Cubs-Brewers Game One Thread, By The Numbers

[Max Power]

3 minutes ago, Chicago Al said:

It’s funny how much the Brewers boo and hate on CC. If they loved him so much why didn’t they extend him? 

They’re small market, small budget and in most cases it’s pretty silly to spend on a manager.

[Derwood]

1-2-3 inning incoming

[squally1313]

What happened to chourio?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

1 minute ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Second best starter ERA post All-Star game

Keep reaching. ERA was fine. xERA was 8th. xFIP was 18th. There were plenty of signs they needed a quality addition. 

[BigbadB]

78 pitches thru 2 innings. Is that bad? 

[Wilson A2000]

1 minute ago, s2obed said:

What’s the most lopsided loss in the playoffs? I’m feeling this will be up there when the game ends.

16 runs, but it's definitely a possibility 

[Connor McConnor]

It's all Danby's fault!

[Stratos]

The 2nd inning was an improvement on the 1st inning at least.   We're getting better.  The goal is only giving up 1 run per inning.

[BigbadB]

Just now, squally1313 said:

What happened to chourio?

Pulled his labia. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Just now, squally1313 said:

What happened to chourio?

looks like he re-aggravated his hamstring injury

[cubfansince77]

Just now, BigbadB said:

78 pitches thru 2 innings. Is that bad? 

Ho-Lee-Fuk........what a debacle. Don't wanna see Boyd until next season. Soroka never again.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

1 minute ago, BigbadB said:

78 pitches thru 2 innings. Is that bad? 

Not if you’re a Brewers fan.

[Jason Ross]

Just now, cubfansince77 said:

Ho-Lee-Fuk........what a debacle. Don't wanna see Boyd until next season. Soroka never again.

Someone has to pitch game-4. I'd rather not get swept...so let's hope we see Boyd again.

[Derwood]

This feels like one of my son's travel softball games (when his coach played them up a level higher than they could handle)

[Wilson A2000]

Just now, Ding Dong Johnson said:

Keep reaching. ERA was fine. xERA was 8th. xFIP was 18th. There were plenty of signs they needed a quality addition. 

So #1 in ERA is awesome, but #2 is just fine. Until today the pitching was not the problem with the team. It was the hitting and will still most likely be this series. 

[Jason Ross]

Listen, no matter what ya'll have going on today just know this: you aren't sitting here with the realization that whenever this is over, you are scheduled to go live an react about this debacle.

That'll be real fun.

[DrCub]

30 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

I hit submit reply when it was still 4-1. 😭

Me to ……🥲

[cubfansince77]

2 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

looks like he re-aggravated his hamstring injury

Only thing going wrong for them. He'll probly DH the rest of the series. They got him out as a precaution I'd guess cuz game is over. 

[Max Power]

They can conserve Peralta if they choose.

 

[Stratos]

Technically we can bring in Palencia and start beaning all of the Brewer hitters on the knee and wrist and throw stink bombs in their dugout.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Just now, Wilson A2000 said:

So #1 in ERA is awesome, but #2 is just fine. Until today the pitching was not the problem with the team. It was the hitting and will still most likely be this series. 

JFC, I don’t know why I respond. The horsefeathers signs were there and to pretend otherwise is ignorant.

[Wilson A2000]

2 minutes ago, cubfansince77 said:

Ho-Lee-Fuk........what a debacle. Don't wanna see Boyd until next season. Soroka never again.

That would be dumb

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

JFC, I don’t know why I respond. The horsefeathers signs were there and to pretend otherwise is ignorant.

I think it's a little column A and a little column B. They outpitched their peripherals, likely in part, to their excellent defense. In the playoffs, you really only need four starters (though teams have proven recently you can do with less, sometimes two or three). They also got more from Cade Horton than anyone expected, and had he not fractured a rib a week before the seasons end, I think the Cubs SP's numbers would be generally fine for now. 

They could have also overpaid and gotten one more guy, or had bought one more impact reliever. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

3 minutes ago, cubfansince77 said:

Only thing going wrong for them. He'll probly DH the rest of the series. They got him out as a precaution I'd guess cuz game is over. 

He looked pretty frustrated for a precautionary sub, but especially for a muscle issue like that it's difficult to tell

[Geographyhater8888]

4 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

So #1 in ERA is awesome, but #2 is just fine. Until today the pitching was not the problem with the team. It was the hitting and will still most likely be this series. 

Behind a defense with the second best defense fWAR in baseball, playing half their games in one of the most pitcher friendly parks in baseball behind one of the easiest second half SOSs. All of the advanced stats point to the pitching staff being mediocre.