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God I want this win. Packer fans are going to be absolutely insufferable, even more than than usual, if even Jordan Love beats the Bears.

I'm not suggesting anything, I just wouldn't be surprised if we found out it was some scenario like that. He's a different guy, so who knows how he handles his grievances.

There's not a single part of this rotation I have a ton of faith in come the playoffs. Steele is great, but he has already thrown 19 more innings this year than he has in any season before with likely another 6-7 starts to go before the playoffs. So you're talking somewhere between 50-60 innings more than a previous high before the playoffs. Hendricks has solid, but he's not the guy anymore that you feel supremely confident is going to go out and give you 7IP 1/2 ER. His K/9 is about as low as you'll see in baseball, making his margin for error razor thin Assad has been absolutely fantastic, but the peripherals are another story. They have him pinned for some major regression. His peripherals are so bad that despite throwing 79 innings of 2.96 ERA baseball, he's still at .4 fWAR. I mean there are guys who are FIP beaters, but not to this extent. Taillon is obviously not as terrible as he was the first half of the year, but even if we just focus on his performance since July 1st we're looking at a guy with a 4.26 ERA, 4.01 FIP 4.38 xFIP and 7.42 K/9. That's a solid back half of the rotation arm and that's about it. Stroman likely doesn't pitch again this year Wesneski is dominant against righties with a .193/.258/.311 line, unfortunately he makes every left he faces the equivalent of Ohtani. Lefties have posted a .312/.368/672 line. It would be great if Wicks could be the savior, but he's not really that kind of pitcher. He's a guy who is likely to be a solid mid rotation arm and it's not reasonable to expect him to come up and be a heavy contributor in a playoff race immediately.

Yes, but the talks about not being interested in extending him started before he began falling apart. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he decided that he didn't want a team that that didn't want him. I mean he isn't exactly known for being the best teammate which is why he had to settle for the 3 year deal the Cubs gave him in the first place.

If he can keep it to 3 or 4 runs over 6 innings, I'll be pretty thrilled.

Completely talking out my ass here, but I wouldn't be shocked if he took it personally that the Cubs seem to be very interested in bringing back Bellinger while they've been pretty clear about not being interested in extending him.

it certainly takes a strong wr group and returns it right back to pretty mediocre.

I don't really get it either because Scott didn't look so good in preseason.

It sure sounds like that Chris Jones extension with KC isn't happening.

Well, they basically have to take 2 of 3 if they realistically want to keep the division in play. For wild card purposes, they need to go no worse than 1-2 if they want to keep themselves in good position.

5 rbis for Cody

I think there's some hope that we're seeing an improved Seiya given the big change in his approach.

Keegan's stuff looks good even if he isn't hitting his spots.

Good start

Ok Keegan, let's make the 8th and 9th painless

Seiya up to a .784 OPS, he really might make .800 which is nuts considering his struggles.

I might be wrong, but isn't it unusual for the newly drafted players to go to the AFL? I'd really like Shaw to get at least 50 PAs at AA this year with an eye on quick promotion if he tears AA up to start next year.

This board is having significant issues

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No need when you weren't going to make the roster

No need when you weren't going to make the roster

I think 2 of the 3 passes were catchable balls, but they wouldn't have really mattered anyway

Another 3 and out.

Yeah, that was a less than ideal opening drive on both sides if the ball

14 innings and no runs scored other than a runner who started at 2B and an error.