The bafflingly good-again Marlins took three of four from the Cubs back in late June, smack in the middle of their ice cold streak. It’s even stranger to see them succeeding despite a bad year for Giancarlo Stanton in every category other than HR.
Team Leaders
Marlins
- OBP: Ichiro Suzuki (.397)
- ISO: Justin Bour (.258)
- HR: Stanton (22)
- R+RBI: Marcell Ozuna (115)
- wRC+: Christian Yelich (140)
- BSR: J.T. Realmuto (2.7)
- SP K/9: Jose Fernandez (13.18)
- SP BB/9: Wei-Yin Chen (1.88)
- SP FIP: Fernandez (2.22)
- RP K/9: Kyle Barraclough (15.34)
- RP BB/9: Nick Wittgren (1.57)
- RP FIP: Barraclough (2.27)
- WAR: Fernandez (4.3)
Cubs
- OBP: Dexter Fowler (.392)
- ISO: Anthony Rizzo (.285)
- HR: Kris Bryant (26)
- R+RBI: Bryant (150)
- wRC+: Rizzo (153)
- BSR: Bryant (3.7)
- SP K/9: Jake Arrieta (9.31)
- SP BB/9: Kyle Hendricks (2.43)
- SP FIP: Arrieta (3.00)
- RP K/9: Pedro Strop (11.57)
- RP BB/9: Hector Rondon (1.14)
- RP FIP: Rondon (2.42)
- WAR: Bryant (5.5)
Pitching Matchups
K/9, BB/9, ERA, FIP, Projected ERA listed for each pitcher
Monday: Adam Conley, LHP (8.59, 3.61, 3.38, 3.79, 3.94) vs Kyle Hendricks, RHP (7.95, 2.47, 2.39, 3.35, 3.60), 7:05 PM CT
Hendricks has been the most reliable member of the Cubs staff this year, but they’re going to need him to break one of those reliable things and have him pitch more than his usual 5-6 innings in this game after gassing the pen last night. From the looks of it, Conley has a similar issue as Hendricks. He’s only pitched past the sixth inning five times this year. He was the guy the Cubs missed during their four game set in Miami earlier this year,
Tuesday: Jose Fernandez, RHP (13.18, 2.65, 2.79, 2.22, 2.66) vs Jason Hammel, RHP (7.64, 2.76, 3.23, 4.33, 4.12), 7:05 PM CT
Hammel’s 82% strand rate has managed to mask a lot of his other peripherals, which are not so great. He has looked decent in his past few starts since potato chip gate, and hopefully he holds off the hordes of Second Half Hammel criers as the season rolls forward.
This Fernandez guy might have a future in this league. Too bad those rumors last year that the Cubs were interested in trading for him were probably just wishcasting.
Wednesday: Tom Koehler, RHP (7.03, 4.26, 4.18, 4.27, 4.20) vs John Lackey, RHP (9.02, 2.70, 3.69, 3.80, 3.47), 1:20 PM CT
Lackey finally picked up his first win in a long time last week and thus managed to not point any fingers for once. The Cubs roughed up Koehler in their last matchup for four runs in six innings. It was the only game they won in the series. Since then Koehler has been leaking runs like a sieve, though he did managed to shut down the Phillies offense in his last start.
Comments
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berseliusQuote Reply
I was crossing my fingers for Archer.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
My guess is you’ll be able to recross them for Archer come the offseason. Cubs will be looking to bring in a cost-controlled replacement for Arrieta.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I’m guessing this Joe Smith deal means the Cubs are meh on Nathan. I’d rather they just give that slot to Spencer Patton anyway
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Since I deactivated my twitter account, I can’t see all the “Joe Smith? World Series here we come!” tweets.
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
Baez batting clean up tonight.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
I really like the trade for Joe Smith because a) we gave up a lottery ticket for him and b) he’s so fungible that he’ll only play a role in our bullpen if he’s good, so if he doesn’t pan out we can very easily cut bait. Sometimes you get 2015 Tommy Hunter and it doesn’t work, and sometimes you get 2015 Trevor Cahill and you look like a genius. It probably means that Joe Nathan’s days as a Cub are numbered, but I also don’t think Justin Grimm is some huge loss for the 2016 Cubs if he spends the rest of the year in Iowa.
MylesQuote Reply
And it isn’t like Joe Smith wasn’t serviceable last year and excellent the year before that.
MylesQuote Reply
https://twitter.com/RobertMurrayFRS/status/760215885340561408
Source: Blue Jays get Liriano from Pirates
Ummm, what?
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
Myles,
I liked that lottery ticket because he was a pitcher in the minors who was actually striking hitters out, but they traded him for a lottery ticket with a sooner chance for a payout.
EdwinQuote Reply
Pretty much exactly what I’m thinking. We should be in the business of gambling 2020 away for 2016 if the stakes are this low.
MylesQuote Reply
Apologies: I meant this low THEN AND THIS HIGH NOW. No supper for me.
MylesQuote Reply
I want Tony Campana back. The Cubs will never win anything trading away grinders like him.
ceruleanQuote Reply
But seriously, it’s a depth move I don’t have issue with. Let him be the sixth starter and shuttle some bullpen arms up and down until rosters expand. Keeping all five starters fresh is an interesting strategy when the team has no injuries to their rotation all year. In fact, every team should have their starters never get injured. It’s so obvious that it’s crazy it’s taken Theo and Maddon to point it out.
ceruleanQuote Reply
this is your first indication that he is not a good organizational fit
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
Fowler
Bryant
Rizzo
Baez (2b)
Russell
Heyward
Contreras
Szczur
Hendricks
berseliusQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls – it’s more democratic.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Yasiel Puig —> ?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Damn vines.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Javy…
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Addy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Addy!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Szczur was over-aggressive, as usual.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Szczur isn’t great at hitting.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Holdovers from the Jim Hendry Era tend to be both of these things.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
You’d hope he’d take a few pitches, given how wild Conley looked through the inning.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Not to mention, the bases were loaded, so a walk=RBI.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Szczur apparently isn’t great at fielding, either.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Uh oh.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I get that Tommy LaStella has options, but I don’t see how Szczur merits a roster spot over him.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Time limits on replay, please.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Woah. I thought he was clearly safe.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That replay was huge.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Whew.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Frames like this will make it difficult for Kyle to get his eight innings in.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This game feels a lot less close than the score indicates.
PerkinsQuote Reply
So I just moved (back) to Florida so I’m stuck watching the Marlins broadcast. They had a highlight video commercial for the Marlins, and one of the highlights was an outfielder diving for a ball to make a catch. It looked funny though so I stopped and rewatched it, and lo and behold it was a highlight of a fielder trapping a ball lmao
WaLiQuote Reply
That was a waste.
dmick89Quote Reply
WaLi,
It was a pro replay advertisement. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Conley was so wild, even Baez managed to work a deep count against him (before swinging through what should have been ball four).
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jesus
dmick89Quote Reply
Whew again.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Kyle may not make it 5.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Don’t even know why Contreras bothered with that throw, let alone why Baez tried to tag a guy standing on a base.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I’m surprised Szczur isn’t swinging at any of those intentional balls. Some of them look tempting!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That IBB to Szczur was a gift. The Cubs get to lead off the next inning with Fowler instead of Hendricks.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Nice play!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Come on, Javy
dmick89Quote Reply
Willson!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Great tag by Baez, too.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Great throw and tag.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Baez has found that 6th tool. Tagging.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
His 7th: sliding
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It’s a pity Hendricks has to hit here.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Hendricks!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Hendricks!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
He shut me right up.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Dexter!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Out.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
5–0 on the fish. That’s more like it.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Sometimes it’s nice to have a 6’5 third baseman.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It’d be nice to see Joe give Hendricks a chance at the shutout, especially since there’s an extray day off before his next start.
PerkinsQuote Reply
He isn’t being efficient this inning.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Shutout!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Thank you, Kyle for giving the bullpen a much-needed day off.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Shut you right up. (dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
That was fun.
dmick89Quote Reply
False.
dmick89Quote Reply
The Cubs are now only four games below .500*
*after starting 47–20
ceruleanQuote Reply
Division lead is at a round 8 games, which is good since the Cardinals play the Reds this week.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Followed by a home series against the Braves.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Good thing the Cubs have weakened A’s and Angels teams coming up.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
The scheduled Angels starters are Weaver and Lincecum. I really hope that happens.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That game was a lot of fun to listen to. Watching all the defensive highlights now is very pleasant as well.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
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berseliusQuote Reply