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lost again, grumble grumble - these are the dang reds!

has the reds pitching improved over the last couple of years? i remember they used to be terrible but i haven't been paying attention this year much

what is happening? are we going to get swept by the dang reds!??!

Reds suck. I'm not happy about this. It does happen over the course of a season and the timing makes it feel worse since they were seemingly close to grabbing control of the division. There is still a lot of baseball to be played and one rough stretch won't kill them.

let me know when i can start panicking

Best run differential in the NL. Fourth best record in the NL. 2.5 games back in the division. If this maintains that the rest of the season I won't panic even as they go into a winner take all wild card game against the Dodgers. Last year they finished with a .568 winning percentage and they are only a 3 game winning streak from getting to a .569 winning percentage. If the expectation is a 100 win season then panic. If the expectation is winning the division with a shot at the World Series then there is no reason to panic unless something drastic happens like they fall to .500.

javy baez!!!!!! wow he can really impact the game

also bryant on the dl for a bit

Kizz Fastfists wrote:Best run differential in the NL. Fourth best record in the NL. 2.5 games back in the division. If this maintains that the rest of the season I won't panic even as they go into a winner take all wild card game against the Dodgers. Last year they finished with a .568 winning percentage and they are only a 3 game winning streak from getting to a .569 winning percentage. If the expectation is a 100 win season then panic. If the expectation is winning the division with a shot at the World Series then there is no reason to panic unless something drastic happens like they fall to .500.

yeah, i twist in the wind with the day-to-day results a little too much

i forget sometimes how long the season is

lost last night, hendricks thinks something is off - he might be right i don't think he's been himself all year

but the bats came out this afternoon and we got the win

woo, wind was blowing out today

lot of home runs, but the cubs hit more! its really nice seeing russell and heyward hitting well

The Cubs are playing well. The problem is the Brewers are playing much better than expected. I expect the Cubs to win the division it will just be done down the stretch and not wire to wire like we would have liked. The trade deadline could be interesting. The Cubs probably don't add anything significant, maybe a bullpen arm or a 4th starter type given Darvish's injury. The Brewers could try to add a significant piece or two since they have some nice prospects to move if they want to go that direction.

it would be nice to get everyone back healthy

Kizz Fastfists wrote:The Cubs are playing well. The problem is the Brewers are playing much better than expected. I expect the Cubs to win the division it will just be done down the stretch and not wire to wire like we would have liked. The trade deadline could be interesting. The Cubs probably don't add anything significant, maybe a bullpen arm or a 4th starter type given Darvish's injury. The Brewers could try to add a significant piece or two since they have some nice prospects to move if they want to go that direction.

yeah i don't think we'll be major players at the deadline either, we're pretty set on position players up and down the bench

maybe a few more arms

i'm not a big analytics guy but this is an interesting article
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/6/30/17519718/chicago-cubs-defensive-babip-luck

pitching staff might be playing with fire...

woo, everyone brought the bats today

9-9 and we're not out of the 6th yet

its a pitching bloodbath out here, runs galore!

cubs have averaged 9.8 runs per game in the last five games, all without kris bryant

also we're halfway through the season now, and we're on pace for 92 wins

cubs, led by a jon lester homer!, blow it open against the twins again

i'm in minneapolis and it sounds like a bunch of twins fans went down for the weekend, at least they got to see a lot of offense

yikes, had to hang on but we got the sweep

cubs have scored 10+ runs in 4 straight games, first time since 1930

Offense is humming and some great situational hitting. Pitching...dont know what to say.