The Cubs bench - LaStella, Ross, Baez and Szczur - came into today's game with none of them OPSing less than .795. They combined to go 4 for 9 with 2 runs, 5 RBIs, and a walk today.
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This roster is too deep!!
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Lester has pitched wonderfully so far this season but still gets the yips fielding his position, as in the seventh inning today. I don't understand why Atlanta wouldn't try bunting back to the mound at least once when they had the bases loaded and no outs.
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To beat Lester, teams should just bunt the ball between Lester and the third baseman all game long. However, this might not work when Lester starts pitching at their head.
Some days this team is like a video game.
A win today puts the Cubs 6 games up in their division.
On May 4th!
If the Cubs play at a fairly modest 90-win pace (.556 winning percentage) for the remainder of the season, the Pirates would have to play at a 100-win pace (.617) to tie them.
On May 4th!
If the Cubs play at a fairly modest 90-win pace (.556 winning percentage) for the remainder of the season, the Pirates would have to play at a 100-win pace (.617) to tie them.
1969
After May 3rd, 1969, the Cubs played at a .540 pace, while the Mets played at a .655 pace. Could something like that happen? Sure. Will it? Unlikely.
For the second year in a row, Lester fielded a comebacker that became stuck in his glove and flipped his glove to Rizzo at 1B for the out.
Maybe he should throw his glove with his pick off attempts.
Sweep!
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frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
So with the Cubs main competition in the NC Central, the Cubs have gone 5-1, all on the road, outscoring their opponents 30-11.
Without Schwarber.
Yeah, they're kinda good this year.
Without Schwarber.
Yeah, they're kinda good this year.
Guess I nailed that prediction.
I had 16-8 in April. If I had known about the two rain outs ahead of time it would have been 15-7. Cubs went 2 better at 17-5.
I have 15-13 during a much tougher May schedule. Cubs are 3-1 so far.
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Small sample size alert: Baez has dropped his strikeout percentage from 40% in '14 to 30% in '15 to 20% in '16. If he keeps that up and continues to be amazing in the field, he's going to be very hard to keep out of the lineup.
Soler, meanwhile is only 4 for his last 33 and has only started in two of the last 6 games despite Heyward being banged up and Szczur going on the DL.
Soler, meanwhile is only 4 for his last 33 and has only started in two of the last 6 games despite Heyward being banged up and Szczur going on the DL.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Baez has looked great so far. I'm starting to wonder just a tiny bit if Soler is going to be able to hit in this league.
Looking through the Cubs transaction history under Theo/Jed and found two facts I'd forgotten:
In addition to sending the Cubs Arrieta and Strop for Feldman and Clevenger, the Orioles also gave up cash.
We all know that McKinney was the second prospect received in the Russell trade, but did you remember that the Cubs got a third player, too? Dan Strailey never did much for the Cubs, but he was one of two guys sent to the Astros for Dexter Fowler.
In addition to sending the Cubs Arrieta and Strop for Feldman and Clevenger, the Orioles also gave up cash.
We all know that McKinney was the second prospect received in the Russell trade, but did you remember that the Cubs got a third player, too? Dan Strailey never did much for the Cubs, but he was one of two guys sent to the Astros for Dexter Fowler.
Hendricks was everything you could ask for tonight. Great start to the series.
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Wow, that is really cool. nice post
danielb927
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- Rochester, MN
Just got tickets to see the Cubs when they visit San Francisco in a couple weekends! Hope they're still this hot when that series rolls around.
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