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MeowMeow
Given that the Cubs are 11 games over the next potential Wild Card team (the Giants), it’s likely they’d be in contention without Lester, but if they make it past the Pirates, they’d have almost no shot if Arrieta was their only rotation weapon. Granted, without Lester they may have been more active at the deadline, but if you take the team as it is now and just subtract Lester, they’d be in big playoff trouble.
txrangers 2
A guy making 26 mil a year and putting up a 1.4 WAR “is paying off nicely for the Cubs”? Yeah okay Mr. Wittenmyer…you keep drinking that Chicago kool-aid…
Steve Adams
Jon Lester:
3.0 rWAR
5.0 fWAR
3.8 RA9-WAR
Not sure where you got 1.4 or which version of WAR you prefer, but 1.4 is not an accurate stat.
MeowMeow
For anyone else puzzled:
He was looking at B-R’s WAA (“wins above average”), which is 1.4, which as we many of us know is VERY different than WAR (“wins above replacement”)
MeowMeow
“Wins above average” is very different than WAR
Frank Richard
Lester started off slow, but that could be attributed to his spring training injury. I believe it was described as a dead arm. He has settled in nicely in the second half and is clearly pitching his best baseball at the right time. As for Dexter Fowler I believe his season has meant a lot more then the statistics might suggest.
ilikebaseball 2
I think Montero deserves a lot more credit than he’s getting. He’s brought attitude, a bit of fire and a great veteran presence to the Cubs. There is a lot that goes into changing a losing team to a winning team but he’s a big part of the puzzle. I really hope that he’s prominently in the plans for next year.
jd396
My gut would tell me to non-tender Flowers and try to upgrade, but the FA market isn’t exactly awe inspiring. I could see them doing that and going for maybe Avila or Ianetta who have more offensive upside.
stlcrdzlvr
What folks are forgetting is that Albert not only hit 30 HRs, 100 RBIs, but also batted .300 and scored 100 each of this first nine years, and, in the tenth year, “only” scored 99 runs. So while Abreu’s performance is impressive, it still falls far short of Albert’s.