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  1. UMFan83
    Up to a 36% K rate. Wake me up when he's at 2014 Javy levels
  2. UMFan83
    He's closing his eyes and flailing. There isn't even a perceivable "approach" to his at-bats anymore How does this happen? The freaking guy was injured for 6 months and came back to dominate in the World Series. The human psyche is a mysterious thing. I'm guessing his abrupt return to the lineup and limited amount of big league experience didn't give the Indians a whole lot of data to scout Schwarber (plus SSS). Now he is going through a period where teams know how to pitch him a lot better, and then now he's either trying to make adjustments to his swing on the fly or has just lost all confidence at the plate because all of the sudden he looks really lost out there.
  3. UMFan83
    OK I am officially a meatball...schwarber should go down to Iowa. I've seen him swing 4 times today and none of the 4 have come close to making contact. Maybe Iowa is too drastic but he's hurting the Cubs being in the lineup right now.
  4. UMFan83
    18 hits and 5 runs scored in last 51.2 non-Kershaw innings
  5. UMFan83
    Wow Schwarber looked awful on that strikeout swing, it wasn't even close to making contact.
  6. UMFan83
    2 pretty bad calls against the Cubs so far today.
  7. UMFan83
    None if we keep playing like this I mean, don't they still kinda have to? This rotation is just going to keep getting older and the FA market isn't looking too hot. If they are like 7-8 games out of a playoff spot in mid-July (which is still even with this crappy start highly unlikely of course), they could decide to hang onto resources instead of making a deal for a rental like Darvish and just pursue him in the offseason. Or another pitcher in the offseason when the price is likely lower than at the deadline. I know that goes against Theo's 'every season is sacred' motto but maybe it makes sense to avoid giving up prospects like Happ or Jimenez in a lost season.
  8. UMFan83
    None if we keep playing like this
  9. UMFan83
    It does seem like the Cubs go out of their way to make one terrible defensive play in every Lackey start just to piss him off.
  10. UMFan83
    Oh my gosh, what in the hell is wrong with these losers?
  11. UMFan83
    We still suck
  12. UMFan83
    SSS but he's been awful at protecting AR this season. Sub 700 OPS in the 4. I appreciate that Joe still has a bit of traditional wisdom but I don't care for this particular hangup. I mean he did do most of last year with an .819 OPS.
  13. UMFan83
    To be entirely fair - when was the last time you spent all seven days of the week onsite at your job? mostly kidding, im glad he was working overtime to figure out an ailing offense.
  14. UMFan83
    'Breaking News: Hitting Coach Does His Job'
  15. UMFan83
    Dex is back at Wrigley. Almost forgot about that
  16. UMFan83
    We possibly could if Theo's goons 'convince' Heyward to opt out after next season.
  17. UMFan83
    Rizzo, 1B Bryant, 3B Harper, RF Jimenez, LF Happ, 2B Russell, SS Heyward, CF Contreras, C (forgive me schwarbs and javy)
  18. UMFan83
    Happ is probably at the point where he's making his adjustments to opponents adjustments. Didn't he hit the ball hard a couple of times on Wednesday?
  19. UMFan83
    I actually really like that lineup
  20. UMFan83
    Remember when Javy came up in 2014 and after some initial success was so inexplicably bad that some of us completely gave up on him and he spent most of the next season in the minors? Javy's last 130 PA of 2014: .153/.231/.229/.460, 11 BB, 52K Schwarbers last 132 PA: .122/.235/.278/.513, 16 BB, 37K Im still not admitting Schwarber needs to go to Iowa, more just shocked at how bad he's been. That run from Javy was about the worst stretch of hitting from 1 player that I've ever seen, and while Schwarber's numbers are slightly better, they are in that same range of awfulness.
  21. UMFan83
    They've matched last seasons worst slump which was from when they were 25-6 to a game before the All Star break. They went 78-31 the rest of the season so we've got our work cut out
  22. UMFan83
    17 hits in 49.2 IP against pitchers not named Clayton Kershaw on the road trip. That's an average of 3.1 hits per 9 innings
  23. UMFan83
    If the Cubs play at a 100 win pace the rest of the year they will finish 92-70
  24. UMFan83
    When is the All Star break? We need something to slow this awful downward momentum
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