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  1. mul21
    Especially when it's a 1B/DH who's probably blocked long term by much better hitters.
  2. mul21
    One of the reasons the Cubs liked him more than other teams was because of how his FB plays up in the zone. I don't recall the exact science of it, but the shape of the pitch lends to it being more effective up than down and it also makes his splitter more effective because they start in the same spot but end in very different locations. I don't think you can change his entire strategy of attacking hitters without some real issues in the middle of a season and it's probably not a thing you want to do at all.
  3. mul21
    I mean, at some point you have to get guys to eat innings and you have finite resources. Even in a case like this, the delta between the pitcher you get vs the dregs you'd otherwise send out there is greater than whatever bat you get vs the probably already solid one you replace.
  4. mul21
    How many "superstars" are on this list? I'll give you 5 in Ortiz, Bumgarner, Strasburg, Seager, and Freeman and 2 of them are pitchers.
  5. mul21
    Why did you personally break Ben brown's neck and why do you hate us?
  6. mul21
    Yeah, if every guy was tearing a labrum or having the same weird injury that's not a UCL, I'd lean that direction but this is just an insane random assortment of injuries with no apparent rhyme or reason. I mean, it's clearly the training staff's fault that Cabrera lost his footing last night and his groin exploded.
  7. mul21
    That was 2 years ago and it broke him for a while.
  8. mul21
    There's just no good way to line up the starting pitchers. Assad in game 1, maybe Velasquez in game 2 and they just let him wear it to save as many arms as possible? That leaves you with Rea or Shota for tomorrow and then the other one of those guys, Ben and probably Boyd for the weekend with Milwaukee with a very likely tired pen that already isn't very good.
  9. mul21
    I think we probably need to pause before we just decide Bregman is a much better defender when you take into account he's been playing there for 10 years and Shaw has been playing the position part time for 2.5. Just based on his athletic ability and baseball aptitude, I have to believe Shaw can approach or surpass Bregman defensively given time and experience. That may not do us any good right now, but I don't think you can just completely ignore that part of the equation.
  10. mul21
    Two things can be true at the same time.
  11. mul21
    I assume they're going with Cabrera today because Shota probably used yesterday as a throw day and he'll start one of the games tomorrow?
  12. mul21
    Jinx 😂
  13. mul21
    I'd suspect there are probably some contract negotiations involved since he's taking on a much larger job and probably isn't willing to do it for assistant coach money, even if it is an interim gig.
  14. mul21
    Not enough word salad for that I don't think.
  15. mul21
    Who is this in reference to? Also, if you're suggesting some sort of racial bias from Jason here, you're waaaaaaaay off base. He's been around here for a very long time and is a well respected contributor with a track record so I'd be cautious about throwing around accusations of that nature.
  16. mul21
    I was in a suite at that game and was the only Hawks fan in the box. It was amazing.
  17. mul21
    Is the cutter actually a cutter? That seems like a big velo difference between that and the FBs.
  18. mul21
    🚨🚨🚨both sides alert, I repeat, both sides alert 🚨🚨🚨
  19. mul21
    I'd definitely take Boozer over Peterson. I think, especially in basketball where one guy can have so much impact on results, that players who are "winners" have a leg up on other guys. Jalen Brunson and the whole UConn crew on the Knicks is a good example. Wagler won in high school and look what happened at Illinois last year. It's not the end all be all, but I definitely think it's a not insignificant factor in what kind of results you see in terms of winning.
  20. mul21
    Sure, let's lose out on a couple years of guys like Griffey, Kerry Wood, and Bryce Harper in the name of saving a few million dollars. I hate baseball owners so much.
  21. mul21
    In Boog's defense, Girardi thinks and says a lot of really dumb horsefeathers so it's hard to blame him for that.
  22. mul21
    It broke the previous season record of .311, so it absolutely was ridiculous.
  23. mul21
    And sometimes it just doesn't matter. The 2012 Cardinals set an MLB record by hitting .330 with RISP, were 2nd in the NL in scoring, and 6th in ERA and still only finished with 88 wins because sometimes baseball just baseballs.
  24. mul21
    They're clearly screwed. Nobody has scored on this pitcher all year.
  25. mul21
    Look at you leaving out important context (as usual)! Now, Bregman has been absolute ass with RISP, but you can't just go using a raw number like that and not also include the fact that those guys have had literally the most opportunities with RISP so naturally they're going to have the most left on base. Nico is 10th, Dansby 30th, and Seiya is tied with 5 others at 45th on this list.
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