*****Official Cubs 2019 thread*****
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I'm sure the narrative after the game will be that Yu was great his last three innings, so everybody should be encouraged by him. The way the Cubs brass talks about this guy, you'd think he was a freshman playing varsity for the first time with fragile confidence.
Yes, they can't get anything going against Greinke, but Darvish has been a disaster thus far. Even when Heyward was an offensive liability in 2016-2017, he still made contributions. Darvish has ace-level "stuff," the contact of a number 2 starter, and number 5 level production.
Yes, they can't get anything going against Greinke, but Darvish has been a disaster thus far. Even when Heyward was an offensive liability in 2016-2017, he still made contributions. Darvish has ace-level "stuff," the contact of a number 2 starter, and number 5 level production.
Chatty starts off the game with a four pitch walk.
I had been reliably told that he'd worked on a few things this offseason, and was more controlled. I will drink some Kool Aid and assume he's just a little amped up.
I had been reliably told that he'd worked on a few things this offseason, and was more controlled. I will drink some Kool Aid and assume he's just a little amped up.
Had the kids at the game, finished my beer after 1 out top of 9, thank you Bote. CSB.
Absolutely shocked by Chatwood’s start. It’s all between the ears for that kid.
He puts that GD hat on straight he doesn't twirl that lazy slider up there to Dyson!!
The big challenge right now is that he's basically double-dipping on recovery, to an extent. It seems that he's lacking confidence going back to the 2017 WS. Whether true or not, he's also still dealing with coming back after missing basically a full season last year. A lot of guys who miss that much time with injury struggle for a while with consistency and getting their old command back. Right now with Yu, it's really hard to tell how much of this is mental going back to the WS, how much of it is mental due to the lost season last year and how much of it is simply physically not having full command back at game speed due to the time off. There are definitely components of the last two in play for Darvish right now and possibly all three.
He didn't have his great seasons because he nibbled really well. He had his great seasons because he has great stuff and he went out and trusted it to go after hitters. What I've seen from him in his bad starts this year is a guy who tries to pick at corners as soon as someone hits a ball hard....which leads to more guys on base, more being behind in the count, more wasted pitches and earlier exits.
Good points, except Darvish isn’t a kid. He has pitched for years in Japan and the US. STFU and pitch. Put your fragile ego in a box and go do what you have done professionally for a decade. If he needs a therapist on the mound with him he needs to retire.
End of rant.
Do you think it's possible that the 2017 World Series broke his psyche? I cannot ever remember a baseball player doing more to hurt their team in the World Series, and Darvish had one of the worst "big-stage" performances in sports history. One example that comes to mind is Nick Anderson of the Orlando Magic. Following his collapse in the 1995 NBA Finals, his career free throw percentage was 10+ percentage points lower from that point on.
Perhaps the weight of single-handedly costing LA a World Series still has him down? The stuff is there and the velocity is there, but is is clearly mental.
I don't disagree, but this is why I want to know how much is mental vs how much is lack of feel and inconsistency of command due to a year off. Plenty of guys, even vets, have taken a month or two to get right after a year off.
It is possible. But the Cubs are in for a couple bazillion pennies right now, so I want to make sure they really figure out whether this is broken psyche or lack of feel coming back after a long injury absence.
Darvish clearly exhibits some problems with confidence that go well beyond the normal nerves most high level athletes have.
Crap, I forgot that tonight was GoT night at Wrigley. Hopefully Len and JD dress up as Jon and Daenerys.
I saw that the Cubs put David Bote on the paternity list, and called up Randy Rosario. That's insane. They have 14 pitchers on the roster. I know they didn't want to call up Happ, but there were a few guys in AAA that could have come up, that they either could have parted ways with, or snuck through waivers to get back to AAA when Bote returns.
Every time Schwarber pisses me off at the plate I am reminded that Bryant is also hitting around .200 as well.
Because the defender was in the base path and not on the base. Runner can veer out of base path in that instance.
On the Score over the weekend Matt Spiegel was going over some stats for umpires, and Ted Barret was at the top of the list for missed ball/strikes. Now, i will not say computer calls for balls/strikes is an answer yet, but Barrett is inconsistent.
Foil of baseball fans everywhere, Joe West, was a top five performer when it comes to missed calls.
They would have ran Theo out of town if he traded Bryant after his MVP season.
Because nothing says SELL like a guy who, in consecutive years, was College POY, Minor League POY, NL ROY and NL MVP. That's totally who you should trade.
Jose Quintana looked like a real MLB pitcher again tonight, and this time it was against a team that has some talent. That's refreshing.
