Sammy Sofa
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In summation: Addison Russell has a lot of problems.
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if you want to actually split the season up in halves, they were only 11 over at 46-35. they're 14 over at 41-27 since -
thats an odd take. I'm actually watching every game lately, and with far more interest then at the beginning of the year. Its going down to the wire and making for great entertainment. If we lose the division, how hard do we press for Harper? If we win it, how far do we go? I don't think it's that odd; if someone only watches a handful of games for months, they're not going to be subjecting themselves to just how bad this team looks, even when they're winning. I mean, yeah, I do think it's generally weird to only have watched a half dozen Cubs games since the ASB, but I get why someone like that would be less frustrated over how they've been playing in that time.
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I think it's a symptom of raised expectations and having finally won it and knowing what it takes to do so. Definitely. DEFINITELY.
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It wasn't a shot at Baez; it was agreeing with the general idea that a hitter going bugfuck crazy often drives a team to surge even if most of the players around him have been pretty underwhelming. Baez has been fine (at the very least) this month, but I also think him hitting in that time with an OPS that's almost a good 100 points less than what he's been swinging most of the rest of the season has, unfortunately, exposed how relatively precariously most of the rest of the Cubs' offense has been clinging to what he had been doing for a while now. I think the last couple of weeks have been pretty telling: the Cubs as a whole have looked like butt in that time, but in his last week's worth of games Baez has had a .984 OPS and, likely not just coincidentally, the Cubs have managed to actually win and gain some ground in that time. His last two weeks his total OPS is .661, and that's when they were struggling even more and losing ground. I don't think it's a stretch to say this team is largely living and dying with how Baez goes right now. And we're also actually selling short how much Carptenter has fallen off. Forget that he's had a .772 OPS in the last 19 games; in September so far (14 games), he's had a truly miserable .559 OPS.
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See also: the 2018 Cubs and Javier Baez.
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So far Duke has at least won the first game each time he's had to start a game thread this season. I dunno; I just need something at this point.
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Well, outside of people not wanting to give up on him yet at that point, it was also the double whammy of selling relatively low on him after a shitty season. They were kinda stuck with him at that point in terms of hoping he'd bounce back.
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This pitcher looks like the dictionary definition of a goober.
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That was an appallingly bad AB. Just watched two hittable pitches go by for the first two strikes.
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What the horsefeathers is he looking for.
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Somehow the Brewers are currently again losing to the Pirates. FIGURE IT OUT, CORBES.
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Or any day.
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horsefeathers, where is he? I swear that's right by my old place.
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An Ian Happ 3 run homer worked pretty well on Friday. So, that's a "yes," then.
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Jeez, thanks for bailing him out there, Scooter.
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HOW ARE THEY EVEN ALIVE, MUCH LESS WINNING GAMES.
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It's an honest toss-up as to who is more unappealing between Murphy and Russell.
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Better.
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Wat.
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Like, I swear all of his horsefeathering walks come after he gets up 0-2 or 1-2 on a hitter. ALL OF THEM.
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SO horsefeathering INFURIATING. It would actually be weirdly more tolerable if he was just giving up hits left and right.
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Fun fact: even the Reds have hit more dongs than the Cubs this year. Also a fun fact: Quintana blows.
