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  1. mul21
    Speaking of which........
  2. mul21
    Skenes came up last year and will be eligible for FA after the 2029 season. Horton, now that I'm doing the math, is likely a FA after the 2031 season, so they would get an extra 2 years of control over Skenes, but even if Wiggins is up sometime next year, he's not a FA until after the 2032 season. For the Pirates, who refuse to spend any money, cheap control is always the end game and Wiggins gets them more of that. They're nowhere near competing right now so longer term assets are probably better for them.
  3. mul21
    This was my thinking on why a deal for Skenes involving Horton is unlikely. It gives them one extra year of control over a really good pitcher but does that really do anything for them? Seems like Wiggins would be a more likely candidate for them in a Skenes deal.
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  5. mul21
    I'm most concerned in the near term with getting someone who can give them 6 innings every 5 days so the pen isn't gassed come July. The recent stretch against subpar teams where the starters (outside of Jamo and Horton last night) have mostly been going 5 IP or less is going to be a problem when they start facing decent teams again.
  6. mul21
    I know he hates the Cardinals for the way they treated him, so that's a plus.
  7. mul21
    I'm glad they pulled that out last night. The 4 or 5 balls that were hit with like 102+ EVs that went for outs were frustrating and would have been more so if they lost. I'm curious if there's a stat like xGoals in soccer for baseball that would tell us how many runs we should have scored.
  8. mul21
    LaRussa is still pulling strings behind the scenes if you listen to Chicago sports talk radio pundits. The game has passed him by and they made a lot of really bad decisions based on his advice. Combine that with some terrible injury luck, an awful developmental system, and a few guys just completely falling apart (Tim Anderson, I'm looking at you) and it adds up to the predicament they're in now.
  9. mul21
    My new basement set up.
  10. mul21
    Right handed Casey Kotchman comes to mind. If he can hit .280 in MLB he's a useful player but much less than that and he has negative value because he won't do much else for you.
  11. mul21
    This is Hawk Harrelson TWTW level of dumbassery.
  12. mul21
    Who can they get to shore things up today? Any guys who have those triggers in the minors with drop dead dates? Just having someone who can get through 6 innings even if they give up 4 runs is fine with this offense but the pen is going to implode if they keep going 4+ every day.
  13. mul21
    It actually is kind of important. It means there haven't been any off days sacrificed later in the season or DHs scheduled to screw up the rotation or routine. That alone can be huge for a team that's already keeping a close eye on pitcher workloads.
  14. mul21
    No, I'm not talking about that.
  15. mul21
    Adames plays for the Giants so that would be a trick.
  16. mul21
    He got a strikeout last night on a change up, so maybe have a little patience with the kid.
  17. mul21
    I think the starting pitching is due for a significant regression. I have areal hard time believing this is going to continue. They've also been completely healthy and with guys as old as Gray and Mikolas in the rotation, I wouldn't necessarily expect that to continue.
  18. mul21
    I'd bet they keep one of the OF simply because you lose both Happ and Suzuki after 2026 and having a cheap backfill is something ownership probably values and it gives some payroll flexibility to fill other roster gaps.
  19. mul21
    He's not going 6. They're going to be lucky if he finishes the 5th. I don't think his pitch count is going to be much above 80 and he's already past 55.
  20. mul21
    Game threads have always been way over reactionary but this new bunch of users is taking it to another level.
  21. mul21
    Right? It's almost like these guys aren't finished products when they come up because they still have some things to learn and refinements to make that take MLB experience to get right. But I'm sure they were all experts at their jobs on day one.
  22. mul21
    It was the ump signaling a dead ball. And while JD isn't buying the interference call, he clipped Dansby's foot and tripped him and that's why it got called.
  23. mul21
    No, I can ask that they fire an obviously incompetent coach before a second double digit loss season. They could have had Ben Johnson before last year and avoided ALL of this horsefeathers.
  24. mul21
    Sounds like a guy who wanted his kid to go into a situation where he could succeed and based on the Bears history (and the idiotic decision to keep Eberflus) I have a hard time blaming him for his position. And we all know he's right about the CBA/salary cap being trash. Just another affirmation that the McCaskeys need to sell the team because they're incompetent boobs.
  25. mul21
    Is this based on your opinion of his long term MLB prospects or just goofing around? And is he viable at 3B or more Christopher Morel?
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