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They were also seeing the same pitchers more frequently, seeing much less velocity, and less spin. They wouldn't have been any more successful today with their strategy than they were then and probably less so.

He's not as good as Boog, but go listen to some other team's broadcasts. He's light years better than Chip Caray or whoever does the Brewers games and outside of other big markets like LA or SF, Jason Benetti is probably one of the few guys who's better than Alex.

I read the minor league summaries and I'd never heard of Wantz or Kelly so I'm in the same boat.

Considering that Rea has never been an option to be in the rotation before injuries happen and was signed very specifically as a swing guy, I don't think there should be any concern about him being slated for an opening day rotation spot, let alone both he and Assad being slated for them. At this point you have Cabrera, Steele, Brown, and possibly Wiggins as options before you get to either of those guys on top of whoever they add at the deadline and FA acquisitions/offseason trades.

Maybe Assad to Iowa since they're likely to have a starter in place and available before his next turn in the rotation comes up and it gives them a fresh arm for the weekend?

That feels like a lot given his FA status and recent performance, no?

A lot depends on what it takes to get a particular guy, but even then, your comparison isn't apples to apples with Skubal being a FA after the season and Miller having multiple years of control remaining. Overall, I think you benefit more from getting a good SP who can start a playoff game but the calculus depends a bit on who's coming back healthy and what role they're going to have. This team doesn't have enough pitching, period. Add Cabrera and a trade piece to the rotation, then get Palencia, Brown, Harvey and maybe Steele back in the bullpen and the need becomes less, but you're not going to know that until after the deadline so there's some guess work involved.

ABS review changed it to a ball.

Not that I'm expecting them to, but if things go well, they could have a bullpen of death by mid-September. Brown, Harvey, Steele, and Palencia to go with whoever they add and probably Assad and Rea to provide some length along with Webb and Rolison. That's a bunch Craig can cook with in the playoffs.

I have to imaging the plan is to get at least a couple innings out of Civale today with the quick hook for Assad.

Javier Houdini strikes again. It's crazy how often he strands guys.

Yeah, I've had the same issue before (and I'm seeing the same thing today) and no idea what the problem is. Laptop doesn't seem to have a solution but usually if I turn my phone off and back on it solves the problem.

Are you mixing up Cabrera (the former Marlins pitcher/current Cub) and Sandy Alcantara (the current Marlins pitcher) and Kevin Alcantara (current Cubs OF)?

Man, as injury prone as Amaya has been, that would be a really ballsy move. And it would almost have to be a 3 team deal wouldn't it? None of the teams mentioned in the article are going to be willing to give up the kind of pitching the Cubs need in the middle of their own pennant race.

Yes and no. They killed a ton of small businesses by building Ballpark Village and it's just a cesspool of corporate bars and restaurants they've tried to dress up as small businesses. But downtown STL has been dying for 20 years and the pandemic really was a death knell because of the number of businesses that closed, sent people to work from home permanently, or moved their offices elsewhere in the metro area. It's no less safe than any other downtown area and people who say otherwise don't spend any time there.