Irrelevant Dude
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Everything posted by Irrelevant Dude
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Bellinger to IL with Rib Fracture, PCA called up
Irrelevant Dude replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'll grant you PCA, but hopefully Mervis can hit and Canario should be decent against LHP. Calling them automatic outs is a bit harsh. -
Bellinger to IL with Rib Fracture, PCA called up
Irrelevant Dude replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If he could have caught the damn ball on the previous play instead of losing it in the sun AGAIN, this never would have happened. Ok, maybe easier said than done, but annoying nonetheless. -
The Bulls are going to try really hard to trade Lavine. For real this time! Until they discover once again he has no value and decide the safest course of action is to run it back again with one or two new role players on the roster to shake things up. I will be shocked if they do anything aggressive or creative. It will be more of the same, as is always the case.
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Like clockwork, the Cubs are going to head out on the road right when it starts to warm up again.
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Leiter got squeezed a bit.
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Astros are doing their best to ensure Wicks can go 7+
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I'll be ok with the Cubs never attempting to steal a base again.
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Matt Mervis, Hayden Wesneski, Luke Little Called Up
Irrelevant Dude replied to Bertz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm surprised about the Cooper move. He isn't an exciting player by any means, but I would say he has been about what he was expected to be and did fine in a limited role. I think this move says more about the Cubs' confidence in Busch than anything else. Cooper was insurance in case Busch didn't take off right away, but clearly Busch isn't going anywhere. Plus, with Wisdom also able to fill the right handed corner infield role, Cooper became even more redundant. I hope Mervis has success this time around, He earned another shot, but I still don't think the Cubs have a lot of faith in him as a Major League player. -
Ideally though, if Brown isn't starting, it would be nice to have him pitching high leverage innings at the back end of the bullpen rather than having him handcuffed to Hendricks.
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Ok, that was scary. Swap a few words, and we posted the exact same thing at the same time.
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You can go back to sleep. There is no game today.
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That song they play in the transition with the Megalodon camera shots cracks me up. It's like they asked an AI to "create a song that sounds like Jump."
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This lineup really misses Seiya.
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I know, maybe it's not fair, but to me that's an error every time when you are camped under ball and can't make the catch.
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Hendricks leaves after 56 pitches.
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I agree in a vacuum, but this is what we have seen start after start with Hendricks. Guys are putting the ball in play and finding holes, and for whatever reason they often come in bunches. There is still likely some aspect of that being poorly timed bad luck, but how long can the Cubs try to wait that out? Well, at least we're getting the BABIP luck on our side now.
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But I think we're beyond the point of chalking it up to bad luck. He is just getting hit way too often, hard or not.
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What the hell Dansby.
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4th inning, here we go. Hendricks giving them cookies.
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Morel is lost.
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Silly me thinking, "Maybe the wind will hold it up."
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Looks like Hendricks isn't calling his own pitches anymore. So far so good.
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Better not have any more than 3 of those.
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I'll go against the grain and say that I think leaving Canario in was the right move there. He didn't get the job done, but taking at bats against lefties is what he is supposed to do. I just don't think bringing a left handed hitter off the bench to face a tough lefty pitcher was a realistic option. And if you bring Gomes in there, MAYBE he gives the Cubs a fractionally better chance of getting the run(s) in, but what does that do for Canario's confidence? I like that Counsell is giving unproven guys chances in situations like that, but it isn't always going to work out. Unfortunately, this was one of those times. I'm 50/50 on the bunt with the Amaya, but I absolutely understand why the Cubs did it and Amaya executed it perfectly.
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Arraez is a nightmare.
