4/8: Cubs (Arrieta) at Pirates (Anderson)

[We Got The Whole 9]

Damn and Brothers had a nice roll going too

[ChiCubsFan]

Why was Rex taken out?

[Andy]

It's so weird after the last few years that I basically can't wait to turn every game over to the pen

[Cubswin11]

DFA Winkler, he’s walked 15 guys in 21 innings here. His stuff isn’t nearly good enough to get away with that horsefeathers. Hopefully Wick can be up soon. Edited April 8, 2021 by Cubswin11

[Brian]

Difo is the exact kind of idiot that will come up with something here

[Bertz]

 

Winkler's good at the whole soft contact thing, but he's just so bad at controlling the zone (both throwing strikes and missing bats). It's sort of impossible to ever truly have faith in him.

[Brian]

friends, kimbrel is back

[Bertz]

DIRTY CRAIG

[Schwarber Fan]

Kimbrel. Wow.

[Tim]

Guys...I think Kimbrel is back.

[17 Seconds]

cubs are going to get gleyber for kimbrel at the deadline

[Tim]

damn it, Brian

[Schwarber Fan]

Why was Rex taken out?

 

Ross obsession with playing the matchups.

[Cubswin11]

Damn Craig

[Tim]

11 outs on the season. 8 K's. 0 BB. 0 H.

 

Yeah

[Cubswin11]

That legitimately may be the first time I’ve ever seen Bote make contact on 90+ above his belt

[Bertz]

11 outs on the season. 8 K's. 0 BB. 0 H.

 

Yeah

 

14, 9, 0, and 0 now

 

Of the balls in play, only one was hit over 90 MPH. That was a 90.1 MPH groundball yesterday

[Tim]

He's slipping in that second inning of work.

[Tim]

:flythew:

[CubinNY]

I'll take it!

[Tim]

Chafin has been almost as good: 11 outs / 8 k / 1 bb / 2 h

[Andy]

Granted, the Pirates, but that was a spectacularly badass performance by Kimbrel. No point whatsoever in which he wasn't giving those guys swirlies and taking their lunch money.

[Bertz]

So I was perusing Rex Brothers' FG page, and if you want reason for optimism, back when he was good with the Rockies, he threw just over 50% of his pitches in the zone. This year he's right back to that level.

 

HOWEVER, the most he's ever been in the zone was 2017 with the Braves, and he got smacked around. So it'll still take some time to find out if he can get back to throwing an adequate number of strikes AND limiting contact. I'm certainly happy to give him another few weeks as the second lefty.

[Sosa21MVP]

Granted, the Pirates, but that was a spectacularly badass performance by Kimbrel. No point whatsoever in which he wasn't giving those guys swirlies and taking their lunch money.

 

I am in favor of more games against the Pirates. Maybe just replace 100 games against other teams with games against them. :clapping: