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7/21 Cubs (Hammel) @ Reds (Iglesias) 6:10PM CSN
BigSlick replied to Clem Fandango's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Hmm...Reds' pitcher has bad stats but decent enough peripherals. He'll shut out the Cubs -
I have no idea what the minors look like right now. Are there any potential 2B other than Baez that are of replacement level available? Because I'm fully in favor of "Move Russell to SS (an immediate boost in defensive value if nothing else) and find Anything to put in 2B" I also recognize that this wont happen
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its dope the Cubs are scoring some runs, too bad Richard is just itching to give up a bunch as well Still, very cathartic to see some rallies
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i'm so happy about the Schwarber catching news its so ludicrous but i love it
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I've been on #CastroDoubleWatch and #CastroWalkWatch because he is so, so bad at these things. I just like marveling at how shockingly bad he has become at certain phases of baseball. Castro has 374 plate appearance this season, and has 8 doubles (eight? EIGHT? this is Scott Podsednik-esque) and 15 walks. David Ross has had 95 plate appearances and only 2 fewer doubles and 2 fewer walks. Jorge Soler, who I imagine will never have much discipline in his approach, has had 121 fewer plate appearances than Castro, and astoundingly, has 2 more walks than Starlin Castro. Addison Russell, a struggling 21 year old who at times has appeared completely over his head, has twice as many doubles in 100 fewer plate appearances. He has 7 more walks!
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Can we have an all-offense no-defense lineup please. I don't care if Schwarber has 5 passed balls and is terrible at framing, I want offense. I don't care if we lose. I want offense.
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#WeAreGoodAndGettingBetterPerPecota
BigSlick replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Schwarber is coming up as well. I'm concnerned that as pointed out by some folks already, Kris Bryant wont be able to do much (this season) about the slow and inside strike zone that umps are giving pitchers lately. They've pummeled him there and he can't do much with those pitches. Thats not to say he wont be a valuable player, but I'm not sure he'll have an "explosion" this year, but I wouldn't discount it. He's gonna grapple with pitchers constantly adapting to him. s -
i sincerely don't care about his attitude and not running out fly balls like, at all. I just notice he hits below a replacement level player and plays poor defense at short stop so you might as well plug a replacement level player there that can play *good* defense. Whether such a player exists on this team, well, I dunno. These are feelings of a fan and not like, a general manager who's serious.
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theres no such thing as momentum in baseball imo
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if you're gonna be a bumslaying team at least slay the bums you come across this team is solidly above average and will come back to form as some of the players get out of slumps, but god they're hard to like right now
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tbh at this point i'm rooting for the Cubs to go 27 straight innings with no runs against the majestically bad White SOx
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lol if this team loses to the brutally awful white sox
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Not only do they have a positive run differential for a team 9 games under .500, they actually 'should' be 11 games over .500. Astonishing. I was browsing Baseball Reference and while looking at the Cubs pitching staff I saw Kyle Hendricks, with a 3.81 ERA, is rated at 98 on ERA+, which says so much about the run environment in baseball these days. Like, just a mere 5-6 years ago, that ERA would be more than respectable, heck, qualifies you fo a solidly above average pitcher. Bring back steroids is my IMO, IMO.
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a split with the st louis cardinals is like a minor miracle and i'm very happy with their performance i didn't watch game 4 though so it probably colors my optimism
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That might be an even worse decision. i was really looking forward to this season
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i think its easy to assume every game against the cards is an automatic loss, and take any win as a very pleasant and uncommon surprise i just am not impressed at the talent level on the cardinals. no real outstanding hitters. just the one molina brother that is shockingly young for how long he's played and will never leave
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i feel like congress passed a law mandating that the cardinals can never lose again but i can't find any record of it
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movies was an ok song
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7/2 Cubs (Arrieta) @ Mets (DeGrom) 12:10, WGN
BigSlick replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I almost refuse to believe this is possible. Only 2 series sweeps in the last 100 years? Seriously? They've been bad, but that bad? -
it worked though, so its cool Slump busting takes on new connotations
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so the White Sox, who by all advanced and even traditional measures, have a chance to be one of the worst teams in all of baseball history, just won two straight against the Cardinals Baseball is just weird
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We're in this weird position were Starlin Castro really, indisputably, sucks, but keeps hitting game winners and walk offs. I mean, its whatever, I hope they still find a way to trade him and that his value is seen as more than it is by opposing GMs but I think for the most part the meatballs are out of management positions and smarter numbers people are in positions of power. If he can be our Alex Gonzalez, like, thats fine too. I just would prefer someone thats 1.cheaper 2.better offensively and 3. better defensively at short stop. All of which we can achieve, at this exact moment.
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7/1 Cubs (Lester) @ Mets (Colon) 6:10, WGN
BigSlick replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Hit the ball -
7/1 Cubs (Lester) @ Mets (Colon) 6:10, WGN
BigSlick replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Hit the ball -
7/1 Cubs (Lester) @ Mets (Colon) 6:10, WGN
BigSlick replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Hit the ball