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Ugh, a perfectly placed soft single, 2 ground balls and another perfectly placed grounder and Jake has given up a run -
In the 6 games against the Cardinals in September 2015, the Cubs went 4-2. Those 2 losses were both games started by Carlos Martinez, although I will say in neither game was he particularly great. He's never lost to the Cubs as well. Was Martinez the pitcher in that awful game at Busch last year when we scored like 5 runs in the first and then lost? Yep
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In the 6 games against the Cardinals in September 2015, the Cubs went 4-2. Those 2 losses were both games started by Carlos Martinez, although I will say in neither game was he particularly great. He's never lost to the Cubs as well.
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OK Heyward is stealing the '4-3' nickname away from Juan Pierre.
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Definitely noticed this too. At that point, he's lost the mental battle with the pitcher and while it doesn't always end up in failure, he's in a position where thats by far the most likely outcome.
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Looks like someone went on fiver.com and hired a graphic designer.
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I re-watched the highlights from last night....how terrible was the route Grichuk took on Hammel's double in the 1st? He immediately charges to his right to attempt to catch it, but he never had a shot so eventually he slows up to let it drop but he ran in too much and the ball basically bounced 5-7 feet to his right and by him for a double that would have easily been a triple for most non-pitchers. Video of the play: [bbvideo=560,315]http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/8878538/v733470983/?cid=chc[/bbvideo]
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Does anyone remember this article from 2014? http://regressing.deadspin.com/is-javier-baezs-rocket-powered-swing-built-to-last-1630201369 The premise was that Javy's power is derived from his violent uncontrollable swing that basically begins before he is fully able to recognize the pitch. Because of this, Javy had a lot of power in 2014 but struck out at something like 40% of his PAs. One of the potential conclusions they drew was that slowing down Javy's swing would get it under control and his contact rate would improve but it would come at a great cost to his power. Since then we've seen a new Baez that has a higher contact rate, a drastically reduced K rate and yet his ISO has gone from .155 in 2014 to ~.119 over the last 2 seasons in the majors. So I guess my question is, should we be expecting more power out of Javy as he continues to develop or will he ultimately be more similar to the Javy we see today?
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I know its better for the players, but I hate how this is a day game when the Cubs are off tomorrow and the Cardinals have a night game in Washington which is like a 90 minute flight.
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We could be living in a world where the teams with the best regular seasons in NBA, NFL and MLB history did not win their respective championships. Edit: NHL too if you are talking about teams with the most regular season wins all time (95-96 Wings)
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Of all the guys you want Heyward switched with, you pick the one guy you could argue was hitting worse entering the game? Soler has been pretty good the last 7-10 days
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Sorry but Richard serves no purpose anymore. Needs to go
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NO THIS IS A RD GAME STOP IT
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Heyward picking up where he left off
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Is it just me or does Soler have a new stance? He kind of does that toe tapping thing like DLee used to
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As many runs in 2/3 of an inning as we scored in the last 3 games combined lol
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FLOODGATES!
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Thank ESPN
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Funny thing is, this is their Single A affiliates lineup tweet:
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Fixed
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I prefer min 60 IP myself. The Cubs were too good to get Rondon another 20 innings.
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http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/epicrapbattlesofhistory/images/8/87/Gallagher-Sledgeomatic.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130812020207
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My biggest thing is that I don't really see Rich Hill as a drastically better alternative in a playoff rotation than Hendricks/Hammel. I know his numbers look pretty good but he hasn't throw 100 innings in a season (including minors and independent ball) since 2007! The pitching market seems thin and many teams can use a pitcher. Do we really want to give up what would likely be a haul for him?
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http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/rich-hill-of-the-chicago-cubs-throws-a-pitch-against-the-arizona-picture-id77263200 http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/rich-hill-of-the-chicago-cubs-watches-a-lead-off-home-run-by-chris-picture-id77212992 http://arizonasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ChrisYoung.jpg
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Dammit, can I steal that for the thread title? Nevermind, I'm doing it without your permission.
