Irrelevant Dude
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Everything posted by Irrelevant Dude
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This team is clearly AT LEAST one bullpen arm short. I like Palencia, but he can't be trusted in important spots. Kay is basically just a mop up guy. And we aren't even sure what role Wesneski is going to play. That's too many guys to have to work around in late inning situations. -
That got a little scary. I guess the Cubs try to get through this one with Assad in the 9th?
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I assume Alzolay is down today, so hopefully the offense shows up and puts this one out of reach.
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Credit where credit is due... Smyly got off to a rocky start, but ultimately it worked. So I'll eat crow this time. Whatever Ross' reasons were for pulling Wesneski after 2, it worked out in the end.
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It feels good to be on the right side of this pixie dust for a change. What a stretch of games recently.
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The double play is going to get overshadowed, and understandably so, but that double play was spectacular and one that rarely gets turned.
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Unbelievable
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That was an incredible turn.
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Only one more? He's a starter. Apparently Ross has fallen in love with the idea of an opener for Smyly, even when that opener is capable of going much longer.
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Why was Wesneski pulled after 2 innings?
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First order of trade business - Find a serviceable left-handed reliever not named Anthony Kay.
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I'm on board with getting him through 5 and getting him out of there, hopefully with a big enough lead for Kay and Rucker to eat some innings.
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Watching that video of the Cardinals broadcast, their reactions were equal parts satisfying and mystifying. I guess the argument was that Mikolas was doing things the "right way" by throwing below the belt and therefore should have only received a warning. So my question then would be, what if he missed a second time and then threw at the batter a third time? Is he still ok then? Can he continue intentionally throwing at batters until he finally hits one and gets warned for it? I may be a grumpy old baseball purist about a lot of things, but even I can recognize the idea of intentionally throwing at batters is silly.
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I think my favorite part was the Cubs players laughing in the dugout.
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Everything's coming up Milhouse right now.
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I just turned the game on. Can someone explain what just happened?
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In the pitch clock era, these 3.5 hr games now feel like they are 5 hours long.
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Nice play by Mastrobuoni. I can't believe I'm saying this, but he has done a pretty good job at 3B these past few weeks. Who goes back to Iowa when Madrigal is ready, Wisdom or Mastrobuoni? Or the dark horse and completely undeserving candidate, Amaya?
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Another defensive miscue leads to a run, and maybe more.
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That pitch has been getting called a lot lately. It seems like umpires are getting worse.
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Of course he scores after that
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Runners on second and third for... Ugh.
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This is not ideal on multiple levels.
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They aren't a bad team either. If in fact they continue to beat up on weak teams over the next few weeks, you can't hold it against them that they had a front-loaded schedule and are now talking advantage of a softer spot. They are pretty much what a lot of us thought they were going into the season, a borderline playoff contender in today's expanded MLB playoff system.
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As long as the Cubs have a puncher's chance at a playoff spot, and barring any trades, it appears they are likely to ride Tauchman in CF and Bellinger at 1B against righties and Bellinger in CF and Mancini at 1B against lefties. I can't really argue with that approach, as now probably isn't the best time to throw Mervis back into the mix. When/if we reach a point where the playoffs are out of reach, then I have to imagine Mervis will be up and playing almost every day.
