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The last time I saw Rich Hill pitch in person I was still walking to my seats as he was giving up a 1st pitch HR in game 3 of the 2007 NLDS. I'll be there tomorrow 18 years later, hopefully he does the same thing lol -
Welcome to NSBB! Oh wait you've been here awhile. You should know that's how we roll 😆
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Welp, looks like we'll be tied for 1st after today.
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Slightly worried that he's both raising his trade value and pushing the DBacks to rethink their selling stance. Though I suppose they are still 5 games out of WC3
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They play Seattle next who is about to take 6 straight from the Tigers and Astros. Sucks that they are about to cool off overnight
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Was nice thinking the 27 Yankees might lose a game
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Dodgers took a 3-0 lead over the Brewers, but Milwaukee already clawing back to 3-2
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wRC+ isn't measuring a teams ability to get hits or baserunners, its capturing how well they do at creating runs relative to the rest of baseball. Over the last 30 days the Cubs have a 109 wRC+ with 100 being average. They are above average at creating runs against left handed pitchers. It shouldn't be the only thing we look at, but if we're looking at one all encompassing stat, that's one of the better ones to capture performance. There are other stats we can look at that show the Cubs as more middle of the league vs LHP, but I don't really see anything that suggests that they are towards the bottom of the league in anything. Could they stand to get better vs. lefties? Absolutely. Are there playoff caliber teams that have performed significantly worse against lefties? Yep, several
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but...like thats the whole point of being a results guy. You trust the results, not the underlying numbers and what they might suggest. Or maybe Pressly just gives you bad vibes, which makes you a results and vibes guy
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Not sure if I can filter by runs per game in games started by lefties, but since the end of May their team SLG against LHP is .420, which is 12th in baseball. There was definitely a dip in May/June but they've been doing well against LHP for the last month or so (just not quite as good as against RHP)
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we're still winning in xBA!
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I love how we shut them out for 21 consecutive innings and then all the sudden we can't get them out to save our lives.
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I'm so confused about where you got this from? Since May 25th (just picked that date because it was the "end of May" and the last Sunday of the month) they are 13th in baseball against LHP by wRC+. Over the last 30 days they've been 9th (109 wRC+). There are teams competing for the playoffs like the Giants who are much worse (55 wRC+ vs LHP over last 30 days)
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Well everyone thought this was the one we were going to lose this weekend. Just sucks to waste 5.2 SO innings and not taking advantage of 10 baserunners against Crochet.
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Actually I've wanted the people who are smarter and less lazy than me to look at Pressly's performance and if he's actually pitching well or getting a bit fortunate with his results. I know his FIP is 2 runs higher than his ERA over that stretch, so maybe that tells us something (but a 2.77 FIP is fine too).
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Well that horsefeathers sucked
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Brewers only got 2 singles in the first (didnt score)
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Good news, the Brewers made an out without scoring yet. 26 more outs and 1 Dodgers run to go
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Why couldn't Thielbar have stayed in the game?
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Ok yeah Pressly sucks
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Great start Pressly
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Yeah I hate hate hate going against the smart heads on this forum because they almost always make logical points and explain it in a way that makes me feel stupid for thinking otherwise but I just can’t with Turner. If Turner is the other option, I want Busch
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Sorry I’m gonna be that “so glad we didn’t have Busch up there to look horrible while striking out” guy
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Turner and Brujan? And if Berti is a major leaguer he’s a 26th man at best imo
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Let’s see what our RHH option can do here
