7/6 - Cubs (Stroman) vs Brewers (Peralta): 1:10pm, Marquee

[Tryptamine]

Checking the box score from work and it appears it's the Brewers vs the Bellinger and some other guys.

[CubinNY]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Jed should suck it up and find a 1B or 3B in the trade market like today.  You can still be a seller if it doesn't pan out, but if Jed really does want to be a buyer as badly as he's implied, be aggressive and help your team get over the hump so that you can be a full buyer at the end of the month.

Wouldn't be the first time a team bought and then ended up selling.

Leave Morel at 3rd and bring up Mervis. 

[UMFan83]

Just now, CubinNY said:

Leave Morel at 3rd and bring up Mervis. 

I want something more urgent.  I'm down with Mervis long term but the time to be aggressive is now.  I have no idea who is out there but if we can grab someone that has a track record of production and doesn't crap all over themselves defensively at 1B, I'm all for it.  

[CubinNY]

Robo umps, now

Robo umps forever.

It worked well in AAA

[CubinNY]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I want something more urgent.  I'm down with Mervis long term but the time to be aggressive is now.  I have no idea who is out there but if we can grab someone that has a track record of production and doesn't crap all over themselves defensively at 1B, I'm all for it.  

My issue would be the overpay potential. 

[CubinNY]

He better throw straight gas to Weimer. He will never catch up

[muntjack]

Who is the available 1B, though? 

[UMFan83]

How is Yelich decent again?  Very frustrating development as it was fun making fun of the Brewers for that contract

[We Got The Whole 9]

Holy horsefeathers Yan has a pulse

[We Got The Whole 9]

10 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

How is Yelich decent again?  Very frustrating development as it was fun making fun of the Brewers for that contract

Health is a pretty big deal. He was always really good, lets just hope he doesn't return to godmode Yelich for long.

[Thusly Boned]

1 minute ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Health is a pretty big deal. He was always really good, lets just hope he doesn't return to godmode Yelich for long.

I think he'll be good, but I don't think we ever see god mode Yelich again, unless he figures out some new sign stealing scheme

[We Got The Whole 9]

Yes, even Victor Caratini can hit a belt high change up over the wall. Thanks a lot, Fulmer. 

[soccer10k]

Well that excitement lasted about 5 minutes.

[CubinNY]

Yan can hit. 

Tie game baby!

 

[CubinNY]

They can trade Fullmer any time they want. 

[Rex Buckingham]

38 minutes ago, muntjack said:

Who is the available 1B, though? 

CJ Cron?

[CubinNY]

boooooooooooo

[muntjack]

3 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

CJ Cron?

The 81 wRC+ is less than inspiring, even forgetting 1/2 the games are @ Coors. 

[17 Seconds]

just trade stroman while we still can

[UMFan83]

Split a series we needed to win.  Now have the Yankees and Red Sox for 6.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Only good takeaway from the series is they came through in several high leverage moments but can't celebrate a split. I'm thinking they're gonna sell. The division is not in a close enough reach IMO. I don't think they'll be within 8 games at the deadline.

Edited July 6, 2023 by We Got The Whole 9

[17 Seconds]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Split a series we needed to win.  Now have the Yankees and Red Sox for 6.

i don't really get this. the season is only halfway over, there's not much added importance on winning a particular 4 game sample size, even against a division rival

Edited July 6, 2023 by 17 Seconds

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Only good takeaway from the series is they came through in several high leverage moments but can't celebrate a split. I'm thinking they're gonna sell. The division is not in a close enough reach IMO. I don't think they'll be within 8 games at the deadline.

Agreed.  It just sucks that a majority of our easiest games this year come after the deadline.  Easiest remaining schedule in the NL and we'll probably win a bunch of feel good meaningless games at the end of the year 

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, 17 Seconds said:

i don't really get this. the season is only halfway over, there's not much added importance on winning a particular 4 game sample size, even against a division rival

The deadline has a major impact on how our season goes.  We're down to 20 games before the deadline.  A Direction on buy/sell will probably be made after maybe 17 more games.  Currently 6.5 out of the wild card and 7.5 out of the division.  Need to win as many games/series as we can as the margin for error is basically zero.

[17 Seconds]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

The deadline has a major impact on how our season goes.  We're down to 20 games before the deadline.  A Direction on buy/sell will probably be made after maybe 17 more games.  Currently 6.5 out of the wild card and 7.5 out of the division.  Need to win as many games/series as we can as the margin for error is basically zero.

i know, i'm just saying there's not much difference between losing today and winning tomorrow vs the other way around. we need to win games, the sequencing isn't that important