Glad we have Lester going tomorrow, and can throw Hamels on Thursday if we win, Hendricks Friday, and Lester again in Game 3 at home. Obviously have to win tomorrow, but I like our chances in a 5 game series if we do.
MLB: ***Official 2018 Chicago Cubs Season Thread***
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I get it and it's a valid argument but today's results prove otherwise. Brewers are the hotter team right now. Cubs should have never played so poor in key stretches to be in this situation.
My point is the regular season should matter. If they have the same record but one team has more wins head to head, that team should win the tiebreaker. There shouldn't be an extra game. That's just dumb.
Agree, but guess those other 19 games wasn't enough to prove anything.
Would think the same thing if the Brewers had won the regular season match-up.
I wouldn't mind hearing an answer to the question asked though. I won't throw the language in there though and I will ask it. Why does MLB not take into account any of the regular season Head to head to determine a tie breaker? It just seems ridiculous that you play all of these games during the regular season, but then the tie breaker is having to play another game against a team you already beat head to head during the season. I mean, even with today's loss, the Cubs still won more games against Milwaukee during the season, right?
In the end, I don't really care, but it seems to take away all emphasis for playing 162 games during the regular season. So I am genuinely curious if MLB has any real reasoning for not having a basic head to head record as a tiebreaker. I mean I get it, from back in the old days when you didn't have a wild card, but it seems to take a lot of importance away from the regular season now that a basic tiebreaker rule wouldn't necessarily keep you out of the post season.
I get what you're saying, but the Cubs went 7-1 in April against Milwaukee, and finished 4-8 the rest of the season.
I hate to say it but I don't like this team's odds tomorrow either with this inconsistent offense. The bullpen has been worked down the stretch and doesn't get a day off. The pitching was good enough to win today but you can't win many games only getting 3 hits.
If they lose tomorrow I don't see how the front office does not make some bold moves in the offseason to fix things. Any guy not named Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, or Contreras for position players should be open to making trades with and may as well go all in and go after Harper too. The core this team is built around is only going to be controllable for a few more years then the FO will have to decide how many big contracts can they shell out to keep certain guys or have to move on. The minors are not exactly stocked right now either so if the World Series is the goal they maybe have 2 more seasons till they have to face a roster overhaul with some of their aging players as well as guys who will be due for big pay raises.
If they lose tomorrow I don't see how the front office does not make some bold moves in the offseason to fix things. Any guy not named Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, or Contreras for position players should be open to making trades with and may as well go all in and go after Harper too. The core this team is built around is only going to be controllable for a few more years then the FO will have to decide how many big contracts can they shell out to keep certain guys or have to move on. The minors are not exactly stocked right now either so if the World Series is the goal they maybe have 2 more seasons till they have to face a roster overhaul with some of their aging players as well as guys who will be due for big pay raises.
Agree, and if I am not mistaken, it used to be head to head but they changed it at some point. And if I am not mistaken if two division winners have the same record, head to head is used to determine which team has the higher seed .
Strike out. Top the ball off for a weak grounder. Pop ups. Backward K's. The Brewers see a strike and they f3##ing drive it. The Cubs just watch it go by and swing at crap. Great hitting approach Cubbies.
Even if they win tomorrow, the odds of them jumping out on the Brewers early in games is slim they way each team has been playing. What a disaster of a season.
Even if they win tomorrow, the odds of them jumping out on the Brewers early in games is slim they way each team has been playing. What a disaster of a season.
CycloneErik
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So would you set up your rotation to start your better guys in divisional games?
Yeah, they choked away the Central, they have no bullpen, and they can't score runs on a consistent basis. Flipping disaster.
They did choke away the Central, Milwaukee won 11 of their last 13 games to take the Division. Give credit where it is due.
A discussion I would like to have is how the Wild Card winner automatically plays the team with the best record. IMO, Milwaukee should be playing the worst team out there (Braves), and the Wild Card winner should be play the West champ, and whoever has the better record should be hosting.
Went 18-10 on an unheard of 30 straight scheduled days of baseball. Brewers just had an incredible finish with a pretty light September schedule.
Espn says cubs had second best bullpen ERA in MLB, tops in NL WITHOUT Morrow and then Strop for a large portion of the year.
Educate yourself. You sound like a ******* moron
I'm amazed with how they have played at times along with the injuries that they managed to win 95. Just seems like they have talent to win more and do it in a more impressive fashion than they have. It's not a disaster of a season but a huge underachieve may be a better description. Basically tied for 1st in the NL and still have a lot of questions and holes to deal with going into the postseason while just about everyone else is playing their best baseball right now. That 2016 team despite some of it's flaws just played good ball more consistently throughout the season and was able to play it's best in the postseason too. I didn't have the worries about that team getting down early like I do with this current team.
This pretty much sums up how I feel about how the season has played out:
