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5/31 Reds (Ashcraft) @ Cubs (Assad) 1:20 PM CT
mul21 replied to Bertz's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
There's no kind of about it and I'll leave it at that. -
5/31 Reds (Ashcraft) @ Cubs (Assad) 1:20 PM CT
mul21 replied to Bertz's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Yeah, I think the message here is different strokes for different folks. While the Cubs methodology for unlocking the best a pitcher can be may work the vast majority of the time, there's guys who just won't take to it. There is no magic bean that makes every guy successful and that's been true forever. Even in the days of the sinker ballers, you saw guys who just couldn't keep the ball down enough to make it work because of the natural path of their arm and pitches. That's why these coaches and development guys get paid a ton of money to figure out what works best for who, and like anything else involving human beings, sometimes they miss something or the message isn't quite delivered the right way to a guy, or maybe he's just not ready to hear that message when it's delivered and 2 years later he is. There's a million permutations and I think looking at the overall body of work where guys like Leiter, Merryweather, Mychal Givens and even Assad and Wesneski, tells you they have a good idea of what they're doing. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-30-24
mul21 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I think that's just it, a dead ball. We've heard rumors of it at the MLB level and you know they like to experiment in the minors so I'd bet that's the biggest reason. Pitchers didn't suddenly become 20-25% better over the winter. -
Honestly, this is probably the biggest reason I want him to be a huge success. That group will have to eat their words and love him and his pink clothes and painted fingernails and they're going to hate it.
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EV on the hits that inning: 84.5, 89, 72.4 (double), and 98.6. Exactly one ball that qualifies as hard hit. I'm not sure you can glean anything from it.
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The offense isn't this bad. The offense being terrible and giving the pen no margin for error is making them look worse than they are. The starting pitching probably is overachieving but is still very good. The offense will come around and all of a sudden they won't look like the White Sox and they'll stack up some Ws. It better happen soon though because this is depressing to watch.
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And had an unsustainable plan based around high draft picks. I'm not absolving Jed here, but this feels more sustainable, not to mention the rules have completely changed to prevent teams from doing what Theo did. There's also some bad luck involved here, between injuries and nearly every hitter on the team having a career worst slump all at the same time. None of this makes me hate watching this any less unfortunately.
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Can Amaya get assigned this L? Or Counsell? No reason for Leiter to have been in there today. This is 3 days out of 4 and 4 days out of 6. Miller, Smyly, and Hodge are all fresh. Or even try to squeeze another inning out of Taillon.
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I mean, the ump has already screwed him once and that pitch location is likely to be a called strike again putting him in a 1-2 count. The point is that even when he's doing the right things, he's getting calls that put him at a disadvantage.
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Man, Busch has to be so frustrated with an AB like that. Looks at the first pitch that's a couple inches outside for a ball, does the same with the second pitch that's in the same location but a few inches higher and it gets called a strike, sees the 3rd pitch heading to a similar area and basically has to swing because who knows what the ump will do. Robot umps now.
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He's not on the 40 man is probably the biggest reason. Not to mention he doesn't have anywhere to play. You're not going to see Morel or Nico get benched.
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Ah yes, every single player having a career worst year was certainly foreseeable. 🙄
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At least another 2 weeks before a re-evaluation for Adbert and some other miscellaneous news in here. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/cubs-trade-rumors-bullpen-help-adbert-alzolay-shut-down.html?utm_source=twitter
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Nobody is demanding perfection, we just want him to throw strikes more consistently. Jesus dude.
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He was actually locating very well last night and the garbage ump cost him a couple called strikes. He was both bad and inconsistent, even within the same AB. Generally I agree on Little's control, but it feels like he's been a bit better lately with location.
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Yeah, if he stays on the heater he's been on, seeing him in the OF and Belli at 1B with Busch getting some down time wouldn't surprise me at all.
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I'm kinda baffled by this move. He's been terrible with the bat of late, in theory you have Nico and Dansby available starting today, and he's not going to see much playing time. Unless Nico is going to DH for a few days until he really feels 100%, I just don't get bringing Vazquez up at all. Even if it was for defense, thinking Mastro can't handle SS based on a bobbled exchange on a ball a lot of guys may not even get to and a bad throw seems like an overreaction.
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I mean, he doesn't have much of a choice. The dude can't walk 18 holes 4 days in a row very frequently so playing more tournaments isn't really an option.
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We're past the usual deadline for a game thread and since I'm here' I'll post it. Hopefully Kyle can build on not sucking last time out and the Cubs benefit from already having seen Skenes. Mods delete if necessary.
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The Cubs avoided the sweep in ATL and managed to remain 1.5 games behind the Brewers. The pitching matchups probably slightly favor the Cubs in this series, but the Bucs aren't sending any slouches out there. The vaunted™️Brewers face off in a 3 game set against the Astros this weekend, so there likely won't be much help coming in the form of Brewers' losses but you never know. Go Cubs!
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-15-24
mul21 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Hey, I expect timely responses when I ask you to do my homework for free fella! No worries. Hell, I couldn't even get a game thread up in a timely fashion because of work shenanigans so I get it. -
This feels like a situation where because they're so bereft of talent, they may take quantity over quality. Something like Alcantara and some other position we have depth in maybe?
