Kolek planning to go pro
Not that we’re at this weekend I’m going to stand on my original thoughts on the players weekend jerseys. Not great.
If the Cubs make the postseason, what do you do with Lester?The guy's a gamer from way back, but he is pitching as poorly as any starter in baseball.
Your 3 right now are Hendricks, Hamels and then either Q or Darvish. Over his last 8, Darvish has 3 electric starts, 2 that were very good, and 3 that were bad. If you can get the 0-2 ER and consistent Darvish, he’s the easy choice. But who knows with him. Still think he’s the guy cause his upside seems higher than Q right now.As for Lester, you put him in the pen. Ideal guy for 4 innings if your starter gets shaky early on. He’s absolutely a gamer and a playoff legend for 2 clubs, but he’s just been awful
The Cardinals have a chance to all but sew up the division by the end of the week.
A couple of thoughts about this weekend:1) The Cubs are a good baseball team. Not a great one and certainly not as great as most Cub fans think they are. The team proved Sunday against Washington they can come back from almost anything and they're almost never out of any game they play. I really was impressed about how, after a really nasty pitching duel, they battled back to tie Washington. As I listened to the game, they could have folded numerous times. They didn't and I give Maddon credit for that.2) Now, about that bullpen......3) The Cardinals were playing a decidedly mediocre team at home. They won the games good teams are supposed to win. And then some. The key for this team is that Ozuna and Goldschmidt are starting to show something and Dexter Fowler (remember him, Cub fans?) is finally starting to show that the contract he was given was not for naught.4) The difference between the Cubs and Cardinals is pitching. The Cub veteran pitchers are old and crafty, but their arms wear down later in the season. The Cardinals arms are young and in many cases livelier (Adam Wainwright excepted), but they lack the experience and knowledge of the Cub staff. Also wonder if things are tight in late September how the lack of experience will manifest itself in Jack Flaherty, Dakota Hudson and Michael Mikonis? 5) Milwaukee's season is on the line this week. Get swept by the Cardinals and the season is over. Lose two of three and, hey Milwaukee, you're on life support! I like Counsell and there's a lot of things to like about the Brewers, but their pitching makes the Cubs staff look like world beaters.
We can pretty much put a fork in the Crew.
And now Miller Park just had a rain delay.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/christian-yelich-comes-out-to-roxanne-as-his-walkup-song-to-troll-the-concerned-mother-who-came-at-him-on-twitter-this-morning
Her Twitter profile says it all.
Washington lost at home to Baltimore ... Philly lost at home to Pittsburgh ... Tuesday was perfect example of supposedly good teams not taking care of business against bad teams.
Just baseball things. Winning 6/10 games usually gets you into playoffs.
Has there ever been a 97-98 win team that didn't make the Playoffs?
There are several 100 win teams to not make the playoffs. Before the wildcard era though.
Wild, would've guessed never in my lifetime. Looks like the last time it happened was to the Giants in 1993. 103 wins and no postseason.