9/18 Twins(Hill) @Cubs(Hendricks) 7:15 MSN

[Brian707]

Two off days this week and now the Twins come in after losing 2/3 to the White Sox.

 

Cubs have won 4 in a row and can finish off the final home stand of the regular season with the Central all but locked up

 

Kyle Hendricks is on the mound tonight

[Irrelevant Dude]

That was as horseshit of a call as I've seen all year. Of course it was Angel Hernandez.

 

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[Cubswin11]

Schwarber gets fucked by home plate umps more than anyone

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Kind of want Kyle to take the 9th. Have a feeling whoever goes from the pen gives 1 up.

[TMan92]

Auto walk to the leadoff man. Ridiculous

[UMFan83]

Jeffress last 3-4 outings he’s had tremendous difficulty throwing strikes. He just gave Buxton his 3rd walk of the year to open the 9th in a 1-0 game

[Cubswin11]

Ross making questionable moves again. Pinch running Hamilton for Schwarbs with 2 outs in the 6th of a 1 run game is so hyper aggressive. It cost Schwarbs a PA with RISP last inning now and he had to pull Hamilton for Vargas and didn’t even get the defense. Just way over managing.

[Cubswin11]

:flythew:

[Guancous]

It’s been a very long year.

 

An elegant double play to preserve a 1-0 win is still pure joy.

[abuck1220]

jeffress has to led the majors in full count percentage

[Bertz]

I'm sure it's a tough convo to take the closer's job away from a guy with a sub-2 ERA, but man I don't know how you can justify Jeffress holding onto the closer's role. Kimbrel really should have gotten a chance out there tonight.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

I thought Kimbrel was going to get it tonight, leadoff walk to a guy with 1 walk all season is brutal in a 1 run game. Got the W though.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I'm sure it's a tough convo to take the closer's job away from a guy with a sub-2 ERA, but man I don't know how you can justify Jeffress holding onto the closer's role. Kimbrel really should have gotten a chance out there tonight.

Really? You seem way way more confident about that than I think anyone can reasonably pretend to be.

[Cubswin11]

I'm sure it's a tough convo to take the closer's job away from a guy with a sub-2 ERA, but man I don't know how you can justify Jeffress holding onto the closer's role. Kimbrel really should have gotten a chance out there tonight.

I’m fine trying both guys out over the final ~10 here. The underlying stuff on Jeffress is concerning but he is generating swings, just not getting Ks. I do I kinda prefer Jeffress in a traditional closer role where he has some margin for BB/hits vs coming in, in leverage with traffic though.

[Bertz]

I'm sure it's a tough convo to take the closer's job away from a guy with a sub-2 ERA, but man I don't know how you can justify Jeffress holding onto the closer's role. Kimbrel really should have gotten a chance out there tonight.

Really? You seem way way more confident about that than I think anyone can reasonably pretend to be.

 

The division is wrapped up within all reason, it's time to put preparing for the playoffs ahead of winning games. Part one of that is seeing if Kimbrel still has it when the pressure is on. Part two will be getting Chafin and Q as many innings as possible.

[gobigred]

So will they celebrate and raise a flag with Division Champs on it

[Cubswin11]

So will they celebrate and raise a flag with Division Champs on it

Yes and it’s a completely legitimate and deserved division championship

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I'm sure it's a tough convo to take the closer's job away from a guy with a sub-2 ERA, but man I don't know how you can justify Jeffress holding onto the closer's role. Kimbrel really should have gotten a chance out there tonight.

Really? You seem way way more confident about that than I think anyone can reasonably pretend to be.

 

The division is wrapped up within all reason, it's time to put preparing for the playoffs ahead of winning games. Part one of that is seeing if Kimbrel still has it when the pressure is on. Part two will be getting Chafin and Q as many innings as possible.

Ah. I didn't consider the "this game doesn't matter, we need to see...how Kimbrel does in high leverage situations" slant. That's completely counter intuitive, to be generous, but I get what you are saying.

[We Got The Whole 9]

This offense is horrible right now but the rest of the team is pretty damn good. Im really happy that they've seized control of the division back after the last 2 seasons.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Double

[Bertz]

Really? You seem way way more confident about that than I think anyone can reasonably pretend to be.

 

The division is wrapped up within all reason, it's time to put preparing for the playoffs ahead of winning games. Part one of that is seeing if Kimbrel still has it when the pressure is on. Part two will be getting Chafin and Q as many innings as possible.

Ah. I didn't consider the "this game doesn't matter, we need to see...how Kimbrel does in high leverage situations" slant. That's completely counter intuitive, to be generous, but I get what you are saying.

 

I mean also in September Jeffress had a FIP over 5 coming into this appesrance and Kimbrel has struck out so many guys that his is literally negative, so I think he gave us the best chance of winning last night as well.