We Got The Whole 9

That was actuality pretty funny

No, JD, just stop. They have horsefeathering suuuuuucked with the bases loaded

It's like he didn't play with these guys and doesn't know that they're not cut out for this horsefeathers. I'm tired of it. And it just cost us a run.

Teams really know us well and take advantage of our passivity on 3-1

Oh... yeah, Willy... take hitting tips from Javy. What could go wrong.

No, not really. David Montgomery had 267 which if done for 3 years would be 801. He was 12th in the NFL. I know times have changed. The red flag number used to be like 375 or so just a decade ago. But 265ish is far from being worrisome. In the same tier you'll find Jacobs, Hyde, Mack, Kamara - I don't see anyone worrying about their workloads. 2015 would be the last season that would fall into the top 10 (9th) I think I hear people worrying about how Kamara will hold up about once a week. Someone that is ranking in what would be the top 15 in RB touches in the NFL, for three years running, is going to have a lot of wear on their tires. Now, just because things used to be even more ridiculous a decade ago doesn't mean that RBs are aging well. RB careers are getting shorter even as their number of touches on average has decreased. That's just because teams have wisened up and realize that young RBs just tend to be better because they have more thread left (there are contract consideration at play here as well). This is all relative, of course. Some RBs just aren't as banged up and injured. Some are talented enough that they are still better than the league average even as the dents accumulate. ...but I don't think Fournette is the second coming of Adrian Peterson. He's had a lot of north-south NFL carries. I'd also say that Fournette isn't a great fit for a zone blocking scheme, but he still might be the best available option for the Bears at the moment. It is just crazy to me that 15+ touches per game is when you start entering the danger zone now. Anyway its all moot as the Bears showed no interest in him. No biggie.

We gave up a HR to Anthony Alford

Man we can't even touch Derek Holland So bad against LHP

Ian has been too good this year to talk horsefeathers to but holy horsefeathers that was garbage

Oh man I thought that was fair

Well they sure fucked that one up didn't they

Yeah I have to believe this is true. 3-1 in particular, we usually take. But when we swing we hit a ton of lazy pops. Because I'm bored... 2-0 count: 13/31, 3 doubles, 4 HRs, .419/.438/.903, 221 total PAs 2-1 count: 17/51, 5 doubles, 2 HRs, .333/.321/.549, 309 total PAs 3-1 count: 9/32, 2 doubles, 2 HRs, .281/.680/.531, 144 total PAs Don't think there's a way to compare all the teams in these, but picking the Dodgers to compare (Cardinals have too few games, rest of the division sucks at hitting): 2-0 count: 8/38, 1 double, 1 HR, .216/.211/.324, 222 total PAs 2-1 count: 26/74, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 6 HRs, .351/.368/.730, 307 total PAs 3-1 count: 17/63, 4 doubles, 4 HRs, .346/.753/.654, 135 total PAs Based on this very small sample, yeah, take a lot in these counts, and the quality of contact for 2-1 and 3-1 is much worse (2-0 is weirdly much better). Thanks for doing that

Jeffress got his K9 up to 6! Honestly to my eyes his stuff is nasty but hitters haven't had much problem putting the bat on the ball and his chase rate is way low as well.

Jeffress was in attack mode tonight, not horsefeathering around

Yeah I have to believe this is true. 3-1 in particular, we usually take. But when we swing we hit a ton of lazy pops.

Painted

Wick giving up a lot of hard contact lately

Ross has really sucked this year

800 touches in 3 years is not a lot at all...it isn't?! No, not really. David Montgomery had 267 which if done for 3 years would be 801. He was 12th in the NFL. I know times have changed. The red flag number used to be like 375 or so just a decade ago. But 265ish is far from being worrisome. In the same tier you'll find Jacobs, Hyde, Mack, Kamara - I don't see anyone worrying about their workloads. 2015 would be the last season that would fall into the top 10 (9th)

Interested to know why, I don’t have a huge opinion either way I would be iffy about signing any RB who already has 3-4 seasons worth of mileage on his body. Fournette is at the low end of that range, but still, most RB's break down quickly 800 touches in 3 years is not a lot at all

IIRC we were incredibly high on Correa and thought we could get him, the Astros had a scout at some game/showcase that wasn’t even there to watch him but saw Correa and they fell in love. But Theo was pretty confident we had a really good shot at Correa if the Astros didn’t snipe him. Raisin told me this I believe. Still had him too high though But I believe that story https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/chicago-cubs/how-cubs-almost-landed-carlos-correa-their-franchise-shortstop

They have a team wRC+ of 68. Please shut them the horsefeathers down.

Interested to know why, I don’t have a huge opinion either way Hes more built for the power scheme, would be my guess. Before last year I would have just said the same, that he's a North South bruiser and nothing more... but then he went and caught 76 passes after combining for 58 his first 2 years. He didn't turn out huge yardage with them or set a career high in catch rate, but thats still an added dimension to his game, proving there might be more untapped potential. His ypc also had a nice uptick. Im interested. I think he's overrated but we can surely use him.

He was Theo's first pick. Oh I know. But his profile was like a Hendry type. Thats what I meant.

Such a Hendry selection. It really surprised me when Theo was so high on this dude.