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Any thoughts on whether or not the numbers are in part a result of an altered approach with 2 strikes? Especially lately, I've seen a good number of times where he's flipped a ball into LF with 2 strikes at a low EV but it's gone for a hit. That combined with the drop in Ks leads me to believe that it's not all a decrease in ability/performance and may be a strategy to get on base more and K less.
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Buy or sell, where do you land? Let's talk hot stove.
mul21 replied to Jason Ross's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think there’s the emotional piece from the players that needs to be considered as well. A team this hot has players that are going to expect that they’re going to get help. Just look at what happened to the Brewers after they traded Hader last year. I’ll be really disappointed if they don’t add something, even if it’s just a pen arm or two to make Kay and Rucker not ever see the light of day again this season. -
Bowden suggesting a trade where the Cubs bring back more OFs is just comical. Does he pay any attention at all to organizational needs? https://theathletic.com/4725542/2023/07/27/mlb-trade-deadline-scenarios/ Cubs trade CF Cody Bellinger to Phillies for OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. and OF Carlos De La Cruz
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If they IL him retroactive to the last game he pitched in on 7/22, that means he'd be available to come off on 8/7. Probably not a bad move to make at this point if he's agreeable to it.
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He's getting paid like a CF in FA regardless of where he ends up playing because that's the contract someone will be willing to offer him so I don't think it has much relevance to the conversation.
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McLaughlin's mea culpa was actually pretty sincere and from the heart and involves some mental health issues causing a relapse so while I won't excuse his actions I'm not going to bag on him too much.
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Brad Thompson is the Cards color guy, so he's a former MLer but he's still a moron.
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Buy or sell, where do you land? Let's talk hot stove.
mul21 replied to Jason Ross's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
So a 0 WAR player isn't better than the black hole of Mancini, Mervis and Hosmer at a combined -1.8 bWAR to this point in the season? -
Buy or sell, where do you land? Let's talk hot stove.
mul21 replied to Jason Ross's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think the glut of good not great prospects is something that can't be overstated considering the 40 man crunch they'll be in this offseason. They're definitely in this weird purgatory and I just hope Jed et al are creative enough to use some of that surplus in a useful way, whether that's adding a prospect or two to a Stroman trade to get an upper level well regarded prospect or if it's just packaging prospects to shore up the pen (with hopefully a player that has some additional years of control). -
As someone else has mentioned, I think the optimal situation here is that you somehow trade Stroman for the best prospect you can get, replace his production by trading PCA+ for an available starter (preferably with some additional years of control), then sign Bellinger to a 5 year deal. Obviously the order those things would have to happen in makes it highly impractical and unlikely, but that's my ideal scenario even with the talk of the underlying stats being a little suspect for Bellinger.
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Those were the 2 I used to get 9/9.
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Seems pretty common anymore. Keyontae Johnson went from collapsing at Florida to playing for OKC.
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That seems wildly speculative with no basis in anything.
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He called the exact same pitch a strike against Tauchmann in the previous inning. It's trash but it went both ways.
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If you're afraid of the home run ball (which he's been a victim to regularly this year) you end up nibbling and walking guys, which is what we've seen of late from him. Less risk to have a solo shot in a game you're up by 4 but it kills you up by one.
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It's not that, he's very obviously struggled in high leverage situations and been much better in low leverage.
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I can't recall the Cubs getting screwed on this many should have been ball 4 actually called a strike calls as they have this year.
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Belly bails out Happ. Swinging at fastballs at the letters is a bad plan.
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horsefeathers happens? He's still developing? I poked a hole in 2/3 of your evidence so whatever man.
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Nice cherry picking 2 guys who have had oblique injuries that experts have said likely are affecting their swing planes still.
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Because one has 25 HRs in 6.5 seasons on MiL baseball and the other has 54 in less than 2.5. This team is sorely lacking in power and Mervis has it in spades compared to any other currently viable option. This isn't hard math.
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In his defense, that's probably near the top of the list of his posts for succinctness and coherence.
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This was one of the easier ones for me. Immaculate and my lowest rarity score at 112.
