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Look at that, Jekyll and Hyde in the same game
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But if we’re tied for first in number of times scoring 4 or more, surely you must realize that we’d be near the bottom in scoring 3 or less compared to every other team (even the other playoff teams). it’s not a cubs thing, it’s just a baseball thing that you’ve attributed to the cubs because you watch them the most
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This is now the 7th best offensive season in Chicago Cubs history with 8.7 fWAR, and the 5th (1958 Ernie) and 6th (1964 Santo) are both also 8.7. After that there's a small gap to 4th (1967 Santo, 9.5), 3rd (1959 Banks, 9.7) and 2nd (2001 Sosa, 9.9), and then an even bigger gap to 1st (1929 Hornsby, .380/.459/.679, 11.0). On the pitching side, you've got 4 seasons pre-1900 that are measured at over 10 fWAR (all with at least 500 IP), and then 1970 and 1971 Fergie at 9.6 and 9.5, which seems within reach. Obviously not a true counting stat, can certainly have a rough finish and move backwards, but likely looking at somewhere between the 2nd and 5th best season in post-1900 Cubs history by the time this wraps up.
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No, man. We must suck. Should have sold. Insert a comment about another pitcher we also didn’t hit for a few innings in a game we ended up winning. Obviously teams must score runs off of previously bad pitchers every time, all the time.
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Yeah I probably phrased that wrong. The upcoming schedule on Fangraphs has Assad but they're probably guessing like the rest of us. More generally the point was that someone is going to have to start that game, we've got 3-4 guys capable of going 50+ pitches, just need to keep one (or two) back.
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I haven't seen any announcement but just noticed that Assad is the current scheduled starter for Saturday. Going on three days rest after last night is probably fine, but likely they're penciling in Rea or Civale for bulk duty that day too.
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Seven times* Six of those games* Just for everyone else's benfit
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This seems like even more of a bullpen game for the Sox unless I'm missing something. Newcomb can go multiple innings, faced 8 guys on Sunday, and is pretty good, but hasn't gone more than three innings all year. Brazoban has pitched two of the last three days, Richards the last two, Fedde is going to be down. Anthony Kay is next in line in their current four man rotation but he pitched Saturday so that would be short rest. Guessing it's Newcome for 2-3, Hicks for a couple, Hagen Smith for one or two, figure it out from there. Cubs, as shown above, are in ok shape, ideally hoping for a lopsided game so that Rea or Civale can let the short relief guys get a night off.
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We're just accepting the premise that he 'looked gassed'? Two Ks in the 5th, another K in the 6th with two weak fly outs? Munetaka hit the ball hard in the 5th but is that just going be an automatic trigger anytime past the 4th inning? We need to get 27 outs.
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Sounds like Bryan Hudson to open for the White Sox, who is good but hasn't gone more than an inning in a month. Then Erick Fedde. Who is absolutely terrible. Hicks and Hagen Smith are probably down for tonight. The rest of the pen is in better shape than last night, but still need to remember that their top guy is going to open so they'll be a guy short on the back end.
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Since May 1: t-1st in HR t-1st in runs t-3rd in RBIs 2nd in SBs 4th in OBP 1st in SLG 1st in wOBA 1st in wRC 3rd in BsR 1st in FG Off (43.2, next closest is 30.4) 1st in FG Def 1st in offensive fWAR (7.5, next closest is 4.3)
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This debate usually comes up in the middle innings and it seems like the pieces that are missed are A. Middle relievers are generally not good at pitching, and B. It’s really hard to get 4+ innings out of your bullpen every night. Shota was really good tonight, and in his last inning he had a walk, a K, and two weak fly balls. I don’t know if it would have been wise to start the sequence of trusted relievers an inning earlier and be left with…Aaron Civale or whatever in the tenth.
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Yeah my bad.
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PCAs fWAR lead had dropped toa measly 2.0 going into tonight. Back up to 2.4.
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Huge hat tip to Nico. Webb got a little marmol-y there but huge by him too. PCA with comfortably the greatest cubs season of my adult life. Insane.
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That seemed like the plan to start.
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I mean. What can you say
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That is impressive, impressive work
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What is pitchcom even for. Get rid of it.
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I didn’t know who Owen miller was until three hours ago but would he have been a better choice for the bottom half if he came in for Kelly and let Amaya stay in?
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Not a real stat, perhaps
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horsefeathers
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It worked the first time but he’s going to have to throw strikes here
