Back to back shut down starts by Quintana and Hamels, bullpen rounding into shape.
Let’s hope the early season suckitude was a statistical anomaly.
Back to back shut down starts by Quintana and Hamels, bullpen rounding into shape.
Schwarber was hosed in that final at bat. League-wide the umpiring has been trash this year. Automation needs to integrate its way into baseball more quickly.
Looking at the replay I think the call could have gone either way. In slo-mo it looked like he offered at it, he just can't be doing that on a pitch in the dirt in that situation.Schwarber was hosed in that final at bat. League-wide the umpiring has been trash this year. Automation needs to integrate its way into baseball more quickly.
nice seeing Q do it two games in a row
I'm prepared to take my beatings for this opinion, but the Quintana/Eloy trade was 100% worth it.
I'm prepared to take my beatings for this opinion, but the Quintana/Eloy trade was 100% worth it.
If you get this Q, then yes. If you get the normal Q, then no.
Assume the position...I'm prepared to take my beatings for this opinion, but the Quintana/Eloy trade was 100% worth it.
The Q trade was worth it. He's got a sub 4 ERA as a cub. We traded from an area of surplus for an area of need. The fact is, Eloy/Cease would've contributed nil over the past couple seasons, whereas Q has given us a solid 3/4 starter.
Anyone who thinks we gave up too much for that trade obviously doesn't understand how most MLB trades work.
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Hot take for the second night in a row: The Cole Hamels trade and extension was 100% worth it.
When they picked up the option, I questioned whether Hamels was really going to be worth $13M more than Smyly. Thus far, he has, and it hasn’t been close.
Non-Cubs items...
I’ll take the Cubs situation over the Red Sox. They’ve been bad and the Rays have been fantastic. So the Sox are 8 1/2 games out already. That Rays team is legit. Won 90 last year and are probably better this year. And the Sox’ record is not some fluke. They’ve been awful. Only the Marlins have a worse run differential in MLB.
Did anyone else see the crazy Joey Votto stat? Tonight, he popped up to the first baseman for the first time in his 13-year MLB career. How is that even possible? For a left-handed batter, you’d figure he’d catch one off the handle or maybe get way out ahead of a change up at some point, but no. Dude seems to make nothing but solid contact. Anyway, my favorite non-Cub position player for a while now. I think he’s a HoFer when it’s all said and done.
Tonight, he popped up to the first baseman for the first time in his 13-year MLB career.
What's the "normal" Q? Is he more likely the guy who posted a 2.2 WAR last year or the one that averaged 4.1 WAR a season for six years before that? If you take his whole career into account, the Q of the last couple starts is a lot more normal than what we got last year.