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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1470689" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>First half summary:</p><p></p><p>The Cubs started 2-9, losing their first three series. They scored a great 6.89 runs a game but were giving up a staggering 7.89 runs a game largely due to a ton of walks and a bullpen that couldn’t get anyone at all out. </p><p></p><p>The Cubs then went 22-7 over their next 10 series, winning 9 and splitting 1. Their offense averaged a more reasonable 4.97 runs per game. League average is 4.75. While that’s a top 5 offense, it was the pitching that carried them, allowing only 2.79 runs a game. This was largely due to some amazing starting pitching, including 17 quality starts in those 29 games. </p><p></p><p>Then the great malaise set in starting with the Reds series on May 14. The Cubs finished the first half going 23-29, 3-8-4 over 15 series. They actually outscored their opponents during this time, showing some of this was bad luck. They scored 4.87 runs per game, nearly identical to the 4.97 they were scoring during their nice streak. It was the pitching that imploded, giving up 4.77 runs per game. </p><p></p><p>That pitching implosion was largely due to the starting pitching falling apart. Hendricks and Hamels continued to be great, but both got hurt. Darvish went from awful to slightly less awful. But Lester and Quintana have both collapsed. Since May 14, Quintana and Lester have both made 10 starts. Quintana has pitched 54.2 innings and has a 4.77 ERA and Lester has pitched 55.2 innings with a 5.50 ERA. </p><p></p><p>Ironically most of the regulars in the bullpen have been pretty good during this down stretch. Strop (2.70), Cishek (2.66), Kintzler (2.04), Ryan (3.06) and Edwards (2.61) have done the job when healthy. </p><p></p><p>The Cubs’ only offseason free agent relief pick up Brach has been DFA-worthy with a 9.47 ERA over his last 19 appearances and the fact that Maddon keeps rolling him out there is... strange. </p><p></p><p>Chatwood (5.47) and Montgomery (5.59) have both been bad, but have also been so inconsistently used that it’s hard to really criticize them. Since May 14, Chatwood went a 13 day period where he only pitched 2 innings and then went another 16 day period where he only pitched 4. Similarly, Montgomery went a 21 day stretch where he only pitched 3 innings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1470689, member: 26283"] First half summary: The Cubs started 2-9, losing their first three series. They scored a great 6.89 runs a game but were giving up a staggering 7.89 runs a game largely due to a ton of walks and a bullpen that couldn’t get anyone at all out. The Cubs then went 22-7 over their next 10 series, winning 9 and splitting 1. Their offense averaged a more reasonable 4.97 runs per game. League average is 4.75. While that’s a top 5 offense, it was the pitching that carried them, allowing only 2.79 runs a game. This was largely due to some amazing starting pitching, including 17 quality starts in those 29 games. Then the great malaise set in starting with the Reds series on May 14. The Cubs finished the first half going 23-29, 3-8-4 over 15 series. They actually outscored their opponents during this time, showing some of this was bad luck. They scored 4.87 runs per game, nearly identical to the 4.97 they were scoring during their nice streak. It was the pitching that imploded, giving up 4.77 runs per game. That pitching implosion was largely due to the starting pitching falling apart. Hendricks and Hamels continued to be great, but both got hurt. Darvish went from awful to slightly less awful. But Lester and Quintana have both collapsed. Since May 14, Quintana and Lester have both made 10 starts. Quintana has pitched 54.2 innings and has a 4.77 ERA and Lester has pitched 55.2 innings with a 5.50 ERA. Ironically most of the regulars in the bullpen have been pretty good during this down stretch. Strop (2.70), Cishek (2.66), Kintzler (2.04), Ryan (3.06) and Edwards (2.61) have done the job when healthy. The Cubs’ only offseason free agent relief pick up Brach has been DFA-worthy with a 9.47 ERA over his last 19 appearances and the fact that Maddon keeps rolling him out there is... strange. Chatwood (5.47) and Montgomery (5.59) have both been bad, but have also been so inconsistently used that it’s hard to really criticize them. Since May 14, Chatwood went a 13 day period where he only pitched 2 innings and then went another 16 day period where he only pitched 4. Similarly, Montgomery went a 21 day stretch where he only pitched 3 innings. [/QUOTE]
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