Have I mentioned lately how much I fucking love Willson Contreras? So glad no one claimed him in the Rule 5 draft. Twice.
Willson was hitting .359/.456/.797 with RISP coming into today, and he's even a little better than that now. ESPN said made the hardest throw from a catcher this season (89 mph) when he started the second inning DP tonight.
Hell of a grab. Best part was he got it instead of the Cardinals fan beside him. Quickly becoming one of the best catchers in the game.
I think we all need to ask ourselves a very serious question after tonight... Is Matt Carpenter bitch made?
No doubt. And he's the Cubs bitch. You catch the stat yesterday about him having the lowest batting average of any current player with 70+ ABs against one team?
and milwaukee is COOOOOLD. Time to take over the division and get some breathing room before the tough august schedule
Was thinking the same. Send Grimm down and bring Tommy back up. South Siders haven't won since before the break yet here we are. Let's get some damn runs.
crappy loss but still great signs that the starting rotation is looking strong to start the 2nd half.
Starter doesn't make it through 5 (albeit his first start back from injury), batters went something like 0-10 with RISP. It's only one game but it reminded me of a game we saw about 40 times in the first half. And hey thanks man. He's a handful to say the least.
Meh, tough day game a little more than 14 hours after a night game vs a rival where you were attempting to move into a first-place tie. Shitty scheduling happens.
It's not like they had to jump on a plane and fly home last night. Either way there's no reason to lose to this White Sox team. That said, take 3 out of 4 and I'll be happy.
If Kris Bryant is barking at you, you're probably doing a bad job. That has to be his first career ejection. You never see KB heated.
On an awful call too. That ball had to be about 8 inches inside. Someone pull that pitch up on fan graphs or whatever new fangled technology the kids are using these days.
Spoiler but no fuck lackey. when I played baseball nothing made me more mad as a centerfield as walks and HBP. Make the asshole use the bat
Edwards bringing that good shit today. EDIT: Dammnnnnn! just made his best pitch of the day to strike out Abreu. Unhittable.
Only two guys I'd say are clearly in front of him right now are Buster Posey and Salvy Perez. Next year at this time he could be #1. His emergence has been fucking awesome.
Alot of catchers in the running for #2 behind Posey. Perez isn't one of them. Wilson had a higher War last year than Salvy in 300 less ab's.