We've got 2, hopefully 3 years left on Lester's deal, and Hendrick's has two more arbitration years. If Arrieta goes down as the best/most memorable pitcher of this era, things will probably have gone pretty badly in the next few years. No one is going to top Jake's 2015, but ultimately what happens in October is going to stick around for me, and I think Kyle and Jon have quite a few big playoff games left ahead of them.
This year, according to BR: 82 PA, 8 H, 2 DB, 2 T, 3 HR, 36 BB, 31 K, for a slash line of: 174/.537/.500 for a OPS of 1.037. That's an amazing stat line, but it still feels like he goes into every 3-2 account like this:
Based on FG projections we have a 71.1% chance of winning the division (99.7% to make the playoffs) Based on FG season to date we have a 60.9% (almost nice) chance of winning the division (99.4% to make the playoffs) Based on FG coinflip projections we have a 59.1% chance of winning the division (99.1% to make the playoffs) Go Cubs
Chase Anderson isn't very good in general, but he's got reverse splits this year. and over his whole career. Give Murphy the day off, see if Russell shows anything at the plate.
I gave up my ticket tonight to travel for work (out in Boston) and one of my buddies just won the 50/50, so cool, not like I'm missing an amazing night.
Next year, along with the HR Derby, we should do a 57 round fantasy draft on which washed up pitchers will inexplicably help us win the division down the stretch.
Lol Costas was so excited to talk about Baez he announced that whole play like Javy was coming around the bases and it was some amazing baserunning play. Yeah, it was just Seal Boy scoring easily on a double to the wall with two outs, idiot.