8/14/18 Cubs(Quintana) vs Brewers(Chacin) 1:20PM NBCS Chicago

[Brian]

this literally doesn't make sense

[Sammy Sofa]

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[ScrubMD]

All of our starters (except Hamels) are terrible and they’re all signed for like 8 more years.

[Sammy Sofa]

this literally doesn't make sense

 

Clobbering the horsefeathers out of a mediocre pitcher weakly serving up meatballs seems like a pretty natural outcome.

[TMan92]

this literally doesn't make sense

 

Bad curve balls and hittable fast balls get pummeled

[Brian707]

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[Sammy Sofa]

That was actually the first strike he's gotten today off of that miserable curve.

[Brian]

this literally doesn't make sense

 

Bad curve balls and hittable fast balls get pummeled

 

I don't mean the specific pitches today, I mean the entire starting staff this entire season. Quintana was great last season with the Cubs in the 2nd half and in the postseason (outside game 5 NLCS)

[Sammy Sofa]

All of our starters (except Hamels) are terrible and they’re all signed for like 8 more years.

 

Toss "the Quintana deal was so sneaky and brilliant because he's underrated and signed for so long" onto the pile with, "Addison Russell is only 24!!!!!"

[TMan92]

this literally doesn't make sense

 

Bad curve balls and hittable fast balls get pummeled

 

I don't mean the specific pitches today, I mean the entire starting staff this entire season. Quintana was great last season with the Cubs in the 2nd half and in the postseason (outside game 5 NLCS)

 

What changed from last year. Oh yeah. Joe’s buddy.

[Brian]

If there is a silver lining I feel like during this past stretch the Brewers seem to score in the first inning every day and then still lose.

[Cubswin11]

Make up an injury (if he already doesn’t have one) and DL Q and let Chavez or Underwood get a start or 2.

[Sammy Sofa]

this literally doesn't make sense

 

Bad curve balls and hittable fast balls get pummeled

 

I don't mean the specific pitches today, I mean the entire starting staff this entire season. Quintana was great last season with the Cubs in the 2nd half and in the postseason (outside game 5 NLCS)

 

Lester's old, Darvish has an injury history, Hendrick has a skillset that's always teetering on a thin line between productive and meatball delivery, and Chatwood was always a too clever for its own good-reach to begin with.

 

Hell, Quintana's the only one that's having what's arguably a "weird" off year.

[TMan92]

Can Zo be our leadoff hitter? What do you think Joe.

[Brian]

somehow, there are 6 teams worse at giving up runs in the 1st than the Cubs

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/opponent-1st-inning-runs-per-game

[Liam Neeson]

When the rosters expand lets just switch to using an opener

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Is it weird that for having the best record in the NL, we never seem to have many games where we just get out to a four run lead and cruise? Every game we trail and then have to hope our sometimes clunky offense can battle back. Just odd.

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, thank goodness we have Seal Boy up.

[Sammy Sofa]

(Please make me look even more dumb than usual, Seal Boy)

[TMan92]

Man, thank goodness we have Seal Boy up.

 

He wanted nothing to do with Heyward

[Brian707]

Great, Seal Boy the #5 hitter in this spot down 3

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I nominate going to the Rays strategy and start each game with a bullpen guy.

[stitchface]

a guy slugging .323 is batting 5th

[soccer10k]

Good thing we have the big hitting Seal Boy batting 5th.

[CubInOK]

I don't care what La Stella does here, I want out Bote out of the dock.