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  1. mul21
    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.
  2. mul21
    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.
  3. mul21
    I read the minor league summaries and I'd never heard of Wantz or Kelly so I'm in the same boat.
  4. mul21
    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.
  5. mul21
    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?
  6. mul21
    That feels like a lot given his FA status and recent performance, no?
  7. mul21
    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.
  8. mul21
    ABS review changed it to a ball.
  9. mul21
    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.
  10. mul21
    I have to imaging the plan is to get at least a couple innings out of Civale today with the quick hook for Assad.
  11. mul21
    Javier Houdini strikes again. It's crazy how often he strands guys.
  12. mul21
    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.
  13. mul21
    Are you mixing up Cabrera (the former Marlins pitcher/current Cub) and Sandy Alcantara (the current Marlins pitcher) and Kevin Alcantara (current Cubs OF)?
  14. mul21
    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.
  15. mul21
    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.
  16. mul21
    What was he saying? I lived there for 20+ years and a lot of it is frustration with the direction of the team and for me personally, I skipped a ton of games where tickets were cheap because the concessions are so ridiculously priced. It's almost $16 for a 25 oz. Busch Light before tip.
  17. mul21
    I think the offense will definitely take a step back but the pitching has been so bad this year that going from ranking in the 20s to around 10th isn't such a huge leap to think it's impossible. It certainly hinges on getting someone at the deadline this year that will be around in the future and much better injury luck than they've had this season.
  18. mul21
    The mini-season they're doing next spring is so strange. Obviously a "let's keep some sort of revenue stream and interest" play so they're not just out of mind for 9 months, but weird none the less.
  19. mul21
    Sure, but those guys didn't write 1,000 words and post a video about it.
  20. mul21
    It's dumb conjecture by a guy who writes here and makes absolutely zero sense.
  21. mul21
    He's a guy I'd be concerned about hitting a wall because of innings. He threw 132 last year but before that hadn't thrown more than 56 ever in his MLB career and was out all of 2024.
  22. mul21
    I feel like the math on the SP/RP split weighs heavily on who's coming back healthy. If you think you're going to have Brown, Cabrera, and Palencia all good to go for the playoffs, one of each would suffice. If you think you're not getting Palencia back, you probably need 2 RP because you're probably going to rely on Brown to be the versatile fireman like Palencia was in the playoffs last year and you'll need another reliable back end guy to finish games on top of the 6/7th inning guy you were probably getting anyway.
  23. mul21
    I think some combination of bringing Seiya back and rotating him and Shaw/Conforto in LF is a decent short term solution (obviously pending deadline deals) for next year while you buy some developmental time for the minor league guys until 2028. But I definitely agree with you on him not being a guy who has enough pop to be the every day guy in LF, even before factoring in whether or not he can hit LHP adequately in MLB.
  24. mul21
    This is an outright dumb idea. You don't trade your best power bat in the middle of a playoff race. Full stop. And they won't get nothing for him because there's about a 99% chance he gets the QO at the end of the season.
  25. mul21
    I'd be shocked if he took an assignment instead of electing FA.
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