Schwarber Better Faster Stronger: Chicago Cubs 2017

They are perhaps reminiscent of Torre's later Yankee's clubs without The Sandman. They can win alot as against lesser clubs they can outslug them, but against good pitching they can turn into K machine and their pitching is spotty.

that was weirdly worded lol, i had to check to make sure torre left NY before mo retired

weekend of putting away the Brewers not going so well

Cubs' BP playoff odds have fallen 26% in a week, to 68%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMWap2wzBD0

Lackey is a good heel. He had a point in that one clip where both him and Contreras got tossed, as that was a strike. I'm thinking how Contreras caught the ball with a glove in motion might have thrown the ump off, but it was easily a strike.

yeah that one was honestly such a bad frame job that i wasn't sure it was a strike or not lol

good week

Next weekend at the Brew Crew is pretty much playoff baseball.

yeah i'm feeling fairly nervous about this series, particularly the cubs pitching

ugh i know why they had to pull arrieta early but i wish they hadn't

pretty huge at bat

p sick baseball game

yes in that i feel like puking

sure go to the bullpen in the sixth inning of a close game when your bullpen is garbage, why not

whoa he really looked out

call on the field was pretty much always gonna stand there, looked like an exact tie to me

crazy shift from maddon

lol huge swing from santana trying to pull the ball

wow that had to be 450 feet

Maddon surely used the 5-man infield at least once last October?

yeah obv maddon loves his crazy shifts but the 5 man infields are rare enough that they're still exciting

the injuries in this game suck :-/

who got hurt

happ kind of slid into the bottom part of the outfield wall (which is just concrete until about half a foot up) and had to leave the field. contreras also had a incident with a foul tip off the knee. and i guess i'm newly experiencing yadi's foul tips off the facemask from last night's game because i didn't hear about them or see them until this game.

almora jr, not happ, oops

sounds like almora's gonna be fine, just a bruise. contreras has been banged up a lot recently, and he hasn't shown much power since coming back from the dl. they should probably give him a lot of rest leading up to the playoffs.

i'm pretty curious/nervous about what their post-season rotation is going to be. seems like lester and arrieta are likely, though lester has been bad lately and arrieta has been hurt. i hope they don't stick lackey in there. quintana and hendricks have both looked better in the past couple of weeks.

and now it sounds like arrieta is still somewhat injured

his hamstrings are just too big and snappy

Hector Rondon's first career hit... Exit velocity of 39 MPH at a -7 degree launch angle. 🔥🔥🔥

— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 29, 2017

apparently arrieta shaves his beard every off season but I've never seen him without it

Well hello there 👋🏼🙈😍#myoffseasonboyfriend #babyface pic.twitter.com/tqzPJg7cgG

— Brittany Arrieta (@MrsArrieta49) October 22, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bae0dD3HJTukRlIc8Le8s-vlR-NtSXFxTCmqso0/

Tony once asked me what his Era would be over a full season 🚀☝🏼🌖😂🤣😂 https://t.co/FWr7m5zHhv

— Jake Arrieta (@JArrieta34) October 23, 2017

arrieta's an unfairly good looking dude