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Cubs @ Dodgers: Lester vs Stewart (Game 129)

Submitted by CTSteve on

These meaningless late-season games are really annoying.

CHC (82-46): LHP Jon Lester (14-4, 2.81)
LAD (73-57): RHP Brock Stewart (0-2, 11.25)
First pitch: 3:10pmCST

Lester has won his last 5 decisions, including his last time out in San Diego (6 IP, 1 ER, 8 K, 2 BB). He dominated the Dodgers at Wrigley in June, going the full nine and giving up 1 ER (a solo HR to Hernandez in the 1st inning), while striking out 10 and walking none. It was one his best outings with the Cubs. The Dodgers are 22-122 (.196) against him. Hernandez is 3-10 with that bloody HR.

This will be the rookie Stewart’s fourth appearance, dating back to June. It hasn’t been pretty so far, giving up 5 ER in 5 innings in Milwaukee in his debut, a cruel 9 ER 4 inning start in Colorado, and three short innings against the Pirates, where he only gave up 1 ER but walked 4. He was 9-3 with a 1.60 in 20 starts in the minors this season, at various levels, with a nice strikeout to walk ratio (126:18 in 118 innings).

After the game it’s back on the plane (in some manner of dress) to Chicago to face some lefty named Steven Brault who evidently pitches for the Pirates now. Arrieta takes the mound for the Cubs.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/28/2016 - 08:08 pm

brock stewart...steven brault...fun times for the cubs hitters vs allegedly competitive teams...maybe.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/28/2016 - 08:03 pm

heyward with his 3rd multi-hit game since the all-star break (all in august)...2nd in the past 3 games during his 7 game hitting streak. he's gone from flirting with a sub-.300 ob% to nearing .310 ob% in 3 games (1 game was just a 1 for 1 pinch hit appearance). all 5 hits in the past 3 games have come in a row...neat.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 08/28/2016 - 08:34 pm

Rough 8th inning all around -- HBP, Cahill error, Javy's poor decision. Oh well - given that the Cubs didn't look like they were going to score, it's better to lose in 9 innings, save the bullpen and get changed for the PJ trip home.

Submitted by Jackstraw on Sun, 08/28/2016 - 08:35 pm

Sometimes I'm not as supportive of Cahill as maybe I should be. There, I said it.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 08/28/2016 - 08:24 pm

Addy really has trouble breaking through .250 BA -- after his hot streak got him to .251, he has gone 1-for-17.

Submitted by Tito on Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:17 am

Jeff Sullivan of Fangraphs on Lester: Question: Do you think that Lester’s base-throwing yips/lack of the ability to hold runners is a big deal? He’s had a long, successful career despite this, mainly due to being good a run prevention, but it did hurt that one time vs. KC in the playoffs. Should Cubs fans be making a bigger deal out of it, or is it just not that big of a deal? Jeff Sullivan: For whatever reason things have gotten better — last year Lester allowed 44 steals in 55 attempts, and this year he’s at 22 in 32. David Ross has helped. Last year, Lester had -5 stolen-base runs; this year he’s at -2. It’s very clearly something exploitable. If, like, Lester kept putting Trea Turner on base, that would work against him. But baserunners can’t score unless the guys at the plate do something, and Lester is good about controlling them. And running against him simply isn’t automatic The Royals game was a worst-case scenario — Lester at his worst, with a bad defensive catcher, against the most aggressive running team in the league. #baseballtalk

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:17 am

if jeff says it, it's cool...when i say it, it's straight from the mouth of hitler. aside from the lack of jeff touching on the insane leads runners take and lester's inability to throw if he's fielding, this is a lot of what i've said about the issue. exploitable, needs his own personal catcher to control his shortcomings, relies on his ability to get outs along with his personal catcher keeping runners in check before things become further exploited... the situations lester gets into evolves (such as the "well, i'll just jog to 3rd while he's on the mound" thing). it's not static and singular, nor is it just a single team trying to figure out what they can do to exploit his shortcoming.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:24 am

i have no doubt at all you quit reading at that point. you're very enamored with outcomes without caring what it takes to get there. the fact it's exploitable, especially without someone to cover the running game for him, as well it's evolution in how people are testing possible exploits is interesting to some people...to me...i'm some people...hurrah. some people want to check the boxscore to see who won, some want to know how it went down.

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  • crunch (view)

    no days off til may 9th.  moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.

  • Cubster (view)

    On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).

  • crunch (view)

    "Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."

  • crunch (view)

    rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

    ...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.

  • crunch (view)

    ...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

    busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

    wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

    cubs run differential getting destroyed.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

    he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

    through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

    on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

  • crunch (view)

    he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.

  • crunch (view)

    and morel is injured...nice.

    morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.

    hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Amen to that last point!

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