TruffleShuffle

After a conversation with my roommate, I'm prompted to ask this question. Have you ever had a "slumpbuster"? I think almost everybody knows what that is referring to; if you don't, google it. Obviously this will be completely anonymous, so be honest!

i hear john holmes was solid in that category

i <3 losing big and winning small

hey who cares, give up 500 runs for all that i care

wow mateo is getting trashed. 4 homers and 7 runs in less than 2 innings.

+1 boy it's a bad sign when i'm becoming the voice of reason

shockingly, bad teams can beat good teams once in a while. This isn't the Cubs versus the Helen Keller School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.

2 out of 3 on the road. Only 2 back of the Brewers. Let's not go off the cliff people.

well if you're gonna lose, you might as well lose big. not like this dog crap offense was gonna score anyway.

I hope you realize that the Cubs are losing to Braden Looper because their offense is mediocre, not because Braden Looper is pitching great, but because the Cubs offense isn't good.

THE CUBS ARE GETTING SHUT OUT BY BRADEN LOOPER

i just clicked on the link to see how close braun is to pujols. Not surprisingly, very very close.

i won't be optimistic until the cubs win or at least make the world series

Appears risky to me. .278/.327/.454 with an OPS+ of 100 the rest of the way doesn't seem anywhere close to a lock. He's done worse in 3 of the last 4 years and 6 of his 9 seasons. also, two home runs to this point in the season isn't encouraging. Yeah, it's not like this hot streak has come with a burst of power. I've seen several weak hit balls just find holes. He'd have to really up the pace of HR in order to flirt with his career numbers. I guess I hadn't considered the complete lack of power on his part during this hot streak. Hopefully, for his and the team's sake, he starts to hit the ball a little/lot harder. I was thinking that he would continue in the hitting and OBP categories without much consideration for the SLG. My fault. On a tangent, I just don't understand the overall power outtage by the Cubs this year, Ramirez and to a lesser extent Soriano aside. Lee is way down, Jones is down, Barrett was down. When that's coupled with the fact that we have a light-hitting middle infield and almost no power from our other outfield spot, I'm surprised that we've scored as many runs as we have. even soriano is on track to have his lowest total since 2001. Lee I understand, because of the wrist injury last year. But yeah, Jones and Soriano aren't at a point in their careers where I'd expect their power numbers to nosedive.

they should call it "jack cust disease"

Update: Raw: 41.6% chance at division, 14.9% chance at wild card, 56.5% chance overall ELO-adjusted chance was 48.6% PECOTA-adjusted chance is 57.4% Teams ranked by chance at making the playoffs: Mets - 87.4% Brewers - 69.6% Dodgers - 68.4% Cubs - 56.5% Padres - 43.3% Braves - 33.4% Phillies - 19.7% D'backs - 11.3% Rockies - 8.4% Cardinals - 0.9% :twisted:

Here's a classic Premium link A total of 22 posts in a game thread!!!

i'd probably be a phillies fan by now

Good job, Truffle. =D> :wink: once i'm here long enough, i'll get the hang of this place.

I don't see this as a good thing. How many of these utility types do we need on the roster? He's arby-eligible after this season, meaning he'll probably be looking at a raise into the $5M range. If we're collecting Ty Wigginton for the future then we might as well just give away Eric Patterson, since he'll have no shot at making the roster. And then you have a moderately-expensive player putting up numbers similar to a guy who could do it for less than 10% of the price. Unless you're the Yankees, bad idea.

He hits right-handed. Moore hits left-handed. And yes, he's better. a little better, but PECOTA projects them very similarly. I'd take him in a trade, but given that Tampa expects the moon in any trade, it won't be worth it.

i still think the brewers are a better team on paper, though our starting pitching has turned out better than theirs

Appears risky to me. .278/.327/.454 with an OPS+ of 100 the rest of the way doesn't seem anywhere close to a lock. He's done worse in 3 of the last 4 years and 6 of his 9 seasons. also, two home runs to this point in the season isn't encouraging.

oh crap, thought i was in the minor league forum. sorry mods :oops:

Today's Future Shock report. I'll paste just Patterson's write-up: Also a quick note from the end of the article: