Aaron_Kennelly

McCutchen looks horrible. And Hendricks looks amazing.

Welp, Coghlan's fixed.

JAVY!

Marte is a pretty horrible base runner. He's very fast. But he makes a lot of dumb decisions and piles up TOOTBLANs.

Hendricks looks really good tonight.

Well, he didn't bounce the throw in to second. Baby steps.

what does "homers" mean? http://i.imgur.com/D1zr30O.gif

I would lose my mind if Matheny was our manager. Putting the go-ahead run on base, in Mitch Freaking Moreland.

I could live with a 15-game lead.

Matheny intentionally walked Mitch Moreland, up one, with a guy on second, and two outs. Moreland is hitting .231. Moreland eventually scored the go-ahead run.

The Cardinals are in the process of blowing another game they led late.

So Ian Happ is really hot. 2-2 with a homer, a double, and a walk today.

I get the sentiment: Small-market teams need to pick and choose when to make a run, and this isn't a great time to make a run. But, that's just poor timing. They're ready to keep their run going right now, with a number of good players already in place and Taillon and Glasnow on the horizon. You never delay things when you are ready. Never. Who knows if you'll get back? And, especially with the Wild Card being an option (though one that hasn't been favorable to them in the past), you try to put yourself in the playoffs as much as possible and hope things go your way. "Drat, the Cubs are going to make things more difficult." Big deal. Man up. Your fortunes might change. As far as trading McCutchen, I think it might be a decent idea, actually. Get more years of control. Get younger. Maybe get out before he deteriorates completely. There are certainly concerning signs. His speed has all but dried up. He's making less and less contact each year. The defense in center has always been poor, but it's more of an eyesore when he isn't hitting. He's done this before, starting off a season slowly and then going into Beast Mode in the second-half, though. So maybe he rebounds and gets back to normal. But, I would have to think about trading him if the price were right. It might help extend their window a little. It might also set them back in the immediate future, though. It's a tough call. I lean towards keeping him, because, though Taillon and Glasnow are just getting going, guys like Marte and Polanco and Kang are in their primes now. Hell, they could still bounce back and get a Wild Card this year.

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They've also had a bunch of sequencing luck to help make their RD even that high. So they are playing above their Pythag level, which is inflated itself.

I love him so much. And his use of twitter is hilarious. He uses it exclusively to either retweet people that talk about how amazing he is or to brag after he does amazing things.

Good luck getting a ball through the left side of the infield when Javy and Addison are both over there. http://i.imgur.com/mRXJhXZ.jpg I've seen this happen a number of times, where Javy's spectacular play prevented Addison from making his own spectacular play.

All non-Cub teams are dead.

Will the Pirates beat us again this year?

Moral victory for the Pirates.

No, Smoltz, I'm not afraid of the guy with a .357 slugging% tying the game with one swing.

Really? Bryce Harper isn't a "rock star?" I mean, to say nothing of Mike Trout being one of the best players ever. But, Harper is amazing, too, and is very rock star-ish.

Hopefully we remembered to tie the Gatorade jugs down in the visitors' dugout.

That'll do.

Ah, Sean Rodriguez. Just the guy I want to see strike out in this situation.