The Cubs are in the middle of a brutal scheduling stretch that has just three home games in a span of three weeks. At least the Nationals are only the penultimate team during this stretch, rather than the capper. Who the hell schedules back to back four game road series like this? Good job, good effort, MLB. Though it's not like the Cubs prospects would look so good going into this even if they had a week off beforehand.
Team Leaders
Cubs
- OBP: Jon Jay (.397)
- ISO: Ian Happ (.328)
- HR: Anthony Rizzo (17)
- R+RBI: Rizzo (92)
- wRC+: Kris Bryant (139)
- BSR: Jon Jay (1.9)
- SP K/9: Jake Arrieta (9.46)
- SP BB/9: Arrieta (2.66)
- SP FIP: Jon Lester (3.71)
- RP K/9: Wade Davis (12.99)
- RP BB/9: Brian Duensing (2.23)
- RP FIP: Wade Davis (1.88)
- WAR: Bryant (2.6)
Nationals
- OBP: Bryce Harper (.412)
- ISO: Ryan Zimmerman (.308)
- HR: Zimmerman (19)
- R+RBI: Harper (113)
- wRC+: Zimmerman (169)
- BSR: Trea Turner (4.4)
- SP K/9: Max Scherzer (12.12)
- SP BB/9: Ross (1.91)
- SP FIP: Scherzer (2.78)
- RP K/9: Oliver Perez (12.00)
- RP BB/9: Koda Glover (1.86)
- RP FIP: Glover (2.67)
- WAR: Scherzer (3.5)
Pretty much the only bad thing you can say about this team is that their bullpen has been a dumpster fire.
Pitching Matchups
K%, BB%, ERA, projected ERA listed for each starter.
Monday: Eddie Butler, RHP (15.1, 12.7, 4.19, 5.00) vs Gio Gonzalez, LHP (22.3%, 10.2%, 2.96, 4.18), 6:05 PM CT
Tuesday: Jake Arrieta, RHP (24.7%, 6.9%, 4.36, 3.25) vs Max Scherzer, RHP (35.3%, 5.8%, 2.09, 2.97), 6:05 PM CT
Jake is obviously not the same guy that he was when he won the CYA, but this should be a really fun matchup. Hopefully he can keep the Nats in the yard.
Wednesday: John Lackey, RHP (21.5%, 7.4%, 4.74, 4.05) vs Stephen Strasburg, RHP (27.5%, 6.8%, 3.57, 3.25), 6:05 PM CT
This matchup is somewhat less fun. Lackey has been much better over his last few starts but he's still at risk for a neck injury from watching so many balls leave the yard.
Thursday: Jon Lester, LHP (24.4%, 7.6%, 3.83, 3.28) vs Joe Ross, RHP (20.8%, 4.8%, 5.40, 3.98), 3:05 PM CT
Ross seems like he belongs on the this year's Cubs pitching staff – his peripherals are all pretty good, he's just giving up twice as many home runs as he used to.
Comments
It’s pissing me off that the Cubs don’t seem to have any games against the Brewers for several weeks (except for a single makeup game). For some reason, this is the series I really want to watch .
SKQuote Reply
I’ve been really enjoying Crazy Ex Girlfriend.
EdwinQuote Reply
Edwin,
It’s pretty great, though very difficult to binge watch.
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Berselius is too lazy to login,
The Cubs are difficult to binge too. They’re a decent show at 40 minutes, but they’re a lot like Netflix shows in that the middle parts of the daily episodes really kind of suck. Mostly just filler.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Seems like they really peaked in prior seasons.
EdwinQuote Reply
dmick89,
One might say it was a shit show.
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
I’m still making my way through the 2003 season. It’s getting really good, I can’t wait for the season finale!
EdwinQuote Reply
I think it’s about time for the network to cancel the Cubs. It’s just been on too long.
dmick89Quote Reply
Edwin,
Don’t bother. It’s worse than the Lost finale.
dmick89Quote Reply
Extremely irrelevant post about Kyle Freeland ((dying laughing) what?)
http://obstructedview.net/whats-up-with-kyle-freeland/
Otherwise known as New Shit
mylesQuote Reply