Sammy Sofa
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Still thinking that the CLUBES factor is gonna prevail today. -
If Almora gets a hit here I will never question him at the top of the order ever again.
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He was the same middling guy in June that he was in April. He had a bit of a rebound in May. A bit. He gave up 3 or less runs in every June start but 1 (4runs) And had a lower era in June than your precious Verlander. It's telling that you're hanging this all on the bold multiple times now, because that's literally all he has going for him in terms of arguing that he's figuring it out. His meh June ERA was a whopping .01 lower than Verlander's. Almost everything else has been consistently mediocre all season.
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Again, Q had been mostly quite good since May. I don’t get what you are seeing in him “not showing indications of being good.” In 12 starts since May 1: 1 start longer than 6 innings 3.60 ERA .759 OPS against .280 BABIP which is above league average by a bit 26% LD% which is really high I mean yeah 3.60 ERA for a 4th starter is fine but just on quick glance it looks like he's getting lucky and he can't pitch deep into games which we really need someone too occasionally because the bullpen is always throwing out Bass or Farrell or some other made up reliever because the 4 good ones are either used too much or are injuried. Right. It's not that the guy is a disaster and he's never going to kick ass again; it's that all the issues of the starting rotation combined, the Cubs have a problem right now. Maybe over the next 3+ Weeks Quintana and/or Hendricks suddenly look fantastic again; that's hardly out of the realm of possibility. But as a whole they're really riding on the idea that everything will just somehow work itself out if they're not even taking a real look around at what starters are going to be out there.
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Montgomery, even when he's like this, is still pitching around what I would have expected/hoped if the Cubs ended up needing him to replace someone, or if they went with a 6-man rotation. The problem is that the rest of the rotation is broken, absurdly lucky, terrible, and a couple of guys who are shooting to be average at best. If Yu can come back and finally remember who is and Lester somehow keeps it up, that's not so bad, but I still have to think that they need to go out and get another starter. Yeah, that sucks given how much is already tied up in who they have, but the rotation right now is set up to shoot the dick off of any real playoff chances outside of, "well, hey, ANYONE can happen to get hot just in time for the postseason!" Hendricks and Quintana ideally can and will turn it around, but they're really not showing any indications of doing so. Again, Q had been mostly quite good since May. I don’t get what you are seeing in him “not showing indications of being good.” He was the same middling guy in June that he was in April. He had a bit of a rebound in May. A bit.
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Montgomery, even when he's like this, is still pitching around what I would have expected/hoped if the Cubs ended up needing him to replace someone, or if they went with a 6-man rotation. The problem is that the rest of the rotation is broken, absurdly lucky, terrible, and a couple of guys who are shooting to be average at best. If Yu can come back and finally remember who is and Lester somehow keeps it up, that's not so bad, but I still have to think that they need to go out and get another starter. Yeah, that sucks given how much is already tied up in who they have, but the rotation right now is set up to shoot the dick off of any real playoff chances outside of, "well, hey, ANYONE can happen to get hot just in time for the postseason!" Hendricks and Quintana ideally can and will turn it around, but they're really not showing any indications of doing so.
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Midseason Assessment (aka - what do we need at the deadline?)
Sammy Sofa replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Any answer besides a starting pitcher is some cracked out nonsense. -
This dude looks like a thumb, and Schwarber is about to brutalize him.
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Alright, time to engage CLUBES.
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The Chili dong is on the other foot now.
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Look, the other team has to inevitably score first before the Cubs can remember they're the CLUBES, so might as well get to it already.
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Wait, the Cubs have won 6 in a row and the horsefeathering Brewers are still 1.5 games up? What the horsefeathers.
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Cubs pick up former Cubs pitcher
Sammy Sofa replied to Post Count Padder's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Lotta twists and turns in this story. -
Midseason Assessment (aka - what do we need at the deadline?)
Sammy Sofa replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Weird to act like it is somehow an either/or scenario. -
Any time Hendricks and/or Quintana wants to stop being a mediocre buster is fine by me.
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2018 HR Derby {Discussion & Transaction Thread}
Sammy Sofa replied to Southpaw19's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=quintjo01&year=2018&t=p
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Neither are really trending like they did last year, and I prefer they don't hinge their chances on Fluke Skywalker, the animated corpse of Yu Darvish and the hope that these two will figure it out. Last year at this time Hendricks was either on the DL or throwing 75 MPH fastballs and Q had like a 5 ERA. They are trending just fine. Nooooope.
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I find Quintana infinitely more frustrating to watch. I trust Hendricks more to get back on track and pitch well. I wasn't super duper happy when we made the trade for him last year. I think you're both getting caught by recency bias. I'd adjust my forecast for both of them south of where it started the year, but each has a track record of getting things figured out during the year and being damn fine pitchers. Quintana had a 4.49 ERA last year when we traded for him and he was money down the stretch. Hendricks had a 4.09 ERA in the first half last year and a 2.19 in the second half. There's still more than enough time for them to get their horsefeathers together and pitch like we expect. Neither are really trending like they did last year, and I prefer they don't hinge their chances on Fluke Skywalker, the animated corpse of Yu Darvish and the hope that these two will figure it out.
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It's unfortunate that they likely need to go get a starter, but I don't see how they don't even if Darvish comes back and is amazing.
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But damn fine job of picking your spot.
