Chicago Cubs 2020 Season

#431      
The Cubs are virtually assured at least the 2nd place slot. It will be very hard for both the Brewers and Cardinals to pass the Cubs because those teams have 10 games left to play against each other.

If one of those teams gets on a hot enough roll to pass the Cubs, it will almost certainly come at the expense of the other team.
 
#435      
Based on my experience with waiver wire closers in fantasy baseball in recent years, it happens a fair amount. :)

Yeah. It’s pretty typical for a closer to have a couple of those per year. Jeffries had already gotten a Blown Save Win this year against the Cards on Aug 19.

It’s one of the reasons a reliever’s W-L record is completely meaningless.
 
#436      

bdutts

Houston, Texas
The Cubs are virtually assured at least the 2nd place slot. It will be very hard for both the Brewers and Cardinals to pass the Cubs because those teams have 10 games left to play against each other.

If one of those teams gets on a hot enough roll to pass the Cubs, it will almost certainly come at the expense of the other team.
Reds might sneak into 2nd place because of the games the Brewers and Cards play against each other.
 
#438      
17-17 over their last 34 games and they haven’t moved an inch in the standings. Still 5.5 games up.

It helps when the rest of the division is so mediocre.

I think the magic number is now 7 for the playoffs and 8 for the division.
 
#442      
17-17 over their last 34 games and they haven’t moved an inch in the standings. Still 5.5 games up.

It helps when the rest of the division is so mediocre.

I think the magic number is now 7 for the playoffs and 8 for the division.

I’ve been doing the playoff magic number wrong. I forgot that the second place team automatically makes the playoffs regardless of record.

So, it’s 5 for the playoffs and 8 for the division.
 
#444      
I’ve been looking at teams that I thought would be bad matchups for the Cubs in a short series. Like the Phillies with Nola and Wheeler. But, as of right now, is there a worse nightmare than facing Darvish and Hendricks in a short series?

Also, whisper it quietly. Barely say it out loud for fear of the jinx... Kimbrel has been ferocious over his last 12 appearances. 24 Ks in 11.1 IP. Opponents are slugging .108 against him. Carry that over to the post-season, and... I’m not even going to finish that sentence.
 
#445      
I’ve been looking at teams that I thought would be bad matchups for the Cubs in a short series. Like the Phillies with Nola and Wheeler. But, as of right now, is there a worse nightmare than facing Darvish and Hendricks in a short series?

Also, whisper it quietly. Barely say it out loud for fear of the jinx... Kimbrel has been ferocious over his last 12 appearances. 24 Ks in 11.1 IP. Opponents are slugging .108 against him. Carry that over to the post-season, and... I’m not even going to finish that sentence.

On the opposite side of things, where has Kris Bryant been this year?
 
#449      
The announcers last night said the Cubs’ offense is broken and they were exactly right. Through the first 36 games of the season, the Cubs averaged 4.92 runs a game. Over the last 17 (which includes a 12 run outburst), they’ve averaged 3.24, and the approaches of several of their should-be stars has been horrible.

On the flip side, the Cubs bullpen, which started the year miserably has dropped its ERA to 4.26, good for a respectable 5th in the NL.

The Cubs pitching is good enough to do some damage in the playoffs, but the offense reeks right now, with Happ, Schwarber, Bryant, Rizzo and Baez all looking lost up there. I’m sure they’ll fire the hitting coach again, but this is the third or fourth year in a row the offense has gone on a tailspin right at the end of the season.
 
#450      
The announcers last night said the Cubs’ offense is broken and they were exactly right. Through the first 36 games of the season, the Cubs averaged 4.92 runs a game. Over the last 17 (which includes a 12 run outburst), they’ve averaged 3.24, and the approaches of several of their should-be stars has been horrible.

On the flip side, the Cubs bullpen, which started the year miserably has dropped its ERA to 4.26, good for a respectable 5th in the NL.

The Cubs pitching is good enough to do some damage in the playoffs, but the offense reeks right now, with Happ, Schwarber, Bryant, Rizzo and Baez all looking lost up there. I’m sure they’ll fire the hitting coach again, but this is the third or fourth year in a row the offense has gone on a tailspin right at the end of the season.
They need to get rid of multiple of Baez, Bryant, Contreras, Rizzo and Schwarber. You can only hold onto 2016 for so long