Cubs (Chatwood the Walk Machine) @ Cardinals (Weaver the Molester Stache) - 1:15 PM CT - ABC 7

[CaliforniaRaisin]

My wife: “Now Schwarber knows what it’s like for every woman when she breaks a heel.”

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I thought that was more trouble off the bat.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Riz is the key to this entire offensive turnaround.

[weis21]

POWER BATS

[UMFan83]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

 

1. Hendricks

2. Adbert Alzolay

3. Bullpen Day

4. Drew Smyly

5. Another Bullpen Day

[CyHawk_Cub]

1. Hendricks

2. pitching acquisition

3. pitching acquisition

4. pitching acquisition

5. pitching acquisition

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

 

1. Hendricks

2. Adbert Alzolay

3. Bullpen Day

4. Drew Smyly

5. Another Bullpen Day

 

Great time to ask as I forgot baseball has minor leagues. Is Adbert legit? Like, does he have a real chance to be a mini stud in MLB if he stays healthy? And how close is he to being ready for the bigs?

[Schwarber Fan]

Quintana is ahead of Chatwood on my list.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

 

1. Hendricks

2. Adbert Alzolay

3. Bullpen Day

4. Drew Smyly

5. Another Bullpen Day

 

Great time to ask as I forgot baseball has minor leagues. Is Adbert legit? Like, does he have a real chance to be a mini stud in MLB if he stays healthy? And how close is he to being ready for the bigs?

 

He's a legit prospect. But who knows what the hell will happen with him in the big leagues? He's not like a Syndergaard-type sure thing. He probably won't be a stud. But he could certainly have a future in a major league rotation. And he's probably pretty close to being ready -- should help us out of the pen and make some spot starts this year.

[Slugger_16]

[Bertz]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

 

Hendricks

 

 

 

Quintana

Darvish

 

 

Lester

Chatwood

 

I'm not worried about Yu or Q, I think it's just a slump for both. Lester looks pretty bad this year though, and Chatwood looks great for 80% of each start but for the other 20% he looks like late career Carlos Marmol. I'd be less concerned if he had "one bad inning" disease but it comes and goes seemingly at random.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Please be this filthy all year, Carl.

[UMFan83]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

 

Hendricks

 

 

 

Quintana

Darvish

 

 

Lester

Chatwood

 

I'm not worried about Yu or Q, I think it's just a slump for both. Lester looks pretty bad this year though, and Chatwood looks great for 80% of each start but for the other 20% he looks like late career Carlos Marmol. I'd be less concerned if he had "one bad inning" disease but it comes and goes seemingly at random.

 

 

I just don’t see Lester looking awful. At least not any more than some of the other guys. At times he actually looks really good still. Other times he struggles with command and gets caught nibbling too much. But what starter isn’t doing that more often than you’d like right now besides Hendricks?

[Brian]

how does a guy that throws over 100mph have less than .5 K/IP

[Derwood]

Taint shot

[Slugger_16]

That taint where you want that to hit you...

[Bertz]

Out of curiosity how would you rank the Cubs starters by level of current confidence when they start right NOW (not long term)

 

Hendricks

Lester

Chatwood

Quintana

Darvish

 

Maybe switch Chatwood and Q. Darvish would rocket up with 1-2 good starts

 

Hendricks

 

 

 

Quintana

Darvish

 

 

Lester

Chatwood

 

I'm not worried about Yu or Q, I think it's just a slump for both. Lester looks pretty bad this year though, and Chatwood looks great for 80% of each start but for the other 20% he looks like late career Carlos Marmol. I'd be less concerned if he had "one bad inning" disease but it comes and goes seemingly at random.

 

 

I just don’t see Lester looking awful. At least not any more than some of the other guys. At times he actually looks really good still. Other times he struggles with command and gets caught nibbling too much. But what starter isn’t doing that more often than you’d like right now besides Hendricks?

 

I just feel like I haven't seen Lester be able to miss bats against good hitters. He's done a good job of inning management, plus had some good fortune with how the lineup has turned over (e.g. two guys on but the pitcher is coming up). So I'm more worried with him that the nibbling is just what he has to do now.

[Slugger_16]

Bryant with a dong and a double in the same AB. Is there anything he can’t do?

[weis21]

kris killed yadi AND got a double.

 

now thats what i call a productive AB

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Up 2 Bryant should’ve risked that tag up.

[SpongeWorthy]

why is Willson such a dweeb at the plate

[Agony and Ivy]

why is Willson such a dweeb at the plate

 

He loves grounders.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Should run on Dexter all day.

[Agony and Ivy]

Throw strikes Brandon.