Pen is still fine. At the moment they can go Duensing/Strop/Rondon/Davis to finish tomorrow and Davis would be the only one not on 2 days rest, and Davis was on 2 days rest today.
advancements implies that he was bad at it before(I don't think that's the case), but yes, Russell was very good on high fastballs last year, especially in the second half
that leaderboard they just showed with Davis having the best ERA since 2014, I just ran it for a 100 IP minimum out of curiosity and got the same result. Fun fact: the worst ERA in that timeframe belongs to Eddie Butler. edit: if you drop the minimum to 50 IP the worst is Aaron Brooks, I'm not sure how to feel about this
They don't have similar repertoires, but in terms of consistency I think he bears a lot in common with Mike Wuertz. When he's good he's very, very good, but that comes so rarely between issues with control and/or command that it adds up to a guy who is a middle reliever on a contender.
horsefeathers really? I guess that makes sense. Going from historically great to bottom 5 in def eff helps explain going from best starters ERA in baseball to bottom 5 in baseball. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=975507 Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk You're looking at 2011, the Cubs are currently 17th. They were 3rd or 4th when I checked a couple weeks back, which doesn't surprise me since it coincides with the rotation going 5 IP and giving up rockets the first time through the order for 20 straight games.
ESPN spends so much time catering their broadcast to the spouses, friends, etc that are only 'watching' because the game is on in the room they happen to be in.