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Saying that because Samardzija gave up the most earned runs means he was the worst just ignores all the pitchers that were rocked and sent down because they didn't have any staying power, like the Hector Noesis and Dallas Beelers of the world. But even ignoring those, here's my list: Kyle Kendrick Kyle Lohse Jerome Williams Jeremy Guthrie Matt Garza Chris Rusin Drew Hutchingson Michael Lorenzen Odrisamer Despaigne Alfredo Simon Chris Tillman Anibal Sanchez Rick Porcello Matt Boyd David Buchanan Shane Greene Keyvius Simpson Kyle Lobstein Sean O'Sullivan David Hale Eddie Butler Felix Doubrant Brad Hand Mike Foltynewicz Matt Cain Josh Collmenter Roberto Hernandez Vidal Nuno Mat Latos You get the idea (that's at least two dozen), but just because Shane Greene only pitched 81 innings before getting the plug pulled on him (meaning he didn't give up nearly as many runs over the entire season) doesn't mean he wasn't much worse than Samardzija this year. And again that ignores all the scrubs that pitched around the league that are not anywhere near good enough to get 30 starts, and if they had they would be on this list too. That also ignores all the damage our defense potentially did to Samardzija this year, considering his FIP and fWAR numbers.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 12:03 AM) Do you really think the Sox could offer the most money? I'm not saying the Sox are cheap but with the current roster the payroll is around 114/115M. A player like Cespedes would put them close to 140M without addressing the infield needs. Unless some Sox players improved upon their 2015 numbers, Cespedes only makes the Sox a .500 team. Sox need much more than one hitter. I'm not saying the Sox could or should offer the most money, but everything else is secondary to the amount offered, record of team be damned.

Players go where the money is. If a 76 win team offers the most money, 99% of players aren't going to give a s*** about the record.

.164 batting average by the Cubs, lowest in NLCS history.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 11:19 PM) I wouldn't mind any of them winning, honestly. The Royals winning to me just removes the excuse of, "well they sucked for a long time and havent won anything" argument that so many fall upon to justify us avoiding a rebuild. I like their team alot. It also places atleast added pressure when asked the question of, what will you do Hahn for the White Sox to compete against the World Series champion? I think any question that is answered with, "well we believe this team has what it takes to compete" is especially embarrassing. Now it probably won't alter their decision making, but it atleast makes our woes more pronounced. You know you can rebuild without doing a complete teardown right?

Google the word sweep and look at the first image.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 08:21 PM) Can you elaborate as to why you'd pass on that deal? Because Schwarber is basically a 1-tool player? He has no defensive value, strikes out a lot, and can't hit LHP for s***, something we already really suck at. He has had a good playoffs but was bad the last 6 weeks of the season. Quintana is really good, I'm not trading him for a one dimensional DH.

QUOTE (Baron @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 08:03 PM) People on Twitter are talking about Cubs signing Greinke,Zimmerman or Price. Hey if they want to give Greinke 8 years more power to them. Those three wouldn't have helped them this series if the Cubs can't hit the Mets pitching.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 07:55 PM) I could see a Q for Schwarber deal in the works. It would help both teams. Pass

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) Yet dWAR hated his D. I go more by the eye test anyhow. How so? He was -0.1 with the Mets but 0.8 with the Tigers. He was positive last year as well.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 04:24 PM) Acta was one of the earlier managers that embraced analytics, so the stats guys have enduring love for him. But his bottom line is miserable. I don't know if it's his fault, etc. I do want a manager who uses analytics. But there are a lot of those guys, and see little reason to take one that has a poor percentage. Plus, given that Ventura is coming back, unfortunate as that may be, it just doesn't make sense to have an experienced manager looking over his shoulder. That's not healthy. I'd much rather an Alomar type who at least can presume to be at a proper position of bench coach. Acta's team rankings by WAR 2007: 30th in pitching, 25th in hitting, 12th in defense 2008: 25th in pitching, 29th in hitting, 15th in defense 2009: 30th in pitching, 22nd in hitting, 28th in defense 2010: 28th in pitching, 25th in hitting, 26th in defense 2011: 20th in pitching, 22nd in hitting, 28th in defense 2012: 24th in pitching, 27th in hitting, 29th in defense Not hard to see why his bottom line is miserable, all of his teams have been f***ing terrible. I'm actually surprised he managed to win 80 games with one of them.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) Cespedes is a nice player and all, but he is not what the Sox need. Another mediocre at best defensive outfielder who hardly walks at all (low OBP) and strike out a bunch, and for around $25M AAV. That is a contract that you're going to regret (as are most FA signing these days). I for one hope the Sox stay away from Cespedes at that price. I don't want Cespedes either, but for what it's worth both UZR and DRS rated him as a very good fielder this season.

1-0 Jays, c'mon Toronto, at least make this an interesting series.

It's been said before, but better regular season record does not equal better team.

Not sure I agree with blaming Robin for lack of fundamentals. These players have been playing baseball their entire lives, and a bunch of our players are veterans from other teams. It's not up to Robin to teach them fundamentals, they should already know how to do that.

The main storyline in this NLCS has been the Mets' arms vs. the Cubs' power bats, but the Mets actually hit more HR (without Cespedes and Wright for most of the season too) and the Cubs had a lower ERA in the regular season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) Another baseball non sequitir. The worst starting pitcher in baseball will be signed to a mega, mega million dollar deal. And the signing will be treated as great news by the fans that get him. He's the worst pitcher in baseball. Past performance means nothing once you are deemed an ace. Crazy stuff. I can give you dozens of pitchers who were worse than Samardzija this year.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 01:31 PM) Without looking it up, 4 game sweeps in the CS aren't too common. I could see them picking up 1 or 2 wins before this is over. Hopefully that's it, because coming back from an 0-3 deficit to win and advance is a nightmare I don't think the world is ready to experience. LCS sweeps aren't common because it's really hard to win 4 straight games against any team. But it's a heck of a lot easier to get the sweep when you've already won the first three games.

Arrieta probably won't have an ERA under 2 again, but he was great in 2014 as well, he's not 2003 Esteban Loiaza.

I also don't want to pay $150 million to a guy who will be 33 next season and is due for big-time regression.

So is the lesson here that if you face the Cubs in the playoffs you should have some connection to the name Murphy in some way? Seems pretty simple.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 11:10 AM) Get them away from Robin and its bound to happen. I actually wouldn't mind signing Shark to an extension if we were smart enough to s***can Ventura in the offseason. Yeah you're right, LaRoche had all those strikeouts because of Ventura, and Robin made Shark throw all those meatballs.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) He'd probably bring up the 2012 undefeated team that had 5 or 6 close games and deserved at least 2 or 3 losses that year. Stuff happens with a lot of teams like that every year. Some teams get lucky wins. Even then that team beat the Pac 12 champion and the Big 12 champion, and IIRC that team started the season unranked anyway.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 10:33 AM) They couldnt account for how bad of a manager Williams was. And the pitching staff is right at 30, Zimmerman is 29, Scherzer is 31, Gio is 30, Strasburg is 27, Roark is 30, Fister is 31. It isnt like they are an old rotation I was talking about the Cubs' rotation, and I don't think the Nationals' struggles were because of their manager. Sure 30 isn't that old and the rotation should be fine for the next couple years, but people are talking about a 5-6 year window, and at the back end of that the pitchers will all be in their mid-30s (I'm including the expected free agent SP this offseason here too), and it's not like the Cubs have promising young arms on the way. Even at age 30 Fangraphs puts the odds of a pitcher spending time on the DL in any given season at just under 50%.

Today's the day Marty arrived in the future. It would be poetic for the Cubs to eliminated today.