Nationals @ Cubs: Roark vs Arrieta (NLDS Game 4)
WAS (1-2): RHP Tanner Roark (0-0, —)
CHC (2-1): RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, —)
First pitch: 3:00pmCST (TBS)
Arrieta left his last start early (Sept. 26 in St. Louis) with a strained hamstring. Let’s hope it holds up. He went 3 innings and gave up 3 runs and was tagged with the loss.
He went 14-10 with a 3.53 for the season, including going 5-2 with a 2.90 at Wrigley. In 7 post-season starts, Arrieta has a 3.64 ERA.
Jake gave up 5 ER in 4 innings and lost to the Nationals in DC in June. Overall, they are 32-134 (.239) against him. Rendon is 4-11; Murphy is 5-17. Lind and Werth have taken him deep.
Roark last pitched an inning of relief (Oct. 1) against the Pirates, in which he gave up 2 ER. He gave up 6 ER in 4.2 innings in Philly, for the loss. For the season, he went 13-11 with a 4.67. On the road, he went 7-5 with a 4.26.
He beat the Cubs at Wrigley in June (6.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 3 BB). For their careers, they are 17-79 (.215) against him. Bryant is 5-11 with a HR.
Hey, let’s close out the series at home—and on Trans’s birthday!
Go Cubs!
Recent comments
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Arizona Phil 7 hours 8 min ago (view)
3B Alec Bohm and RHSP Spencer Howard would likely be the Cubs asking price and the Phils probably say no, but if they don't say no, that could be a deal.
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crunch 10 hours 31 min ago (view)
Bruce Levine @MLBBruceLevine
Cubs have had talks with Phils on Bryant. Nothing there at the moment. Service time grievance still an issue. -
bradsbeard 11 hours 6 min ago (view)
Humerous 30 minutes this morning when both Mark Gonzalez and Gordon Wittenmyer tweeted out that the Cubs would be receiving Conor Lillis-White as the PTBNL in the Tommy La Stella trade as if it were just now happening.
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crunch 1 day 9 hours ago (view)
marvin miller and ted simmons are part of the next HOF class.
long time coming for miller.
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crunch 1 day 14 hours ago (view)
things that are important to good on-field play like buying up all the property around wrigley field, from rooftops to acerage, isn't going to monetize itself.
i know some people would love to have a top tier pitcher, but i'm looking forward to more control of rooftop advertising and an open air beer garden near the team owned hotel and resturant complexes.
i know some people want a solid leadoff man, but i'm looking forward to seeing 10-20 concerts on off-days destroying the playing field so that extra revenue can help a polician in Nebraska or Iowa get some ad buys.
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Hagsag 1 day 15 hours ago (view)
Their friend Donald will come through for them.
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crunch 1 day 15 hours ago (view)
remember when the billionaire owners got a huge double digit tax cut?
maybe the city should do them a favor and give them more tax savings help to let them buy and build another 2-3 revenue projects outside of the park. that might help these struggling heroes find some extra loot.
i know this rant isn't fair, but my "dan winkler got a MLB contract fever" is dying down a bit.
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crunch 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
f'real. i don't even know why they're going to bother playing games. i'm over here printing Cubs 2020 World Series Champs banners while others are sleeping on reality.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 1 day 17 hours ago (view)
Just saw a fun report that the Cubs are telling even budget type free agents they can't currently negotiate until they clear some payroll. So that's a fun start to the winter meetings.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 1 day 17 hours ago (view)
I'm with you 100% on that. Minor league retreads are fine and all but we don't need to be paying premiums for middle relief.
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JustSayin' 1 day 18 hours ago (view)
The Cubs have 15-20 extra pitchers in their minor league system due to unbalanced drafting over the last few years. I am ready to see them err on the side of giving the internal guys too many chances as compared to signing AAA players who had short stints in the big leagues which didn't go too well. We don't know it the Cubs organization is just that bad at developing pitching, or has too many guys trying to prove themselves in a fixed number of minor league innings. Bad scouting/development or self-inflicted bottleneck?
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Dolorous Jon Lester 1 day 23 hours ago (view)
Dan Winkler and Jharel Cotton wasn't enough for you? Tough crowd.
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Hagsag 2 days 12 hours ago (view)
I think we all are ready for some action.
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crunch 2 days 13 hours ago (view)
winter meetings start tomorrow...guys got into town friday/today.
the cubs are supposedly looking to tap the trade market for their major moves. this is the place where it gets done or seeds get planted.
also, the modern day HOF class will be announced. marvin miller will most likely get in. lou whitaker and ted simmons should have some heat, too.
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crunch 3 days 3 hours ago (view)
semi-interesting winter league note...
trey mcnutt (yes, that guy) is having a hell of a winter league in mexico (one of the less talented winter leagues) so far as a closer. 15.2ip 8h 4bb 24k, 0.57 era.
giants signed him to a minor league deal a couple weeks ago. he never went anywhere. he's been consistently playing ball in the minors and indie league ball since he was last a noteworthy player. last season he played in the OAK minor league system. 30 years old now...
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jdrnym 3 days 10 hours ago (view)
Brad Brach signs with the Mets for $850K but the Cubs are paying $500K, per Ken Rosenthal. Wasn't his 2020 club only supposed to be on the hook for league minimum?
Comments
Chance of rain today. Let's
I brought my umbrella to work
How did that work?
Not great actually.
Cubs are due for a big
What are the chances Lackey
30m til gametime and it's
What a fucken scam. If they
My jerk friends want to take
My jerk friends want to take me out to dinner to celebrate my 40th... right at the start of the Cubs game. The jerks!. :)
In an absolute perfect world, this game gets delayed until maybe 9 central, and then the Cubs win. In a next-to-perfect world, the game gets cancelled, but Dusty Baker decides to pitch Roark tomorrow anyway, and we win tomorrow.
Huh. Tanner Roark and Jake
Huh. Tanner Roark and Jake Arrieta are the same pitcher.
This delay is wreaking havoc
The answer to that is always
Have to figure out when i
I'm hearing it is postponed
"Dusty Baker said he's not
I guess Strasburg is feeling
evidently there's some kind
All part of The Plan part ][
So with the game postponed,
Maddon has said that Jake
This postponement is an epic
Well, at least this way we
My friend, the same thought
So, I asked my boss, "Can I
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story
https://www.google.com/amp
Dusty channeling his inner
it's a bit more tame than it
This postponement really
US eliminated from the World
I don't think enough
Dude, the sailing race is the
all of this checks out as
I thought we only invented
Speaking of canoes, I'm tired
Actually, we lost the last
Damned sabermetrics. I don't
Only cups I care about are
+1 Ryno
I don't care.
mlb.com says Strasburg likely
mlb.com says Strasburg likely to start today
Hearing some noise that
For a short time today, on
I thought Anthony Rizzo owns
im all for rizzo owning the
mlb.com says Strasburg is
mlb.com says Strasburg is going to start today
the feed looks like there's a
the wind blowing in is cruel.
crunch, I got a bird's eye
yeah, that was no cheapie hit
with trea turner + schwarb
Well, with Addy's error, Cubs
Monty warming up - definitely
stop...sliding...into...first
Strasburg 1, Chicago Mold 0
lester, eh? alrigh.
Cub's kicked in the nuts by
Every time a Cub struck out,
Jon F'ing Lester....
Jon F'ing Lester....
....
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#@$!%#^[email protected]#!%
I presume you refer to the g*
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lame.
I remain amazingly calm. Not
Especially if the Cubs lose
theo needs to kick it
I concur with my man
This is all my fault as I
Congrats to TBS -- they get
Thank you.
I know I'm commenting more
2003 type Cubbery there.
Hard to believe that all
I was just about to say..
10 runs in 8th, 2 in other
I've posted this before, but
I've posted this before, but this is why the Cubs got Justin Wilson. He was supposed to be the reliable 8th inning guy who can close when Wade Davis isn't available, and then be the Cubs closer in 2018 after Davis is gone.
It's become clear to me that
I agree that Edwards seems
You're right, its too early
I would have to throw my hat
What I think I see with
WAS gets harper 1 more season
8th inning aside. Pretty
For those of us that were
You're right, E, that it was
Could be worse -- we could be
"Happiness at the misfortune
I am so glad i bought a
Lots of very low Cubs batting
Man, if the Cubs can pick off
We need those bats to bust