Irrelevant Dude
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Back to the bench you go tomorrow kid! -
Bellinger needs to get going again. Way too many ground ball outs right now.
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Does anyone range further to his right than Bellinger at 1B? Occasionally it has caused a problem, but it was the only chance there and a really nice play.
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That's one way to make up for it!
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I don't know if I have ever seen that before, but sure seems like it should be interference.
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The bad news is Smyly is going to be hugely overpaid next year. The good news is this version of him does actually have SOME value and is worth having in the pen.
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A little more urgency please Yan. Geeze.
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Nice bounce back inning there. I don't love him going through the top of the order again, but at least there's a cushion.
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Absolutely. The pain of likely losing Bellinger is lessened by Seiya breaking out offensively.
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I stand corrected. REALLY shaky and giving up rockets. Ross needs to have someone ready in the 4th/5th.
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Shaky, but good enough.
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Looks like rain until around 8-9ish?
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I wonder if there are any tweaks that can be made to the waiver rules? Regardless of whether or not these guys can play in the playoffs, it doesn't seem right for late-season salary dumps to be potentially impacting playoff races. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/09/marlins-claim-matt-moore-from-guardians.html
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This latest injury reinforces that the Cubs can't count on Madrigal for anything going forward. For 2024 and beyond, he is nothing more than roster depth. Even when he is playing well enough, it's only a matter of time before he goes down with a hamstring injury again. "All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again."
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I disagree on the second point though. Young showed himself to be completely overwhelmed, both offensively and defensively. Despite Young's AAA numbers being slightly better, I just can't wrap my head around him being able to contribute more than Mervis over the next 2 weeks. And if this does accurately reflect how the Cubs organization views Mervis, then they probably have to trade him for whatever low level minor leaguer they can get this offseason. It doesn't make sense to dedicate a 40 man roster spot to a 26 year old AAA first baseman who is that low on the depth chart.
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What the horsefeathers? Why? There's not having a high opinion of a guy and then there's just shooting yourself in the foot.
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Well, that lineup is mixing things up a bit, so I'm all for it. Over/under 1.5 on Canario at bats tonight before he gets pinch hit for with Tauchman?
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That would take playing time away from Canario.
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This photo from the Trib website really sums it all up.
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Bears week 3 @ KC, Sunday 3:25 on FOX
Irrelevant Dude replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
On the opposite side of the spectrum, the one guy who didn't show negatively on the videos was Darnell Wright. Everyone else is screwing up, but he seems really solid. So that's only bright spot. Now the Bears just need 4 more of those guys. -
Bears week 3 @ KC, Sunday 3:25 on FOX
Irrelevant Dude replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I'm not even sure Claypool is the guy he dislikes most. You might have to flip a coin between him and Kmet. -
Bears week 3 @ KC, Sunday 3:25 on FOX
Irrelevant Dude replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I'm not going to claim to be football smart, but I have watched the first 2 weeks' QB School videos and that is almost as good as staying at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I came away from Sunday's game thinking that the poor QB performance was mostly on Fields and that he apparently was just never going to be the guy. Sure there has been bad playcalling and a bad supporting cast, but a true franchise QB should be able to overcome some of that. After watching that QB School video last night, I think the actual answer may be even worse. It appears the Bears have taken what started as a guy with a few flaws, haven't fixed those, and have simultaneously made his strengths worse. O'Sullivan pointing out plays where it looks like Fields has regressed in his ability to simply throw the ball was eye-opening. That raises the possibility that maybe the underlying problem is less on Fields himself. Maybe he could have been a good QB if he went somewhere else, but the Bears infrastructure is where QB prospects go to die. Has the lack of an adequate offensive line and WR targets (up until this season) completely broken or prevented the development of whatever internal clock and/or decision-making process that Fields needs to have in his head? Could any QB have developed successfully in this situation? -
Nah, it's yesterday's gamethread. It was already dead.
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I also worry that the offensive struggles are getting in his head now and impacting his defensive performance as well. It is entirely possibly that the defensive miscues are just an unfortunately timed outlier, but it sure seems like he it out of sorts in the field right now. Whether it is getting caught in between and letting the game's potential final out drop on Saturday, or trying to do to much and get a force out and second base that wasn't there on Sunday, he has been making some uncharacteristics mistakes lately.
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I have less confidence in them making the February date than I do in the Cubs making the playoffs.
