Nationals (Williams) vs Cubs (Taillon): 9/20/24, 1:20pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[WhyCantWeWin]

Hoyer finally realized Shawn Armstrong sucks, DFA’d and Wesneski is back

[Irrelevant Dude]

Wicks back on the IL.  Yikes, what a disaster of a season for him.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

With that HR, Swanson is now tied with Freddie Freeman at 26th in fWAR among position players.

[Donzo]

26 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Wicks back on the IL.  Yikes, what a disaster of a season for him.

Yeah, pitching health has been ass all year.

[chibears55]

34 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

With that HR, Swanson is now tied with Freddie Freeman at 26th in fWAR among position players.

Gotta love the September surge against teams out of race to get your hitting numbers up to respectable 😅

[17 Seconds]

6 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Gotta love the September surge against teams out of race to get your hitting numbers up to respectable 😅

if the roster was good we'd be talking about how he's a clutch player during the most important time of the season

[Donzo]

24 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Gotta love the September surge against teams out of race to get your hitting numbers up to respectable 😅

Well, he's been hitting since 7/22 and Williams has been an excellent pitcher all year.

Edited September 20, 2024 by Donzo

[Donzo]

Pearson isn't a high leverage reliever.

[WhyCantWeWin]

1 hour ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

With that HR, Swanson is now tied with Freddie Freeman at 26th in fWAR among position players.

I know your point is that Swanson has value but this is so silly, like are supposed to think teams are considering Freeman and Swanson are on equal footing? I think 29 other teams would take Freeman over Swanson, all value isnt equal, especially when comparing a 1B to a SS. 

[Donzo]

But, Miller might be.

[JHBulls]

Tim Howard singing the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley Field was not on my bingo card. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

5 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

I know your point is that Swanson has value but this is so silly, like are supposed to think teams are considering Freeman and Swanson are on equal footing? I think 29 other teams would take Freeman over Swanson, all value isnt equal, especially when comparing a 1B to a SS. 

They were FA one offseason apart and Swanson got a higher AAV by a couple million, so seems pretty similar in the eyes of the market to me.

[squally1313]

Is he saying that in terms of production this year they are on 'equal footing'? Yes, that's what that statistic measures.

Am I saying that I would take Swanson's rest of career production over Freeman's rest of career production? Also yes.

[UMFan83]

So 79-75 with 8 games left....

3-5 to finish over .500 for the 2nd year in a row

4-4 to match last year's 83-79 record 

5-3 to beat last year's record which would have tied them for a playoff spot last season

6-2 to have a record that would have guaranteed them a playoff spot last season

7-1 is the minimum record needed to make the playoffs if the Mets don't win a game the rest of the season and the Braves only win 1 more game. (yes this is in complete jest no one except Marquee expects them to make the playoffs)

 

Also, all this is a terrible disappointment as a whole.

Edited September 20, 2024 by UMFan83

[JHBulls]

W!

This team is going places.

[Irrelevant Dude]

6 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

7-1 is the minimum record needed to make the playoffs if the Mets don't win a game the rest of the season and the Braves only win 1 more game.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

51 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

7-1 is the minimum record needed to make the playoffs if the Mets don't win a game the rest of the season and the Braves only win 1 more game. (yes this is in complete jest no one except Marquee expects them to make the playoffs)

This will be difficult since the Mets and Braves play each other 3 times.

[Rex Buckingham]

so, do we think Seiya's wrist is broken after getting hit by that throw? I know he didn't come out of the game (at least not right away, maybe I missed him going out before his next AB) but it's not like the Cubs training staff has a sterling record to fall back on...

[Irrelevant Dude]

2 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

This will be difficult since the Mets and Braves play each other 3 times.

Pfft.  You and your "advanced" analytics.  I'm trusting the standings math that says we haven't been eliminated!

[UMFan83]

21 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Pfft.  You and your "advanced" analytics.  I'm trusting the standings math that says we haven't been eliminated!

All I know is that the Cubs "tragic number" is apparently 2 going into today so any combo of Cubs losses and Mets wins eliminates us.