9/12 Cubs (Darvish) @ Padres (Lamet) 2:40 NBCSC

[Cubswin11]

Maybe Rizzo is a better option to bat first to start every game than Tony horsefeathering Kemp.

Idk, gonna have to let it play out and see what the numbers bear out.

[UMFan83]

Maybe Rizzo is a better option to bat first to start every game than Tony horsefeathering Kemp.

Idk, gonna have to let it play out and see what the numbers bear out.

 

Dunno why but this made me want to look this up:

 

OPS by spot in the order this year

 

.651

.903

.858

.870

.962

.728

.718

.770

.506

 

Geez....we can argue the merits of proper lineup construction all day but I have to believe that this has had a bad effect on the offense this season.

 

 

Anyways, OPS by player as a leadoff hitter:

 

Rizzo - 1.413 (9 PA before today)

Schwarber - .825 (253 PA)

Happ - .708 (9 PA)

Zobrist - .687 (92 PA)

Descalso - .576 (51 PA)

Heyward - .554 (147 PA)

Baez - .542 (8 PA)

Almora - .504 (68 PA)

Garcia - .125 (16 PA)

 

Russell/Contreras/Bote/Kemp/Caratini and a plethora of pitchers who hit 1st due to double switches - .000 OPS in 23 PA

[Andy]

Milwaukee wins, so for the moment this team does not hold a playoff spot.

[Andy]

Darvish looking excellent again.

[ConstableRabbit]

Darvish looking excellent again.

last 10 starts excluding today

60.1 IP

2.69 ERA

.199 BAA

79K

4 BB

[Derwood]

Bryant with 69 RBI

 

nice

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Bryant with 69 RBI

 

nice

Nice and awful.

[Omar]

You guys are all forgetting about the biggest concern right now: what is the costume theme for the plane ride home?

[We Got The Whole 9]

Stop walking bum ass hitters Yu

[ConstableRabbit]

Yu is straight up shoving rn.

[UMFan83]

Milwaukee wins, so for the moment this team does not hold a playoff spot.

 

I'd gripe about Miami not showing up for the series but it wouldn't matter if the Cubs did better than winning 2 out of 7 games against Milwaukee the last 2 weeks.

[Sammy Sofa]

If Darvish gets out of this inning with his ERA still under 4 I will finally horsefeathering BELIEVE.

[Brian]

This is definitely going to push his forearm issue over the edge into full blown exploded arm, right?

[Sammy Sofa]

Thanks for the sick ass mercy call, ump. YU CAN DO THIS.

[Brian]

was ball one as awful (as in its clearly a strike) as it looks on gameday?

[Sammy Sofa]

[Schwarber Fan]

Man I wish pitch count wasn’t a factor. Darvish would probably get 20 Ks today.

[Cubswin11]

Mentally weak, Yu Darvish

[badger]

No matter how shitty this team is doing I can't stop following them even when i want to. This post has nothing to do with today's game (yet).

[Schwarber Fan]

Potential good news for this weekend at Wrigley, looks like we’ll have some hitter’s days.

[soccer10k]

Glad we play before Brewers-Cards on Fri and Sat. If the Cubs win, I’ll probably root for Milwaukee. If we lose then I root for St Louis.

 

Ideal scenario for me is the Cubs sweep the Pirates and the other series goes 2-1.

[badger]

You guys know this team is going to crash in a spectacular and painful fashion right?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

You guys know this team is going to crash in a spectacular and painful fashion right?

 

It already has.

[badger]

You guys know this team is going to crash in a spectacular and painful fashion right?

 

It already has.

 

There may be an encore or two to this concert.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I assume not, but just for the sake of convo, what are the chances Yu exercises his opt out after this season? Even if he finishes strong, he can't top 4 years and $81 million, right?