Comments on: Game 18 Recap: Reds 13 Cubs 5 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/23/game-18-recap-reds-13-cubs-5/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Rob http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/23/game-18-recap-reds-13-cubs-5/#comment-10169 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:06:34 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10334#comment-10169 Excluding the no-hitter, Arrieta is averaging 95 pitches powe start, about 9 pitches per start fewer than last year.

What is the target total you are looking for in Arrieta’s case?

]]> By: Tommy http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/23/game-18-recap-reds-13-cubs-5/#comment-10167 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 16:36:06 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10334#comment-10167 Nice write-up, Matt. I think this game came down to leaving way too many pitches in the zone against a team that has already shown they are more than willing to chase. The bullpen definitely looked rusty with so many fastballs down the center of the plate, and Cahill’s sinker not sinking very much, if at all!

I do disagree with your comment that Russell’s error should have counted against Rizzo for one reason: it’s typical, and almost expected that if a thrown ball bounces on it’s way to 1st base, the error goes against the fielder, not the catcher of the ball. I don’t have any data to back this up, but am going off of what my memory serves me. I’d love to see if the data backs up that point or not. I personally believe that if you bounce the ball to first base and he doesn’t dig it out, it should be an error on the fielder, personally.

Hey, great informative article on one of the harder Cub’s games to write up on! Nice work, Matt.

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