewers ended

 

They’ve been in 1st since the moment they won yesterday.

[Clem Fandango]

Because relievers who throw hard do so because they know they only have to throw like 20 pitches, if that, not 100. If Hader was a starter he would not be throwing high 90s gas all the time unless he wanted a short career

[Cubswin11]

Because relievers who throw hard do so because they know they only have to throw like 20 pitches, if that, not 100. If Hader was a starter he would not be throwing high 90s gas all the time unless he wanted a short career

He also doesn’t have a third pitch and loses velo quick. Most of his 2 inning outings he’s throwing noticeably slower in the 2nd inning/once he hits about 20 pitches. Now I agree he probably should’ve been given a chance to start 2-3 years ago before a permanent pen move, because who knows maybe he is Sale 2.0 but they needed him in the pen to win now and he likely doesn’t work as a starter but a small market team like them I’m surprised they didn’t give it a shot to see if they had a top-mid rotation starter internally.

[Sammy Sofa]

but a small market team like technically everyone now I’m surprised they didn’t give it a shot to see if they had a top-mid rotation starter internally.

 

Updated for accuracy.

[Clem Fandango]

but a small market team like technically everyone now I’m surprised they didn’t give it a shot to see if they had a top-mid rotation starter internally.

 

Updated for accuracy.

 

I DIDN'T SAY THAT, MOJO. YOU SLEEP ON A BED OF LIES

[Cubswin11]

 

Updated for accuracy.

 

I DIDN'T SAY THAT, MOJO. YOU SLEEP ON A BED OF LIES

Updated for “accuracy” as he misquotes and puts words in another man’s mouth. For shame, Mojo.

[mark1970]

There should be a * next to there 2018 nl championship banner. there should never have been a game 163 since we won the season against them

[Sammy Sofa]

Random factoid of the day: did everyone realize that the Brewers are paying Aramis a cool deferred $3 mill right now? In 2019?

 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/aramis-ramirez-159/

[Sammy Sofa]

And Joey Votto's troll game remains absolutely impeccable:

 

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And Joey Votto's troll game remains absolute impeccable:

 

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i'm an adult and i don't have favorite players, but votto is my favorite player

[Banedon]

Random factoid of the day: did everyone realize that the Brewers are paying Aramis a cool deferred $3 mill right now? In 2019?

 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/aramis-ramirez-159/

 

Good work if you can get it.

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did you guys know ramirez's highest fwar season was with the brewers?

[Sammy Sofa]

did you guys know ramirez's highest fwar season was with the brewers?

 

[Derwood]

Did you know that until just now I completely forgot that Aramis played for the Brewers?

[BigSlick]

did you guys know ramirez's highest fwar season was with the brewers?

This is how you know fWAR isn't to be trusted

[Cubswin11]

did you guys know ramirez's highest fwar season was with the brewers?

This is how you know fWAR isn't to be trusted

Looking at it, it’s only 1 of 2 years he ranked positive defensively and had his solid offensive year (his offensive numbers that year weren’t much different than any other solid year he had). The other year he ranked positive defensively was with us in 2017 but he missed 30 games. If he plays his typical amount of games that year that would’ve been his best year ever.

[Cubswin11]

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[soccer10k]

did you guys know ramirez's highest fwar season was with the brewers?

This is how you know fWAR isn't to be trusted

 

His highest bWAR was with the Brewers also.

[Cubswin11]

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[BigSlick]

I know its fewer than 20 games, but we look at pythagorean for Football teams and....

 

Baseball is really stupid

 

[Cubswin11]

Imagine if our offense was so fortunate to have *checks notes* the Reds pitching

[BigSlick]

Imagine if our offense was so fortunate to have *checks notes* the Reds pitching

Looking at the Reds and Pirates numbers vs. everyone else and its almost as if those two teams are playing a totally different sport

[Bertz]

Corbin Burnes' struggles right now are super interesting. I'm generally an xFIP guy, and by xFIP he's actually been pretty good. However, 58% of his fly balls have left the yard so far. That's insanity. John Lackey's last year when we all hated him was 18%. Like there's clearly bad luck at play here, but even over a small sample I didn't think 58% could happen. Like it can't *just* be bad luck at this point. Is he tipping pitches?