5/15 Cubs (Darvish) @ Reds (Gray) 5:40 CST WGN

[TMan92]

Sure would be nice to have guys like Strop and, what's his name, Morrow?

 

Yep. We were due for one of these. Going to be tough tomorrow.

[UMFan83]

Darvish gets an assist in this loss for throwing 100 pitches in 5 1/3 inning to expose the soft underbelly of this horsefeathers pen

This is a weird take. It’s hard to have a super efficient game when you have 11 Ks...

 

$20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher

[Cubswin11]

Darvish gets an assist in this loss for throwing 100 pitches in 5 1/3 inning to expose the soft underbelly of this horsefeathers pen

This is a weird take. It’s hard to have a super efficient game when you have 11 Ks...

 

$20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher

That’s basically what Lester has been for us, that seems to work out fine.

[ConstableRabbit]

Darvish gets an assist in this loss for throwing 100 pitches in 5 1/3 inning to expose the soft underbelly of this horsefeathers pen

This is a weird take. It’s hard to have a super efficient game when you have 11 Ks...

 

$20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher

I mean, okay, but... that’s Darvish throughout his entire career. He goes 5-6 and gets a [expletive] of strikeouts. He’s pretty much always been that guy so not sure what you were expecting.

[Andy]

I'm extremely impressed that Joe mismanaged the bullpen so horsefeathering badly that he decided he needed to have Brad horsefeathering Brach take an AB in the 10th inning so he could then get 1 damn out before immediately losing the game.

 

Sorry about all the cussing, but man, that was a travesty.

[UMFan83]

This is a weird take. It’s hard to have a super efficient game when you have 11 Ks...

 

$20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher

I mean, okay, but... that’s Darvish throughout his entire career. He goes 5-6 and gets a [expletive] of strikeouts. He’s pretty much always been that guy so not sure what you were expecting.

 

He’s not always been that guy, it was not unusual for him to go 7+ innings in the past. Yes he’s had numerous injuries and isn’t the same pitcher as he was in 2014 but I’m not going to praise him for going 6 innings (exactly) in 1 of 9 starts this year. Have our expectations for him already been trampled down that much?

 

If you want to make the argument that he’s still building up his arm and let’s wait to see if he can start pitching deeper into games as the season goes on fine. But no I’m not going to say 5.1 IP and 2 ER is what I expected as his 2nd best start of the season.

[ConstableRabbit]

 

$20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher

I mean, okay, but... that’s Darvish throughout his entire career. He goes 5-6 and gets a [expletive] of strikeouts. He’s pretty much always been that guy so not sure what you were expecting.

 

He’s not always been that guy, he routinely went 7+ innings in the past. Yes he’s had numerous injuries and isn’t the same pitcher as he was in 2014 but I’m not going to praise him for going 6 innings (exactly) in 1 of 9 starts this year. Have our expectations for him already been trampled down that much?

 

If you want to make the argument that he’s still building up his arm and let’s wait to see if he can start pitching deeper into games as the season goes on fine. But no I’m not going to say 5.1 IP and 2 ER is what I expected as his 2nd best start of the season.

I’m not going to go to baseball reference page for you and divide his IP by his GS but you can and see for yourself.

 

He’s the all time leader in K/9. He has never averaged 7 IP per start. He doesn’t need to do so to be effective and bringing this up after he’s gone 5.1 IP, 2 ER and 11 Ks is horsefeathering asinine: you’d really complain if he put that up every start?

[UMFan83]

I mean, okay, but... that’s Darvish throughout his entire career. He goes 5-6 and gets a [expletive] of strikeouts. He’s pretty much always been that guy so not sure what you were expecting.

 

He’s not always been that guy, he routinely went 7+ innings in the past. Yes he’s had numerous injuries and isn’t the same pitcher as he was in 2014 but I’m not going to praise him for going 6 innings (exactly) in 1 of 9 starts this year. Have our expectations for him already been trampled down that much?

 

If you want to make the argument that he’s still building up his arm and let’s wait to see if he can start pitching deeper into games as the season goes on fine. But no I’m not going to say 5.1 IP and 2 ER is what I expected as his 2nd best start of the season.

I’m not going to go to baseball reference page for you and divide his IP by his GS but you can and see for yourself.

 

He’s the all time leader in K/9. He has never averaged 7 IP per start. He doesn’t need to do so to be effective and bringing this up after he’s gone 5.1 IP, 2 ER and 11 Ks is horsefeathering asinine: you’d really complain if he put that up every start?

 

Not many pitchers average 7 IP a start over a season. Though in 2012, 2013 and 2014 he did average 6 2/3 IP per start. Pretty good for a high K pitcher.

 

No I wouldn’t complain if he put up yesterday’s numbers every time. But as his second best start of the year and the 2nd deepest he’s gone in a game I’m not going to say he’s meeting my expectations. I’d like my pitchers to occasionally make it though 6 innings, otherwise it’s a strain on a thin bullpen every 5 days

 

Obviously not getting anywhere so I don’t think it makes sense to continue the discussion

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm extremely impressed that Joe mismanaged the bullpen so horsefeathering badly that he decided he needed to have Brad horsefeathering Brach take an AB in the 10th inning so he could then get 1 damn out before immediately losing the game.

 

Sorry about all the cussing, but man, that was a travesty.

 

Yeah, it was so absurdly bad, especially since he so stupidly PH for Montgomery because he didn't bother with a double switch.