7/26 - Diamondbacks (Godley) @ Cubs (Chatwalk) 1:20 NBCSC & MLBN

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Boxberger to shut things down in the 9th. No reason to watch. Go do something useful.

 

Wait. Don’t leave.

[UMFan83]

Ichiro, is the only player in MLB history who has put up a .380 BABIP and >50% GB rate in a season. From my 3 min looking on fangraphs. But yes because Almora did it for a small sample we should keep pushing our luck.

 

I'm not saying Almora is Ichiro, or that he will continue with those numbers.

 

Though it is funny that you all predict his success against righties OR lefties on a really limited sample size (he has fewer than 500 career PA's against righties, and all of 267 against lefties).

 

And now I've become the Almora defender, which I have no intention of being. Oh well, Go Cubs

 

This is ignoring what started your involvement in this discussion that his BABIP and GB% is historically very very unlikely to produce the numbers Almora has over time. The sample size there is much much larger than 500 PAs.

[Derwood]

Rizzo and Schwarber get a ton of balls called strikes on them

[TMan92]

Best game ever

[squally1313]

Much like BABIP regresses towards .300, L/R splits tend to regress to a player's overall mean. Almora playing versus righties is fine, especially with how banged up the roster is right now. And lineup doesn't matter unless you're doing something actively harmful, like batting the pitcher at cleanup.

 

Tl;DR stop whining about Almora, if he's comfortable batting 1 or 2 that is probably worth more than the .1 runs/game it costs us over an "optimal" lineup.

 

No. He's like our 12th best hitter against righties. And apparently he hasn't been very 'comfortable' there all month.

 

WHO GIVES A horsefeathers DONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGS

[Andy]

Bote is the balls

 

RIZZO HOLY horsefeathers

[Brian]

TONY

 

BACK TO BACK

[UMFan83]

WALK OFF

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Oh my fuggin GOD!!!!!!

[Brian]

is that the first back to back of the year?

[Perd]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

[Guancous]

And let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Tyler Chatwood doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Wooooooo now that's a horsefeathering comeback!

[cl smooth]

WALK OFF BABY!!!!!

[Brian]

and that was Rizzo's 1,000th game

[UMFan83]

"The Cubs move to 11-8 when Chatwood starts so we should keep him in the rotation" - Derwood, probably

[TMan92]

Chili just broke a water cooler in the dugout

[BigSlick]

ahahahahahahahahahah

 

thats how you draw it up baby!!!

[Derwood]

This game:

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

wow

[Brian]

Chili is going to give Bote and Rizzo a talking to like when Dusty publicly scolded CPatt after an extra innings walk off

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Fly that horsefeathering W!

[Schwarber Fan]

Bote is going to Wally Pipp KB

[BigSlick]

Bote is going to Wally Pipp KB

i'd like him to wally pipp seal boy honestly