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Regarding arrieta...just skip him. He can throw whatever simulated game he wants, but between his innings count, not letting Pittsburgh see him, and wanting Pittsburgh to win a lot of games down the stretch, I just don't see the benefits in letting him pitch. Don't throw him off his routine, or off the schedule for him to go on 10/7. If you're worried about the bullpen, let him start and pull him after 3 or something. But at this point, we're flying somewhere for that one game playoff no matter what happens. Let's do what it takes to give ourself the best chance of winning that game.
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I think optimal scenario if Cubs can't catch Pirates is Cardinals and Pirates play a tie breaking game so they have to burn either Cole or whoever St Louis starts Yeah, if we win today, maybe keep going with jake tomorrow. If we lose...id consider skipping him for a few reasons. Give him a rest, don't let Pittsburgh see him, and because at that point it might be best to optimize their chances of catching the cardinals.
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This has probably already been discussed somewhere else, and I know it's a weird subject. But given that at this point, best case scenario is trying to make up 3 games over the last 7 for home field...couldn't Pittsburgh making a run at St. Louis probably be the best overall outcome for the rest of the season? Obviously home field would be nice, but Pittsburgh and St. Louis going balls out to win the division that last weekend (with Cole, wacha, liriano, etc) has to be about as much as we can hope for right?
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9/25 Pirates (Cole) @ Cubs (Lester) 1:20 ABC
squally1313 replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I know it's by far the most effective approach to the situation, I just hate seeing those two back to back in the lineup. -
Yeah their coverage of this has come off as a bit extreme to me. All the developments from the last few days have been pretty bizarre and depressing and whatever else you want to call them, but I'm not sure how any of them should alter how Kane (and/or the Blackhawks) should be viewed.
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Worst possible pitch to go on. Bad luck.
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The Ballad of Starlin Castro continues.... Scoreboard Jorge.
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Here comes coghlan here comes matheny here comes maness here comes soler or Baez god I love this team Edit: ignore all of this I'm an idiot
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Why are they still leaving him in??? God this is great
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God this team knows the strike zone
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The thing you need to look out for is an innings limit. Honestly, I didn't read close enough to see how big your rosters are, but my league has a 1400 innings cap. At 21 starts a week, you're looking at probably at least 100 innings a week. Something to think about when you're going that strategy. We had a guy who essentially tried to do the same thing. He's been in first place the whole year, ran out of innings a week or so ago, and has been slowly dropping points. This is just full year roto as opposed to head to head, so again, might be different.
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It's a one game playoff. The impact of home field advantage is tiny, and no, I don't really care about their home record. We're the second best road team in baseball. i do hate their giant outfield, tho Yeah our ideal outfield against Cole (Schwarber/Fowler/Coghlan) definitely has limited defensive ability. Arrieta has the 4th lowest FB rate in the majors (qualified) though, so it's not too much of a concern for me.
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It's a one game playoff. The impact of home field advantage is tiny, and no, I don't really care about their home record. We're the second best road team in baseball.
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Hm. Oh well. Pretty impressive resolve with that comeback. I'll trust Maddon to have the bullpen sorted out by October.
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Yeah....while eye test will tell you that Coghlan is probably a better defender than Schwarber, I think Maddon is confident that Schwarber is probably at least the level of whatever kind of outfielder advanced metrics say Coghlan is. If that makes sense.
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I love this team so god damn much. Let's go Baez. Dongswag.
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All quiet on the AR front
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Never doubt the dongsmen.
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Jeanmar Gomez. Perfect.
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I want this game so much more after the last few pages of this thread. Cubs thought it would be a fun game to see if they could win a 1-0 game with only the bullpen. Rizzo probably started drinking during the rain delay. Now they just have to win it for real.
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Oh great....the party is really picking up for ARCubsFan
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How is any of this fun for you? We've had like 49 come from behind victories. I have absolutely no idea who is in the bullpen for Philly (probably some like Bob Alfonseca or something), but I somehow doubt they're anything good.
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This whole Phillies team is just a long of names where I see the last name and assume I know who that person is, and then I see the first name and my mind is blown. Hernandez, Morgan, Sweeney, Blanco, Herrera
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There is no doubt we win this game.
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I know I'm a little late on this, but I for one would welcome Travis Wood, effective lefty reliever, back to our bullpen.