Oh no he isn't, he isn't even riding in the caboose.

You were lambasting him throughout 2018 when I told you again and again that his peripherals showed it was just batted ball luck. You continued to lambaste him throughout the year, even though he put up 5 wins and had the second most valuable year of his career. You were wrong and the numbers eventually regressed to the mean.

I have been highly critical of his play this season, because it's clear from his exit velocities and Statcast numbers that he's in an obvious and precipitous decline. I hated his contract extension and immediately went on record as such because I saw it as an unnecessary risk for someone you already controlled through 2020 w/ the option of tagging on a QO to keep for 2021. It's all in this thread, too.

You can be pro-2018 Carp and anti-2019 Carp. In fact, it's the only rational stance to take.

His 2019 season was a bust. Yes he had an INSANELY hot 2-3 month streak but he then folded in September again. And we missed the playoffs by a handful of games.

I don't care what his saber metrics were overall for the season, if your numbers are smashed in the middle of 2 black holes its not a good year, period.

He helped dig the hole they were in, he helped pull them out of the hole, he then put them back in the hole. Not a good season. Period. And thats not irrational.

As I have said his whole career he is a head case.

Tommy Edmond will never have Marps career numbers or be an MVP candidate, but he is a much better player right now.

Tommy Edmond may not play in the big leagues next year.

Baseball is a cruel ass game.

Flaherty has snuck into the top 10 in era and whip - he trails Kolten wong in War on the team

Ever thought you'd see the day when Wong lead the team in WAR?

They’d better get the win tomorrow. Losing 4/6 then you got Corbin/Scherzer/Strausberg and then on the road to Wrigley.

Flaherty would be in the Cy Young conversation this year if he could figure out Milwaukee.

These guys are really gonna cough up the division in the last two weeks, aren't they?

****ing ****s just gave up a GS to Roid Braun in the top of the 9th. :banghead:

Wasn’t watching the whole thing, but I blame that on Shildt. How do you leave Gant in to walk 3 people?

Saw that

Trying to follow the game cast on my phone while I watch the Chiefs game. It's over. This team ain't winning anything.

We will all look back and say this was the day we lost the division. Holy shit, we're looking like the pre C Useless By September.

Supposedly, Carlos had the "flu", so he was unavailable. Shildt had already used Gallegos and Miller, so he brought in Gant, who immediately shit himself by overthrowing every fastball. Webb actually got Moustakas to fly out and preserve the lead, but then Shildt went to Junior Fernandez who threw an absolute cement mixer to Braun, despite the fact that Braun could not get around on his fastball. It was one of the worst pitches of the season to one of the biggest shitbags in professional sports.

Team looks like it's headed for another September collapse.

Thank God for the Blues !

Words I thought I would never utter in my lifetime. Up really is down.

Lulz...