4/30: Cubs (Lester) vs Rockies (Freeland), 6:05 CT NBC Sports Chicago/ESPN

[NotSoSober]

Ii'm guessing he dropped that because he thought Contreras was about to take his head off with with his usual throw to 1st

[Cubswin11]

F U, Javy

[Agony and Ivy]

Lester to the pen

[Andy]

Well, Lester got screwed hard in this inning. Blackmon shouldn't have even batted and he gets that cheapie

[Schwarber Fan]

Annoying inning.

[Derwood]

This inning is balls

[Andy]

And then that

[Bryants Disco Ball]

It's OK. Eventually the offense is going to have to become a part of the action again any way. Can't expect to win every game with three or fewer runs.

[Agony and Ivy]

Lester has also been terrible. He’s so [expletive] inefficient it’s hard to watch.

[Jaxbro]

Lester apparently didn’t get the pitching staff memo about sucky 5th innings aren’t cool anymore

[17 Seconds]

Lester has also been terrible. He’s so [expletive] inefficient it’s hard to watch.

 

he messed up walking the 8 hitter but he hasn't been bad at all

[Agony and Ivy]

Lester has also been terrible. He’s so [expletive] inefficient it’s hard to watch.

 

he messed up walking the 8 hitter but he hasn't been bad at all

 

Just look back at his sequences. Half his pitches are Chatwood bad with regards to proximity to the zone. When you throw 88 and now 96 you can’t do that.

[Schwarber Fan]

Lester has no command right now.

[Old Style]

Where the horsefeathers was that pitch??????

[UMFan83]

In what world has Lester been bad? Sure you can argue that his peripherals are worse than his 2.89 ERA but what did you guys expect from Lester this season?

[Agony and Ivy]

In what world has Lester been bad? Sure you can argue that his peripherals are worse than his 2.89 ERA but what did you guys expect from Lester this season?

 

I don’t think he’s been bad but he’s basically a 5 inning guy now because he hasn’t challenged hitters. In the past he’s never given in which is fine when you’re around the zone and can induce chases or generous calls. But, when you’re missing the zone by feet you’re not going to get that. I wasn’t serious when I said send him to the pen but he’s frustrating to watch now.

[Agony and Ivy]

Arenado is having a rough game defensively. Probably scared and trying to keep up with the MVP in the other dugout.

[Cubswin11]

In what world has Lester been bad? Sure you can argue that his peripherals are worse than his 2.89 ERA but what did you guys expect from Lester this season?

Yeah I mean he’s probably our worst starter this year and that’s not a bad thing. He’s already had two starts of 6 innings and no runs and 7 innings and 3 runs. If he can give us 20-24 quality starts and a ERA under 4.5 this year I’m cool with that.

[Cubswin11]

Great base running by Russell

[17 Seconds]

not a fan of lester taking this at-bat, even with the bench options not being very good

[Agony and Ivy]

Great base running by Russell

 

That was a phenomenal read by him.

[Gilby]

That's such great baserunning by Russell.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Let's go Al, need a quality AB

[Agony and Ivy]

Lester, with an absolutely useless attempt there.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Why did Lester bat??