UMFan83
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wtf, the Braves have hit 3 HR total this year. How is that possible?
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So this is the second time in a row where Ross catches Arrieta and Lester back to back right? If you are set on getting Ross 2 out of every 5 starts (and as long as he doesn't look like a complete hack at the plate like last year that's fine), its not a bad plan to match him with your best pitchers (who might need less offense, and who would benefit even more from a very good framer) as well as give him consecutive games instead of sporadic starts. -
he's younger than me, you [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] Don't break a hip old man, relax.
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Why do you hate Arrieta?!?!?!?!!!! I was referring to Fred kidding of course!
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Not this dude again
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What a terrible playoffs so far. 13 out of 16 games have been won by at least 9 points or more and 9 of the 16 by 17 points or more. A combo of the Bulls not being in it, the inevitability that the Warriors will win it (unless Spurs can beat them but they don't play until WCF), and all the blowouts has made me barely watch any of the playoffs.
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Last 12 regular season games against St. Louis: WWL WWL WWL WWL
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Javy K rate alert: 38.5%
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For Miggy it is
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Oh well. That fat horsefeathers Molina does it again
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Oh well Miggy, Javy and probably Soler due up in the 9th
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Come on rat boy
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ill take it
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Dong them into submission KB
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At some point those line drives will stop going right at fielders right?
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".179!" - Cardinals fan What do you know rednecks can read. Numbers at least
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Would be awesome if the Cubs could come back and win this
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I would love to have him. Is our cap set up well enough that we can safely allot the amount of money he will receive and not screw ourselves over in the future?
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https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/722898243063910400 Assuming this means they are about to call it or they are anticipating an extended delay.
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I went with Something New which I am considering "Other" and guessing environmental disaster
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Also, Heyward really isnt hitting anything right now offensively. It is possible the higher leg kick or whatever else they may have adjusted will lead to more HRs, but we won't know until he starts to hit consistently.
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I mean, it's not unreasonable to get frustrated when everyone except Fowler is slumping at once. It's incredibly unlikely. I feel like that's happened at some point to every single Cubs team that I've ever followed. It's a long season and occasionally even great teams will slump.
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It's not fun to watch the Cubs when they are getting shut down like this over a week stretch (yes I realize they've scored 5+ runs 3 different times in that stretch, that's still shut down for this offense) #hottake
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Correct again. In his first three seasons he struck out like 373 times. In the next three his power went down and he combined to strike out more than 100 fewer times. I like both versions of Heyward but wouldn't you rather have the higher K, higher power Heyward since he was still getting On Base at a pretty good cilp even with the K's? Also considering those were his 20-22 seasons some reduction in his K's may be attributed just to getting a bit closer to his prime & acclimated to the league. I think one of the big reasons the Cubs signed him was to get a good bat that doesn't K at a high rate. Obviously the fact that he's just a great all around ball player was a big factor as well, but signing both him and Zobrist to me seemed like an attempt to add more contact to the lineup without sacrificing much in the way of patience and power.
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he changed his swing/approach Is there any articles on this or info shedding light on this? His OBP hasn't changed too drastically. 22 year old Heyward looked like a monster especially when taking into count his glove. He accumulated 9.1 offensive wins in the 3 seasons up to and including the 27 HR season. He's accumulated 8.4 offensive wins in the 3 full seasons since then. But his 3.8 wins last year is the 2nd best of his career after his rookie season. I realize that's just one metric to compare.
