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

[Old Style]

Minimum two dongs for Schwarber tonight.

[David]

 

It's right up there with, "we used to shift a ton and it worked great, but then inexplicably we knocked it WAY down for reasons," as the new market inefficiency.

 

Well assuming you're talking about 2016, we were 29th in shifts that year at 4.6%, only ahead of the Marlins, who I'm guessing didn't even teach the concept. Since then we've gone 29th, 28th, and this year we're at 23rd, 14.2%. Astros are somehow at 50% for the year.

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/team-positioning?teamId=117&venue=home&firstBase=0&shift=1&batSide=&season=2016

 

Man, I never know this horsefeathers; I'm just piggybacking on other people here smarter than me who keep complaining like the Cubs stopped shifting as much or got horsefeathers at it or whatever.

 

i honestly think that when 2016 came, they were just like "we're so horsefeathering good at defense that we don't need this gimmicky shift [expletive]" and were better off without it.

[CyHawk_Cub]

If Taylor Davis hits a grandslam tonight, Cubs win, guaranteed.

[Sammy Sofa]

Minimum two dongs for Schwarber tonight.

 

I hope so. I miss Fat Schwarbs.

[Cubswin11]

Same horsefeathers that happened last year with him.

 

Is it as common with other teams to intentionally shorten their bench by refusing to put them on the injured list as it is with us? I swear we have a 'on roster but unplayable' player in like 60% of our games the last year-plus.

 

It's right up there with, "we used to shift a ton and it worked great, but then inexplicably we knocked it WAY down for reasons," as the new market inefficiency.

 

Well assuming you're talking about 2016, we were 29th in shifts that year at 4.6%, only ahead of the Marlins, who I'm guessing didn't even teach the concept. Since then we've gone 29th, 28th, and this year we're at 23rd, 14.2%. Astros are somehow at 50% for the year.

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/team-positioning?teamId=117&venue=home&firstBase=0&shift=1&batSide=&season=2016

We shifted a lot in 2015, did we not? It seems 2016 we just went super defense so it didn’t matter, but as things slipped by the pitching/defense it doesn’t seem like we’ve adapted by trying to shift more, like David said.

[squally1313]

 

It's right up there with, "we used to shift a ton and it worked great, but then inexplicably we knocked it WAY down for reasons," as the new market inefficiency.

 

Well assuming you're talking about 2016, we were 29th in shifts that year at 4.6%, only ahead of the Marlins, who I'm guessing didn't even teach the concept. Since then we've gone 29th, 28th, and this year we're at 23rd, 14.2%. Astros are somehow at 50% for the year.

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/team-positioning?teamId=117&venue=home&firstBase=0&shift=1&batSide=&season=2016

We shifted a lot in 2015, did we not? It seems 2016 we just went super defense so it didn’t matter, but as things slipped by the pitching/defense it doesn’t seem like we’ve adapted by trying to shift more, like David said.

 

That site only goes back to 2016, unfortunately. I remember that being the narrative, but I would have thought that also occurred in 2016 as well, so who knows.

[UMFan83]

ERA goes up

[NOLA]

Thankfully, Puig has the plate discipline of Javy 2015.

[UMFan83]

horsefeathers you russell. I decline the runs

[TMan92]

NSB Trigger Activated

[cl smooth]

horsefeathers this

[Sammy Sofa]

[NOLA]

Trade him while his value’s high.

[OleMissCub]

yay?

[bcl412]

How to I cheer this? Just treat him as a faceless POS?

[UMFan83]

Coomer has called him Addy like 4 times in the last 2 mins. Abusers don’t get cute nicknames

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Yu, you don’t have to go 3-2 to every batter before you get them out.

[NOLA]

Yu sure shakes off a ton of pitches for having a personal catcher.

[Schwarber Fan]

Heyward... yeesh

[UMFan83]

Heyward... yeesh

 

1 for his last 21 and 3 for his last 35

[BigSlick]

I hate that Jason Heyward gave us a solid month of good play. His last 2 weeks have been........woof

 

He played well just long enough to rope me back into thinking he was worth something

[gobigred]

Any clue how long this Zobrist not playing thing will last? Would think a solid road trip would be just what the doctor ordered

[CubinNY]

I see Addison hit a home run. I don’t have to like it.

[BigSlick]

I guess something called "Nick Senzel" is unstoppable now

[TMan92]

Votto just popped up?