OSS: Jake Arrieta great again?
Three up:
- Jake Arrieta shut out the A’s for eight innings, allowing just three hits while striking out four and walking one. He’s still not the JAKE of late last year, but it’s good to see him putting away a lineup that he should be putting away. His fastball command still looks kind of shaky but I’ll take it if it still means a sub-3.00 FIP (dying laughing).
- Ben Zobrist was the WPA winner among the position players, driving in half the Cubs runs with a single in the third. He’s broken out of that slump quite nicely.
- The Cubs division lead is now back up to double digits!
Three down:
- The Cubs other two runs came off an infield single to third by Russell and a double by Soler that clanked off the A’s third baseman’s glove. Not the greatest day at the hot corner for the A’s
- Bryant and Heyward both had 0-fers at the plate, though at least they both drew a walk.
- The Cubs only play one more game against the A’s.
Next up: Kyle Hendricks faces defacto ace Sean Manaea and the Cubs look to bust out the brooms.
Comments
I feel like this board discriminates us that identify as robot.
SSQuote Reply
SS,
Don’t worry. Everyone that matters knows that your kind will soon be running things.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Still not enough to beat the Cubs best winning
percentagepermillage of .763.#fail
ceruleanQuote Reply
SPOKEN, NOT SUNG, IN ‘MR. ROGERS’-STYLE VOICE:
SKQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
SKQuote Reply
So, why the funk did the Cubs acquire Joe Smith again? I would rather see what Armando Rivero can do.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
I’m not sure I entirely understand why they acquired Montgomery. No clue why they acquired Smith. They didn’t give up much for Smith, but I’d much rather have Vogelbach back at this point.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
It was a preemptively desperate move to prevent having to make a desperate move…
And then they rented Chapman for players earmarked for starting pitching depth…
And then Miller was actually available for not much more than Chapman…
And suddenly there were too many hard throwing relief pitchers that get strikeouts without Clayton…
So Joe Smith was signed to make all the others look reasonable.
ceruleanQuote Reply
The A-Rod era has ended, the final nail in the coffin of the steroid era.
Maybe Bonds will get a ride to Cooperstown in five years.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
Hope so, because Bonds deserves to be in HOF more than A-Rod (and A-Rod already deserves it)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
Fowler
Bryant
Rizzo
Zobrist (RF)
Russell
Soler (DH)
Contreras
Baez
Sczcur
berseliusQuote Reply
so is a-rod forfeiting his salary? presumably not but i’m not seeing details one way or another.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I would assume he is forfeiting it.
dmick89Quote Reply
i only ask because he will be an “advisor” for the yankees through dec 31 2017. which makes me assume that he will still be getting paid his current salary.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Wainwright gave up 3 runs to the Braves in the first inning.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Now 5-0 Braves with none out in the second.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
6-0!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Allegedly he will receive his entire salary balance since this is a straight release. So he’s still on payroll, but now he’s being paid as a special adviser rather than a released player.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
He doesn’t even have to come into the office. He can do this job from home.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I think, given the state of the standings, the exclamation point is unwarranted at this point. The Cardinals are closer to 4th place than they are to 1st.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
You’re no fun.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Au contraire. I recently posted a gif. I am all fun.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Sigh. I hate it when runners take off on first move against a southpaw. If you don’t know he’s throwing home, don’t run!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Benzo!
SKQuote Reply
What a waste.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Szczur! Let’s not waste a leadoff double this time.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Really pushing up that pitch count second time through
me likey
SKQuote Reply
That wasn’t good.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
SK,
I’d like it better if they scored some runs.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jesus.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
OMFG
SKQuote Reply
Unbelievable.
ceruleanQuote Reply
That sucked, but I wasn’t surprised.
dmick89Quote Reply
Kyle is keeping things fielding-dependant.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That was a terrible plate appearance by Contreras.
dmick89Quote Reply
11 games up.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I don’t prefer 7-pitch innings.
ceruleanQuote Reply
the Cubs are just showing off here, trying to set a record for LOB in a game (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
At least Kyle is Hendricksing
SKQuote Reply
A strikeout!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Runs, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
Bryant!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
More like that, please.
ceruleanQuote Reply
All you had to do was ask nicely.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Soler!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jorge!
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I’m a polite guy.
dmick89Quote Reply
#solerection
berseliusQuote Reply
Should be four balls on Rizzo.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
But I’m glad it wasn’t!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Screw the closer!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Holy overrested bullpen bat-man
SKQuote Reply
Unbelievable.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Bullpen, please.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Hendricks is a bust, time to trade him for another RP
berseliusQuote Reply
Ichiro ———-> 3k hits
berseliusQuote Reply
Did Coghlan refuse to travel back to Oakland in case the Cubs tried to leave him there?
SKQuote Reply
SK,
*cubs bus pulls up to a 7-11*
“hey chris, why don’t you run in and grab us some gatorades?”
*coghlan warily exits bus and enters 7-11*
*bus peels out of parking lot*
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Eleven point five.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That was one of the more frustrating victories I’ve seen.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
#inverted M
berseliusQuote Reply
They may as well go ahead and make this a 13 game winning streak.
dmick89Quote Reply
If they do that, they’d be within a rounding error of a 105-win pace.
ceruleanQuote Reply
It is really great that Soler is showing that power. Fangraphs now has him at 100 wRC+ for the year despite that atrocious start.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I was reading through some of my old comics and I was like “Oh yeah, Brett Jackson.”
joshQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/cubs-3-1-8-7-16/
berseliusQuote Reply