8/24 Cubs (Mills) @ Tigers (Mize) / 6:10pm CDT / Marquee

[Omar]

that was the Chicago Cubs 11,000th regular season win

 

Second franchise to achieve that feat

 

Giants are first with 11,179 wins

[Derwood]

So the key to winning is to play really bad teams

[Cubswin11]

So the key to winning is to play really bad teams

They’re 6-4 (97 win pace) vs teams with a winning record. Almost 40% of the games so far.

[NOLA]

I'm watching this on FS1, and these might be worst baseball play by play announcers who ever lived.

I was going to mention something about them. The color guy was the only thing that made the pbp guy seem decent. They just quietly rambled about uninteresting nonsense the entire broadcast.

[Andy]

I'm watching this on FS1, and these might be worst baseball play by play announcers who ever lived.

I was going to mention something about them. The color guy was the only thing that made the pbp guy seem decent. They just quietly rambled about uninteresting nonsense the entire broadcast.

I was stuck with the Tigers broadcast (they may have been the FS1 broadcast, too), and my God the most sinfully boring broadcast of all time. Monotone voices, no fun whatsoever. These guys know this is a game right?

[jersey cubs fan]

So the key to winning is to play really bad teams

They’re 6-4 (97 win pace) vs teams with a winning record. Almost 40% of the games so far.

So the key to winning is playing central division teams.

[Derwood]

I'm watching this on FS1, and these might be worst baseball play by play announcers who ever lived.

I was going to mention something about them. The color guy was the only thing that made the pbp guy seem decent. They just quietly rambled about uninteresting nonsense the entire broadcast.

I was stuck with the Tigers broadcast (they may have been the FS1 broadcast, too), and my God the most sinfully boring broadcast of all time. Monotone voices, no fun whatsoever. These guys know this is a game right?

 

Yeah, FS1 had the Tigers guys. Jack Morris does color, and someone genuinely unqualified to be on TV does play by play

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I didn't mind Jack, though I wasn't exactly paying attention for most of the broadcast. But I kept wondering if the PBP guy just up and left the booth.

[stitchface]

So the key to winning is to play really bad teams

They’re 6-4 (97 win pace) vs teams with a winning record. Almost 40% of the games so far.

So the key to winning is playing central division teams.

 

 

you're saying they do better against bad teams than good teams? Shocking!

[soccer10k]

I don’t think reverting back to 2014 Javy is the best strategy before FA

He’s really only been a real elite hitter in 2018 until September and then a month or two last year. Saw some tweet the other day about it. He’s been shockingly average from a wRC+ standpoint outside of that period.

 

There's a pretty big gap between elite and what he's doing this year though. How many people, with how flawed he is as a hitter, thought he'd be an elite hitter? We had hope, sure. But 2018 sure seemed like a career year at the time.

 

In 2017, he had 4 of 6 months with a OPS+ of 116 or higher. 2018 he was above 100 each month, and above 140 in 4 of the 6 months. 2019 he was above 100 for 4 of 5 months (4 PA in Sept) and had 3 of 5 over 110. His 83 OPS+ right now would be his worst monthly split since April 2017. We don't necessarily need runner-up MVP Javy (though it certainly would be nice), but we do need a 100-110 OPS+ Javy.

[squally1313]

I don’t think reverting back to 2014 Javy is the best strategy before FA

He’s really only been a real elite hitter in 2018 until September and then a month or two last year. Saw some tweet the other day about it. He’s been shockingly average from a wRC+ standpoint outside of that period.

 

There's a pretty big gap between elite and what he's doing this year though. How many people, with how flawed he is as a hitter, thought he'd be an elite hitter? We had hope, sure. But 2018 sure seemed like a career year at the time.

 

In 2017, he had 4 of 6 months with a OPS+ of 116 or higher. 2018 he was above 100 each month, and above 140 in 4 of the 6 months. 2019 he was above 100 for 4 of 5 months (4 PA in Sept) and had 3 of 5 over 110. His 83 OPS+ right now would be his worst monthly split since April 2017. We don't necessarily need runner-up MVP Javy (though it certainly would be nice), but we do need a 100-110 OPS+ Javy.

 

Javy provides value in a lot of ways, and I think you're right in that few around here expected him to maintain an elite offensive profile. Doesn't make him a worthless player by any means, but taking him out of the 3 spot in the line up shouldn't be controversial given where he's at right now. And yes, I know he's hit the ball really hard the last couple games. Show it for a week and then you can reevaluate.