Irrelevant Dude
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There's no way the Cubs tender Wisdom next year, right? I kind of wish they would just cut him now and give Bote a few more chances. -
Minor League Musings
Irrelevant Dude replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I don't see it posted yet, but apparently Horton had a setback and is done for the season. Ugh. I thought this was a minor injury. -
I agree, but I doubt they will.
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Hear me out... What if, instead, we get 6 or 7 guys who are sometimes pretty ok and 2 or 3 guys who are usually pretty bad. That should even out on paper, right?
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Assuming a 550 at bat season, Michael Busch is on a near 200 strikeout pace. I didn't think his performance is sustainable unless that improves.
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I get it, but what's done is done with strike 2 and I want him to be aggressive on the last pitch and not take strike 3.
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6 innings, 2 runs from Kyle. I'll take that anytime.
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I'm sure Happ is eventually going to go on one of his 2 week heaters, but the extended periods where he is one of the worst hitters in baseball are really annoying.
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That ball looked like it had an EV of about 140 coming off the bat. I would have been less surprised if it hit a building across the road than I was that it landed in the basket.
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White Sox Season in Jeopardy
Irrelevant Dude replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in General Baseball Talk
Big game tonight! Can the White Sox score their first Monday victory of the season? -
Ideally that would be the case, but the Cubs' outfield picture is so crowded that I'm not sure there will really be much of an opportunity for anyone else unless there is another injury. Otherwise, how much is really to be gained by getting Caissie a few at bats a week similar to what we saw with Canario?
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It's the bottom of the lineup making all the difference. PCA + Amaya hitting changes everything.
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PCA putting things together makes for some interesting lineup decisions down the stretch. He probably needs to continue to play in CF nearly every day, and Busch needs to be at 1B every day. So do the Cubs put their best defensive lineup out there with Bellinger in RF when he is healthy, OR if they think Bellinger is opting out and want to keep getting Seiya work in RF for the future, does Cody continue to see most of his time at DH?
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You're right.
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Didn't Candelario go through something similar last year?
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That is crazy to think that Iowa Cubs can field a lineup with 5 legitimate Top 100 prospects.
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Yeah, the new normal where the jump from AAA to the Major Leagues is larger than it has ever been. Not that there hasn't always been an adjustment, but that the adjustment is even bigger now.
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Even when PCA is making outs, he is having much better at bats. A very promising development. Maybe this is just the new normal, where most rookie hitters will be expected to have an extended period of poor production while they (hopefully) adjust to Major League pitching.
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For some reason I still look forward to watching the Cubs play on Sunday Night Baseball.
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I caught part of the Marquee postgame show and Cliff Floyd was putting most of the blame on Nico for the ball that didn't get caught. I can't say that I really agree, but he said Nico was too tentative in his call, PCA was calling the ball the whole time, and Nico should have got out of the way earlier. I still feel like PCA has to recognize Nico being camped under the ball, but I guess I kind of see what Floyd was saying. PCA hesitated a bit not knowing whether Nico was going to get out of the way, and that is what caused him to not be able to get to the ball. The whole situation is avoided if PCA just allows Nico to make the play, but I can't completely dismiss Floyd's opinion as a former Major League outfielder.
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We can say that hopefully PCA learns from this... But it's a lesson that anyone who has played baseball as long as he has really shouldn't have to learn.
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Maybe the LF line in Tampa was actually 20 feet further to the left?
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Incorrect. He has way more range than Bellinger.
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And as an added bonus, we get to ensure that Neris is back next year by giving him extra appearances.
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You haven't seen him running down balls fairly routinely that other center fielders don't even get to? Then you haven't been paying attention.
