Not at all thrilled at this move. It's way too late in the season to see if you can fix him. Maybe he will replace Theo's last failed pen acquisition Tommy Hunter
Understandable to struggle against Bumgarner but 3 total hits is a little disappointing. Oh well I have a good feeling against Kershaw tomorrow. And the Giants play the Cardinals so if we win we gain ground on someone. Also the pitching matchups over the weekend greatly favor us. I'm expecting 2/3 against LA
Pretty sure Montero will catch. Ya but Montero has struggled mightily vs. Kershaw just about the same as every other lefty. it doesnt change much, you still see herrera out there and if fowler is out again you still see denorfia Montero has a higher OPS against left handers this year than righties Montero's career OPS vs. Kershaw is like .571 Which is probably higher than the career ops of the person he'd be replacing in today's lineup which is either Herrera or Szczur
yeah we will see the same lineup tmrw since he is a lefty. Pretty sure Montero will catch. Ya but Montero has struggled mightily vs. Kershaw just about the same as every other lefty. it doesnt change much, you still see herrera out there and if fowler is out again you still see denorfia Montero has a higher OPS against left handers this year than righties
Well, assuming we lose today, we'll be 16-14 in games started by Hendricks and Haren. So this is one of the dumbest things I've seen. Yeah pie on my face I just threw out a number but it was dumb and shouldn't have posted it.
you tell me what i said that isnt true and ill pay you ./. facts are facts. the cubs bottom of the rotation is [expletive]. if the bats arent* strong we dont win. Our hot streak in August was due to the BATS coming alive. you watched every game also right? The main reason our offense has been top in the NL in the 2nd half was because of August. Dont sit here and tell me you are blind to see the truth you said kyle hendricks is mediocre you think our rotation is a weakness you think 5th starters are supposed to be really good all of it is wrong tell that to the cardinals which we trail by what 6 games? Hendricks is Average! he isnt above average he isnt good he is average look at how his stats rank up and that he is NOT average. Lmao what does that have to do with anything David said?
I think your post on pitchers just pushed me over the edge Its the truth, cant deny it. The offense carried the cubs during this nice historic winning stretch. look back at the scores usually when Triple H has pitched in August the team either lost or Put up lots of runs.. The offense has been carrying the team And the pitchers carried the offense when he sucked in June/July They DID! But Haren and Hendricks arent very good. Hendricks is average. If Hendricks is average, that's pretty good for a 4th starter. To me Hendricks is a young inconsistent pitcher. He had a stretch this year where he had something like 25 straight scoreless innings. You can't just forget that and only focus on his recent outings
yeah i think so lol I think your post on pitchers just pushed me over the edge Its the truth, cant deny it. The offense carried the cubs during this nice historic winning stretch. look back at the scores usually when Triple H has pitched in August the team either lost or Put up lots of runs.. The offense has been carrying the team And the pitchers carried the offense when he sucked in June/July
jesus [expletive] christ I got about halfway through that and just stopped reading. When the cubs matchup the other teams 1st / 2nd starters vs. our 4th / 5th starters,.. i dont care about L/R matchups the best hitters need to play regardless of splits.. Gotta score runs, lots of them because the cubs starters will give em up. Fowler and Soler are hurt, Coghlan can't hit lefties. Not sure why Montero is out when we are down so many guys though. He hits lefties fine.
If you can count on winning maybe 20% of games started by Haren and Hendricks , it puts a lot of pressure on you to win every Arrieta and Lester start and most of Hammel's
I can totally see Len send the game to commercial in his normal broadcasting voice and then as soon as it's off air saying "Jesus are you kidding me, this guy sucks"
Yeah...we were killing on offense with a set lineup and 4 of those guys are out of it today (Fowler, Coghlan, Montero and Soler). When you replace those with Denofria, Castro, Herrera and Szczur it changes your offense just a little bit.