6/30/18 Twins (Mejia) @ CLUBES (Chatwood) 1:20 CST ABC 7/MLBN

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Cubs are 10th in the league in BA with RISP.

[BigSlick]

As far as relievers I want to shoot into the sun, Duensing is way higher on the list than pretty much anyone

[Brian]

We are turning the calendar over to July and Jason Heyward has a .291 BA

[Cubswin11]

Cubs are 10th in the league in BA with RISP.

Almost like this team is good, Duker and a team full of good hitters was eventually going to normalize with that RISP nonsense.

[BigSlick]

The team was 11-22 with RISP, which is hilarious based on the 22 RISP more than anything else

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Cubs are 10th in the league in BA with RISP.

Almost like this team is good, Duker and a team full of good hitters was eventually going to normalize with that RISP nonsense.

 

Almost like every dumb narrative is just that.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

We are turning the calendar over to July and Jason Heyward has a .291 BA

 

Since May 29, .342 / .381 / .523 (excluding today’s 4-hit game).

[bukie]

We are turning the calendar over to July and Jason Heyward has a .291 BA

And still somehow arguably the Cubs worst regular hitter.

[Tim]

One more note on Bass, since I just can't let it go. Here's a nice excerpt from a Fangraphs article on his splitter:

 

“I learned a split from my friend Matt Shoemaker, who is with the Angels. That’s his out pitch. I picked it up from him, and then when I was overseas in Japan [in 2016], I watched the way they threw their splits and started incorporating that into the way I use mine. It’s started becoming a swing-and-miss pitch for me.

 

“A lot of guys there throw splits, and they hold them a little bit differently than I do. I hold it with the horseshoe and they throw it against the horseshoe of the seams. The biggest thing for me is having it look like a fastball as long as possible, until 10 feet out in front of the plate, and then the action of the pitch is a sudden drop, down and away to a lefty. I tried it the Japanese way, but it just went straight; it didn’t have much bottom to it. It was like a straight changeup.

 

“I think it’s more of a comfort thing for me. I guess it’s more like a forkball when you’re throwing it with the horseshoe, versus against, which would be more of a true split. I do call mine a split, though.

 

“In Japan, they’re all about the pressure of the thumb underneath, or on the side of, the baseball. Then, depending on the count, they’ll throw it harder or softer. They’ll try to get a chase for a swing and miss or they’ll ease up on it to throw it for a strike.”

His strikeout rate spiked in the minors last year after coming back from Japan. He also averages a career best 94.3 on his fastball, so he's got some velocity. While I don't think he's as good as he's been with the Cubs so far, he may not be entirely smoke and mirrors like Rosario, either.

[Cubswin11]

One more note on Bass, since I just can't let it go. Here's a nice excerpt from a Fangraphs article on his splitter:

 

“I learned a split from my friend Matt Shoemaker, who is with the Angels. That’s his out pitch. I picked it up from him, and then when I was overseas in Japan [in 2016], I watched the way they threw their splits and started incorporating that into the way I use mine. It’s started becoming a swing-and-miss pitch for me.

 

“A lot of guys there throw splits, and they hold them a little bit differently than I do. I hold it with the horseshoe and they throw it against the horseshoe of the seams. The biggest thing for me is having it look like a fastball as long as possible, until 10 feet out in front of the plate, and then the action of the pitch is a sudden drop, down and away to a lefty. I tried it the Japanese way, but it just went straight; it didn’t have much bottom to it. It was like a straight changeup.

 

“I think it’s more of a comfort thing for me. I guess it’s more like a forkball when you’re throwing it with the horseshoe, versus against, which would be more of a true split. I do call mine a split, though.

 

“In Japan, they’re all about the pressure of the thumb underneath, or on the side of, the baseball. Then, depending on the count, they’ll throw it harder or softer. They’ll try to get a chase for a swing and miss or they’ll ease up on it to throw it for a strike.”

His strikeout rate spiked in the minors last year after coming back from Japan. He also averages a career best 94.3 on his fastball, so he's got some velocity. While I don't think he's as good as he's been with the Cubs so far, he may not be entirely smoke and mirrors like Rosario, either.

Fair enough, wasn’t aware of the splitter thing and there’s clearly guys below him on the totem pole. Still want Maples and Mekkes to get some more looks sooner than later to figure out exactly who they are and if they can be valuable pieces.

[Sammy Sofa]

Cubs are 10th in the league in BA with RISP.

Almost like this team is good, Duker and a team full of good hitters was eventually going to normalize with that RISP nonsense.

 

Almost like every dumb narrative is just that.

 

When you have bloody diarrhea, the real comfort comes from the assurances that some indeterminate time in the future you WON'T have bloody diarrhea.

[Derwood]

Almost like this team is good, Duker and a team full of good hitters was eventually going to normalize with that RISP nonsense.

 

Almost like every dumb narrative is just that.

 

When you have bloody diarrhea, the real comfort comes from the assurances that some indeterminate time in the future you WON'T have bloody diarrhea.

 

And that 2 years ago you had the greatest poop in history

[Derwood]

Cubs team batting line today:

 

.526/.600/.605 .555 BABIP

[UMFan83]

March - 2-1

April - 14-9

May - 14-13

June - 16-12

 

I’ll take it

[UMFan83]

Heyward up to .789 OPS now for the year. His season slash line is basically the same as his year in STL. -.002 in BA, -.010 in OBP and +.001 in SLG

[Ding Dong Johnson]

We are turning the calendar over to July and Jason Heyward has a .291 BA

 

Since May 29, .342 / .381 / .523 (excluding today’s 4-hit game).

but should we be concerned about the walks?

[17 Seconds]

never ever trade javier baez

[UMFan83]

We are turning the calendar over to July and Jason Heyward has a .291 BA

 

Since May 29, .342 / .381 / .523 (excluding today’s 4-hit game).

but should we be concerned about the walks?

 

Nah he has a career 10% walk rate and was still around 9% even when he was terrible the last 2 years.

[UMFan83]

So umm...Almora is currently leading the National League in BA as we enter July

[bukie]

So umm...Almora is currently leading the National League in BA as we enter July

I did post that earlier in the thread, but yeah, how far has BA fallen in importance that basically nobody even noticed how close to the leaders Almora has been?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Jeets.

[weis21]

For the record I liked CubsWin’s post ab Bass strictly because I thought the “catch and release Bass” was clever.

 

I was probably wrong w both of those takes.