Time: 7:05 PM CT
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Keon Broxton, CF |
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Will the Cubs win? No, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 70% chance of winning
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Time: 7:05 PM CT
TV: CSN
Series Preview
Gameday
LINEUPS
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Keon Broxton, CF |
Dexter Fowler, CF |
Will the Cubs win? No, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 70% chance of winning
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Since I don’t get CSN or MLB.tv I guess I’ll have to watch the Olympics.
BVSQuote Reply
I’d be okay with either of them in the rotation. I like Lackey’s peripherals a bit better (and his playoff experience, however valuable that might be), but Hammel is having a very good year.
I kind of wonder if it makes sense to slot Hendricks after Arrieta to take advantage of his home/road splits, but I don’t think that’s likely to happen.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Yes to Hendricks after Arrieta please. Also, I think Lackey has a better temperament and rubber arm for the pen, even if he is half-a-run better than Hammel in true talent, whatever that means.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I think Lackey is probably a better pitcher than Hammel, which is more important to me than who’s having the better season.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Lester and Chapman both seem to be drenched in sweat within 10 pitches of entering a ballgame. I wonder how they rank against other players – which advanced stats site tracks third-order sweat per pitch?
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Great plate appearance by Fowler.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Zobrist!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Zobrist!!
dmick89Quote Reply
I love how Bryant is on third. I hope Russell is taking notes.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Russell!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jimmy Olsen could probably pitch better than this.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
Another possibility would be starting one and relieving with the other, as The Book recommends to do with the 4/5 starters. Could get 5-6 innings combined and prevent either from having to hit.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Soler!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Perkins,
As if Maddon would ever stand for pitchers not hitting.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Soler!!!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
Soler power!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Wow. Soler!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Even Heyward gets to join in.
dmick89Quote Reply
That’s a very Heyward double.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Perkins,
Yes, though I feel like Lackey could potentially give two or three innings of relief for every other starter. I doubt Hammel could do anything close to that.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Great plate appearance by Lester.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
What an at bat for Lester.
ceruleanQuote Reply
That was a 49 pitch inning I recently enjoyed.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Damn it, Jon.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Strikes, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
THROW STRIKES.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Perkins,
What is the most pitches in an inning by one pitcher? That had to be getting close over the time period that teams have had 6 or 7 man bullpens.
dmick89Quote Reply
Why was he nibbling at the edges against Nelson?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Nelson helped Lester out there.
dmick89Quote Reply
Did Russell really hit a foul ball in the middle of the other batter’s box?
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
I’m seeing 61 pitches, but not sure how reliable reddit is for such things. (dying laughing)
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Try b-ref: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=GzsEd
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Strasburg had a less than auspicious start despite double-digit run support. Ouch.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Grampy!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Ross!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
That puts Nelson’s first at tied for 78th with 18 others for most pitches in an inning. Though that Wade Davis inning had 20 more pitches. Damn.
Ross!!!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Wow, 69 is a ton of pitches for three innings, let alone one.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Ross might have double the number of homeruns as Heyward when all is said and done, in a third the number of plate appearances.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Perkins,
It’s what Lester has now.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
That’s not a good list. Davis faced 3 batters in the 2nd. I would guess there are a lot of examples like that on that list.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Ok, maybe 61 is the record, then.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That was an annoyingly efficient inning by Nelson.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
cerulean,
That’s hard to believe.
dmick89Quote Reply
Speaking of unbelievable—single, steal second, steal third, score on a ground out.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
It was practically defensive indifference. Not a big deal with a big lead.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Lester is batting. He has over 100 pitches.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I really want an opportunity to make a delicious pun. Something about boarding the Cravytrain.
Alas.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Edwards threw a strike. Good sign.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
But I’ve got GameDay on my phone. Jeez. (dying laughing)
BVSQuote Reply
Why don’t Cubs pitchers get that low strike that was called on Rizzo?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Good Edwards. More of that, please.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Because the umps have seen Rizzo homer with one knee on the ground so they know it’s a hittable pitch.
BVSQuote Reply
Pretty sure I heard Heyward yell a dirty word after he flied out.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Well my baby my baby she don’t love me no more
Ever since she saw his poster at that record store
She says the way he grinds his molars is really sexy
She says he’s so darn dysfunctional and Generation X-y
She loves his brooding angst and his wild-eyed stare
Yeah he’s her very favorite slacker multimillionaire
Well my baby’s in love with Eddie Vedder
She’s all crazy for that Eddie Vedder
Once she was mine but now I’d better just forget her
Cuz my baby’s in love with Eddie Vedder
umbraQuote Reply
White flag.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Someone made a Vine of this: https://twitter.com/codyhills1/status/766103997799432193
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
23% World Series Champs in the 538 Elo simulation. I think the high was 24% back when their average win total was 107 games. Right now they are at 102 wins, finishing 26–17. 29–14 gets them to my preseason prediction of 105 wins and the best record in 12 years—since the fucking 2004 Cardinals and that awful disappointment of a season. It’s the year monkey again. Time for a return of the 1908 monkey.
ceruleanQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/cubs-6-brewers-1-8-17-16/
berseliusQuote Reply