Kyle Schwarber....lead off hitter?

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It's logical that Hendricks is the easiest to frame but also the most reliant. I'd love to see it personally. Plenty of time still to abandon all hope.

[jersey cubs fan]

Hammel will be the one most in need of offensive assistance

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Apparently Jed said on 670 today that they're contemplating the idea of making Schwarber the personal catcher for one of the pitchers.

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I hadn't thought of it in this context.

 

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[Clem Fandango]

Because it would mean Montero only gets 3 starts during the rotation and we want him to get 4? Why would Ross not still catch Lester?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Because it would mean Montero only gets 3 starts during the rotation and we want him to get 4? Why would Ross not still catch Lester?

 

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[jersey cubs fan]

Because it would mean Montero only gets 3 starts during the rotation and we want him to get 4? Why would Ross not still catch Lester?

 

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I don't see that as an ironclad rotation. I would assume neither could would literally catch every start, but that they the majority of their starts would be with their normal pitcher, allowing an oft-banged up Montero to get regular rest from the start.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Because it would mean Montero only gets 3 starts during the rotation and we want him to get 4? Why would Ross not still catch Lester?

 

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I don't see that as an ironclad rotation. I would assume neither could would literally catch every start, but that they the majority of their starts would be with their normal pitcher, allowing an oft-banged up Montero to get regular rest from the start.

 

I don't think a 60/20/20 ratio of playing time is unreasonable, but if you start with the assumption that 'personal catcher' means that this catcher is catching the overwhelming majority of a pitcher's starts, then it enforces that ratio in a way that's unnecessarily strict, especially given the diverse skill sets of the 3 catchers that might be more useful on different days that are not driven by the Cubs SP.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I'd bet that as long as Ross and Lester are healthy, they will throw to each other. I could see Schwarber catching Hendrick's games as long as the opposition matchup makes sense. If its a Hendricks start against a team that steals bases or something else that Joe sees and doesn't like, I doubt it'll be ironclad. But this is Grandpa Rossy's farewell tour, he'll be out there for Lester.

[biittner77]

Presumably, Schwarber will DH every interleague game he can. So even if he was the personal catcher of Hendricks in NL parks, that's still only about 20 starts which seems to be the consensus of how many starts Schwarber should get at catcher.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Presumably, Schwarber will DH every interleague game he can. So even if he was the personal catcher of Hendricks in NL parks, that's still only about 20 starts which seems to be the consensus of how many starts Schwarber should get at catcher.

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Presumably, Schwarber will DH every interleague game he can. So even if he was the personal catcher of Hendricks in NL parks, that's still only about 20 starts which seems to be the consensus of how many starts Schwarber should get at catcher.

 

How many interleague games do you think there are? The Cubs only play 8 games in AL parks, 3 of them to start the year when we're pretty certain Hendricks won't be starting.

[biittner77]

Presumably, Schwarber will DH every interleague game he can. So even if he was the personal catcher of Hendricks in NL parks, that's still only about 20 starts which seems to be the consensus of how many starts Schwarber should get at catcher.

 

How many interleague games do you think there are? The Cubs only play 8 games in AL parks, 3 of them to start the year when we're pretty certain Hendricks won't be starting.

 

The idea behind having Schwarber catch is to get his bat and someone else's in the lineup. Every game he DHs is one less game he'd have to catch to achieve that goal. So I subtracted those games as DH from the approximate number of games that Hendricks would conceivably start which should mean that Schwarber will catch him around 20 times.

[Sammy Sofa]

Presumably, Schwarber will DH every interleague game he can. So even if he was the personal catcher of Hendricks in NL parks, that's still only about 20 starts which seems to be the consensus of how many starts Schwarber should get at catcher.

 

How many interleague games do you think there are? The Cubs only play 8 games in AL parks, 3 of them to start the year when we're pretty certain Hendricks won't be starting.

 

The idea behind having Schwarber catch is to get his bat and someone else's in the lineup. Every game he DHs is one less game he'd have to catch to achieve that goal. So I subtracted those games as DH from the approximate number of games that Hendricks would conceivably start which should mean that Schwarber will catch him around 20 times.

 

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[Banedon]

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[Cubswin11]

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Enough of the catching experiment, #SaveNees

[Banedon]

Well apparently Schwarber says it's not that bad, that it's day to day, and he wants to play tomorrow.

[Banedon]

Maddon says Schwarber isn't playing tomorrow...but maybe Sunday.

[David]

Apparently Jed said on 670 today that they're contemplating the idea of making Schwarber the personal catcher for one of the pitchers.

 

My guess would be Hammel...based only on the fact that I think he caught him the other day and Hammel seemed to make a point of saying good things about it.

 

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[Cubswin11]

Interesting, I don't mind it. Hammel should be "easier" to catch and he also is one of the more likely guys to give up the most runs so getting more dongs in the lineup will help.

[David]

Haha, Olney was ahead of the curve.

[UMFan83]

holy hell please don't bump old threads about Schwarber that reference a tweaked knee on the most recent page.