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Based on the last week or so, it seems like Maddon considers Jay the starting center fielder. If that pushes Almora to a full time bench role, doesn't that make Martin a little redundant? Especially if they give Russell and Baez most of the starts at SS/2B and push Zobrist to the outfield. You'd have Heyward and Almora ready to come off the bench for pinch running/defensive replacement purposes. The Rivera decision probably rests on if they have any faith in Schwarber filling the emergency catcher role. I know we carried three last year, but those were different circumstances with Ross having to catch Lester and all three of them at that point being candidates for getting pinch hit for. Regardless on if you start Contreras or Avila, no real reason to sub either of them out of the game. I'd bring on LaStella and probably a 12th pitcher, Koji if he's healthy, Grimm if they think he's in one of his hot streaks, or even Lackey to just guard against worst case scenario (going down 8-0 in the second inning or something like that). Given the questions with Wilson/Duensing, Monty is too valuable against a team like Washington to have to waste him as a mop-up guy where he'd be out of commission for 3 days after.
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Is it too early to start talking playoff rosters? Does Lackey make it? Koji?
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Yep, that was a fantastic take, and it's just going to lead to bad swings in the future.
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Lol for horsefeathering ever at javy running around with that stupid microphone while he's supposed to be on deck
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Wow this really dumb
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You guys ready for Jen-ho tseng in the bottom of the 12th?
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I horsefeathering hate sliding head first, but...I love javy so much.
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Part of me wants to clinch as quickly as possible just so you all can relax. Jesus, we've won 7 of 8, 4 of 4 against the only two teams remotely threatening us, and we're down all of one run in the fourth inning with our #5 on the mound. It is so horsefeathering good to be us.
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http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stop_it_hellboy.gif Such love guys! Aren't you excited we're shaping up to go destroy the field again?! Let's ride! Stop being such whiners.
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Just as a baseball fan I'd love if the Rockies, Cardinals, and Brewers all ended up tied after 162, which I believe would lead to Rockies at Cardinals, with the winner hosting the Brewers, and that winner going to Arizona for the actual one game playoff. Realistically after the Cubs get through with Milwaukee and St. Louis, neither of them are going to be in a position to challenge Colorado.
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http://www.fangraphs.com/wins.aspx?date=2017-09-21&team=Brewers&dh=0&season=2017 Not as good as I thought, honestly. Brewers only got up to 88% favorites after the Avila ground out for the second out in the ninth. Doesn't take Baez getting down 1-2 into account, or Davis going 3-1 on Arcia with the bases loaded. 97.8% to win the division.
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At least he's consistently bad.
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Don't know how much there is to 'playoff experience', but wouldn't every metric point to Quintana being our best pitcher going into October?
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There's no way schwarber doesn't hit 30 a year for the next decade. What easy power.
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FYI, the Cardinals have to lose 3 times in the next 4 days as well to clinch on Sunday Honestly, ending the Brewer's division (and really, season) hopes at Miller on Sunday, and then 24 hours later doing the same thing to the Cardinals, while celebrating the division at that hellhole in front of a 'sell-out' of 22,000 people would be even better.
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95.7% to win the division, 98% to make the playoffs. Win the next three and make me spend my Sunday celebrating in Milwaukee with 30,000 other Cubs fans.
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i am starting to have irrational levels of fear of how much jay will play in the playoffs. Yeah I'd be really surprised if he's not in LF or CF for every Scherzer/Strasburg game in the DS. It's going to come down to only one of Happ, Jay or Schwarber getting a start imo. Either Zobrist/Jay/Heyward left to right, Zobrist/Happ/Heyward left to right or Schwarber/Heyward/Zobrist left to right. I don't think Heyward is guaranteed a starter's spot by any means. Against everyone except the toughest righties, I think Willson, Bryzzo, Zobrist, and Baez are guaranteed starters. With Russell coming back and looking strong, you add him to the list, which pushes Zobrist into right. From there, it's two spots for Schwarber, Heyward, Happ, Almora, and Jay. Against a lefty I'd say there's no chance Heyward starts, given how well Almora has hit them. Against a righty it comes down to the matchups...with the way Schwarber has hit over the last month (875 OPS), it's tough sit him for Heyward. Happ might end up being the odd man out unless he can start hitting better....38% K rate over the last month isn't going to do it.
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Joe is clearly Bob.
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We'll have to include a warning to all those who only show up in October:
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When all those Bears thread only people show up here in a couple weeks...
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Me, this entire week, quietly failing to figure out how to post gifs.
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Alex Gordon, sporting a robust 209/286/307 line this year, breaks the home run record. Fitting.