MLB regular season thread - Part XI - Twins have lost 96

[MurrayBannerman]

Well, yeah, but Twins need to re-build and reload and I don't know if AA is that kind of guy, but I guess we'd have to see.

No, I mean like front office personnel.

 

[Elvis P]

I remember all the September swoons since 69 (your welcome Tom Seaver and the Amazin Mets) and all the playoff losses. I'm not gonna count my chickens before the eggs are hatched. If the Cubs go to the World Series, that's when I'll say the Cubs are going to the World Series. If I don't post here in October, I'll still be reading and doing my job, but I'm getting superstitious about jinxing them in my old age.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

If the Cubs don't win this year, so begins the curse of the gloat.

 

[McOilbleeder]

Dozier hits #42. Continues his hitting streak to 24 games.

 

[BMOK33]

If the Cubs don't win this year, so begins the curse of the gloat.

I don't like the Cubs if Strasburg comes back for the Nats. I think between him Scherzer and Roark they are the better team. And yes I'm assuming the Nats and Cubs get by the NLDS. I would be relatively surprised if both did not

 

[MurrayBannerman]

I don't like the Cubs if Strasburg comes back for the Nats. I think between him Scherzer and Roark they are the better team. And yes I'm assuming the Nats and Cubs get by the NLDS. I would be relatively surprised if both did not

I don't even know what to say about this post.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I don't even know what to say about this post.

Just a simple "No, you're wrong" would suffice I think

 

[BMOK33]

The Mets lineup tonight is hilarious. I have no idea how that team has 80 wins

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Just a simple "No, you're wrong" would suffice I think

But, just so many ways.

 

[BMOK33]

But, just so many ways.

Good pitching beats good hitting every time. The Nats pen in the 7th and 8th inning I also think is better than the Cubs. The Cubs would definitely be served better if the Nats got Kershawed in the NLDS.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Good pitching beats good hitting every time. The Nats pen in the 7th and 8th inning I also think is better than the Cubs. The Cubs would definitely be served better if the Nats got Kershawed in the NLDS.

The Atlanta Braves disagree several times.

The playoffs are an ABSOLUTE crapshoot.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Good pitching beats good hitting every time. The Nats pen in the 7th and 8th inning I also think is better than the Cubs. The Cubs would definitely be served better if the Nats got Kershawed in the NLDS.

If the Nats make it that far, good luck with Hendricks, Lester, and Jake.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Cubs starters DRA - 3.86

Nats starters DRA - 3.70

OOOO SO BIG OF A DIFFERENCE

 

[Elvis P]

CHC 3.39 152 152 76 36 40 12 12 97 55 .638 11 21 5 2 97 64% 59 89 5 199 60 2 94 5.0 4.7 6.2 95 12 72 67 1 123
TOR 4.20 152 152 63 40 49 13 12 83 69 .546 16 16 0 0 92 61% 54 81 11 196 65 1 82 4.8 4.7 6.1 96 10 86 56 0 118
WSN 3.69 152 152 69 42 41 9 12 89 63 .586 8 13 1 0 91 60%

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2016-starter-pitching.shtml

I'm not gonna get into a dueling stats battle, but in QS% the Cubs are #1 and the Nats are #3.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

GoThe Nats pen in the 7th and 8th inning I also think is better than the Cubs.

I'd take Strop and Rondon ahead of the Nats guys, assuming they are healthy.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

I'd take Strop and Rondon ahead of the Nats guys, assuming they are healthy.

CJ Edwards. Mother****ing CJ Edwards.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Ranks in DRA among all pitchers
Chapman (6)
Strop (12)
Edwards (19)
Rondon (38)

 

[Terry Yake]

if the cubs win it all then bryant and hendricks get inducted into the HOF shortly after right?

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

if the cubs win it all then bryant and hendricks get inducted into the HOF shortly after right?

Stroman goes before them. Hes a number one pitcher......

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Stroman goes before them. Hes a number one pitcher......

Yes, he is.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Twins just allowed a run to score on a wild pitch twice in the same inning. 1 of those on a freakin' intentional walk. Tigers about to be 1/2 back of the Orioles.

 

[c9777666]

I'd like to believe in the Nats, but they need to get past the LDS for once.

Whereas the Cubs and Dodgers have made an NLCS recently, the Washington/Montreal franchise has not won a postseason series since 1981.

 

[Stu Grimson]

Good pitching beats good hitting every time. The Nats pen in the 7th and 8th inning I also think is better than the Cubs. The Cubs would definitely be served better if the Nats got Kershawed in the NLDS.

Yet the Cubs have better pitching than the Nats.

 

[BMOK33]

Yet the Cubs have better pitching than the Nats.

I don't trust Hendricks and Arrieta in October til they show me they can win in October. They were just awful vs the Mets last year. Hendricks was also bad vs the Cardinals in his one start there. Not all good pitchers can pitch in October, we've seen those discussions here many times before. I have faith in Lackey and Lester more so because they've proven they can win when it matters..the problem is both are on the downward side of their careers and I don't know what to expect after they've thrown 200 innings already.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Lester is on the downside of his career, guys. Huh.