8/5: fodders (lucabrassiswimswiththefishes) @ Cubs (Lester) 1:20 WGN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Does anybody know where the Padres rank in offense in the NL? They don't seem that bad from what I've seen the past four days.

 

They were 2-14 in their previous 16 games and a very poor offense was a big part of that. The Cubs starting pitching has statistically been one of the 2-3 worst staffs in the NL so it makes sense they get going against us.

 

Psh, they got 2018 Cole Hamels and all of the hopes and prayers of the fanbase that the other guys somehow get better. PROBLEM SOLVED.

 

To be fair, I'm pretty sure 2018 Cole Hamels is our best starter now.

[bcl412]

I know it’s crapshoot and stuff but it’s hard to imagine doing much in the playoffs with our [expletive] starting pitchers

[Sammy Sofa]

 

They were 2-14 in their previous 16 games and a very poor offense was a big part of that. The Cubs starting pitching has statistically been one of the 2-3 worst staffs in the NL so it makes sense they get going against us.

 

Psh, they got 2018 Cole Hamels and all of the hopes and prayers of the fanbase that the other guys somehow get better. PROBLEM SOLVED.

 

To be fair, I'm pretty sure 2018 Cole Hamels is our best starter now.

 

But hey, all they have to do is just get to the playoffs. It's not like they didn't look like a pile of garbage last year and barely beat the horrendously mismanaged Nats in a hideous, hideous serious.

[Cubswin11]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

[UMFan83]

 

Psh, they got 2018 Cole Hamels and all of the hopes and prayers of the fanbase that the other guys somehow get better. PROBLEM SOLVED.

 

To be fair, I'm pretty sure 2018 Cole Hamels is our best starter now.

 

But hey, all they have to do is just get to the playoffs. It's not like they didn't look like a pile of garbage last year and barely beat the horrendously mismanaged Nats in a hideous, hideous serious.

 

Yeah but in that first round series I think Hendricks in game 5 was the only start that wasn’t excellent. I guess maybe it would be the opposite and the offense carries the series

[Cubswin11]

Thursday’s game is still far more dumb and annoying to me than this game today

[Gilby]

Now I'm imagining Lester having to dress up like Strop after giving up 5 runs in 5 innings, and it's a funny thought.

[CyHawk_Cub]

I'd maybe buy the heavy reliance on the bullpen idea like the Tribe in '16, but I have zero trust Morrow will be there much less dominant.

[Brian]

there's a lot of people that must be real fun at parties here

[Aaron_Kennelly]

The Dodgers team that beat us last year had a 1-16 stretch in September.

[imb]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

To be fair, I'm pretty sure 2018 Cole Hamels is our best starter now.

 

But hey, all they have to do is just get to the playoffs. It's not like they didn't look like a pile of garbage last year and barely beat the horrendously mismanaged Nats in a hideous, hideous serious.

 

Yeah but in that first round series I think Hendricks in game 5 was the only start that wasn’t excellent. I guess maybe it would be the opposite and the offense carries the series

 

Yeah, the starters were great until that last game. The bullpen was farting up a storm.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

The Dodgers team that beat us last year had a 1-16 stretch in September.

 

That's only because they got bored, though.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

 

We have the best record in the NL. It's worked all season. Why won't it work in the playoffs?

[Sammy Sofa]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

 

It does repeatedly crack me up how we have people talking here like the problem with the Cubs' starters has been that they melt down 4-5 innings into their starts. The starting rotation is legit horsefeathering terrible, and they act like it's going to just somehow work itself out in less than 2 months.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

 

We have the best record in the NL. It's worked all season. Why won't it work in the playoffs?

 

I'm not saying this is the case, but what if we were playing above our heads and now over the next few months there is a regression and then come the playoffs we are actually more like the fourth best team?

 

I assume this isn't the case. But just wondering.

[Cubswin11]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

Because it is a trump card and the starters will be pulled early the first sign of trouble to not get to 5 run in 3 innings start. Plus some of us on here have to counteract your consistent whining, doom bonnering and ninniness

[Bobson Dugnutt]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

 

plus, the way they've been used this year, our bullpen is probably gonna look like the injured bench full of looney tunes at the end of space jam by the time october rolls around.

[Sammy Sofa]

A team that wins a bunch of close, low run games is a fraud, but the team that has to repeatedly come from behind to win way too often has figured out the recipe for playoff success. Hopefully nobody tells the other teams about bullpenning it.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

Because it is a trump card and the starters will be pulled early the first sign of trouble to not get to 5 run in 3 innings start. Plus some of us on here have to counteract your consistent whining, doom bonnering and ninniness

 

the first sign of trouble is usually the first inning.

[Cubswin11]

We’re gonna bullpen the horsefeathers out of games in the playoffs. Starters will be on short leashes.

 

Why do you goobers act like "we'll just bullpen it" is some trump card lmao. If the starter gives up 5 runs in three innings, it's not gonna make much of a difference how good our bullpen might be.

 

It does repeatedly crack me up how we have people talking here like the problem with the Cubs' starters has been that they melt down 4-5 innings into their starts. The starting rotation is legit horsefeathering terrible, and they act like it's going to just somehow work itself out in less than 2 months.

Hendricks is back to his normal self, Q is mostly fine and Yu is going to be back. So yeah they should be mostly fine and worked out.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

We are 100% losing the wild card game to some marlon rando team like the Braves or Rockies. It is fated

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Against teams currently in the NL playoffs, we are 14-9. If the Dodgers move past the Braves in the order tonight, we'd be 16-9.

[Brian]

What happened to the playoffs being a crapshoot, just get in and see what happens?

[Brian]

Javy does not like all this loser talk