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Stop crushing things foul Cubs -
Buzz kill. Make em pay MVP
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2015 Jake is not here, not even first half. Unless his slider and/or command improve, that Jake is not coming back. 2016 Jake is plenty good, but he's also going to be prone to having days where things don't go like they should. For a point of comparison, 2015 Lester gave up 4+ runs in 8 different starts and was still a 5 win pitcher. They struggle in different ways, but in terms of putting their quality/mortality into place, it's a helpful analogy. That is helpful. I think that despite all the articles I've read explaining the difference between 2015 and 2016 Jake, I needed someone flat out tell me he's not likely to be back but that this Jake is good in his own lesser way
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So regarding Jake. He had good stuff tonight, clearly got squeezed a number of times, had at least 3 weak contact bloops fall in for hits that I counted Overall didn't pitch that bad. But he gave up 6 ER and I feel like I've been saying "well he didn't pitch bad" to defend games where he gave up more than 2 runs a lot. Is he just exceedingly unlucky this year, should I just accept that he's not going to have a 1.73 ERA every year and 2.84 is still very good, or should I be mildly concerned that jake hasn't been the unbeatable monster he was last year and occasionally lapses into moments of poor control or that he isn't throwing his devastating cutter or what I need NSBB to tell me how I should feel because many of you are either baseball smarter, more level headed or both
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Yesterday I said I have felt very little emotion about losing these games. I feel like a hypocrite because this game has annoyed the horsefeathers out of me. I'm not like depressed that we are likely to lose. I feel like the umpires flat out stole this one. Plus the pirates are stupid and have hit Jake pretty well the last 3 times they faced them. I liked the narrative that the Pirates can't beat us and can't score on Jake better
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I'm actually annoyed no one has forcefully gotten tossed yet. This is a terrible ump who should be fired after the game
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Boggles my mind that Jake up as many ER tonight as he did in his last 13 starts combined last year. He was that good.
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This is seriously the worst called game I've ever seen
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Meaningless games are what they are and ultimately doesn't mean all that much but it still sucks to see your team lose a game with its ace on the mound against some replacement level scrub.
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Welp fairly or not this will hurt his Cy young chances as Travis Wood gets the job done again
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Wtf? He started the inning at 80 pitches, gave up a soft single and then struck out a guy (called a walk) and induced a ground ball
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Strike em out throw em out! Oh wait never mind ball 4 2 on 0 out
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This is the worst umpire in baseball history
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The 6th inning might be the most annoying inning in baseball history (Yes hyperbole but wtf)
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What the hell was that strike 2
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So 2 hardest hit balls tonight were a double and a foul ball. Fml
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The fact that we even have a chance to lose an Arrieta/I forgot his name already matchup the day after losing a Lester/also forgot matchup is annoying as horsefeathers
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That's only his 13th allowed this year. Is that a lot?
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I miss God mode Jake where giving up a run was startling
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[expletive] Jake. Should have been a comfortable win
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GET HIM OUT jeez
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Perfect game through 4 for Jake* *Besides Josh Bell
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Dude seriously has this dude ever made an out against us.
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I've seen Jake have that same location called a ball at least twice (Zobrist K)
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Come on Willy he threw almost the exact same pitch 5 times in a row and you already lost 2 borderline calls. Gotta swing at that one
