Team Leaders
Switching to 2018 numbers…
Cubs
- OBP: Kris Bryant (.427)
- ISO: Javier Baez (.346)
- HR: Baez / Kyle Schwarber (7)
- R+RBI: Baez (46)
- wRC+: Schwarber (159)
- BSR: Baez (1.6)
- DRS: Addison Russell (+4)
- SP K/9: Yu Darvish (11.10)
- SP BB/9: Kyle Hendricks (2.21)
- SP FIP: Tyler Chatwood (4.03)
- RP FIP: Carl Edwards Jr (15.15
- RP BB/9: Pedro Strop (2.25)
- RP FIP: Edwards (0.89)
- WAR: Baez (1.1)
Cardinals
- OBP: Tommy Pham (.447)
- ISO: Paul DeJong (.252)
- HR: Dejong (7)
- R+RBI: Pham (34)
- wRC+: Pham (172)
- BSR: Dejong / Pham (1.1)
- DRS: Kolten Wong (+6)
- SP K/9: Carlos Martinez (9.00)
- SP BB/9: Miles Mikolas (0.55)
- SP FIP: Martinez (3.24)
- RP K/9: Bud Norris (12.64)
- RP BB/9: Norris (1.15)
- RP FIP: Norris (1.75)
- WAR: Pham (1.5)
Injuries, transactions, vengenace pacts, etc.
Waino is on the DL for the Cardinals, which is probably a good thing for the Cardinals. They're also down sometime closer Brett Cecil, who has both a shoulder and a foot injury.
For the Cubs, the only significant player on the DL is still Butler, who has no ETA on his return from a groin stratin.
Pitching Probables
Projected K/9, BB/9, ERA listed for each pitcher.
Friday: Jose Quintana, LHP (9.01, 2.63, 3.39) vs Miles Mikolas, RHP (7.73, 2.66, 4.16), 7:15 PM CT
I accidentally called Quintana Javier Vazquez the other day, I was surprised to see that he has been out of the league since 2011. Time flies.
Mikolas was terrible in his first go-round MLB, then went to Japan and suddenly learned how to pitch. He throws a ton of breaking stuff, and his slider in particular has been effective this year.
Saturday: Tyler Chatwood, RHP (7.49, 4.56, 4.29) vs Luke Weaver, RHP (8.25, 2.55, 3.83), 1:15 PM CT
Chatwood had his best start of the season his last time out, shutting out the Brewers over seven innings with just two hits and four strikeouts. More importantly, he only issued three walks, which seems like a microscopic number for Chatwood.
The Cubs knocked Weaver around when they saw him last, scratching out nine hits and a walk in four innings for six runs. He's struggled in his two starts since, including a six-walk performance against the Mets.
Sunday: Jon Lester, LHP (8.81, 2.68, 3.70) vs Michael Wacha, RHP (8.09, 3.11, 4.10), 7:05 PM CT
The Cards haven't announced their starter for this game but from the looks of it this should be Wacha's spot. I feel like the Cubs usually hit him well, hopefully they do so again withe a relatively national audience watching on ESPN.
Lester shut down the Cards back in mid-April, tossing six scoreless with seven strikeouts and two hits. He's looking to bounce back from a rough-ish outing where he gave up two (unearned-ish) runs and a whole slew of hits against the Rockies.
Comments
The R+RBI helps, but I don’t think I have a good grasp of what to expect in this series because you neglected to include each team’s level of Diggity.
TyroneQuote Reply
Wait, I’m confused. If there is no diggity, shouldn’t there be no doubt?
MylesQuote Reply
Zack Davies –> DL
MIL pitching –> slightly worse now
Rice at schoolQuote Reply
Myles,
Exactly. You can’t omit Diggity if there is, in fact, no Diggity because there would be doubt.
TyroneQuote Reply
Is the ratio of Diggity to Doubt always constant?
EdwinQuote Reply
Edwin,
Not at all. One you introduce the smallest unit of Diggity, the range of Doubt becomes nearly unlimited. And frankly, you can return to 0 Diggity and still maintain some level of Doubt.
TyroneQuote Reply
Not to change the subject, but I’m surprised Chatwood is not referred to as Shatwood on this site.
Back to the Diggity-Doubt discussion…
TyroneQuote Reply
He has the best FIP on the starting staff so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
berseliusQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
2B Zobrist
3B Bryant
1B Rizzo
C Contreras
LF Schwarber
CF Almora
RF Heyward
SS Baez
P Chatwood
berseliusQuote Reply
I normally leave the witty player names to the Bleacher Nation comment section.
EdwinQuote Reply
berselius,
Mostly due to his silly HR/FB rate.
For all the talk about how much more improved he’d be outside of Colorado, he’s basically been the same pitcher, or even worse in a number of ways. His Strike % is as low as ever, he’s getting fewer swings and misses, his GB% is lower, his K% is up marginally while his BB% has skyrocketed. He’s actually throwing his elite spin rate Curve even less now than last year. I really don’t care for Chatwood. I hope he gets blown up for a couple starts and then demoted to the bullpen.
EdwinQuote Reply
Matt Harvey ——–> DFA
berseliusQuote Reply
I think Chatwood could be a really good setup man if he could ever learn how to walk fewer batters.
dmick89Quote Reply
Considering the fact that Chatwood has the best FIP among the starters, Bryant and Rizzo have both missed some time and that Darvish and Rizzo have sucked, it’s kind of remarkable the Cubs are 16-12.
dmick89Quote Reply
Remember Carl Newhouse? Miss that guy. Him and Beef Castle.
MylesQuote Reply
Schwarber!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Nice little toss, nice little tag
ceruleanQuote Reply
The Dark Knight Also Falls
ceruleanQuote Reply
Is it just me or are commercials are worse than ever? Their excitement-hacking fake-urgency are on the level of banner and pop-up ads of the early 2000s.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Javy’s been making too many errors lately.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Ugh.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Not great.
Senior Rockies Correspondent BerseliusQuote Reply
Stop walking people.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
One of these days the Cubs will remember how to hit.
dmick89Quote Reply
Remember when the Cubs could hit and score runs? Those were heady days…
North Side PatQuote Reply
Wake up. (No reason this is in my head.)
That’s at least something…
ceruleanQuote Reply
Perverted M
ceruleanQuote Reply
When the weather finally cools off, this team will hit…
ceruleanQuote Reply
Feels like it’s been a couple weeks since the Cubs score more than a few runs.
dmick89Quote Reply
Oh good, Molina is getting a huge zone again.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Chatwood is so excruciating to watch.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Safe.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Mike Maddux only has to cover his mouth with two fingers when he’s talking to the pitcher on the mound because of that Mike Maddux mustache.
SKQuote Reply
Keep breaking those bats, boys.
SKQuote Reply
WTF is “4”!? Did the Cards put some devil magic hex on the Cubs?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Nice to see the babip dragon smiling on the Cubs today.
Senior Rockies Correspondent BerseliusQuote Reply
Out.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Russell’s glove is so good.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Well Machado would have made a double play despite there being two outs in the inning.
ceruleanQuote Reply
All three walks Chatwood has allowed have come with no outs. Drives me crazy.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
ceruleanQuote Reply
Make it four.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I. Hate. Chatwood.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jesus.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Sounds about right.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Five!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Javy!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Javy!
Senior Rockies Correspondent BerseliusQuote Reply
JAVY
SKQuote Reply
Carlos Martinez?!?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
(dying laughing) war bear
Senior Rockies Correspondent BerseliusQuote Reply
Riz.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
TONY
Senior Rockies Correspondent BerseliusQuote Reply
Antony!
SKQuote Reply
I think Molina might be slow.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Stropy is a cool cat
ceruleanQuote Reply
Strop!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Still looking for the elusive 7, 8, 9…
ceruleanQuote Reply
This Bader guy is super annoying.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo now has more homeruns than Bryant.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Tools of ignorance.
Also, impotence.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
you’re talking about yadi’s nuts, right?
SKQuote Reply
I wish Joe had kept CJ in the game.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Throw goddamn strikes.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I’m more angry about the leadoff walk than anything.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I hate everything.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Bader is a weak hitter who doesn’t walk much. Putting him on to bring the tying run to the plate was inexcusable.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Blech
ceruleanQuote Reply
Never doubted him for a…
Oh
ceruleanQuote Reply
Quelle surprise, Javy struck out on a wild pitch.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That sucked.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This one is going 17. Where’s Eddie Butler when you need him.
ceruleanQuote Reply
ANOTHER NO-OUT WALK. HULK SMASH.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I’m seething.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
My feed is a couple minutes behind. Thanks for the tip on getting seethe-ready.
SKQuote Reply
You know things are going bad when the Cubs score three games worth of runs and still lose.
dmick89Quote Reply
jesus fuck
SKQuote Reply
I’m still not sure how Rizzo got charged with an error for bouncing a throw off Russell’s glove. (He should have taken it to the bag, though.)
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I recommend a fresh game thread for tomorrow’s finale. And a starting pitcher that can go past the 5th inning.
North Side PatQuote Reply
The Cubs don’t have any.
dmick89Quote Reply
I think we could skip the game thread and just publish the recap: Cubs get shutout, swept by Cardinals.
dmick89Quote Reply
Yadi might have literally busted a nut. Surgery and out a month or so. Yikes.
Rice at homeQuote Reply
Baseball Prospectus has Contreras at -5 framing runs, dead last in the MLB. Welington is second-worst at -3.9.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Honestly, the most surprising part is that it’s not, like, -20 runs.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
What’s Caratini? I’d be okay with him getting the bulk of the playing time if he’s even halfway decent at framing.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Around average with -0.1 (small sample size, of course).
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Chatwood has now walked 27 in 32.2 innings. His K-BB% is 3.5%. His K-BB% was terrible the past two years and it’s just pathetic at this point. He’s also hit two batters.
dmick89Quote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
C Contreras
LF War Bear
3B Bryant
1B Rizzo
SS Russell
CF Happ
2B Baez
RF Heyward
P Lester
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
berseliusQuote Reply
At least the Brewers are getting pantsed.
berseliusQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/justdontgetswept/
berseliusQuote Reply