Well guess it worked.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

can i borrow this for when i talk about degrom's 2 early HR? yeah he walked 4-5ppl and that doesnt fly, but all things considered to walk 4-5 guys in a game where you immediately have one get cashed in via early jacks = this game could/should have been much much worse than the one additional run over 5 innings.

but yeah the meat-n-potatoes of this cubs/mets thingl should hopefully be coming tomorrow if not wednesday. of course they could both give up 4+ ER like degrom and then i'll be reduced to walking down random city streets going up to various people like "hey do you wanna talk about baseball?" and they'll go "no cuz you traded upton for degrom you dipshit"

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Sheesh been so long since the bullpen held a one run lead I forgot what that was like.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Offense went dry in the second half of the game but Lester did well enough and the bullpen finally did it's job but Lester is enough starts in now, he needs to do better. As the ace getting paid what he is he needs to start having performances close to as good as his start vs the Brew Crew in Wrigley. I'm not okay with the ace going 6 innings 3 runs with 3 solo shots against, regardless how the wind is.

A win is a win though at the end of day. Now hopefully Arrieta can stop sucking at sports tomorrow.

The defense has been bad. Sailing throws, fucking up double plays, not cutting off balls, and goofing up grounders. This Cubs team isn't good.

It's Castro. Russell looks lost sometimes but it has to be hard playing a position you don't play when you have Castro being a clown right next to you. Rizzo is good, Russell will be a great shortstop and Bryant is solid at 3rd, suprisingly so. Once they trade Castro they can look for a 2nd baseman who is great defensively and the infield will be pretty good all around.

When you are OPS'ing mid 1000's, you are tearing everything up.

Lester was good tonight. Too many pitches for sure, but definitely looked like he got squeezed on a couple of calls. Still a QS.

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Team Cutler.

Bryant has been anything but solid at third. Everytime a grounder is hit, its hit or miss whether he catches it and if he does that he doesn't air mail the throw. He has a lot of work to do. If he can make the routine plays consistently Ill be happy.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I disagree.

Castro has been solid but still has idiotic mistakes as you mention. Same with Russell but he's learning the position. Bryant has been a butcher at 3rd. He's sailed a few throws, whiffed on some grounders and has gotten bailed out with the lucky "infield hit" scoring.

Might be in his head a bit. He gets killed on the road but dominates in the comfy confines of Citi Field.

He'll be fine though

Yeah, Bryant has been below average.

Castro has been ok. He's made as many spectacular plays as he's fucked up. He averages out to serviceable i think.

But dont trade him. Russell goes to SS Bryant to LF and Castro to 3b. 2b is either LaStella Baez or some defensive stud

I rather have Castro at 2nd. His power seems to be getting worse as he's aging.

Why hasn't Schwarber ever been mentioned at third? Can't move?

Disagree about Bryant. Bryant hasnt been great but he's done a good enough job so far. Just wish he could snag a few more balls but if it's hit at him he makes the play.

Can't say the same for Castro who has been a disaster in the field. I'm not a Castro guy, at all. You have to assume he has good trade value though.

I'm fine with moving Bryant to LF for a better defensive 3B.

I traded Castro and Baez for Harper in my Franchise mode in The Show. Theo should try it.

not terrible and good are not the same thing

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Disaster is a little strong. He's about the middle of the pack in MLB.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=ss&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

I want better, but its not like he's a butcher

That link is for 2014 stats, but point remains the same with 2015.


Bryant at 3rd has been eh. Been multiple plays that a defender with better range/reaction would make or at least keep the ball in the infield.

Sooner he moves to left the better.

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HA! My bad. Im a baseball reference guy

2015 he's been even better

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=ss&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

Anecdotately and sample size etc, but feels like with the BP struggling there's been a couple plays that Starlin could have made which compounds the appearance that he's been bad.

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Yeah, and he's a fucking moron sometimes and people dont like him and that is completely reasonable and understandable.

Conversely, that's why when Rizzo loafs one time in 4 years its not a big story.

This Syndergaard guy making his debut tonight is suppose to be the real deal. I don't really know anything about him except that he has a good fastball that tops out around 98. Hopefully the Cubs can catch up to it if that's the case.

He's as real as real gets for a prospect.

He struggled a bit last year but its the PCL and that is death on pitchers (As Sini pointed out). This year he's figured something out cause he dominated that league.

I think he'll pitch well with a good amount of K's.

many thought that last year he was kind of pulling a baez pouting and being frustrated that he wasn't up in the show yet. combine that with being out in the PCL and you're likely to give up some runs.

i think this year when he showed up in mets camp and had those early !!!!! split starts with harvey and there was a mentality like "yeah you're coming up this year" he was able to sit back relax and strap it down, and suffice to say they were pretty much strapped down in teh PCL through his first 30 innings this year.

one thing of note was that when he started in teh PCL he had some forearm stiffness so his first start was limited to 60 pitches. of course we assume that's a thing of the past now (especially as i left on SNY after the game last night and every commercial block had a commercial like "THOR'S FINALLY HERE! NOAH SYNDERGAARD TAKES ON THE CUBS TUESDAY ON SNY!" so yeah i reckon nobody wants to think about forearm problems creeping up tonight, but i would think his last few dominant/ish starts allayed those concerns.

evidently the dude can really hit too as he was 3-3 with a HR in his last start.

tonight should be fun, and i wonder if i blew a chance to go cuz my dumb ass initially mentioned the plans i'd be cancelling to go see syndergaard tonight when i was asked "do you wanna go?"

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The Cubs are 3rd in MLB in errors. They even have more than the Sox. Ouch.

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That is expected from a young team. Not from a veteran led team like the Sox.

of course they will as everyone would choose young power to young pitching

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That 2010 Blue Jays draft was unbelievable. They could have 7-8 impact major leaguers from one draft. Aaron Sanchez, Noah Syndergaard, Asher Wojciechowski, Justin Nicolino, Sam Dyson, Sean Nolin and Daulton Pompey. They also drafted but didn't sign Kris Bryant.

This ain't Jacob degrom out there tonight boys. This guy Thor throws an easy 97-99 and the cubs look tentative up there like they know they're a part of his night.

Still it's not a 6 pitch / 1 inning game and the cubs have some legit !!! in that lineup.... But thus far its like "yeah.... That guy is on my team"

THANK YOU CHUS!!!!!!!

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Btw I saw 99 in the first inning.... With signs of location!

* giddy *

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