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  1. mul21
    What happened here?
  2. mul21
    Yeah, there's still the art/science of calling a game. As much as I despised him all those years, Molina was probably about the best there's ever been at that and you'll hear almost every pitcher who ever threw to him say that. Definitely still some learning to do there for Mo.
  3. mul21
    I'm reading it the same as you. I think the cost of a splashy move right now would be prohibitive, even with the MiL depth the Cubs currently have.
  4. mul21
    @Jason Ross any insights on why Gallen has been so bad this year? I see all the indicators are going in the wrong direction (walk 5, K%, hard hit, etc.) but I'm curious if he's just lost location or spin is down or there's something specific he's not doing now that he has in the past.
  5. mul21
    Yeah, the plastic surgery and/or Botox have rendered his face unable to move in a natural way. It's very odd looking.
  6. mul21
    It wasn't TJS. He had a revision done with an internal brace.
  7. mul21
    It would have been man on 2nd with one out if Busch makes the play. Ground out advances him to 3rd, fly out to Happ strands him there. Nobody would have scored without the "hit".
  8. mul21
    It's also pre-Covid and in Columbus, not Chicago. I'd bet that second part is easily a 1/4-1/3 cost increase.
  9. mul21
    Huge, raging, doom boners.
  10. mul21
    They actually do. There are multiple series where all 3 games are a 1:20 start and nobody else does that. I just did a count for the rest of the season and they play 10 more day games than even the Brewers, who have some additional day games because they play the Cubs, so there is a marked difference. I'm not sure it really has an effect on the team with the way nutrition and training has changed in the last 30 years, but it's something worth considering.
  11. mul21
    I kid, I kid.
  12. mul21
    I think Morel's inability to make contact with the baseball on a consistent basis ruined Morel. BA OBP SLG OPS
  13. mul21
    Or you could just use the one that is tracked on this very site. https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-bullpen-usage/
  14. mul21
    And this is why:
  15. mul21
    Surprisingly, most of their underlying numbers weren't far off from their actual numbers last time I looked. It seems like Liberatore has finally turned the corner and he might be an actually good pitcher. The rest of them, between age and regression, I suspect are due for some decline in performance though.
  16. mul21
    Speaking of which........
  17. 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.
  18. 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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  20. 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.
  21. mul21
    I know he hates the Cardinals for the way they treated him, so that's a plus.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. mul21
    My new basement set up.
  25. 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.
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