6/20 Cubs(Lester) vs Dodgers(Stripling) 1:20 WGN

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Definitely. He’s using his change up more, his velo has been a tick or 3 better this year vs 2017, he seems to be commanding the corners and low in the zone better. He’s definitely closer to 2015/16 Lester than 2017 Lester

 

I think Lester's been extremely lucky, but he's also a legit soft contact guy. His ERA is in the low 2's, but I'd guess he's "earned" an ERA in the low 3's while FIP puts him in the low 4's.

Oh I mean he’s not a sub 3 era guy, but he’s been plenty fine. Today is the first game in a while I’d say he’s getting really lucky, he clearly doesn’t have it and is giving up some very hard contact the wind and defense is saving his ass on.

 

Yeah Lester's performance is hard to judge. On the one hand, he stunk early on and had good results which has skewed his overall numbers. But I also think he did everything he could to succeed outside the confines of FIP -- nibbling, picking his spots to attack, knowing which batters to work around, when getting donged it was because he only threw dongable pitches when nobody was on, etc. It also limited how deep he could work into games. But strictly ERA-wise, I think he has enough savvy to survive when his stuff isn't there.

 

I think he's a lot closer to what he's been his last 8 starts or so, though -- around a 3.7 FIP with contact-management skills that let him maintain an ERA around 3.

 

As long as his velocity stays where it's at and he shows the command he's had the last couple months, he can probably put up a sub-3 ERA with this defense behind him, though.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Boring team.

 

Who said the team was boring?

[NotSoSober]

So what will it take to get Britton or Hand?

[BigSlick]

well what would we do if we weren't making it marginally interesting all the time

[NotSoSober]

Baez, you sexy horsefeathers

[Omar]

Had to look up the origin of the last name "Bass"

 

English: from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.

 

English: in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.

 

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.

 

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’. German: see Basse.

[Brian]

haha

[ScrubMD]

I like Javier Baez.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

#wearegood

[NotSoSober]

I don't frequent the Amateur forum, how our the Cubs top 2 pics from last yers draft doing?

[Brian]

thank you for sparing us bases loaded no outs

[Sammy Sofa]

These are some dumb TOOTBLANing mother huggers.

[BigSlick]

These are some dumb TOOTBLANing mother huggers.

i think its fun they're giving us some more RISP w/ <2 out situations to experiment with

 

they'll probably fail horribly but at least there's like zero pressure on it

[Cubswin11]

So what will it take to get Britton or Hand?

I think Hand would be prohibitively expensive. Happ+ is probably the minimum (which I’m not giving that up). Britton hopefully like some combo of Bote, Caritini, and pitching prospects (which I don’t care, take whoever).

 

I want Ottavino if the Rockies fall out of it. He’s a FA after the year. I’ve also mentioned Lugo and Gsellemen as other guys I’d target.

Edited June 20, 2018 by Cubswin11

[imb]

jesus rizzo

[NotSoSober]

Stop horsefeathering bunting with Contreras

[Ding Dong Johnson]

that is so weird that the cubs would bunt with a guy on third wow how did the dodgers stop that

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Rizzo probably should have stayed on third, right?

[BigSlick]

what did i say about making an obscene amount of outs at the plate

 

why does this keep happening

[soccer10k]

jesus rizzo

 

That’s on Willy or Maddon. Whoever decided to bunt.

[Tim]

Aren't we the best baserunning team in mlb?

[Cubswin11]

STOP THE horsefeathering BUNTING

[NotSoSober]

Thank god we bunted with Contreras. Get bent, Maddon

[Tim]

Sorry, second best baserunning team in mlb.

[NotSoSober]

Aren't we the best baserunning team in mlb?

Yes, but do you really expect Rizzo to score in a horsefeathers bunt?