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Quote from: SKO on September 21, 2017, 11:21:02 AM
Kris passes 6 fWAR for the 3rd straight year to begin his career. I'm pretty sure he's 6th or 7th all time in WAR through the first three years of a career but I'm not a B-Ref subscriber so I'm not sure I ran the play index correctly and I cant' tell you the names of who is ahead of him. Anywho, this kid is pretty much already an all-time great and we haven't bumped this thread in two months because we fucking suck and are not worthy of him.

I don't know how to do "first 3 years of career" on Fangraphs, but if you go by age 23-25 seasons, he's 21st all time.

Quote from: Huey Potatohead on September 19, 2017, 10:00:22 AM

Quote from: SKO on September 19, 2017, 09:49:41 AM
More realistically I accept that Heyward's somewhat encouraging bat of late means he's probably a lock vs RHP so I'm guessing:

vs RHP: Zobrist 2B/Bryant 3B/Rizzo 1B/Contreras C/Schwarber LF/Russell SS/Happ CF/Heyward RF
vs LHP: Zobrist LF/Bryant 3B/Rizzo 1B/Contreras C/Baez 2B/Almora CF/Russell SS/Happ RF

I would expect Joe to pinch hit and sub even more liberally than before because Avila/Rivera (vs LHP anyway)/La Stella/Jay make a pretty solid bench.

I think we've made it clear that Rivera doesn't make the cut, unless the Cubs go with only 11 pitchers and Wilson or Rondon or Lackey get left off.

Right - the weaning off of Lester from a personal catcher means there's no need to carry a third one (especially with Schwarber able to squat in an emergency).

Quote from: SKO on September 19, 2017, 09:49:41 AM
More realistically I accept that Heyward's somewhat encouraging bat of late means he's probably a lock vs RHP so I'm guessing:

vs RHP: Zobrist 2B/Bryant 3B/Rizzo 1B/Contreras C/Schwarber LF/Russell SS/Happ CF/Heyward RF
vs LHP: Zobrist LF/Bryant 3B/Rizzo 1B/Contreras C/Baez 2B/Almora CF/Russell SS/Happ RF

I would expect Joe to pinch hit and sub even more liberally than before because Avila/Rivera (vs LHP anyway)/La Stella/Jay make a pretty solid bench.

This seems about right. As much as I'd like to see a Bryant RF/Baez 3B alignment over Heyward RF/Bryant 3B, Bryant has logged all of 65 innings in the OF this year compared to 453 last year.

Quote from: SKO on September 18, 2017, 12:56:13 PM

Quote from: R-V on September 18, 2017, 12:49:45 PM
Projecting out the rotation through the NLDS based on today's announcement that Montgomery & Lester will go in TB...

I think they'll re-shuffle. Depends on how Jake looks when he gets back but I think they'd be dumb not to start Hendricks in G1 right now. If Arrieta comes back and looks like he did before getting hurt I'd go Arrieta/Hendricks/Quintana/Lester.

Fair point on Hendricks but absent a couple of blowups over his remaining starts, I can't imagine them pushing Lester further back than Game 2.

Quote from: Oleg on September 18, 2017, 12:38:21 PM

Quote from: R-V on September 18, 2017, 12:36:01 PM
For a fancy-pants dinner, our go-to for special occasions is Bavette's. Great atmosphere (it's pretty dark so no one will notice that you're wearing sweatpants) and don't be too intimidated by some of the insanely priced seafood & steak items - they have what I think is the best burger in town and the fried chicken is outstanding as well, along with some other not-insanely-priced entrees.

You won't be able to get a reservation but if it's just the two of you, you should be able to snag a spot at the bar or even a table within an hour or so. About a 10 minute walk from the theater.

Fixed the MorphForklink for you above.

TAke a look, y'all: Bavette's.restaurant

Projecting out the rotation through the NLDS based on today's announcement that Montgomery & Lester will go in TB...

For a fancy-pants dinner, our go-to for special occasions is Bavette's. Great atmosphere (it's pretty dark so no one will notice that you're wearing sweatpants) and don't be too intimidated by some of the insanely priced seafood & steak items - they have what I think is the best burger in town and the fried chicken is outstanding as well, along with some other not-insanely-priced entrees.

You won't be able to get a reservation but if it's just the two of you, you should be able to snag a spot at the bar or even a table within an hour or so. About a 10 minute walk from the theater.

.286/.364/.449 in 55 September PA's with a 115 wRC+

He has now earned that $184 M and SKO must destroy his computer.

What in tarnation should bullpen usage look like in the postseason? Other than asking Wade to throw 50 pitches anytime they have a lead I'm at a loss. Carl, Strop, Montgomery and Duensing are probably the guys I "trust" the "most" I guess.

Quote from: SKO on September 07, 2017, 10:18:42 AM

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Quote from: D. Doluntap on September 07, 2017, 07:09:11 AM
Leonys will be used like Dave Roberts to eliminate Dave Roberts.

This is funny but in all seriousness the more I think about it the more I think this is the possibility.  Since there's no other playing screaming to fill the 25th spot they well could put Martin on for some Herb Washington situations.  I mean, granted, Rene Rivera would've score on Avila's hit last night, but the fact is Martin got his ass right into scoring position with the winning run after coming in to pinch-run for Rizzo.

Considering the magnitude of Almora's tag-up in Game 7, and that he provided limited value otherwise, I don't think it's that unreasonable to have a guy in the 25th spot who is primarily valued for baserunning.

Or they could just use Almora again in this role.

That Almora play happened because he's smart and Rajai Davis has a terrible arm, I would not count on a repeat. He's not very fast to begin with and he's gotten slower since he bulked up to try and add power this offseason.

Well, that, and plus I would expect Almora to contribute more on offense than he did last year.

Yeah the Cubs are likely to see a lot of lefties in the playoffs and Almora is one of their best against LHP (.350/.422/.505)

On that note, time to start spitballing playoff lineups. I'm assuming Russell doesn't end up coming back and SKO kidnaps Heyward to keep him away from Maddon. I'm admittedly deathly afraid of La Stella's defense but hopefully worth the tradeoff to get his bat in there against righties.

vs RHP
RF Jay
2B La Stella
3B Bryant
1B Rizzo
C Willson
LF Schwarber
CF Happ
SS Baez

vs LHP
RF Jay
3B Bryant
1B Rizzo
C Willson
LF Schwarber
CF Almora
2B Happ
SS Baez

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 30, 2017, 09:50:24 AMI got da money, now...

not racist

Quote from: Huey Potatohead on August 25, 2017, 02:47:25 PM

Quote from: SKO on August 25, 2017, 01:13:51 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on August 25, 2017, 12:46:47 PM
What's Heyward's slash line since this thread started?

.270/.352/.302/.654

Shitty.

Most people do BA/OBP/SLG/OPS

Please tell me you transposed #2 and #3.

Yeah yeah yeah it's cherry picking dates, but since Heyward signed there's basically been one 60 day period where he hasn't been a godawful awful offensive player. Even his good stretch didn't result in an .800 OPS.

May 23-July 23 of this season (209 PAs): .279/.311/.457/.768
All other games as a Cub (754 PAs):        .234/.311/.326/.637

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Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on August 16, 2017, 10:44:13 AM
(bye Blackey)

This is an unfortunate typo in an otherwise solid posteseason roser post.

Quote from: SKO on August 15, 2017, 09:44:35 PMBatting Caratini 5th is dumb. Not pinch hitting for him w a left handed catcher and Schwarber both available against a closer who murders RHB and struggles vs LHB is incredibly stupid

I agree that they should've pinch hit for him, but you realize Caratini is a switch hitter right?