5/1/24 - CHC (Imanaga) @ NYM (Butto) 6:10 MSN

[CubinNY]

9 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Honestly, I thought good PBP was enjoyable and bad PBP was background noise but Zaidman has taught me that bad PBP can actively lessen my enjoyment of following the game.  I was legitimately upset when I realized I was going to be in the car for the 9th knowing that I had to rely on his attempts to describe what's going on during a tense moment.  I'm still not quite sure what happened on the double that PCA tried to catch.  Was it a HR he brought back in? Was it a catchable ball that he didnt come up with?  Somewhere in the middle?  Who the hell knows...I'll have to catch a replay.

No one told him to wait and see what happens before you talk to the audience. It's ok to pause, in fact, it makes the event more exciting. I think he gets excited and loses himself. There are many times I'm listening at night in my bed with my ear buds on and It get woken up by his high pitched streaming. 

[BigbadB]

10 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Part of me agrees with you, the other part of me thinks that Alonso beat the throw by so much that the ump had to have somehow seen something that made him ignore how much later the ball got there.

Maybe the fact the runner got beaten by a relay throw factors into the equation. That's some slow ass running.

[BigbadB]

11 hours ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I disagree, they blew an 8 run lead against San Diego and they blew a save against the 8-24 Marlins, not to mention all the other debacles between then and now.  This is the worst bullpen in MLB, which makes them the worst bullpen in America

This same bullpen will have a month or two of being one of the top 5 bullpens in baseball. They had hot streaks last year. You need a mix of not getting overused or underused. Early in the season, starters are still getting stretched out. I'm not saying that they shouldn't or won't make some moves at the deadline, because frankly, they will need to make some moves because of the abundance of talent they won't be able to protect next offseason, but some of these guys that have been bad will be better with more reps. 

I'm not concerned about the bullpen at all. I have grown a bit tired of the 9th inning follies, but it will correct itself in due time. 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

11 hours ago, squally1313 said:

Would they still have the best record if you gave all the other teams wins in games where the bullpen blew a lead 

Yes

[Rcal10]

21 minutes ago, BigbadB said:

This same bullpen will have a month or two of being one of the top 5 bullpens in baseball. They had hot streaks last year. You need a mix of not getting overused or underused. Early in the season, starters are still getting stretched out. I'm not saying that they shouldn't or won't make some moves at the deadline, because frankly, they will need to make some moves because of the abundance of talent they won't be able to protect next offseason, but some of these guys that have been bad will be better with more reps. 

I'm not concerned about the bullpen at all. I have grown a bit tired of the 9th inning follies, but it will correct itself in due time. 

Agreed. Every year the same thing comes up. Cubs neglected the bullpen. Every time they give up a run or blow a game. But no one has answers as to who they should have taken. Except, of course, with hindsight guys cherry pick who they wish they had. Going into the off season so many wanted Hader. He has struggled a lot in Houston. Stephenson is another guy. He is out for the year. Will Smith has sucked. Brasier hasn’t done well. The list goes on and on. Sure, if we had a crystal ball to know which FA pitchers would be the best couple of pen arms we can sign it would be easy. But it doesn’t work that way. The pen is just something you have to hope gets filled from within the organization, mainly. And honestly this angst against the pen is just overblown. No, they are  it the best pen in baseball. Apparently the Mets are. How does that figure though? Sure they have a great closer(who Morel hit a 2 run game winning homer off of), but what else did they add? They are first now because they are getting good results from either journeyman pen arms or guys from their system. Cubs pen is middle of the road. Not great, but definitely not the worst in baseball, as has been suggested. TBH, since the Padres series the pen has actually been pretty good. Yes, I can live without a tightrope 9th inning. I would love a guy we can bring in and feel good about him pitching a scoreless inning. But in reality, there just are not many of those guys. And even when a team does have one, the first time he does give up a run or blow a game that teams fan base loses it mind, similar to what happens here. 

[LBiittner]

1 hour ago, BigbadB said:

Maybe the fact the runner got beaten by a relay throw factors into the equation. That's some slow ass running.

Plus the belly-flop type of slide that was screaming rib, head, arm, hand injury

[gflore34]

5 hours ago, Bull said:

The fact that the offense is being carried by the 4th outfielder and a AAA CF nincompoop is disturbing. I mean if it was the AAA corner outfield nincompoop it might make sense, but even he isn't hitting. Can't go on much longer. 

Besides Tauchman the team wide hitting slump is one thing, there's no excuse for this crap-ass defense this has got to stop.

[cl smooth]

3 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

there's no excuse for this crap-ass defense this has got to stop.

[Rcal10]

27 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Besides Tauchman the team wide hitting slump is one thing, there's no excuse for this crap-ass defense this has got to stop.

Hitting slumps just happen. Hard to explain why. But this team is supposed to be a great fielding team. As you said, this crap-ass fielding has to stop.

[17 Seconds]

shota's numbers are wild

[We Got The Whole 9]

10 minutes ago, 17 Seconds said:

shota's numbers are wild

First pitcher since 1945 to start their career with 6 starts totalling at least 25 innings and an ERA under .80. 

 

My question is, can he just teach his stuff to Kyle? lol. At least help get some IVB on the 4-seam

[sneakypower]

14 hours ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Oakland doesn't even pick up the phone, then blocks Jed's number.

i quite honestly think it's the opposite; i'd argue Jed would seriously pause at this offer bc nobody's likely to top a current top-75 prospect and MLB-ready #3-4 SP with upside for more

Mason Miller is appointment viewing for me, but his injury history is already pretty scary and these types of guys just have such a short shelf life that any responsible GM would seriously hesitate to surrender too much system talent on the off-chance a power arm remains intact for more than a few months at a time

Felix Bautista would've seemed like an untouchable a year ago, i remember prevailing opinion insisting Joel Zumaya and Joba Chamberlain were untouchables with the false assumption they'd be shutdown relievers in perpetuity

different circumstances but Jed was content to part ways with an effective controllable RP in Effross (seemingly) fully knowing how transient RP health and performance is

[Transmogrified Tiger]

28 minutes ago, sneakypower said:

i quite honestly think it's the opposite; i'd argue Jed would seriously pause at this offer bc nobody's likely to top a current top-75 prospect and MLB-ready #3-4 SP with upside for more

Mason Miller is appointment viewing for me, but his injury history is already pretty scary and these types of guys just have such a short shelf life that any responsible GM would seriously hesitate to surrender too much system talent on the off-chance a power arm remains intact for more than a few months at a time

Felix Bautista would've seemed like an untouchable a year ago, i remember prevailing opinion insisting Joel Zumaya and Joba Chamberlain were untouchables with the false assumption they'd be shutdown relievers in perpetuity

different circumstances but Jed was content to part ways with an effective controllable RP in Effross (seemingly) fully knowing how transient RP health and performance is

It's for this reason that I think you're looking at rentals or maybe a guy with 1.5 years to FA as a target, especially if that 1.5 years is on a FA deal that manages the prospect cost.  The most 'premium' reasonable option probably being someone like Hunter Harvey?

[Tim]

7 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

It's for this reason that I think you're looking at rentals or maybe a guy with 1.5 years to FA as a target, especially if that 1.5 years is on a FA deal that manages the prospect cost.  The most 'premium' reasonable option probably being someone like Hunter Harvey?

Look at TT stealing my ideas from yesterday. 🙂

[Transmogrified Tiger]

12 minutes ago, Tim said:

Look at TT stealing my ideas from yesterday. 🙂

Or have I been incepting you all for months?

[PeanutPunch33]

10 hours ago, BigbadB said:

This same bullpen will have a month or two of being one of the top 5 bullpens in baseball. They had hot streaks last year. You need a mix of not getting overused or underused. Early in the season, starters are still getting stretched out. I'm not saying that they shouldn't or won't make some moves at the deadline, because frankly, they will need to make some moves because of the abundance of talent they won't be able to protect next offseason, but some of these guys that have been bad will be better with more reps. 

I'm not concerned about the bullpen at all. I have grown a bit tired of the 9th inning follies, but it will correct itself in due time. 

I hope so.  Before I even got the chance to read this today, they blew another one lol.  I think they'll be fine later in the year, but it'll probably take a trade, a call-up, + a guy like Alzolay getting right