Cubs (Taillon) vs Oakland (Springs): 4/2/25, 2:35pm

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1 hour ago, chibears55 said:

I think maybe you should consider not being an Ass hole on a message board...

As soon as your opinions get better my guy.

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Rossy was decent enough.

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17 hours ago, 1908_Cubs said:

1. The Athletics aren't good mind you, but they're not some historically bad fodder like they were two years ago. They're your standard "not great" teams. They're much better than standard Triple-A teams, and yet he had a very good series. He also saw their two best SP's in Springs and Severino. Discounting them like this is...silly. C'mon. 

2. His two hits on Wednesday had an expected BA of .940 and .880. They were not "lucky to fall in", it would have been very unlucky for them to be outs. 

3. He probably doesn't look comfortable. He's played nine major league baseball games. He's seeing each pitcher for the first time, and has faced Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Jeremy Springs, L:uis Severino, Zac Gallen, Merril Kelly, Mason Miller...he's facing some guys who have ridiculous stuff. He's not going to look comfortable against these guys by going and facing "Random Triple-A pitcher #9" for three more weeks, either. The way you gain comfort against those guys is seeing those guys. This is what rookies look like.

1.  The A's pitching sucked last year (4.50 xFIP) and looked bad in the series, and their defense was unsteady too and the sun didn't help.

2.  One of his hits on Wed he was fooled on an offspeed pitch and well out in front and dropped it into shallow LF.  Yes he was lucky the hit dropped in and no he didn't look comfortable.

3.  It's possible he's the best guy to play at 3B right now for us, hard to say, but having a rookie start his MLB career after a shorter ST than the vast majority of MLB players due to injury and hitting very poorly in that stint is not exactly giving him the optimal chance for success out the gate.  He's hitting .189 and looks the part.

Edited April 5, 2025 by Stratos

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Matt Shaw was horrific in Japan and IMO a bundle of nerves.  But he's got a 113 wRC+ and nearly even walks and strikeouts since getting back stateside.  On top of that he's got a .341 xwOBA to a .322 wOBA domestically, so I'm not sure the luck argument holds either.

There are some ugly swings, he's getting beat in-zone more than I'd like, but I don't see any reason he should be at Iowa.