2015: The Back To The Future Season

[Yeti]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

FUCK RAM

I hope David Ross retires today

[InternetApex]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

FUCK RAM

I hope David Ross retires today

It's quite alright. I'll shave my own ass. Thanks though.

[Tonker]

DPD

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OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

[Quality Start Machine]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

[SKO]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

[InternetApex]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

Shitty pitchers on other teams.

[PenFoe]

Last year Cubs were 0-79 when trailing in 9th. This year, through 8 games, Cubs have 4 wins in their last AB.

[SKO]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

Shitty pitchers on other teams.

This is obviously not what Fork meant but it does raise a good point. Overall the Cubs offense has been good while mostly going against pretty solid starting pitchers. Outside of Jason Marquis and Kyle Kendrick (both of whom they roughed up) they've faced a lot of quality starters and they've mostly done pretty well. Even the ones they haven't tagged they've exhausted with long ABs, allowing them to feast on bad bullpens.

It'll be fun when they face just flat out shitty pitching at some point.

[Slaky]

In a thread about how fun and good the Cubs have been you fucking monkeydicks can't stop from talking about Ross and Schlitter. What the unholy christ is going on here. This is a joyful positive thread - knock it the fuck off.

[Quality Start Machine]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

Nobody this year, I was thinking more long term, Schwarber for sure next year.

[Powdered Toast Man]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

Nobody this year, I was thinking more long term, Schwarber for sure next year.

You really expecting Schwarber next season? That seems rushed right? Thought it was 2017 for him as a catcher. It's probably next May or June if we're just talking about his bat.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

Nobody this year, I was thinking more long term, Schwarber for sure next year.

You really expecting Schwarber next season? That seems rushed right? Thought it was 2017 for him as a catcher. It's probably next May or June if we're just talking about his bat.

Pretty sure they're simply not going to be able to justify keeping that bat on the farm a year from now, provided he keeps this up*.

*I have no idea what kind of a start he's off to at AA.

[ChuckD]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

ROCK. SHOULDERS.

And hopefully Baez gets things figured out.

[PenFoe]

DPD

Know the best bit about this?

OPSes to date:

Bryant 1.194
Castillo .982
Soler .894
Rizzo .870
Castro .856
Coghlan .764
Ross .740 (FYSKO!)
Fowler .728
Montero .711

With the possible exceptions of Bryant and Castillo, nobody there is doing anything that they can't reasonably be expected to maintain, and there might even be room for improvement for a couple of guys.  If Russell can out-hit what Alcantara and Herrera (.303 and .415 respectively) have contributed, so much the better.

In short, there is absolutely no reason for the 2015 Cubs not to keep on keepin' on.  And no reason for my chub ever to diminish.

If David Ross finishes the season with an OPS of .740 or better I will shave Apex's ass and send him running through the park.

I think my point was more that, in his 100 ABs this year, there is a limited amount of damage that Ross can do to the Cubs bandwagon.

And as more guys show up, those OPS numbers will get even gaudier.

.....who are you still expecting, exactly?

Nobody this year, I was thinking more long term, Schwarber for sure next year.

You really expecting Schwarber next season? That seems rushed right? Thought it was 2017 for him as a catcher. It's probably next May or June if we're just talking about his bat.

Pretty sure they're simply not going to be able to justify keeping that bat on the farm a year from now, provided he keeps this up*.

*I have no idea what kind of a start he's off to at AA.

.261/.485/.478/.963   

But he played some pretty poor catcher yesterday. 

Couple of passed balls and 3 stolen bases (if you want to put those on him.)

[Tonker]

Last year Cubs were 0-79 when trailing in 9th. This year, through 8 games, Cubs have 4 wins in their last AB.

They didn't come back in the ninth ALL FUCKING YEAR?  That's actually pretty amazing.  Motherfuckers.