Behind a defense with the second best defense fWAR in baseball, playing half their games in one of the most pitcher friendly parks in baseball behind one of the easiest second half SOSs. All of the advanced stats point to the pitching staff being mediocre.
I agree with all of that. He’s been solid but his peripherals have caught up to him a bit and they don’t have a true stopper in the rotation with Horton sidelined. A bunch of 3 starters probably won’t cut it.
There’s really no pitching matchup advantages with the Horton injury. Just like the padres series they’ll have to limit home runs and let the gloves do the work. Is Woodruff going to pitch?
Brewers rust is the only possible matchup advantage today and that’s with the hope that it offsets their rest. If Boyd can’t find the strike zone they’re in big trouble.
This was a matchup that played right into the cubs hands. A lineup with only 152 homers that doesn’t strike out much leaving the game in the hand of the Cubs gloves.
Padres struggles on the road and hitting lefties were also a nice assist.. .
Also nice to see Busch’s hard contact in games 1 and 2 rewarded with some nice BABIP luck+ a solo shot with neutral wind conditions.
Swanson LDS MVP.
Will the arms have enough rest for the LDS? F ck Milwaukee.
They’re 9th in offense war since June 1st and 17th in runs scored. Make of it what you will. I’m sure the park factor explains some of it but it’s a large gap.
Bad choice by the computer there. They’ll need some BABIP luck if the wind is knocking everything down before the nuclear power plant padres pen arms come in.
I would’ve pinched hit him for Turner in the bottom of the fourth with 2 outs and 2 on vs Morejon and let Alcantara replace him in center field. Letting him hit in that situation basically conceded the inning.