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  1. bukie
    Another Heyward homer here would just be funny.
  2. bukie
    Maybe there's no need to nibble on the corners up 8.
  3. bukie
    I think if the Cubs bat around in every inning, they may win this game.
  4. bukie
    Yes, every road game should feature the day's pitcher batting before he pitches.
  5. bukie
    We currently live in a world where the Giants and Blue Jays are the worst two teams in baseball, the Cubs have just one position player in the top 25 of fWAR (Rizzo 25th), nobody in the rotation has thrown a QS in a week, and yet...the Cubs are still in first place alone. On Sunday, the Cubs failed to make an opponent bat in the bottom of the 9th for the first time this season. Now they take on the Pirates, those of the sweeps and being swept, who finally only lost 2 of 3 over the weekend against the Cards. The Pirates will be without a CF for the remainder of the season, and fortunately the OF in Pittsburgh isn't overly large or anything so teams can exploit this. To counter, the Pirates will field OF with defensive mastery like this: Let's never lose again, Cubs.
  6. bukie
    What's been wrong with him today? I mean, he gave up a solo homer in Cincy. Typical Heyward Fan BS.
  7. bukie
    Need to protect Almora against the tough righties.
  8. bukie
    Looks like the Cubs may have to score to win today.
  9. bukie
    Arroyo not really fooling anyone in the first inning, nothing to show for it for the Cubs though. 8 pitch inning, Cubs made contact on all 8 pitches.
  10. bukie
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  11. bukie
    Which reminds me of one of my pet peeves about the "Theo lost on purpose for 3 years" argument...the major league roster and system was in a shambles when he got here and he correctly prioritized improving the system, while giving the existing system opportunities at the major league level. Turns out they were not major league quality players, which basically everyone knew. Going for the short-term roster fix in an effort to win 80 games was not the right play, and Theo knew it. The losing happened all on its own as the front office overhauled everything else, knowing that eventually the roster would develop on its own...and it did!
  12. bukie
    Yeah, but LeMahieu was a prospect, and who knows what will happen with them. I'm talking more specifically about knowing when to cash out. And on a lesser level when to randomly buy-in on a guy like Coghlan or Valbuena -- which Stewart would fit into. But, he's obviously going to miss on those lottery ticket guys more often. It's the cashing out part where I think he's been uncanny, though. Has there been one guy who was with our big league club, left and got better since Theo's been here? The big league club was a bit of a mess when he got here, to be fair. The only feasible asset that could potentially still be better going forward is Castro, but last year was not good for him.
  13. bukie
    I suppose he did trade LeMahieu for Stewart, which didn't work out.
  14. bukie
    Though I'm not sure he'd ever match Wood's prowess in left, or the bat.
  15. bukie
    The fascinating thing about people's perception of Heyward to me is that somehow they think he has been and always will be awful offensively, like he's never provided value there, so there's no reason to think he ever will.
  16. bukie
    It's got to be Arrieta, right? Best starter, yes. Including relievers, no. None have come close to Rondon's ridiculous April 2016 though, which broke xFIP.
  17. bukie
    Let's play trivia...which Cub pitcher in the early going has the best xFIP?
  18. bukie
    Is it wrong to gain great pleasure knowing how much that would horsefeather off Cardinal fans? Not as much as the combo of Jay/Almora > Fowler in WAR. Jay, Almora and Heyward have each been worth 0.3 WAR to this point, while Fowler has been worth -0.2.
  19. bukie
    We are playing at a 95-win pace, and the reigning NL MVP is 11th on the team in wOBA: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2017&month=33&season1=2017&ind=0&team=17&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=15,d And the World Series MVP is 12th. And the NLCS MVP is 14th.
  20. bukie
    You have a special knack at complaining about things that people don't say that make you angry, keep up the good work and have a xanax on me. Duensing sucks. You, as usual, are aggressively wrong.
  21. bukie
    Also, Cubs have now won 5 of the first 6 series, and at 10-7 they are on pace to go 95-67. If only they could start playing well, though.
  22. bukie
    Got really dicey there at the end, thought the win probability might dip below 99%... http://i.imgur.com/xbi9lOK.png
  23. bukie
    Duensing should be the mop up relievers, used mostly in 6 run blowouts...oh wait.
  24. bukie
    Cubs have yet to play a road game where the opponent hasn't batted in the bottom of the 9th.
  25. bukie
    It looks like Dodger Stadium, maybe the Adrian Gonzalez play at the plate he still was bitching about like last week? that was my first thought, but wasn't it still kind of light out when that happened? Lester wasn't pitching in that game.
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