4/17 Cubs (Chatwood) vs St. Louis (Wainwright) 7:05 NBCS Chicago

[Andy]

This guy is horsefeathering infuriating

[Agony and Ivy]

7 walks in 4.2 innings is acceptable for a 5th starter right?

[squally1313]

Alright his line is pretty hilarious. Imagine sitting in the stands for this game so far.

[Soul]

He’s determined to walk the world Jesus

[Agony and Ivy]

This guy is horsefeathering terrible

 

Fixed it for you, Andy.

[Cubswin11]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of shitty weather isn’t overly helping the command.

[Agony and Ivy]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of horsefeathers weather isn’t overly helping the command.

 

What about the rest of his career where he couldn't throw strikes ever?

[Cubswin11]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of horsefeathers weather isn’t overly helping the command.

 

What about the rest of his career where he couldn't throw strikes ever?

If he pitches like, or close to, the pitcher he’s been on the road he’s been his entire career I’m willing to live with it.

[17 Seconds]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of horsefeathers weather isn’t overly helping the command.

 

i agree, we should definitely let him live

[squally1313]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of horsefeathers weather isn’t overly helping the command.

No you idiot he's bad. Didn't you watch all three of his starts? What else could there possibly be to judge his ability?

[Sammy Sofa]

Holy horsefeathers. That's only Baez's SECOND single?!?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of horsefeathers weather isn’t overly helping the command.

 

I'm not really going to give him leeway because walking 8 per 9 is simply unacceptable. But he's not going to walk 8 per 9 all year. He just won't. So I remain confident in him. He's got a 4.30 FIP and a 4.60 ERA, despite walking 8 per 9 innings.

 

He's missing plenty enough bats. He's throwing his curve more the last 2 games. He's getting a ton of weak contact and not giving up much hard contact at all. The exit velocities against him have been really low. He's keeping the ball in the park. He's getting grounders. He's not giving up line drives.

 

Basically all the stuff that was mentioned about him -- pertaining to him being a sneaky breakout candidate after getting away from Coors -- is happening. Except... he's walking 8 per 9. Take that down to around 4 per 9 and he is going to be quite successful for us. He'll be fine, but he needs to quit horsefeathering walking so many guys.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I can't believe we're losing to Eddie freaking Harris.

 

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[bcl412]

I’m finding cubs games to be quite stupid

[We Got The Whole 9]

it'll be nice when Addy's improved discipline starts producing results

[Andy]

I can't believe we're losing to Eddie freaking Harris.

"Vaseline ball popped up to short..."

[Cubswin11]

I’m willing to give Chatwood some leeway. He’s always going to be a little wild and yes he hasn’t been good, but I’m guessing the early rain/snow outs and extra rest on top of horsefeathers weather isn’t overly helping the command.

 

I'm not really going to give him leeway because walking 8 per 9 is simply unacceptable. But he's not going to walk 8 per 9 all year. He just won't. So I remain confident in him. He's got a 4.30 FIP and a 4.60 ERA, despite walking 8 per 9 innings.

 

He's missing plenty enough bats. He's throwing his curve more the last 2 games. He's getting a ton of weak contact and not giving up much hard contact at all. The exit velocities against him have been really low. He's keeping the ball in the park. He's getting grounders. He's not giving up line drives.

 

Basically all the stuff that was mentioned about him -- pertaining to him being a sneaky breakout candidate after getting away from Coors -- is happening. Except... he's walking 8 per 9. Take that down to around 4 per 9 and he is going to be quite successful for us. He'll be fine, but he needs to quit horsefeathering walking so many guys.

Yeah, kinda embodies the season so far. Really frustrating and annoying but underlying things are saying things aren’t going to be nearly this bad and things should get better soon enough.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Bad walk man Wong sucks

[UMFan83]

So we hired Chili to help our situatizonal hitting and Hickey to teach our pitchers to walk less batters right?

[Sammy Sofa]

Living with the Cubs is like living in a living nightmare!

[Cubswin11]

it'll be nice when Addy's improved discipline starts producing results

It would be nice if strike one to him wasn’t called on a ball a foot outside

[squally1313]

I do like this Cishek dude. I'll like him a little less when Harper or Bellinger hits one of those frisbees 600 feet in October, but for now, keep doing your thing.

[Soul]

it'll be nice when Addy's improved discipline starts producing results

It would be nice if strike one to him wasn’t called on a ball a foot outside

Indeed

[Irrelevant Dude]

That was the hardest hit ball to the opposite direction that I can recall Heyward hitting in a long, long time.

 

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[Cubswin11]

I do like this Cishek dude. I'll like him a little less when Harper or Bellinger hits one of those frisbees 600 feet in October, but for now, keep doing your thing.

He shouldn’t be facing those guys in leverage spots ideally