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Did you know....Jake Arrieta currently has the 13th best qualified ERA in baseball? -
He's gonna have to back off his demand for Kershaw money. If he wants 6 years $150m or something I'd consider it
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One more Happ HR and we will have 6 guys with 20+ HRs
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It sucks but I still think its mostly a fluke. In 2015 he was one of the most clutch players in baseball with a pretty good sample size. That said, its gotten to the point where I don't like when he comes up in key situations. Then all the logic in my head informs me that I'm an idiot and Kris is our best hitter but then he strikes out awkwardly like he did in that Toronto game. I dunno, maybe it is in his head at this point, but this is a guy that had a .923 OPS in the playoffs last year, had 4 hits in game 6 of the World Series, would have had the World Series winning HR in game 7 if the wind wasn't blowing in, hit a game tying 2 run HR in the 9th inning of NLDS Game 3. He's not a guy that cowers under the pressure of big games.
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What's everyone's take on the Dodgers in general? Obviously they are playing historically well, but am not significantly more concerned about playing them verses someone like Washington for example. Maybe I should be? I don't think they make it out of the DS, whoever they plays. If Harper, Strasburg and Scherzer are all healthy I kinda think the Nats are a little tougher to be honest. Or at least in the same realm. The Nats and Dodgers don't have 4 900+ OPS monsters in their lineup. The bottom of the Nats order is a little softer than the Dodgers, and the Dodgers definitely have a more scary pen. I gotta think at some point Bellinger is going to hit a bit of a rough patch, and I refuse to believe that Chris Taylor is a .920 OPS player.
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Passing Arizona and Colorado for the Wild Card is actually pretty helpful. Obviously the goal is still the division, but having a fallback option is never a bad thing. Yup. Len brought up a good point. Would you rather play the Dodgers in a best of 5 or best of 7? Obviously winning the division is best but his point was a team as Vaunted as the Dodgers its easier to win the shorter series I think its obvious a best of 5 would be preferred. What's everyone's take on the Dodgers in general? Obviously they are playing historically well, but am not significantly more concerned about playing them verses someone like Washington for example. Maybe I should be?
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I feel like Bryant could lose his arm in a horrific accident and only miss 1 game.
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No it was in yesterday's game thread. I'm still looking at Brewers message boards because of gems like that comment. and because I'm a weirdo
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lol BrewerFan.net's thoughts on the Cubs: Which really poor players are taking ABs? Heyward? He's a starter anyways. Lets call Bryant, Rizzo, Baez/Zobrist, Russell, Contreras, Schwarber, Jay and Heyward the nominal starters. Russell you can say is replaced by Baez and Zobrist. You know, last year's NLCS and World Series MVP respectively. Contreras is replaced by Avila, who has a .900 OPS in his first 50 PAs with the Cubs. Bryant I would guess will be back in the lineup today. Lester was replaced by a guy who pitched 6 shutout innings yesterday and in general has been more then adequate as a 6th starter. And what about depth behind the replacements? LaStella and Happ are now the IF backups behind the Zobrist/Baez combo. LaStella has a 1.2 fWAR in about 330 PAs as a Cub over 3 seasons and Happ has a 1.3 fWAR as a rookie this year. Behind Avila is Rene Rivera who is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball. I guess the one thing you can knock the Cubs on is that they don't have a decent swingman/long reliever replacement for Monty. I gotta be honest with you guys, I'm not particularly worried about not having a decent long reliever for the 2 weeks that Lester will be out with arm fatigue.
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And +64 run differential in 37 games. Over a full season, that is +280 RD, which is a 114 win pythag record, just slightly off the Dodgers historic pace this year (on pace for +282 RD). The Cubs run differential last year was +252. Not a bad quarter of a season.
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Of those 12 losses, only twice did the Cubs not have the potential tying run bat in the 9th: - a 6-2 loss in Arizona where the Cubs scored 2 in the 9th and Zobrist struck out to end the game with runners on first and third. - a 11-4 loss to the Cards that the Cubs led 3-2 in the 8th this horsefeathering game. damn you CJ! edit - meaningless thing i just noticed...we're exactly halfway through the post ASB "second half." so basically if they maintain that pace they go 25-12 again for 93 wins. nice edit: only cool kids will get this
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Again, division is by far the focus and we're doing pretty well there right now but the Cubs are now percentage points ahead of the Diamondbacks for the 2nd Wild Card spot (if we weren't leading the division).
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We've been back since the All-Star break. Just had a weird week or two. 25-12 and the best offense in baseball since the break along with much improved starting pitching. Sounds like we are back. (Yes I was the moron that made a comment about the Cubs not being on fire in August like they were in 15 and 16 like a week ago. The lesson as always is that I'm a moron)
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What's the record for most HRs allowed by a relief pitcher in a single season? Hector has to be approaching that.
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NASA is still trying to figure that out
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Yep, it's a good sign that he might not have pulled into a tailspin like he did last year
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The VBs are 3 outs away from losing the series to the Giants
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If its plantar fasciitis, I can't see that being good for his ability to play SS at a high level.
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The Athletic is pretty great when you finally cave for it. I still can't believe it's doing as well as it is though...really didn't think their business model would work in this day and age but they obviously knew what they were doing.
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And against the league since the break sans 30 points of OBP .279/.354/.482 since the break. MLB Rankings post-ASB Runs: 1st (Cubs have played less games than teams closest to them) Hits: 4th (Same) Dongs: 2nd TB: 2nd Avg: 5th OBP: 2nd SLG: 2nd OPS: 2nd (.001 behind leader - COL) AB/Dong: 3rd Sexy
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So Cubs win, Cardinals, Pirates and Rockies lose and Brewers are tied so far As long as Kris isn't dead this is a good night
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Aww dammit for some reason I thought that was the 8th. This game is taking forever
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It will be fascinating to see if LeBron is young enough to have one more "horsefeathers you all I'm gonna crush everyone" season in him.
