Cubs (Horton) vs Angels (Mederos): 8/23/25, 8:38pm

[squally1313]

38 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

I’ll take my chances with the guy leading NL rookies in bWAR and has a 181 wRC+ in the second half

Do you think there’s any correlation between the shielding and the production

[Wilson A2000]

39 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Do you think there’s any correlation between the shielding and the production

Slightly, but his defense and speed make up for it and Castro is not really much better against sinkerballers 

[soccer10k]

10 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

I am pretty sure each of those guys pitched more innings in that streak. Horton does 5 or 6. Still fantastic. Not taking anything away from him, but Jake’s run was unreal. 

Cade has gone 37 innings in his last 7 starts and has a 0.49 ERA with a 2.60 FIP. Arrieta during the last 7 starts in 2015 pitched 55 innings with a 0.33 ERA and a 1.59 FIP.

I’ll be shocked if I ever see a 12 start stretch better than Jake’s in the rest of my life.

[BigSlick]

That was a magical run by Arrieta. I almost feel like he exhausted all his physical talent in that ~2 year stretch to will the Cubs to a World Series and then his career was more or less over (it wasn’t but he never reached anything close to those highs and those Phillies years, woof)