OSS: Cubs pummel Endgame-vintage Thor, hang on for a win.
Three up:
- The Cubs offense put a hurting on Syndergaard in the first inning, sending eleven men to the plate and scoring six runs. Syndergaard had been on fire in the second half, but the Cubs offense was ready for his 99 mph heater.
- Happ, Castellanos, and Schwarber all homered off of Syndergaard, which of course elicited the following:
- The bullpen made things interesting at times, but aside from failing to strand an inherited runner from Hendricks, they managed not to finish blowing the giant road lead, and pitched 4.1 innings without giving up an earned run.
Three down:
- Hendricks had an ugly line, but with a nine run lead it’s hard to blame him for just pumping strikes, even with this bullpen’s reputation.
- The Cubs were shut down for two innings by their old friend Brad Brach. On the plus side they did him a solid by lowering his season ERA to 6.04. Maybe he’ll get it under 6 by the end of the season!
- No Earnies for the pen today, as noted above, but the Mets certainly had their chances. This game would have given Santo a heart attack.
Next up: The Cubs go for the sweep against Jacob deGrom at 6:10 PM CT. Jon Lester will be on the mound for the Cubs. This game was going to be the hardest to win in the series, though after we saw 17 runs given up in a game started by Hendricks and Syndergaard (and 0 by the bullpens), I guess anything is possible.
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He would have burned his hair off.
BVSQuote Reply
https://streamable.com/qaoef
RynoQuote Reply
I wonder this as well. It’s odd since it’s so common to pitch outside the strike zone anyway. Sometimes it looks like the Cubs are pitching out to the leadoff man.
andcountingQuote Reply
Ryno,
(dying laughing)
That is genius.
andcountingQuote Reply
https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/08/28/report-rival-executives-believe-cubs-will-listen-to-trade-offers-for-kris-bryant/
Well yeah, because it’d be rude to not listen.
RynoQuote Reply
andcounting,
Yeah, I like that unwritten rule.
RynoQuote Reply
That game was a lot more stressful than it should have been after being ahead 9 fucking runs.
WaLiQuote Reply
Ryno,
https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/08/28/report-rival-executives-believe-cubs-will-cover-ears-and-start-shouting-LA-LA-LA-IM-NOT-LISTENING-when-you-try-to-talk-to-them-about-trade-offers-for-kris-bryant/
https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/08/28/report-rival-executives-believe-cubs-will-pretend-to-listen-to-trade-offers-for-kris-bryant-but-somehow-make-the-conversation-all-about-them/
https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/08/28/report-rival-executives-believe-cubs-will-sit-there-staring-at-their-damn-phones-but-repeatedly-swear-they-are-totally-listening-to-trade-offers-for-kris-bryant/
andcountingQuote Reply
Ryno,
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
andcounting,
I don’t think it’s as much of a stretch as you apparently do. No, I don’t think the Cubs end up trading Kris Bryant, but I do think there is a chance because I also think it makes a lot of sense if the Cubs aren’t going to be able to lock him up to a decent extension. Bryant is too good to come out of this with nothing but a draft pick. If it comes down to that, I don’t see the Cubs going that route. They’ll trade him away for as much as they can get before free agency gets here. I just think there will be more urgency to find a solution a year from now so it’s unlikely anything will happen this offseason.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Yeah, I don’t think it’s a stretch that the Cubs consider dealing him if someone offers something great or even if the Cubs have something in mind for what they’d want to get in return.
I just think it’s a silly clickbait headline/rumor. So the rumor is that other teams believe the Cubs would listen to trade offers for KB? I mean, how desperate are we for something to read? If beliefs about other teams’ inclinations count as article-worthy, I’d rather see something like “Rival Execs Believe Cubs Would Date Kris Bryant, Marry Anthony Rizzo, and Murder Brandon Morrow,” or “Rival Execs Believe Cubs Faked the Moon Landing,” or something more interesting than, “No, I don’t think Theo would punch me in the face before I got the words Kris Bryant out of my mouth.”
andcountingQuote Reply
Agreed. Any time not willing to listen for any player isn’t doing its job. The Cubs would have listened in 2016. I didn’t read the article because “listening” is such a stupid and broad term. We should just all agree that every front office is willing to listen on any player because they are.
dmick89Quote Reply
andcounting,
I guess a better way to say it is, this article tries to dress up a completely inconsequential rumor (someone thinks the Cubs would be willing to entertain offers for Bryant, which I’m certain is thoroughly true) to look like a more interesting story (there’s a good chance Kris Bryant will get traded, which I don’t really think is true).
andcountingQuote Reply
Who do you keep based on expected cost, Bryant or Baez? I do think there is some good advice to what dm is saying to trade Bryant before it only nets us an extra pick. I personally don’t think he will sign with us considering Boras is his agent and we bent him over with the extra arb year.
But doesn’t Kris Bryant arb years end 2021 with the CBA and would that affect his value at all?
WaLiQuote Reply
andcounting,
Yeah, that’s the other thing. Who cares what rival executives think? It’s possible rival executives are also just stirring some shit and talking out their ass.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
(dying laughing), yes, exactly. This exact story gets circulated 2-3 times a year.
andcountingQuote Reply
The article probably spoke to someone in the Pirates front office who said “we’re willing to trade any one so I assume the Cubs would listen for offers on Kris Bryant.”
dmick89Quote Reply
WaLi,
I’d try to extend both, but I’m not sure how long I’d go on Baez. His walk rate is so pathetic that it’s really hard for me to believe he’s still going to be hitting well even in three years. Has he even hit all that well this year? I haven’t looked, but his numbers don’t seem all that spectacular to me from an offensive perspective anyway. I’d probably go 5/90 for Baez and 5/175 for KB. KB probably wouldn’t sign. Baez might, but probably wouldn’t. I think you find that line where the player has a 50/50 chance of signing and stick with it.
The reality is that if the Cubs don’t spend some money this offseason, it doesn’t matter how long they have those two.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
There’s nearly 60M coming off just from Hamels, Morrow, Strop, and Zobrist, no?
If you extended Bryant at 30/yr the net would only be a 20M hit.
I’m too lazy at lunch to look up real amounts though.
My guess is that Rizzo is the one that gets left out. Aging 1B don’t age well in contracts (Pujols as poster boy for that). Rizzo is a top 10 1b, probably, but not top 5 anymore, and thr cracks are showing. Maybe if the shift gets banned he’d pick up some. Hard to see a 25M/yr payday for him. Bryant could slide to first during his extension.
BVSQuote Reply
Hey dmick, Lester vs deGrom tonight. Want to guess the score?
BVSQuote Reply
Unless it’s an untouchable player like Jeff Baker.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
BVS,
Mets 9-1.
dmick89Quote Reply
If neither the Cubs nor Cardinals do anything super drastic in either direction in the standings over the next couple of weeks, I don’t see a way that both make the playoffs. With 7 games against each other in the last 10 days, some other wildcard contender is going to catch the one who loses what amounts to that 7-game series. I’m sure it’s possible they both make it, but it seems highly unlikely. The Cubs will almost certainly need to win the division or start golf early.
andcountingQuote Reply
BVS,
6-9 or 4-20
berseliusQuote Reply
Welp. The Cubs will have to score more than one against deGrom. It could happen, I guess.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
You brought jokes.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Classic.
Davis HR jist now notwithstanding, I think 3-2 Cubs. Mets having trouble with lefties and despite Lester’s recent troubles, you can see a new rhythm with Caratini and he’s probably solved an issue with one of pitches. Plus he’s good against the Mets.
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
Caratini isn’t catching, though.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Maybe their rapport will lead to a pickoff or three
berseliusQuote Reply
It really sucks to see Javy of all people to get hosed for having a good understanding of the strike zone.
andcountingQuote Reply
Caratini!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Vic!!!
andcountingQuote Reply
WaLiQuote Reply
Nice day for Caratini
berseliusQuote Reply
Not to brag, but I totally called it.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Could it be that the Mets’ refusal to win when deGrom starts is stronger than the Cubs’ aversion to winning on the road?
andcountingQuote Reply
This three-run lead feels a lot different from yesterday’s.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Throw strikes.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Ron Santo is pretty happy somewhere tonight.
berseliusQuote Reply
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
berselius,
That rapport leads to HRs, duh.
BVSQuote Reply
M ————> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
BVS,
Rizzo the Rat,
I just figured I’d channel my inner ARod and make shit up about the Cubs. That I misread the lineup was icing on the cake. (dying laughing)
BVSQuote Reply
berselius,
Ron Santo was flattening out deGrom’s sliders to Vic.
BVSQuote Reply
That was a road sweep I recently enjoyed.
PerkinsQuote Reply
The ghost of Santo has been pretty good to the Cubs in NY. Since he died, the Cubs are 19-13 by game including losing 2 in the ’15 NLCS and 6-3-1 by series. By year
2011. 2-1
2012. 2-1
2013. 2-1
2014. 2-2
2015. 3-0, 0-2 part os Mets NLCS sweep. Boo
2016. 0-4 but WS Champs so suck it.
2017. 1-2
2018. 4-0
2019. 3-0
BVSQuote Reply
Does that mean the Cubs are going to swept by the Mets in the NLCS?
dmick89Quote Reply
http://www.obstructedview.net/cubs-4-mets-1/
berseliusQuote Reply