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  1. mul21
    I wouldn't be surprised if you see Caissie supplant Seiya at DH a decent amount against RHP. He was borderline bad against them before this slump and he's been absolutely wretched against them during it. I don't expect magic, but I like the possibility of him running into a couple HRs over the next few weeks. He's going to swing and miss but based on the minor league data, he makes decent swing decisions so hopefully he gets some fastballs to test him early and does damage.
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    The point is that starting pitching hasn't been the issue since the break. I won't argue I'd like to have seen another arm.
  4. mul21
    Might want to read that again.
  5. mul21
    Yeah, he's a keep him on the MLB roster or lose him guy. I think you'll maybe see some additional days off for Tucker, Happ and PCA with Castro on the roster and Amaya/Kelly available to DH now.
  6. mul21
    Go check the starter's ERA since the break.
  7. mul21
    I covered that in my next response. Probably Gleyber Torres honestly.
  8. mul21
    Again, bonus pool money is a key factor here. Pena was their 3rd highest international bonus in 2024 and got $900K, Pratt was a 5th round pick they were able to overslot (by triple) because of their oversized bonus pool. All those little things matter and they've hit on a couple international lottery tickets, where I will say the Cubs have largely failed on for a long time now.
  9. mul21
    I'm not going to be worried about Caleb until game 5 or 6 this year. If he's not looking like he's figuring it out by then, panic may start to set in, but when you considering he's learning an entirely new offense (again) under a coach who's demanding and runs a relatively complex system, I think you have to be pretty patient to start the season.
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    How many extra picks do them and the Cardinals get that the Cubs never even have a chance at (the answer is 5 picks in the top 34 since 2017)? That extra bonus pool adds so much flexibility in how a team runs their draft. But also, they have a total of 2 first round/competitive balance picks on their roster that have been drafted since 2015.
  11. mul21
    Thank you sir.
  12. mul21
    I’m going to the game tonight and it says it’s delayed. Any indication of a start time at this point? I’m about a 5 minute walk from the park right now and don’t want to walk over until I have a better idea of first pitch.
  13. mul21
    To further make your point, he's given up a total of 20 runs in those losses and 9 of them were in 2 starts.
  14. mul21
    The Cards were playing games with rest for their starters and he's been up and down a bunch this year before the dumped Fedde. They were trying to keep their rotation on 5 days rest, so frequently when they had a stretch with no days off, he'd come up and take a start to give the rest of the rotation an extra day.
  15. mul21
    Plot twist: he's a rookie so we're screwed anyway.
  16. mul21
    It's really not. The starters will get the bulk of the work in a somewhat controlled environment in the joint practice Friday and not playing in the game after going through one of those has kind of become the norm these days.
  17. mul21
    The throwing curves part I'll agree with, Any breaking pitch is going to stress an arm that's not fully developed more than it should be stressed. However, this weight lifting is bad and guys aren't stretched out line of thinking is absolute nonsense. Do you not see Keith Law bitching every single college baseball season about how guys get stressed when it comes to the College World Series? College pitchers throw plenty. The training regimens followed by pitchers are so well designed and catered to each individual that they're light years better than anything guys were doing 30-40-50 years ago.
  18. mul21
    You realize how different those motions are biomechanically right? And how you almost never hear about a softball pitcher with an arm injury?
  19. mul21
    There wasn't a guy, it's saying he had the highest % since it's been recorded, which started in 2000.
  20. mul21
    There's a built in recovery period in running too. Most of the people starting out are only running 4 days a week and only one of them is a longer run. These guys are throwing on the side as well, so it's a pretty analogous comparison.
  21. mul21
    Sure, but if you limit him to 2-3 innings for like 8 more starts over the course of the season, you've significantly reduced the stress on his arm and you're less likely to see an issue if you let him go 5 innings in a max of 3-4 postseason starts.
  22. mul21
    There's a ton of data in other sports (distance running for example) that shows quick increases in workload cause injuries. So if you're going to train for a marathon, going from zero miles a week to 40 miles a week in 18 weeks is likely to cause an injury because your muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints aren't accustomed to the load being put on them. Some of that can be minimized by running slower paces, but it doesn't eliminate the risk. I think you get into a more nebulous place when you're talking about pitchers because these aren't guys off the street who've never done this before, but in a case like this, you're asking someone to go run a marathon at their 10K pace (in terms of velocity thrown and spin put on the ball) so it stands to reason that backing off that breakneck pace like the White Sox did with Crochette last year makes a ton of sense.
  23. mul21
    I said this in the minor league forum, but I wonder if they start using him as an opener to keep him on the every 5 days routine and let him go 2-3 innings, then have Assad come in for the bulk of the innings after that. Keeps him fresh, minimizes his innings and would likely prevent an issue with overusing the pen.
  24. mul21
    I wonder if they'll do something like use him as an opener and give him like 2-3 innings per start to keep him on the every 5 day routine and have Assad get the rest of the bulk for that game.
  25. mul21
    I was watching the Braves Brewers game last night and the insanity of their hot streak is just mind blowing. The last 41 games they're 32-9 and have picked up 8 games on the Cubs, meaning the Cubs went 24-17. The Cubs have played at nearly a 95 win pace over their last 41 games and LOST 8 games in the standings. I can't be too upset about it at this point and just trust that regression to the mean happens for them too.
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