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  1. Bertz
    Yes, give me all the extra innings for the Cards and Brewers this week
  2. Bertz
    Were we guaranteed to lose a tiebreaker if both teams won out? I think so. We're 4-6 against both the Cards and Brewers, and the first tiebreaker I believe is H2H record.
  3. Bertz
    That loss finally puts the Cubs back in control of their own destiny
  4. Bertz
    With 2 weeks of the season left: - The Cubs have 12 games - The Cards have at least 18 (2 extra against the Tigers if necessary) - The Brewers have 16 - The Reds have 14 If the Cubs go 6-6, in order to take division 1 from the Cubs: - The Cards have to to go 14-4 - The Brewers have to go 14-2 (and have a better in-division record) - The Reds have to go 14-0
  5. Bertz
    Really enjoyed how animated JD got in the 9th. While there's a lot about this org that truly sucks the guys in the booth are so so so good
  6. Bertz
    That first stop was a 3 and out, they were hardly gassed It’s not a question of gassed or not. They made the stop and went right back out there. That is deflating and entirely on the offense. They're adults, this is a super meatbally opinion
  7. Bertz
    TOP is basically even right now, and the Bears gave up TDs on both sides of halftime (when they're plenty well rested). The offense sucks, but the defense can't blame them today. thr last thing I saw was the defense stop the lions in 2 minute offense then bears use 5 seconds to give it right back. That’s the game, and that’s all on offense. You can’t expect a defense to make back to back two minute stops. That first stop was a 3 and out, they were hardly gassed
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    A bad offense will make a good defense look mediocre and so on and so on. I can't wait for rust to be the excuse. TOP is basically even right now, and the Bears gave up TDs on both sides of halftime (when they're plenty well rested). The offense sucks, but the defense can't blame them today.
  9. Bertz
    The first week or three have a lot of weird things happen every season; I'd expect that to be especially true this year with the abbreviated pre-season. If the defense is truly this mediocre though, we're looking at a top 5 pick.
  10. Bertz
    Sharma with a very timely piece on the pen. Lotta good stuff, but this stood out re: Brailyn
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  12. Bertz
    So...this was potentially a dagger. Obviously the win is big, but also the Brewers' pen is in rough shape tommorow. Suter, Peralta, and Hader are all likely unavailable. Williams would be on day 3, so I'd assume Counsell will try to stay away from him. So Alec Mills, PLEASE do not suck tomorrow
  13. Bertz
    That was like an Almora at bat from KB
  14. Bertz
    I hate this, Suter seems to completely own our lineup
  15. Bertz
    The Cubs Bullpen has been really good here in September: 44.1 IP, 34 H, 46 K, 17 BB, 2 HR, 45.7 GB%, 1.91 ERA, 2.55 FIP, 3.28 xFIP In fact, it's been good for going on a month now. Kimbrel's first scoreless appearance was on 8/14. If you look at the numbers for 8/14 to the present: 105 IP, 82 H, 133 K, 49 BB, 12 HR, 42.8 GB%, 3.51 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 3.60 xFIP Some of that has been garbage time, they're 14th in WPA despite vs 6th in WAR, but I feel like the unit is really falling into place. They need a THE GUY type before I really trust it as a unit, but overall I think it's turned into a solid group.
  16. Bertz
    Ummm I feel like this FO wouldn't bring it up unless they were pretty sure it's happening?
  17. Bertz
    I like this idea a lot. My hope for the playoff rotation has been that Chatwood and Q can get up to 3-4 innings by then, and we can do something like Q+Adbert and Chatwood+Mills. But I do wonder if Lester can get back to sitting ~92 if he's only going ~70 pitches. And I'd he's back to having an average fastball, how much of his performance does he claw back (my belief is that the heavy majority of pitcher decline is simply velocity).
  18. Bertz
    This game should *really* be a loss. Woodruff is really good and Lester is obviously cooked. The Brewers have a really good offense against lefties and an atrocious one against righties. And on top of that because of offdays and blowouts the Brewers haven't had to use their good relievers since last Saturday. I have a very modest goal for tonight's game: keep it close enough that the Brewers have to use their good relievers, hopefully have at least one of them throw like 40 pitches and be done for the rest of the weekend.
  19. Bertz
    It would, uh, be nice to get two innings from Colin Rea tonight. No worries, I'm sure Ildemaro Vargas or Dan Winkler will definitely contribute to the the win.
  20. Bertz
    I really want Hoerner to succeed. This team needs a fast guy who's also good at things besides just being fast.
  21. Bertz
    Rea getting optioned is... something? I wonder if it's to stretch him out?
  22. Bertz
    He's a top 30 guy. Considering Jose Martinez has already sent down that's...not great.
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  24. Bertz
    Becoming pretty intrigued by Adam. He was a high K, high BB, low GB the last two years. That can be useful depending on exactly how high the Ks and BBs are, but you sort of top out as a 7th inning type because you inevitably have a dong problem. But this year he's added a slider (or possibly a second curve type), and now he's getting ground balls AND the Ks have gone up significantly. It's early, he's only thrown 8 innings, but he's starting to look like he's a thing. I wouldn't hate if they tried him in a high leverage spot or two to see how he holds up.
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