2016 MLB Playoffs (Official Thread)

[OHSportsFan]

Pressure getting to the Cubs? Hard to go wire-to-wire with those additional expectations and burdens of failure.

Oh and we/BP had this one called. Heyward is catching some Bartman level heat this postseason.

With Jason Heyward's $184m contract averaging about $23m/yr over the next eight seasons, the Cubs are paying Heyward north of $20m per 162 games of production comparable to this peer group:

Alex Rodriguez - .297/.382/.554, 41 HR, 122 RBI
Mark Teixeira - .272/.364/.518, 37 HR, 116 RBI
Josh Hamilton - .290/.349/.516, 32 HR, 111 RBI
Albert Pujols - .312/.397/.581, 40 HR, 121 RBI
Prince Fielder - .287/.387/.516, 33 HR, 105 RBI
Ryan Howard - .262/.349/.519, 40 HR, 126 RBI
Adrian Gonzalez - .290/.363/.497, 29 HR, 104 RBI
Miguel Cabrera - .321/.399/.562, 34 HR, 121 RBI
Robinson Cano - .307/.356/.494, 23 HR, 94 RBI

So how does Heyward stack up?

Jason Heyward - .268/.353/.431, 19 HR, 68 RBI

Yeah, I do not get the overbearing excitement Cubs' fans were having yesterday. Did they think they were getting rookie year Heyward? Last I checked, Heyward is pretty average and declining. I'm sure a monster contract and leaving that #CardinalsMagic will help change that...

Just checked, over 80 RBIs once in 6 years? $23M a year? F me.

He needs to give some $ to whatever team of eggheads has sold MLB GM's on the defensive runs allowed metric being the holy grail

and by all accounts they are moving him out of RF where he put up those gaudy DRA numbers and putting him in CF. I think that is just to remind everyone that these are still the Cubs we are talking about here.

 

[Dryden]

I wrote that in Dec of last year and half those guys are either already retired or will retire in two years. Maybe even three-quarters.

Perennial superstars on the back ends of their last contracts.

Boy genius Theo is going to have to Bobby Bonilla this one away.

 

[brodybuck21]

cubs in a little bit o' trouble....they cant hit at the absolute worst time

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Rizzo-fer

 

[Jake]

Either the replay official is blind or he's from Chicago. Dodgers should've had the first run of the game - no idea WTF they were watching.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Bah. Stupid bloop hits.

 

[OHSportsFan]

If the Cubs bats wake up, they are too good.

 

[brodybuck21]

If the Cubs bats wake up, they are too good.

LA may be in trouble

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I like having the Cubs as the team that hasn't won a WS in a billion years. Can the Indians prevent that?

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Peter Rose looks half bridge troll and half Atlantic City bathroom attendant.

And fuck the Indians and their troglodyte, racist logo. They're in the way of destiny. Sucks to be them.

 

[brodybuck21]

so will LA pitch Kershaw in both game 6 and (if they make it there) Game 7???

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Hayden Grove ‏@H_Grove
Danny Salazar is "ready to pitch" according to Terry Francona. #Indians

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Suitcase of Old Style and a bottle of Malort. You think I'm fucking around here, Dude?

 

[Jaxbuck]

Flag of Chicago coasters are an especially nice touch

 

[ORD_Buckeye]