Cubs-Brewers Game One Thread, By The Numbers

[We Got The Whole 9]

They are making this look way too easy. This might be our most lopsided playoff loss ever.

[Jason Ross]

Hey, the good news is that the Brewers only have an xBA of .441 so they're technically getting a little lucky today...

 

(This post is dripping with sarcasm for anyone who needs that assurance)

[BigSlick]

Michael Soroka has gotta be one of the worst trades we’ve made in some time

[Gjfificifjdej]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Pitchers have bad games.  Probably not worthy of writing him off for the rest of his career.

Not really what I meant. 

[SpongeWorthy]

it looks like the brewers are impervious to chasing and none of our starters are overpowering in the zone

[Ding Dong Johnson]

12 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Didn’t the Cubs have the best rotation in baseball post All-Star game?

No

[cubfansince77]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

Are the Brewers the new Cardinals with pixie dust coming out of their arses? 

Yeah....that's it. Just better that's all. Proved it during the regular season too. Some of you guys need to get a grip on reality. Man up, they're better until the Cubs prove differently. Been that way for YEARS now. Nothing new. Stealing their overrated Mgr. didn't help it turns out. Just a better run organization.

[Wilson A2000]

 

[Guest]

This is an tremendous beatdown

[JHBulls]

No pixie dust on that. I fully expected that batted ball to drop in front of Happ.

….

Oh look. There it is. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

When everything is going wrong...

[Western Baseball Fan]

Every single Brewer has reached base and its the second inning

[We Got The Whole 9]

66 EV gets 2 more runs. Can we hold them under 20?

[Caesar]

Why waste your bullpen? Just leave him in and save it for tomorrow. .How many people think they’ll score more than 3? 6 total against Padres?

[Derwood]

Smoking doubles, blooping singles, seeing eye ground balls, errors from gold glovers....you know, typical game

[cl smooth]

Go get em on Monday!

[cubfansince77]

Soroka....the Nats are laughing their azzes off and rightfully so. Nice trade Jed....you the man

[Max Power]

1 minute ago, BigSlick said:

Michael Soroka has gotta be one of the worst trades we’ve made in some time

Not too many thought he was any good. It’s just those who tried to convince themselves out loud that he was a good pickup that were really annoying and really wrong.

[Geographyhater8888]

Losing to The horsefeathers brewers in a playoff series would really sour my memory of this team.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I cant prove it but you look at the talent on that lineup and I don't think any offense matches their preparation. They must do some insane revolutionary level of VR/visualization or some horsefeathers.

 

 

[Geographyhater8888]

Soroka can only throw fastballs for strikes, 

[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, BigSlick said:

Michael Soroka has gotta be one of the worst trades we’ve made in some time

It certainly hasn't worked out, but the worst case scenario in that trade is like, we lost a backup OF'er. It's barely on the register of bad trades in history. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

I honestly can't remember the last time I've seen a manager reacting like Counsell right now.  Every time the camera is on him, it looks like he is in complete agony.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Leave Soroka in until he Draveckys

[BigSlick]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

It certainly hasn't worked out, but the worst case scenario in that trade is like, we lost a backup OF'er. It's barely on the register of bad trades in history. 

I certainly don’t object to the process behind it, but boy howdy has it not worked out