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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Lester and Hendricks did. Arrieta continued pitching above his talent level before slowly returning back to Earth near the season's end. That's 60% of your starts. That, combined with aberrational defense makes a big difference.
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Jon Lester has just been one of the best pitchers in baseball his entire career.
Arrieta wasn't even Arrieta last year, just a FYI.
Kyle Hendricks came back down to earth yet he holds a career ERA of just over 3 with a career WHIP of just over 1. And out dueled Clayton Kershaw in the deciding NLCS game and shouldn't have been taken out in game 7 of the WS as early as he was. His BABIP is literally just .009 points higher this year. The difference is not his ****ing BABIP. The difference is he's throwing 85mph fastballs, he was touching 91 last year, and he's lost that off balance change of speeds on his changeup because of it and his strikeouts are down and HR's are up.
You literally dont have a clue about anything related to the Cubs.
I mean... I'm talking to a guy who thinks a bunch of 1st and 2nd year players had career defining seasons.