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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1483968" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>I don’t agree that Hendricks has been sliding. This season has been virtually identical to last season except for the 2 or 3 starts he missed due to injury. The difference between his ‘17 year and these last two years is almost entirely accounted for by the juiced ball. And his tremendous ‘16 had a whole ton to do with the best Cubs infield defense any of us have seen in our lifetime. </p><p></p><p>(An underrated part of the Cubs underperformance these last couple years has been the erosion in their infield defense almost entirely due to the collapse in Addison Russel’s career.) </p><p></p><p>If you look at Hendricks’ peripheral stats, he’s among the most consistent pitchers you’ll ever see, and he’s the last pitcher I’d be worried about going forward.</p><p></p><p>That said...</p><p></p><p>I’m in 100% agreement with everything else you said. Their pitching staff could be scary bad next year. I’m reasonably encouraged by Darvish’s second half and think he’ll be good going forward. Wick has some great stuff and I think could be really good. After that... yikes!</p><p></p><p>I don’t see how you can count on anything from Lester, Quintana and Kimbrel. The Cubs will be fooling themselves if they build their staff around the assumption that all three are going to have bounce back years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1483968, member: 26283"] I don’t agree that Hendricks has been sliding. This season has been virtually identical to last season except for the 2 or 3 starts he missed due to injury. The difference between his ‘17 year and these last two years is almost entirely accounted for by the juiced ball. And his tremendous ‘16 had a whole ton to do with the best Cubs infield defense any of us have seen in our lifetime. (An underrated part of the Cubs underperformance these last couple years has been the erosion in their infield defense almost entirely due to the collapse in Addison Russel’s career.) If you look at Hendricks’ peripheral stats, he’s among the most consistent pitchers you’ll ever see, and he’s the last pitcher I’d be worried about going forward. That said... I’m in 100% agreement with everything else you said. Their pitching staff could be scary bad next year. I’m reasonably encouraged by Darvish’s second half and think he’ll be good going forward. Wick has some great stuff and I think could be really good. After that... yikes! I don’t see how you can count on anything from Lester, Quintana and Kimbrel. The Cubs will be fooling themselves if they build their staff around the assumption that all three are going to have bounce back years. [/QUOTE]
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