FenwayMac 2018 Legend Sliders

[Yankees82]

Quote: Originally Posted by FenwayMac

Surprised he didn’t go yard on ya! At the beginning of the season I pitched to pitchers like I expected them to be an easy out. I know better now and pitch them as hard or harder than the rest of the hitters.

It’s funny you say that. Just the other day I was thinking...geez these pitchers are batting .800 against me. Wacha from the Cardinals had a triple and a single in the game.

[Yankees82]

I just had a 9 game home stand at Wrigley Field and that wind makes the game change. I had 2 games with the wind blowing out at 14 mph and there were 7 HR that game and 5 the other game. I had two games that the wind was blowing in like at 13 mph and only 1 HR between both teams those 2 games. And you can see the wind knock would be home runs down. And even the announcers commented about the wind blowing in.

The Cubs start the season 13-6 batting .257 with an ERA of 3.38. Off to Colorado and Cleveland for a short 5 game road trip. Will put some more stats up once I get 30 games in. Using the exact sliders as the OP.

[FenwayMac]

Sweep!

I turned in three (reasonably) strong pitching performances in SD to leave town with a sweep. I was able to use Cole,Archer and Musgrove in the 1-2-3 so it is a nice preview of what a playoff rotation could look like. But it was only the Friars so...

PIT 040010010 6 5 0
SD 101000001 3 10 0

Looks like I will draw Kershaw in game 3 in LA. He is sitting with a 1.37 ERA going into the matchup.

[FenwayMac]

LAD is no SD.

Despite a valiant effort by my pitchers to keep LA in check, my hitters simply could not figure out LA pitching. My timing was all over the map in this one. Hopefully just a bump, I really don’t need slump 2.0 at this point.

PIT 001000001 2 4 1
LAD 00020010X 3 10 0

[FenwayMac]

Ryu was absolutely dominating with his...whatever he does, as the Dodgers win 4-0. Not exactly what I was hoping for leading up to Kershaw.

Another poor hitting game. I looks like this makes 4 out of 5 with 5 hits or less. I notice I am popping a lot more behind me as well, so I am getting under the ball all of a sudden. Gotta turn it around.

Maybe I should take the team out for ice cream.

PIT 000000000 0 5 1
LAD 10000030X 4 14 0

[FenwayMac]

The final homestand begins with a tough loss to Philadelphia. Chris Archer was cruising right along until the “shall not speak about” 2-out sixth inning rally (single,error,hit pitcher,double), that changed the course of the game.

This game also came at s cost as I lost Adam Frazier for 1-2 months with a groin injury. Time to hit the market!

PHI 001003020 6 12 0
PIT 000210000 3 8 1

It’s about time to evaluate the results of changing solid hits to 4. I will take a look and let you know how it went.

[FenwayMac]

Once I realized that Ben Lively was NOT about working around batters, I gave up on working the count and just hammered the Phillies for 11 runs. Only the 4th time this season I have put up double digits on a team. I was really tracking the ball well and squaring up to all corners of the zone today.

I also am going to try more to be very selective about leaving my pitch in for the 6th. I think I just trying to be defiant and more often than not I end up paying for trying to out-tough the CPU. Pulling Musgrove after 5 innings was not a tough decision as he had given up four runs. Bullpen proceeded to shut out the Phillies the rest of the way. This game forces you to learn!

PHI 110200000 4 8 2
PIT 02220302X 11 15 0

[FenwayMac]

Well the bullpen strategy held until the 8th when Philly made their move, but I held them off for a 7-6 win and series win. Arrieta got it early to lose his confidence.

PHI 100000023 6 13 0
PIT 11301100X 7 11 0

Things are starting to shift in the NL Central as St Louis is finally learning how to lose a game or two. After a series with Washington I head into All-Stat break with a 4-game set with Milwaukee. Interesting week ahead.

Cardinals 54-36 -
Cubs 52-37 1.5
Brewers 50-41 4.5
Pirates 48-42 6.0
Reds 35-55 9.0