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  1. I was gonna say benchwarmer for the Pacers but that works too
  2. What is with all the outs on the bases wtf
  3. he won't pitch for a week if the cubs win the division put him out there for the start at the very least My concern is that he’s the likely wild card game pitcher if it comes to that. Meh
  4. 96 pitches and a 3 run lead. Try to extend him another inning?
  5. He’s literally allowed Walk, Double, Single, Walk, Single this inning
  6. I’ve complained about Butterfield being too conservative all year and of course the one time he’s aggressive it was such a dumb send
  7. Why would you send him there? The OF had the ball in his glove before he rounded 3rd
  8. Let’s do that thing where we progressively add to our lead with more runs. I was watching a Red Sox game the other day and they did it and I thought it was a pretty good strategy
  9. Damn. Over his last 12 starts, Williams has an ERA of exactly 1.00. 8 of the 12 starts he allowed 0 runs, 2 of them he allowed 1 run This is going to be freaking tough
  10. Well I just got my “you didn’t get selected for playoff tickets” email just like I’ve gotten for every playoff series for the past 4 years. Hope others got lucky
  11. Yeah, but they walked Harper in some big spots to get to Zimmerman and we laughed at him for failing miserably in all of those big spots. Right, but I think it was more because Zimmerman was just a very bad baseball player that year vs them doing it because of leverage/clutch stats. Of course you pitch around and walk Harper when you can when he has a sub .600 OPS bum hitting behind him. I know but my whole point was, remember the guy we were all laughing at because we kept walking Harper and he couldnt do anything about it? Well that guy was better in high leverage situations than Schwarber is this year.
  12. Didn’t they walk Harper that year because Harper was awesome and Zimmerman was having a terrible season? I don’t think it was because of the leverage, I think Zimmerman was borderline done in 2016 but then he came back and had a crazy year last year. Edit: Yeah he was worth -1.4 war that year and slashed .218/.272/.370 Yeah, but they walked Harper in some big spots to get to Zimmerman and we laughed at him for failing miserably in all of those big spots.
  13. Let's have him lead off then to ensure he gets at least 1 low leverage PA
  14. The Cubs have a .520 OPS against Williams this year. Let's hope that changes.
  15. They would argue that they spent $86m less in payroll than the Cubs so the Cubs should still be able to beat the Brewers without all of those pieces.
  16. Did you notice who was 2nd on lowest wRC+ in high leverage situations over the past few years? 2016 Ryan Zimmerman. Remember the guy that was so bad at high leverage situations that the Cubs walked Harper in front of him like a zillion times in that one series against the Nats? Yeah Schwarber is worse than that.
  17. Theo sounds like he's ready to sneak out of Wrigley in a monkey suit
  18. Cubs magic number to clinch at least WC1 is 1. The Rockies can still finish with the same record as the Cubs but the Rockies would win the tiebreaker with a better intradovisional record (yes this tiebreaker still applies even though they play in different divisions)
  19. ....aaaaand now you just doomed us again
  20. I hope that I look really stupid for all my negativity at some point. I didn’t think I would ever revisit this level of pessimism again but here we are
  21. Since the Cubs are not “clinching the playoffs celebrating” I guess they will not celebrate this year
  22. Haha ok we won but still horsefeathers this horsefeathers
  23. Albert Almora with his .480 OPS in the second half against a righty which he is notably worse at hitting is a nice cap to this awfully managed inning by Joe. Great stuff
  24. God I hate everything about this stupid horsefeathering team
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