6/29/18 Twins (Berrios) @ CLUBES (Montgomery) 4:05 CST NBC Sports Chicago

[UMFan83]

How many times this year have the Cubs entered the 9th with a big lead and Morrow ends up having to come in because the selected reliever shits the bed?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

How many times this year have the Cubs entered the 9th with a big lead and Morrow ends up having to come in because the selected reliever horsefeathers the bed?

 

Anywhere from five to 10.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So, with today's results the Cubs have SEVEN players with 2.0 WAR or more in less than 81 games.

 

Plus three other players with at least 200 PA and an OBP of at least .340.

 

Also, a backup catcher who has given up more runs pitching than his RBIs + runs hitting.

[Brian]

cool appearance Brandon

[profisme]

Actually a smart move by Happ not to involve Gimenez.

 

You posit that Giminez is trying to sabotage the team. I have no counter-argument.

[HawkeTrackler]

I hate Justin Wilson so very much.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Obviously easy to forget, but Monty getting out of that bases loaded spot with two outs in the fifth was a big moment.

[Derwood]

Morrow now unavailable tomorrow because Maddon doesn't want him going 3 days in a row

 

 

 

 

/only slightly joking

[17 Seconds]

gg

[Brian]

Morrow now unavailable tomorrow because Maddon doesn't want him going 3 days in a row

 

 

 

 

/only slightly joking

 

7 pitches the past two days, and I wouldn't be surprised.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Nice win. Keep the bats going.

[Cubswin11]

Justin Wilson sucks and we always had the right to hate him

[itisallpartoftheplan]

The Joe Mauer game took a little detour

[TMan92]

Brewers playing hold my beer on giving up homers to Reds pitching.

[soccer10k]

422 feet, my ass, on the Schwarber dong.

 

Courtesy of CubmanPi but if you look at the replay of the Russell home run, it said projected distance of 339 feet, which is interesting because the wall in left is 355 feet.

[Agony and Ivy]

422 feet, my ass, on the Schwarber dong.

 

Courtesy of CubmanPi but if you look at the replay of the Russell home run, it said projected distance of 339 feet, which is interesting because the wall in left is 355 feet.

 

I'm fairly positive StatCast doesn't include wind.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

422 feet, my ass, on the Schwarber dong.

 

Courtesy of CubmanPi but if you look at the replay of the Russell home run, it said projected distance of 339 feet, which is interesting because the wall in left is 355 feet.

 

I'm fairly positive StatCast doesn't include wind.

 

Nope. It also doesn't include spin. That one probably had a good amount of backspin based off of how long it hung in the air. A lot of back spin, way up in the air, plus that wind, and it easily went further than 339. Probably the same on Schwarber's.

 

The projected distance is only based off of launch angle and exit velocity. So you'll sometimes see balls with the same projected distances travel different distances -- even in domes, depending on if the ball had backspin or side spin and how much.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Addy made some comments early in the season about focusing on using the middle of the field more and he's had a lot of oppo swings this year where he thought he got all of it only to watch it die at the track. It's good to see him pull the ball again, even if today's homer was a cheapie. His last 40 games have been really good.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Statcast does measure spin on batted balls, but it isn't included in the data they provide, unless you download all of the data on a play. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because spin is more random and has to do with a variety of factors, such as which pitch was thrown and where it was thrown?

 

Also the spin will benefit a batted ball differently depending on the wind. So it's not as pertinent as launch angle and exit velocity?

[Regular Show]

Justin Wilson sucks and we always had the right to hate him

 

So I don't care how well he does the rest of the season -- I don't trust him and I don't want him on the playoff roster.

 

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if we just traded him to clear up a roster spot. We can trade for someone better next month.

[soccer10k]

 

Courtesy of CubmanPi but if you look at the replay of the Russell home run, it said projected distance of 339 feet, which is interesting because the wall in left is 355 feet.

 

I'm fairly positive StatCast doesn't include wind.

 

Nope. It also doesn't include spin. That one probably had a good amount of backspin based off of how long it hung in the air. A lot of back spin, way up in the air, plus that wind, and it easily went further than 339. Probably the same on Schwarber's.

 

The projected distance is only based off of launch angle and exit velocity. So you'll sometimes see balls with the same projected distances travel different distances -- even in domes, depending on if the ball had backspin or side spin and how much.

 

Well that’s stupid. I feel like it shouldn’t be that hard to figure out where the ball would land if stands weren’t in the way based on the full trajectory of the ball.

 

I wonder what the old hittrackeronline (RIP) used since we used to occasionally see huge differences in the home run distances.