7/27: Road Cobs (BDJ) @ Vaunted Wisconsin Frauds (Anderson) 6:10 ABC7

[17 Seconds]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

 

stop saying this. it's completely meaningless and probably not even true at this point.

[TMan92]

I know this would never happen with the Cubs 1 game out of 1st but it would be cool to do a retooling. At the very least I don’t think we should make any major additions at the deadline unless it helps us just as much long term as it would this year (basically no rentals).

 

I would hate to get rid of any of those great guys in the minors.

 

The fact that one of the Brewers and Cards didn’t just run away with the division actually sucks at this point. Hamels and a coupe others off to free agency could have netted back something good. Now the booby prize will be a quick exit in October in the best case scenario.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

 

Cubswin11, that's what makes me want to punch a hole in the wall, which I would do if I wasn't worried about me breaking it.

 

We have more talent than the Brewers. And I don't like the fact that we don't stomp them into the ground a lot more than we should since the early part of last season. It's really starting to irritate the horsefeathers out of me.

[Andy]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

Doesn't matter if they're the best if they don't win more games than the others.

[Perd]

You know how I know Craig Kimbrel sucks? The Cubs signed him.

[17 Seconds]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

 

Cubswin11, that's what makes me want to punch a hole in the wall, which I would do if I wasn't worried about me breaking it.

 

We have more talent than the Brewers. And I don't like the fact that we don't stomp them into the ground a lot more than we should since the early part of last season. It's really starting to irritate the horsefeathers out of me.

 

idk why you're stuck on the brewers when the cardinals exist and look like the best team in the division.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

 

Cubswin11, that's what makes me want to punch a hole in the wall, which I would do if I wasn't worried about me breaking it.

 

We have more talent than the Brewers. And I don't like the fact that we don't stomp them into the ground a lot more than we should since the early part of last season. It's really starting to irritate the horsefeathers out of me.

 

idk why you're stuck on the brewers when the cardinals exist and look like the best team in the division.

 

I'm not sure because I didn't look, but I'm still pretty sure the Cardinals got hot playing a really shitty part of the sked and now have a really difficult part (except for us) coming up, and very well could go back to being the team that was a few games below .500 and whose fans on their message board had thrown in the towel and also wanted to sell.

[Cubswin11]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

 

stop saying this. it's completely meaningless and probably not even true at this point.

No it’s true. Frustrating, but true.

[Cubswin11]

Still the best team in the division, somehow

 

Cubswin11, that's what makes me want to punch a hole in the wall, which I would do if I wasn't worried about me breaking it.

 

We have more talent than the Brewers. And I don't like the fact that we don't stomp them into the ground a lot more than we should since the early part of last season. It's really starting to irritate the horsefeathers out of me.

 

idk why you're stuck on the brewers when the cardinals exist and look like the best team in the division.

The Brewers aren’t relevant outside of H2H games, they really suck. And the Cardinals aren’t a good team but hey, they had a nice 9 game run or something. We’ll be fine.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

 

stop saying this. it's completely meaningless and probably not even true at this point.

No it’s true. Frustrating, but true.

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2019&month=0&season1=2019&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=

 

Brewers passed the Cubs tonight, though somehow their offense is actually a little worse

 

Wait. Am I reading correctly that it says the Mets are better than both of them? Because if I am, I don't think I care about this anymore.

[17 Seconds]

 

Cubswin11, that's what makes me want to punch a hole in the wall, which I would do if I wasn't worried about me breaking it.

 

We have more talent than the Brewers. And I don't like the fact that we don't stomp them into the ground a lot more than we should since the early part of last season. It's really starting to irritate the horsefeathers out of me.

 

idk why you're stuck on the brewers when the cardinals exist and look like the best team in the division.

The Brewers aren’t relevant outside of H2H games, they really suck. And the Cardinals aren’t a good team but hey, they had a nice 9 game run or something. We’ll be fine.

 

weird time to resurrect the duke nonsense but alright

[Cubswin11]

 

stop saying this. it's completely meaningless and probably not even true at this point.

No it’s true. Frustrating, but true.

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2019&month=0&season1=2019&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=

 

Brewers passed the Cubs tonight, though somehow their offense is actually a little worse

Their offense has always been worse

[Cubswin11]

 

idk why you're stuck on the brewers when the cardinals exist and look like the best team in the division.

The Brewers aren’t relevant outside of H2H games, they really suck. And the Cardinals aren’t a good team but hey, they had a nice 9 game run or something. We’ll be fine.

 

weird time to resurrect the duke nonsense but alright

Assuming no ridiculous sell off by us or injuries and no team winning like 35 of 46 or whatever the Brewers did we are still winning this division. The talent sucks, but we suck least.

[17 Seconds]

The Brewers aren’t relevant outside of H2H games, they really suck. And the Cardinals aren’t a good team but hey, they had a nice 9 game run or something. We’ll be fine.

 

weird time to resurrect the duke nonsense but alright

Assuming no ridiculous sell off by us or injuries and no team winning like 35 of 46 or whatever the Brewers did we are still winning this division. The talent sucks, but we suck least.

 

there's a good chance the cubs win the division, but there is absolutely no reason to be confident of that in any way. it's basically a crapshoot at this point. whatever advantage they have in talent obviously isn't enough to pull away.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

 

weird time to resurrect the duke nonsense but alright

Assuming no ridiculous sell off by us or injuries and no team winning like 35 of 46 or whatever the Brewers did we are still winning this division. The talent sucks, but we suck least.

 

there's a good chance the cubs win the division, but there is absolutely no reason to be confident of that in any way. it's basically a crapshoot at this point. whatever advantage they have in talent obviously isn't enough to pull away.

 

If you feel there is a good chance, then that's better than a crapshoot.

 

That said, I'm pissed right now. I horsefeathering hate the Brewers.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

The big decider could be which of the three teams does the most at the deadline. That actually could be the Cardinals. I'm trying to figure out how the Brewers get a reasonable sized piece with their farm system. I don't even know how they get a Zach Wheeler rental, but maybe it's possible.

[17 Seconds]

Assuming no ridiculous sell off by us or injuries and no team winning like 35 of 46 or whatever the Brewers did we are still winning this division. The talent sucks, but we suck least.

 

there's a good chance the cubs win the division, but there is absolutely no reason to be confident of that in any way. it's basically a crapshoot at this point. whatever advantage they have in talent obviously isn't enough to pull away.

 

If you feel there is a good chance, then that's better than a crapshoot.

 

That said, I'm pissed right now. I horsefeathering hate the Brewers.

 

all 3 teams have a good chance at the division

[Schwarber Fan]

What a train wreck.

[Andy]

Lester apparently said he was gassed, potentially due to the illness, and told Joe he was done after 7. So that at least wasn't on Maddon, I guess.

[Cubswin11]

Lester apparently said he was gassed, potentially due to the illness, and told Joe he was done after 7. So that at least wasn't on Maddon, I guess.

The bullpen choices still were

[Cubswin11]

They’re gonna win tomorrow and be in first place going in to STL. This sport is dumb

[r_mack]

Lester apparently said he was gassed, potentially due to the illness, and told Joe he was done after 7. So that at least wasn't on Maddon, I guess.

The bullpen choices still were

What's your suggestion? The entire bullpen isn't to be trusted.

[Cubswin11]

Lester apparently said he was gassed, potentially due to the illness, and told Joe he was done after 7. So that at least wasn't on Maddon, I guess.

The bullpen choices still were

What's your suggestion? The entire bullpen isn't to be trusted.

Using Cishek as first guy out was criminal. Cishek should’ve been completely down. Wick/Holland(for the lefty matchup)/Kimbrel (yeah he sucked but and blew it but was also up the prior 3 innings) should’ve been the guys from the 8th on. Also Chatwood probably needs a look as a RP candidate and should’ve been in over Cishek.

[UMFan83]

#TheoFASigning

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

The bullpen choices still were

What's your suggestion? The entire bullpen isn't to be trusted.

Using Cishek as first guy out was criminal. Cishek should’ve been completely down. Wick/Holland(for the lefty matchup)/Kimbrel (yeah he sucked but and blew it but was also up the prior 3 innings) should’ve been the guys from the 8th on. Also Chatwood probably needs a look as a RP candidate and should’ve been in over Cishek.

Also if we got to the 9th with the lead he wouldn't have faced the heart of the order.

 

But it feels gross saying Kimbrel cant get the best guys out anymore (or at least thus far this season)