squally1313
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Everything posted by squally1313
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Best park ever
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Lol nevermind let's throw a four pitch walk to bring up their only hitter with any talent.
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Let's hope Kintzler can still pretend to be good, hey look a double play alright
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Javy had to make up for the stupid umpire overturn from earlier
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KB would be so good if he could just play all his games in Arlington.
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Fixed
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That's an actual really good play by Almora.
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Yeah the only way that's conclusive is if they found a way to sync up both replays, which is what I've been wanting across sports for years but have yet to actually see in practice.
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Not expecting much with such a lively game thread, but if anyone has a relatively safe way of watching this (work laptop on hotel wireless), I'd really appreciate it and pay you back with one whole heart on the next post of yours I see.
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Jason Heyward having a barrel rate of 2.9% for an entire year is so funny to me. I don't really know what the normative line for an average major leaguer but the fact that Jason Heyward only got the barrel of his bat on one ball out of 50 throughout 2018 is hilarious That dude spent 3 years being complete dog horsefeathers. He looks better so far but I will literally not believe he's having a good season until its like, August, and his numbers are still ok. Agree from a high level, but obviously the definition of 'barrel' in this context is much more specific than 'hit well'. If KB's barrel rate in 2016 was 11.9%, and my math is correct that he made in play contact 449 times (603 ABs less 154 Ks), that would imply KB hit the ball hard 53 times the whole year (with 39 home runs).
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We probably can't afford him, but in the hypothetical world where we could, how does it work this early in the season? I keep thinking back to August/September waivers, where it's based on your record...does that apply this early on? Or is this a different situation entirely?
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Hey what do you know, Almora in against another righty, Schwarber sitting again. Cool.
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He will be joining Happ in Iowa when Russell comes back. I've been a big Happ defender, but I'm going to need to see pretty significant improvement in his AAA numbers before I want him back in Chicago. Striking out in 1/3rd of his ABs and getting on base at a .292 clip isn't going to cut it anywhere.
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What is the offensive equivalent of CJs struggles at the end of last year and beginning of this year and how has Almora not gotten to that point yet.
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"Time makes fools of us all" - The Kyle Schwarber Thread
squally1313 replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Since you referenced his FG defensive numbers from 2018, which I agree probably isn't a sustainable skill...going just by his 'Offense' number, which was 10.3, puts him at 64th in baseball last year. Nothing to build a team around, but that kind of talent has a starting spot on every team in baseball. -
It's Darvish, if anyone cares.
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Too lazy to link the lineup and don't remember the order, but Zobrist day off, Zagunis in right, Almora in center (Heyward off). Skaggs is much better against lefties than righties, but it seems like almost all of that difference is that his walk rate spikes against righties, so that doesn't do Almora any good.
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"I doubt" to "maybe" in two sentences....this was definitely part of the plan. I mean it's also on GMs and Presidents of Baseball Ops making the call and refusing to spend on older players. It's not all on the owners. Teams that are tanking aren't going to spend serious money during FA. Teams are operating smarter and have better projections/models. I wouldn't say that was all part of the plan. It's all part of the same plan. Improved projections/models have shown that by and large players are most productive during their early to mid 20s, which is also when they are drastically underpaid for what they are providing. Players didn't care about that because good players knew a payday was coming down the road, either because of some unspoken agreement or because of bad models. Now that that future payday is far from guaranteed, players are feeling increased pressure to lock in security whenever they can. The GMs and presidents report to the owners, and are dealing with artificial (for lack of a better word) budget constraints.
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I doubt they did this on purpose, but showing no interest in FA and making it a hellscape for older players is looking real smart right now. Maybe the owners did this on purpose... "I doubt" to "maybe" in two sentences....this was definitely part of the plan.
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April 2018: 247/344/390, 102 wRC (99 wRC for the year) April 2017: 279/340/407, 98 wRC (88 wRC for the year) April 2016: 224/333/271, 71 wRC (72 wRC for the year)
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The only thing better than having one first baseman locked up to a big contract in their 30s is having two.
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Me before yesterday: Me now:
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If you're Jon Lester it is. Fixed
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Are we really complaining about a 2 game pythageroeum vs actual record difference through 10 games? This team stinks and deserves to be 1-9. Yeah that .879 team OPS is terrible. We definitely shouldn’t have won two of those three games we won by (checks notes) 8, 6, and 10 runs.