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  1. gflore34
    Sure. I'm glad the Cardinals lost last night.
  2. gflore34
    Down go the pissbirds, absolutely love the fake rally.
  3. gflore34
    More frustration on my part, it would be great to see what Horton can do when he's hitting his spots. It's going to happen one of these starts maybe, it'll be against the pissbirds.
  4. gflore34
    A hot take on my part, just appears he's left less over the middle than Horton and most definitely Abel has more experience.
  5. gflore34
    Interesting, Abel was taken one pick, #15, before the Cubs took Ed Howard at #16 in 2020. Don't know if anyone can recall if the Cubs would have considered Abel had the Phillies not taken him at 15? As for Howard, injuries and the lack of a hitting tool have really sacked his chances. Don't believe he'll ever sniff the Major Leagues let alone make it to AAA.
  6. gflore34
    Taking a quick glance of Abel' minor league stats at BR suggests control may have been a problem? Though it appears to have improved over the previous two years, hasn't issued any BB in his two starts. Still, the Cubs need to work the count, get his pitch count up and get to the vulnerable Phillies' bullpen. I'm guessing Abel' stuff is hard FB and slider or curve and change up? I don't think velocity bothers the Cubs all that much, velocity + location - well, that bothers everyone. Just took a quick glance at Abel' pitches at MLB - 5/18 and 6/4 - appears to throw a tick harder than Horton and more important;y doesn't leave a bunch of pitches over the middle of the plate. He already looks like what Horton could be with consistent location. I'm going to bitch - why is other organizations can develop a SP, such as Abel, who is effective but, we Cubs fans have to endure a mistake prone Horton? I guess Assad could qualify as an effective SP the Cubs have developed but, I'm talking about a guy with plus stuff. Sure would be nice if sometime in next few years it could happen. Maybe Wiggins will be that guy.
  7. gflore34
    I was getting at that is probably near the best he could have done in a, lets face it, toxic environment. No way in the world does Justin or Mitch even comes close to those numbers in the same environment. Caleb' numbers, as you state, were bad enough but, could have been far worse.
  8. gflore34
    And the Cubs have done OK because of their line up depth but, it won't last. He's got to get going, I think he will, some team is going to pay.
  9. gflore34
    I still think the lineup is a bat, maybe, two short, but, they'll have the arms to deal.
  10. gflore34
    Given what we've learned of the gross incompetence surrounding Caleb, I don't think people grasp just how much Caleb was able to accomplish. Sure, there's plenty of negatives to site, there's also plenty on the positive side. I really don't believe any of the QB's in Caleb' class would have been able to put up the same numbers in the same conditions. I think Ben Johnson saw this and realizes Caleb is special, has better tools than Goff, and, knows he can bring Caleb to the next level. Caleb is going to cook this season and he's going to out produce all of Daniels, Maye, Nix and Penix, showing everyone why he is the number one pick.
  11. gflore34
    Time to kick them when they're down, no Harper, take advantage. Taking advantage would be greatly facilitated by Happ and Tucker getting going, something, anything would help.
  12. gflore34
    Better than Pressly and I suspect would have been more effective as the closer for Cubs in April. Though Pressly' ineffectiveness may turned out for the best, I've far more confidence in Palencia at the end of the game now.
  13. gflore34
    Was anyone encouraged that Horton' going to minimize the mistakes today? He sandwiched three pretty effective innings with mistake littered innings. Is too much to expect he's ever going to get it going this year? Still a good thought to keep giving him chances going with a six man rotation when Shota comes back? With his, thus far, apparent inability to consistently execute I don't know if moving Horton to the bullpen would serve the Cubs very well.
  14. gflore34
    I fully expect Luzardo to right the ship vs the Cubs and that's okay. With both Wheeler and Luzardo if the Cubs stay in those games, get into the Phillies bullpen, they'll win one of them.
  15. gflore34
    You're probably correct. Currently, his ERA 1.30, I'm thinking it's going to go up, maybe not too much.
  16. gflore34
    I guess we could go back and forth, on one hand said scary pitcher can't pitch every inning. He can pitch multiple times in a series to great effect. On the other, scary line up plays every inning and gets many more chances than scary pitcher. Then, there's the randomness of playoff baseball, who knows, maybe Cubs' pitching staff catches lightning in a bottle and shuts everyone down while their line up does just enough to win. Or Skubal, after a long season and a plethora of innings, tires a little and gets crushed.
  17. gflore34
    That's all it takes, because of the Cubs' strength in their line up they do have some margin for error. Tigers don't have that, Dodgers certainly do, Padres, Mets, Phillies and should they make it, the Diamondbacks, as well.
  18. gflore34
    No one, who's the scary bat on the Tigers?
  19. gflore34
    It'd be real nice if the Cubs could return the favor to them by taking two of three. Last time the Phillies came in having lost four in row before righting the ship vs Cubs. Is Harper out? If so, I like the Cubs chances to win the series.
  20. gflore34
    Agree on Flaherty, don't know if I'm sold on Kahnle, he's been fantastic over 27+ innings, maybe over performing a bit. There's a real good chance he regresses over the next 20 or so innings.
  21. gflore34
    They do deserve credit for playing well. Other than Skubal there's nothing scary about them, very beatable should the Cubs meet them again.
  22. gflore34
    Just the way the series went, every bounce and anything fortuitous that could have happen for Tigers did.
  23. gflore34
    It's more that other dipshit.
  24. gflore34
    BS, Tigers are not significantly better, if they're better at all, Cubs, with any amount of luck, could have just as easily taken two of three. They're were several plays made by Tigers they don't make again.
  25. gflore34
    Maybe, be awfully horsefeathers nice if Happ and Tucker show up.
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