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Say Cabrera comes back strong, with Holmes and Gausman, is there any reason to give Imanaga or Boyd a playoff start? Certainly, if they advance, not against the Brewers, if it's the Phillies in the WC are they especially weak against LHP? Looked it up, appears the Phillies are fairly neutral when it comes to RHP vs. LHP - 105 vs. 97 sOPS+, meaning there's no compelling reason for giving Imanaga or Boyd a playoff start at all.
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Anyone think the last Cardinals' reliever got away with numerous mistakes? Thought I saw several hung sliders over the middle along with a few BP fastballs. Cubs didn't make him pay for any of those mistakes, still won.
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Very nice win, keep putting the pressure on the Brewers. Brewers getting Yamamoto tonight, at there's a chance they'll lose.
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4-2, picking up some ground on Milwaukee is pretty damn good. Can't fault the Cubs for last night, appears the Nationals' starter literally pitched the game of his life. No one, not even the Brewers would have got to him. The pressure is on the Brewers, I believe there's a real good chance their lead on the Cubs will be 2 or less games Monday morning.
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Claypool and Davis I put them on Poles, Dalman is bad luck, don't know how Poles would have determined or guessed he'd retire. Can't blame Poles for Dalman not wanting to be a vegetable after football. As for Gordon, prior to drafting him, is there a way Poles could have concluded he'd lose his desire for football after getting paid?
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Is it easier to be the hunter than the hunted? At times, in baseball, that appears to true.
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Yes, I believe it's the only option for this season. Think the cap hit is less with cutting him in 2027, I may seen that somewhere.
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Believe I read Jason is working on a piece about this new pitch. Looking forward to it.
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Biggest problem was stopping the run, they couldn't get off the field, like you, I didn't believe the defense was going to be much improved. If they can just improve on stopping the run, even a little bit, defense may not be a total sieve.
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Was thinking along the same lines, I remember looking up recovery from a ruptured patellar tendon and many results suggested chances they were slim to none.
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12-5 for the 17 consecutive game stretch, that's pretty damn good.
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Probably, hope the injury isn’t too bad.
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Regardless of the extent, groin injuries remain problematic throughout the season. I’m being fatalistic but, groin injuries are nagging, easy to aggravate.
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Just read it’s a groin injury, given what we’ve seen in the past - Jaylon - it basically a season ending injury. Sure, Jaylon came back but, he could barely move, damn it sucks. Don’t believe it’s going to slow the Bears’ offense down in a significant manner. One of Raymond, Thomas, Walker or a combination will step up in a big way.
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Guess it might a hamstring which is almost as troublesome, hoping for the best. I really believe injury luck is the biggest factor for Super Bowl winning teams, every season the winning team has amazing injury luck.
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Aren't groin injuries particularly troublesome? In all my years as fan of Chicago sports teams I don't remember a player returning 100% from such an injury during the season. It's almost always been an effectively season ending injury.
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Just watch the condensed game, PCA, as many have said, forces the opposition into mistakes, it's awesome.
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Relative to last few games this is a fairly large step down in opponents' starting pitching. Appears today is a bullpen game for the Royals, a bullpen which is among the worst in the AL.
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August 3, 2026 Trade Deadline Rumors/Gossip/Speculation Thread
gflore34 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
They didn't have to trade Skubal, they were will within the playoff picture, hell, with Skubal, even the AL Central was still in play. They, not the Dodgers, are ruining baseball, cowards. I hope this trade blows up in Tigers' faces. -
The send by Berry wasn't wise, have to consider who is running. Throw down to third by the Blue Jays was not wise either, they had no shot at getting PCA.
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Too bad about Luke Little, dude just can't throw enough strikes, never could.
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Mirkovic with surgery on his left foot, no other details other than he's expected to make a full recovery. WTF is it with Underwood' teams and terrible injury, etc. luck? Year after year, if it's not an injury, it's something else (Shannon) or illness or swarms of locusts, every horsefeathers year.
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It's probably more my irritation with the Dodgers' announcers, they make it easy to root for bad things to happen to the Dodgers.
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Pages is good, he's not in PCA' league who just might be historically good.
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LOL, Dodgers announcers creaming in their pants about Pages' defense, PCA probably makes those catches without sliding, almost making them look routine. Which is completely amazing and they wouldn't have a clue.
