Cubs (Shota) @ Braves, 5/13/24 6:20 pm

[Andy]

Morel practically kills himself to work a walk, maybe the best PA of his career, and the Cubs lose 2 pitches later. Good lord.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Could not be more disappointed in Happ right now.  He's just trash.

[abuck1220]

do the cubs have enough players to send happ’s worthless ass for a fake IL stint? 

[chibears55]

When does Happ go on to that IL for players that are sucking....

🙄🙄🙄

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

After that epic Morel walk, next 2 outs on consecutive pitches. Of course. 

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[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, abuck1220 said:

do the cubs have enough players to send happ’s worthless ass for a fake IL stint? 

You mean, after Morel goes on the DL?

This team is going to set records one way or another.

[Andy]

1 minute ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Could not be more disappointed in Happ right now.  He's just trash.

Do we have even the slightest explanation for why he is so damn terrible all of a sudden? He was never great but he's always been solid, and for a good while now he's basically been a fancy Madrigal

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

Do we have even the slightest explanation for why he is so damn terrible all of a sudden? He was never great but he's always been solid, and for a good while now he's basically been a fancy Madrigal

He's in between, they said. Most likely he's in his head now and everything has snowballed. I don't see him breaking out of it any time soon.

[Irrelevant Dude]

4 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

He's in between, they said. Most likely he's in his head now and everything has snowballed. I don't see him breaking out of it any time soon.

But he has reached base in 876 consecutive games against the Pirates, don't forget that!

[JHBulls]

37 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

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Somehow this makes me feel better about our prospects the next 2 days, 

[UMFan83]

Found my new coping misery porn statistic.  If you are rolling your eyes right now feel free to skip this post 😁

Anyways, over the past 13 games, there have been 7 instances of a Cubs starter leaving the game with a lead or tied, and the Cubs pen blowing the game in their very first inning of work.  

4/30 @ NYM - 1-1 when the starter left, 1-4 after the next inning (Alzolay)

5/2 @  NYM - 5-2 when the starter left, 5-5 after the next inning (Thompson)

5/3 vs MIL - 1-0 when the starter left, 1-3 after the next inning (Alzolay)

5/6 vs SD - 0-0 when the starter left, 0-6 after the next inning (Lovelady)

5/11 @ PIT - 8-6 when the starter left, 8-9 after the next inning (Thompson)

5/12 @ PIT - 2-1 when the starter left, 2-2 after the next inning (Lovelady)

5/13 @ ATL - 0-0 when the starter left, 0-2 after the next inning (Wesneski)

 

Does not count but another notable game during that span was 5/4 vs. MIL when the starter left with a 5-0 lead, and it was 5-4 after the first bullpen inning (Thompson)

[Randall Simon]

We added a new reliever late tonight. Acquired Tyson Miller from the M's.

[Stratos]

4 hours ago, abuck1220 said:

do the cubs have enough players to send happ’s worthless ass for a fake IL stint? 

They need to just make a new type of IL and stop with the fake injury charade.  Call it the SL (suck list).

[Stratos]

1 hour ago, Randall Simon said:

We added a new reliever late tonight. Acquired Tyson Miller from the M's.

Average at best middle reliever to replace the others that are hurt or sucking.

Relievers on the IL:  Yency Almonte, Julian Merryweather, Daniel Palencia, Drew Smyly, Alzolay.  So like 4 or 5 of the 8 that were projected for OD in ST.  Plus Cuas roaming around in the nether.

[BigbadB]

I find myself watching the starters pitch, then finding something else to watch once they are pulled. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

@mul21 is up for today's game thread!

[PeanutPunch33]

Ian Happ has always been really good against NL Central rivals like Pirates, Reds, Cardinals. 

But I would guess that he has always been an average to below-average player against the rest of MLB.  That's just eye test though

[KCCub]

38 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Ian Happ has always been really good against NL Central rivals like Pirates, Reds, Cardinals. 

But I would guess that he has always been an average to below-average player against the rest of MLB.  That's just eye test though

[We Got The Whole 9]

That's more stark than I expected it to be

[UMFan83]

So basically Happ throughout his career is an All-Star caliber hitter against the NL Central and a sub-replacement level hitter against every other team. 

To break this down, here are his career OPS numbers against every team.  Grouping the AL as one since outside of the White Sox he probably doesn't have enough PAs for the split to be meaningful but in the interest of fairness he has solid OPS splits against the A's, Twins and Guardians.

Reds (396 PA) - 1.048
Pirates (385 PA) - .977
Cardinals (352 PA) - .928
Marlins (129 PA) - .791
Nationals (128 PA) - .767
Brewers (350 PA) - .766
AL Teams (585 PA) - .733
Rockies (111 PA) - .718
Dodgers (110 PA) - .664
Braves (115 PA) - .652
DBacks (122 PA) - 642
White Sox (108 PA) - .601
Giants (118 PA) - .584
Padres (158 PA) - .574
Mets (138 PA) - .544
Phillies (103 PA) - .532

Edited May 14, 2024 by UMFan83

[squally1313]

2 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

 

a sub-replacement level hitter against every other team. 

 

What’s your baseline here 

[PeanutPunch33]

That is insane, so glaring