Scholarship table
Bingo.
The idea that Strop is out “weeks” already, hours after the injury is interesting. Nobody has any idea how long he will be out. Could feel fine this morning.
Actually, It's just poor taste to trash talk the 2nd place team in one of their best seasons (oops). But carry on...Seriously though, as a cubs fan, I'm happy for the brewers. And I'd guess most cubs fans on this particular forum are in the same boat (with the Milwaukee connection). Now, I hope it's not at the cubs expense, but if it is so be it... But I do find it amusing how people over analyze these late season games. It's a long season, and things generally work towards there averages. Those still have some room to change these last couple weeks (i.e. the cubs and brewers could flip, even a couple times), but it's more likely that the results are about the same as now by the end of the season.
I see you don't follow the Red Sox.
Relief pitching is about to suck for the Cubs. CEJ has been terrible the last couple of weeks.
You are way off. Red Sox fans are far from arrogant
Red Sox fans are far from arrogant and still fully expect to find a way to lose every year.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Sometimes when you get injured you know it's going to be a multi-week thing, even before you have the professional diagnosis based on all the scans and tests you may need to make it official and know exactly what it is.
Thanks for injury splaining to a physical therapist. He probably will be out weeks, he could come back next week. Acute injuries are really hard to predict, specifically minutes right after they happen. Have we heard definitely that Rodgers will play this week? He probably doesn’t know yet.
FWIW, the Astros have been injured a lot this year, but they are getting healthy now, and for my money are the best team and the favorites to win it. Beyond them, the second best team in the AL right now is the Oakland A's. As strange as it may seem given the way the Yankees have tortured the Red Sox, I'd rather see the Yankees beat the A's than the other way around. The Indians are totally a product of their terrible division. They have a losing record when not playing AL Central teams. I would say they are the 6th best team in the AL, with Tampa Bay being the non-playoff team that is better than them.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
First to admit I was wrong on strop.
Rosie ripping Joe. As i said in the past, Joe tends to overmanage. I think the third Strop inning iwas questionable but he did have to use nine pitchers yesterday. https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-joe-maddon-decisions-rosenbloom-20180914-story,amp.html
Verlander is going to exceed 200 ip two years in a row, plus an additional 36 in the 2017 post season. Cole will exceed 200 ip after a 200+ inning year last year, although no post season. Morton only threw 150 in 2017 and will only slightly exceed that this year, but he also threw 23 post season last year. Keuchel will hit 200 this year after 150 last year, but another 27 in the playoffs. Those four combined to throw 86 post season innings last year. Compared to just 19 for the combo of Sale, Price, and Porcello for the Red Sox (the 2nd best team on paper). Plus an extra month of offseason for their arms to recuperate. I think it'll be one of those two teams coming out of the AL and then winning it all but in the last 24 months Red Sox aces have thrown considerably fewer innings than Astros aces, and that could make a considerable difference this October.
Oh no! 200 innings for those guys? Why ... that's, like, 6 innings per start! They must be exhausted!!!
Including the post season, a lot of those guys are starting to close in 250, which is a lot, no matter who you ask.
Don't know where this Brewers/Cubs "rivalry" sprung from.