8/10 Nationals (Hellickson) @ Cubs (Hendricks), 1:20 PM CDT NBC Sports Chicago, MLBN

[UMFan83]

Kyle Hendricks gives up a run in the first inning

[Ding Dong Johnson]

horsefeathers, I figured soto's numbers would have been more pedestrian-like after his hot start

[UMFan83]

Is Bote a legit gold glove contender in the future?. In the small time he's been with the team he's been impressive as hell at 3B

 

Hendricks sucks

 

He's supposed to be the starter we all feel the best about.

 

Of course now he will go on to pitch 5 more shutout innings probably.

[Schwarber Fan]

It’s amazing that this first inning stuff has lasted nearly 2 full seasons.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

what about if we let bote pitch the first inning of kyle's starts?

[NotSoSober]

Hellicksons delivery irks the hell out of me. You'd think he was either Charlie Hough or a position player

[Sammy Sofa]

horsefeathers, I like that. Make this hump feel the burn of the Cubs' Starters' 1st Inning Curse, too.

[David]

Javy 3-0 alert

[Brian]

the fact that this guy started the game with 7 straight balls is going to be real annoying to remember later I'm betting

[UMFan83]

Javy at 3-0: OK Joe, I'll try this whole walking thing but if this pitch is a called strike, I'm letting it rip

[Schwarber Fan]

Now he’ll undoubtedly settle in.

[TMan92]

I love it when our mediocre pitching distracts us from our massively inconsistent offense.

[Sammy Sofa]

I get that it's my simple lizard brain that wants the Cubs to be sitting better than 21st in horsefeathering dongs in all of baseball, but I really think it would be more enjoyable if it didn't feel like SUCH an uphill battle to score a leadoff baserunner.

[Sammy Sofa]

"Spencer Kieboom?"

 

That totally sounds like a poorly made up on the spot name.

[TMan92]

Two out rbi again

[UMFan83]

seriously this is the pitcher we are pinning our hopes on getting his horsefeathers together more than any other starter? we're boned.

[Cubswin11]

seriously this is the pitcher we are pinning our hopes on getting his horsefeathers together more than any other starter? we're boned.

Since that start in San Franciso where he claimed he found something he’s been mostly quite good.

 

3.5 ERA, ~3 FIP, 2.8 xFIP, 9.5 K/9, 1 BB/9

Edited August 10, 2018 by Cubswin11

[Sammy Sofa]

seriously this is the pitcher we are pinning our hopes on getting his horsefeathers together more than any other starter? we're boned.

 

Yeah, every starter they began the year with is some varying level of disappointing to disaster to dead right now.

[Sammy Sofa]

seriously this is the pitcher we are pinning our hopes on getting his horsefeathers together more than any other starter? we're boned.

Since that start in San Franciso where he claimed he found something he’s been mostly quite good

 

His point still stands: Hendricks has been just OK since then and he's now the anchor by default. That's not good. If post-SF Hendricks was expected to be, say, the 3rd best starter the Cubs have? Great!

[NotSoSober]

This dude fuckin' blows. We're not scoring today

[Cubswin11]

Damn, thought that was gonna get out

[profisme]

Really annoying so far. Javy's AB was pivotal.

[Cubswin11]

seriously this is the pitcher we are pinning our hopes on getting his horsefeathers together more than any other starter? we're boned.

Since that start in San Franciso where he claimed he found something he’s been mostly quite good

 

His point still stands: Hendricks has been just OK since then and he's now the anchor by default. That's not good. If post-SF Hendricks was expected to be, say, the 3rd best starter the Cubs have? Great!

Eh, I’m fine with him being our game 1 starter/best playoff option. Hopefully some of Lester, Q, Hamels, Yu rise above him though.

[Cubswin11]

Schwarbs ball was hit at 109 MPH, the nats hits are at 77, 83, 87, 96. Stupid sport.

 

 

 

And now Harpers 20 hopper gets through

[Sammy Sofa]

Since that start in San Franciso where he claimed he found something he’s been mostly quite good

 

His point still stands: Hendricks has been just OK since then and he's now the anchor by default. That's not good. If post-SF Hendricks was expected to be, say, the 3rd best starter the Cubs have? Great!

Eh, I’m fine with him being our game 1 starter/best playoff option. Hopefully some of Lester, Q, Hamels, Yu rise above him though.

 

You're a braver person than I am. Dude is still giving essentially a dong a game. Today has all the makings of a '18 Hendricks Special: go 5-6 innings, giving up 3 runs and netting a half dozen k's so that at first glance it looks like a plain ol' QS and that he's not That Bad, despite having put his team down right away yet again and basically pitching from back on his heels the entire time.

 

Like, it's not bad, but it's really not good, either, especially when that's really what he's showing is his realistic best case scenario.