8/1: Cubs (Lester) @ Cardinals (Flaherty) 6:15, NBCSCH

[Banedon]

I have to...er...get to do this again?

 

Last nights win means the Cubs (barely) finished over .500 for July so...way to go guys!

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[Sammy Sofa]

This feels like it should be a day game, dammit. Gimme some work baseball to stew over.

[UMFan83]

The Cubs have not won road games on back to back days since April 30-May 1st against Seattle. They did win consecutive road games on July 4th and July 6th against Pittsburgh/White Sox but there was an off day in between so the previous sentence is a bit cherry picked to make the Cubs seem slightly more futile on the road. Either way, that PIT/CWS 2 game win streak is the only road win streak of any amount since 4/30-5/1 (and technically won the first game of their next road trip on 5/14)

[jersey cubs fan]

Heyward 1, Castellannos 2, Kemp 8

[Bertz]

 

I like

[Derwood]

Keep Heyward at the top until he slumps. He'll turn back into a pumpkin eventually, but let's not waste his good play down in the 6/7 hole

[badger]

I really like this lineup which means we'll score -3 runs

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Castellanos should be hitting 7th, hopefully he gets hot

[UMFan83]

Castellanos should be hitting 7th, hopefully he gets hot

 

I mistakenly thought Flaherty was a lefty...if that were the case, hitting 2nd is great. But again a righty, I'd rather have him hit lower too.

[Sammy Sofa]

Castellanos should be hitting 7th, hopefully he gets hot

 

Yeah, this a dumb spot to hit him against a RH, especially when Contreras is in the freakin' lineup.

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't really mind it as a first time thing, assuming it's a one off.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

Uh, maybe Castellanos was hitting against nothing but righties the last month?

 

Last 7 days: .063 .063 .125 .188

Last 2 weeks: .190 .190 .381 .571

Last 4 weeks: .226 .253 .405 .658

(87 PA) (A whopping 3 walks to 22 strikeouts)

 

Yikes.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Uh, maybe Castellanos was hitting against nothing but righties the last month?

 

Last 7 days: .063 .063 .125 .188

Last 2 weeks: .190 .190 .381 .571

Last 4 weeks: .226 .253 .405 .658

(87 PA) (A whopping 3 walks to 22 strikeouts)

 

Yikes.

Saw that. I'm hoping he had just checked out mentally. He made some comments that certainly point to being frustrated with the team and the cavernous ballpark.

 

But yeah those numbers are disgusting. He shouldn't bat 2nd against RHP at all.

[Cubswin11]

Yeah he should be flipped with Willy vs righties in this lineup and maybe behind Schwarbs down there (or Happ should just be playing over him more often than not vs them).

[TMan92]

What are flaherty’s splits?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Uh, maybe Castellanos was hitting against nothing but righties the last month?

 

Last 7 days: .063 .063 .125 .188

Last 2 weeks: .190 .190 .381 .571

Last 4 weeks: .226 .253 .405 .658

(87 PA) (A whopping 3 walks to 22 strikeouts)

 

Yikes.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Uh, maybe Castellanos was hitting against nothing but righties the last month?

 

Last 7 days: .063 .063 .125 .188

Last 2 weeks: .190 .190 .381 .571

Last 4 weeks: .226 .253 .405 .658

(87 PA) (A whopping 3 walks to 22 strikeouts)

 

Yikes.

...but how does he do in St. Louis?

[UMFan83]

So nice for the schedule makers to allow this game to start a whole hour earlier since they have to fly home and play a day game tomorrow.

 

The Brewers will get there before us and they are coming from the west coast

[Sammy Sofa]

How is that a wild pitch?

[UMFan83]

Man KB is struggling lately

[Schwarber Fan]

Rizzo needs to swing the damn bat in hitter’s counts.

[Edith Cox]

Need Lester to be on today and find a way to slow Goldy down who is hot right now and owns him.

[Sammy Sofa]

Get ready to get stranded at 2B a LOT, new guy.

[Sammy Sofa]

Man KB is struggling lately

 

Yeah, .227 .277 .341 .618 over the last 2 weeks, and kinda terrifyingly with a .346 BAbip.

 

And yet that one dude just zeros in on the last 2 games. Weird.

Edited August 1, 2019 by Sammy Sofa