OSS: Chatwood continues to look solid, the bullpen continues to do the opposite.
Three up:
- Another fantastic start by Tyler Chatwood, who struck out 11 and allowed 3 hits and two walks in six innings and change. He was cruising through most of this start, and had retired 15 straight batters through the middle of the game before running out of gas in the seventh. If only the Cubs could have got this production when they signed him.
- The Cubs hit three more home runs, with Happ, Schwarber, and Baez all going yard to account for all of the Cubs runs. The Cubs are tied with the Dodgers (not surprising), Twins (not super surprising), and Tigers (wut) for the MLB team lead.
- Jeremy Jeffress did a good job getting out of the jam he inherited after Chatwood ran out of gas. Thus far he’s the only bullpen arm that’s really stood out.
Three down:
- Today it was Kyle Ryan’s time in the struggle barrel, as he and Rowan Wick (who mostly mopped up his mess) struggled to put the game away in the ninth. The Cubs pen leads the bigs in walk rate and HR rate on the young season.
- Kris Byrant was a late scratch due to ‘gastrointestinal distress’. It’s nice that they made it extra clear it wasn’t something respiratory.
- War Bear had the Cubs biggest negative WPA play of the game on an inning-ending ground out that killed a rally in the first.
Next up: The Cubs go for the sweep with Jon Lester on the mound. Steven Brault goes for the Gentlemen of Fortune.
Comments
berseliusQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron vs the sinister Steven Brault
3B Bote
1B Rizzo
SS Baez
C Contreras
LF War Bear
RF Souza
DH Phegley
2B Hoerner
CF Almora
P Lester
berseliusQuote Reply
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory disease, so that’s cold comfort.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Sounds like he opted out
berseliusQuote Reply
cerulean,
True
berseliusQuote Reply
Walk this off, please.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Great throw by War Bear
berseliusQuote Reply
Wtf is there to review here
berseliusQuote Reply
Javy!
andcountingQuote Reply
M ——-> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
I loved the part where the Pirates’ free runner got thrown out both times.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I was hoping for a 36-24 season, but I’ll settle for a 47-13 one.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
It does seem like the Cubs are being the most responsible of all the teams.
WaLiQuote Reply
So odds that Cubs Cards are on this weekend?
If MLB is going to continue the season, I hope they are on. A diminished Cards roster should about clinch a home playoff berth for the Cubs, assuming they stay healthy.
BVSQuote Reply
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2020/08/03/some-cardinals-players-reportedly-visited-casino-mlb-now-barring-players-from-leaving-team-hotels/
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Why do I get the feeling any attempt the players may eventually make to file a grievance against the league is going to be undermined by them being stupid-ass motherfuckers?
andcountingQuote Reply
Ouch.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Not a great first impression for Maddon with LAAoA fans.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Javy tag!
PerkinsQuote Reply
#JavyTag
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Javy is just so damn good at that
berseliusQuote Reply
Sneaky six innings from Mills. I hope he’s got one more in him.
andcountingQuote Reply
Great start for Mills.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Bryant!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Bryant!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
KB!!!
andcountingQuote Reply
Please screw the closer.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
After mostly agreeing that less Ryan Dempster would improve the Marquee broadcast, we now have Mark Grace. The grass is greener on the Canadian side of the fence I think.
BVSQuote Reply
Rowan Wick. 2020 Closer. That’s not on my bingo card.
Three straight popups. Adventurous in tonight’s wind, but effective.
BVSQuote Reply
M————> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
Ross took Kimbrel out of the closer’s role after 11 batters faced. We can say it was an obvious choice, but he didn’t use him in a save situation, and that dude’s making a pro-rated ton of money. And he made that call after 11 batters faced and with plenty of rest for Kimbrel, and he’s avoided any major verbal explosions about it in the media so far. Also the Cubs somehow avoided losing either of the games in which Kimbrel melted down or any late-inning leads since then.
All of this with a team who actually seems to be having fun and simultaneously following an unprecedented set of restrictions and guidelines and stresses.
It’s a young season, but Ross isn’t embarrassing himself.
andcountingQuote Reply
http://www.obstructedview.net/cubs-2-royals-0/
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