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  1. squally1313
    How do you guys think Almora will screw up this inning.
  2. squally1313
    This has been an incredibly poorly managed series.
  3. squally1313
    Cool. Cool cool cool
  4. squally1313
    The Cubs seem to rise to the occasion when he pitches. They've won his last 4 starts and are 10-8 overall when he pitches. They will win in spite of him. Let Chatwood pitch to the first batter every game of the playoffs. World Series guaranteed.
  5. squally1313
    Well that was about as unsatisfying as it can be for a Cubs win, Brewers/Cardinals loss day.
  6. squally1313
    Interesting bench management here Joe.
  7. squally1313
    Given the way Javy swings the bat, agreed, seemed pretty reckless. Can't believe I'm making multiple pleas for David horsefeathering Bote, but here we are.
  8. squally1313
    And I'll fully admit to being a Statcast/Baseball Savant idiot, but they've got Pollock's home run with a 19% hit probability. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?game_pk=530931&type=exit_velocity&chart_view=pitch&chart_type=sbp&inning=&count=&batter_hand=&pitcher_hand=&filter=
  9. squally1313
    Yeah, I get that reasoning. Given we have the Chatwood/Monty special the next two days, I guess I don't mind trying to squeeze one more inning out of him the way he was throwing. I’m sure that was part of it, but up 1-0 do what it takes to win today. Figure out tomorrow/Friday when they happen. Yeah, but with Morrow out and Cishek unavailable...you get an inning out of Carl and Strop. They've only got one lefty in the lineup...maybe their top PH is a lefty and you can use Wilson there, but a tired Lester pitching well is pretty close to Justin Wilson for me.
  10. squally1313
    He was good today, but at 100+ pitches. 3 righties coming up with a fully rest pen (outside of Cishek), he shouldn’t have started that inning. That ball was a HR most days. Yeah, I get that reasoning. Given we have the Chatwood/Monty special the next two days, I guess I don't mind trying to squeeze one more inning out of him the way he was throwing.
  11. squally1313
    Didn't realize he was already at around 100 pitches. Guess more confused on why that one AB made Joe change his mind.
  12. squally1313
    Just following along on gameday/twitter, but seems like an awful quick hook for a wind aided HR. Guessing Jon wasn't too thrilled.
  13. squally1313
    I'm torn. I like Happ a lot, but I'm worried about cost and I'm a little worried about how similar he is to Quintana and Lester. Yeah, Happ seems to be that undesirable middle ground between "rotation depth/literally not Tyler Chatwood" that we should be able to acquire for next to nothing and "this guy slots into our playoff rotation". I guess if they know Darvish is out for the year, Happ can be the fourth guy. But if everyone is healthy, Happ would be my fifth option going into October.
  14. squally1313
    What’s league average in high leverage and RISP spots? Also we give ourselves more chances than anyone in those spots because, you know, we are good and lead the league in OBP. So being a little below on average on that isn’t the worst thing/kinda expected. High leverage: 90 RISP: 99 We've got the most PAs with RISP, 3rd most high leverage PAs. I guess I'd agree that through sheer volume we're able to overcome relative struggles, but I wouldn't say the struggles are expected.
  15. squally1313
    Yes, but I'm not going to criticize the current version of Ian Happ for pitch selection/plate discipline.
  16. squally1313
    If the point is: Cubs hitters haven't been performing well in big spots...he's got a point. Cubs overall wRC+ is 106, Cubs wRC+ in High Leverage situations is 72 (with RISP it's 91). If the point is that this is somehow a skill that can and should be taught to otherwise very skilled and advanced hitters, then...no.
  17. squally1313
    Brewers, Cardinals, Pirates all down currently. For anyone who is either starting to freak out or is also super bored at work.
  18. squally1313
    Another one of those fun games where we effectively have a two man bench.
  19. squally1313
    I don't think there's any easy way to test this, but a quick glance at his numbers this year makes me think he'd have to be leading the league in three true outcome percentages. 12.59 K/9, 4.7 BB/9, 2.01 HR/9. Though I guess after thinking about it for five seconds Chatwood would be up there too. No Javy, no KB today. Not entirely sure why Bote isn't up, but hey, LaStella at third base against a lefty should be fun.
  20. squally1313
    There wasn't much anyone was going to be able to do after those first two pitches, but still. He's arguably the worst hitter in this lineup against lefties, absolutely no reason he should be batting second.
  21. squally1313
    Good job Rizz Pinch hit Contreras please
  22. squally1313
    Schwarber has hit about 350 MPH of balls into outs today.
  23. squally1313
    Though to be fair, Almora should have two outfield assists tonight.
  24. squally1313
    Happ needs to start every game and Bote needs to get back up here to let Happ play center against righties.
  25. squally1313
    It's hard for me to to commit to trading for a starter without any information on Darvish's health status. If they trade for a starter, that's telling me that Yu isn't coming back this year. But if they expect Darvish to be healthy for October, I don't see a lot out there in the mid-tier section (ie, besides DeGrom) that would be a safe bet to outperform Lester/Q/Hendricks/Yu. Sure, another starter would be insurance, but the Chavez move makes me think they're totally fine letting Monty go three and turning it over to the pen.
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