Dodgers (Lauer) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 08/05/26, 1:20 PM

[chibears55]

Nico drives in the extra point

[Eeyore]

Great outing by 

 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, JHBulls said:

Lost the series to an injury depleted Yankees 2-1. About to sweep the Dodgers 3-0.

Make it make sense. 

Fried and Cole vs Wrobleski and Lauer

[Eeyore]

2 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Truly. It's going to be sad when she quits Marquee and goes fulltime with national stuff

She's going to be doing college football very soon 

[mul21]

Hot Nico is way more fun than cold Nico.

[UMFan83]

dont see how that could be out of play.  the ball has to stay in the ivy hidden for the ground rule double to take affect.

[mul21]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Fried and Cole vs Wrobleski and Lauer

Just ignoring Skubal eh?

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Fried and Cole vs Wrobleski and Lauer

Makes sense. 

[mk49]

Pretty stupid challenge.  

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Are you saying the 2016 defense graded out better by the metrics?  If so, that's wild.  Also, there's almost 2 months left so this team could conceivably get close to 35 fWAR.

FG has the 2016 Cubs as the best defensive team from 2016-2026, with 92.2....units*, I guess, of defensive value. We're currently at 39, which puts on pace for like...low 50s. It's a little weird, I don't know if it's shift related or what. Of the top 50 defensive teams from this century, only 1 is from this decade. 

units*: 

 

[ILMindState]

6 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Are you saying the 2016 defense graded out better by the metrics?  If so, that's wild.  Also, there's almost 2 months left so this team could conceivably get close to 35 fWAR.

The 2016 defense was historically good. 

[ILMindState]

6 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Are you saying the 2016 defense graded out better by the metrics?  If so, that's wild.  Also, there's almost 2 months left so this team could conceivably get close to 35 fWAR.

The 2016 defense was historically good. 

[JBears79]

Is there a chance Happ is left off the playoff roster? He is absolute dogwater right now.

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

Lost the series to an injury depleted Yankees 2-1. About to sweep the Dodgers 3-0.

Make it make sense. 

Yea that's crazy, any bit of offense those 2 games and its an easy sweep.

Cubs schedule these next 7 games though,  theyll have a great opportunity to win 10 straight going into the next homestand against the Cardinals and Whitesox. 

[Eeyore]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Yea that's crazy, any bit of offense those 2 games and its an easy sweep.

Cubs schedule these next 7 games though,  theyll have a great opportunity to win 10 straight going into the next homestand against the Cardinals and Whitesox. 

Those two are usually tough no matter how bad they are and this time the Sox are good.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, JBears79 said:

Is there a chance Happ is left off the playoff roster? He is absolute dogwater right now.

History tells you he will go on a heater eventually but who knows 

[Derwood]

Lost in the glory of this series is Happ being absolute trash. 0-5 with 3 K's this series. .144 average since the ASB with 22 K's

[chibears55]

6 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Fried and Cole vs Wrobleski and Lauer

They won Fried start, they loss to Warren 

 

[chibears55]

28 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

It’s probably too early to say and the 2016 squad did win the World Series, but how does PCA stack up vs the position players just isolated to 2016? 
 

I understand that I could have worded that a lot better. 😞

 

Hed be the best outfielder of them all

😅

Edited 2 hours ago by chibears55

[BKHoo]

PCA seems to be seeing left handers better right now.  

[Eeyore]

Would Joe have even given PCA a chance as anything but a defensive substitute and pinch runner?

[UMFan83]

Gotta say I did not expect the series to go this way when we were down 3-0 3 batters into the first game of the series

[chibears55]

8 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

Is there a chance Happ is left off the playoff roster? He is absolute dogwater right now.

Probably not, but the question is, would Conforto and Taylor be better offensively then Happ if he continues to play this way

[bukie]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Gotta say I did not expect the series to go this way when we were down 3-0 3 batters into the first game of the series

Cubs didn't score first in any of the 3 games.

[chibears55]

10 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Those two are usually tough no matter how bad they are and this time the Sox are good.

That why I stopped at 10 games..lol