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  1. mul21
    The angle from the bleachers on the Seiya catch there made that play look a lot tougher than it did in live action. Great play.
  2. mul21
    I don't know, I could see Shaw's bat becoming something akin to Happ and he's been out there for 8+ years now.
  3. mul21
    There's a non-zero chance you need 4 SPs this offseason. Cabrera is the only sure thing for 2027. You already know Horton is probably out until June minimum, Steele and Wiggins essentially haven't thrown a 2026 inning yet, Assad is probably fine to count on as a #5, Wicks is a question mark, Boyd and Shota are FAs, and we have no idea what Ben Brown's future holds in terms of pen vs starter.
  4. mul21
    That's the thing though, it wasn't chance. Ben Brown threw an obvious strike 3 to the batter, the umpire missed the call and then he gave up a couple of runs. There wasn't chance involved, it was the umpire doing his job poorly.
  5. mul21
    What's the justification? To make the umps feel better? It's absolutely silly to rely on human beings (in this particular instance) when the computer can do a 100% accurate job and it will take no more time than it does now. The Cubs probably lost that game last night because of a bad umpire, not because they challenged at the wrong time.
  6. mul21
    The Roku interface is usually a little wonky for the first week or two and then they get the bugs worked out but I still can't click on the game on the main screen and get to it live. It always sends me to the beginning of the pregame show and there's no option to fast forward. I have to go the the "Games" screen and get to it from there. Only mildly annoying but not sure why the functionality is so bad this year *cough ESPN cough*.
  7. mul21
    Was Brown held out all weekend because he wasn't ready to go Friday and the other 2 games were blow outs or are we looking at him to finish games until Palencia is back? I'm really curious to see how they deploy the pen with a lead right now. Also, please get a lead to protect because that's more fun than trailing all game.
  8. mul21
    The only real optimism I have is that last season when DA got all his DBs back and healthy, the defense became an entirely different thing. Maybe his scheme just isn't as dependent on a big pass rush as many others are and that's why they went this route. I'm no expert but I agree with the sentiment of most here that this was disappointing because it didn't address what nearly everyone considered to be the biggest needs in a meaningful way.
  9. mul21
    They play the Dodgers, not the Pirates. Stupid Derwood. 😜
  10. mul21
    Probably more like the middle 3 innings because that place is a damn nightmare to get into, even when capacity was significantly reduced because of Covid.
  11. mul21
    Obviously it wasn't out of the pen, but Assad threw 82 pitches on Sunday, so he's probably down for the day since I'd imagine Wednesday or Thursday would have been a regular throw day for him and he'll need another day to recover.
  12. mul21
    Happ is a very good player and doesn't have a history of baserunning mistakes. I'm going to go ahead and say that he was probably correct in hesitating so he wasn't at risk of getting doubled off, especially when the guys who are paid to watch and talk about the game every day are in agreement he was in a tough spot to make that read based on where he was and the trajectory of the ball.
  13. mul21
    Boog and JD both agreed it was a tough read and you just can't take a chance with no outs there.
  14. mul21
    I'd expect Roberts back pretty quickly and depending on how Maton responds to his bullpen session, he could be back soon as well.
  15. mul21
    I appreciate being proven wrong here. Nice job Michael.
  16. mul21
    That feels like a missed opportunity that'll bite them in the ass with Sanchez on the mound.
  17. mul21
    Matt Miller says Hecht is the best guy and a slightly slower version of Linderbaum. I'd love to see the Bears grab him if he's available at 89, but that's probably a little low for him.
  18. mul21
    Based on what Matt Miller said to Bernstein on his podcast, probably not. This is just a bad draft and even the top guys at their positions would rate behind the top guys in the last 2 drafts. There's just not good top end talent level available. Now, if the cost of trading up is something completely reasonable because of that, yeah, maybe you consider it, but I'd be very surprised if that happens.
  19. mul21
    All of this trade down talk is great, but with the board the way it is, who's looking to trade up? Unless Ty Simpson is still there at 25 and AZ or NYJ want back into the first to get the 5th year option on him, I don't really see a scenario where there's a good partner to match up with on a trade back.
  20. mul21
    Yeah, those were both bombs to deep CF today. Even in Iowa, that's not something a guy with no power is doing with regularity.
  21. mul21
    The bat speed being down makes me think something mechanical is going on or he's nursing some nagging injury like a sprained finger or something that's causing an issue but not necessarily bad enough to land him on the IL. I'd be shocked if a guy his age suddenly just lost it over an offseason.
  22. mul21
    I think in the particular case of Cabrera, I'm willing to cut them a little more slack since he's only been in the organization for ~6 months and they may still be in the figuring out what works best for his stuff/arm slot/etc. phase. Generally, I definitely agree with your point and it feels like they know their arms aren't great and that's probably a big part of why they've leaned into defense as much as they have.
  23. mul21
    That feels like oversimplifying it. Stuff+ is looking at a very specific aspect of what pitches do vs fWAR being an overall measure of how successful the pitching staff is. Seems like an apples to oranges situation. Like saying a team doesn't care about batting average vs WAR feels like a similar comparison to me.
  24. mul21
    In his defense, Billy was never the problem.
  25. mul21
    Doesn't Cabrera's FB grade out terribly in Stuff+ and the Cubs have him throwing it a lot more often? Feels like that's a likely explanation is those things are true.
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