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4/11/18 Cubs (Lester) vs Pirates (Brault) 7:05 PM CST WGN/MLBN

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The Cubs look like ass so far, but that's no reason to turn to nihilism. Ol' Duker's still feeling positive. Why don't you come join me?

 

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We're going on a run and I'll open my threads to all gifs from the extended Coen brothers universe. This is going to last long enough that we'll need to use all of it. And do you know why? Because of what's coming up in the rotation:

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The Pirates must feel content with their start to the season, but little do they know:

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Jon Lester's taking the mound and he looked sharp his last time out, striking out 6 in 6 shutout innings. Lester is a serious man with true grit and he won't allow this nonsense to continue any longer. Steven Brault will oppose him. Brault is not very good and has a career 7.90 ERA against the Cubs. He's ripe for a dongin'.

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KB and Willy are going to have huge games and the bullpen will be doing a whole lot of this:

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Don't believe me? Watch and find out.

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OK, I'm seeking some kind of middle ground with this...The Cubs' numbers in these situations have been rank last year and, I think, in 2015, too. 2016 was better, but, I believe, not too far off (if at all) of middle of the pack. Obviously this shows that it's not some crippling problem that's going to prevent the team from being good or even winning the WS...but is it too crazy to want/hope/expect a team this good to be at least somewhat better at would should be more often (but obviously not all the time) essentially a gimme situation for a team this good?

 

Like, I'm not saying the improvement in 2016 was THE reason they were that great that year, but it sure as horsefeathers helped, right? I'm not expecting them to get in every runner they get to 2B or 3B with 1 or 0 outs, but why have they been seemingly SO bad at it for such long stretches? I'd be overjoyed with just league average at this point.

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OK, I'm seeking some kind of middle ground with this...The Cubs' numbers in these situations have been rank last year and, I think, in 2015, too. 2016 was better, but, I believe, not too far off (if at all) of middle of the pack. Obviously this shows that it's not some crippling problem that's going to prevent the team from being good or even winning the WS...but is it too crazy to want/hope/expect a team this good to be at least somewhat better at would should be more often (but obviously not all the time) essentially a gimme situation for a team this good?

 

Like, I'm not saying the improvement in 2016 was THE reason they were that great that year, but it sure as horsefeathers helped, right? I'm not expecting them to get in every runner they get to 2B or 3B with 1 or 0 outs, but why have they been seemingly SO bad at it for such long stretches? I'd be overjoyed with just league average at this point.

 

There might be some approach issues of course which was stated as the reason we hired Chili Davis. I wouldn't have expected him to fix it overnight, so I'm willing to give him plenty of time. That said, they were bad last year right? and ended up just 2 runs behind Colorado for most runs scored in the NL. As long as they are towards the top of the league in chances in those situations we will be fine for the season as a whole. It's the playoffs where I worry with smaller sample sizes, better pitching etc. Hopefully Chili is able to make some progress by then.

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That said, they were bad last year right? and ended up just 2 runs behind Colorado for most runs scored in the NL. As long as they are towards the top of the league in chances in those situations we will be fine for the season as a whole. It's the playoffs where I worry with smaller sample sizes, better pitching etc. Hopefully Chili is able to make some progress by then.

 

Right, again, I don't want it to come across like I'm saying they're doomed; as I pointed out, they've been a really kick ass team DESPITE struggling in those specific situations.

 

It's less, "oh, the Cubs suck because they suck at this," and more, "the Super Cubs could be the Super AMAZING Cubs if they even got just a little bit better at this, as we saw in 2016."

 

Like you said, hopefully this is something Davis can coax out as the season goes on. They kinda have to, since the fans of the VB have repeatedly reminded us that this is the Cubs' farm system right now:

 

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