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  1. Cubswin11
    Alright Kimbrel really makes things fall in place pitching wise. Now go trade for Castellanos (he shouldn’t cost more than Giambrone and like a Norwood type and maybe 1 other prospect nobody cares about), call up Robel and hope Morrow gets healthy for bullpen of doom and Zobrist comes back at some point.
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    :flythew:
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    Willy put on a framing clinic the other night
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    He hasn't pitched for the Braves in like 7 years
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    Wow. That's like a Backtobanks bad take... It's a dumb statement because everyone already knows that. No one hires a manager based on childhood allegiance/fanhood. No one cares about that for very obvious reasons. I'm going to stop now because this is a large waste of time lol. Since you brought my name into this, I will point out that it was really fun watching the Cubs the other day playing "team baseball" by hitting to the opposite field, stringing together singles, doubles, and walks, moving runners from first to third, etc. rather than watching for the one HR among 10 strikeouts. It gets back to the discussion about making contact (even if it is an out) over striking out. Anybody who has ever talked to a hitting coach knows that making contact is preferable to striking out. Yeah I really enjoyed all that contact last night that led to 3-5 double plays. Much preferable to the batter striking out.
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    Whatever, this is frustrating and sucks right now but we’re still in first and the best team in the division. The improvements needed are on the margins and should be easy enough to do before the deadline plus we get Kimbrel up tomorrow. We are still good.
  7. Cubswin11
    Maybe having 3-5 black holes in the lineup behind the good guys who get on base and are good has something to do with the RISP thing. Oh bad hitters like Russell, Almora, Descalso, Cargo, Vic, etc are bad at hitting with RISP. Shocking. Also the whole teams who get on base a lot have a lower BA w/RISP because of more opportunities but that’s only part of it with the garbage we’re trotting out there.
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    Nice AB Almora, he sucks so hard. I wish they had the ability and options to send him down. He doesn’t belong.
  9. Cubswin11
    The back end of this roster for position players is so horsefeathering miserable
  10. Cubswin11
    Figure out a way to win this one, somehow, idiots
  11. Cubswin11
    Kintzler is very much due for a date with the BABIP/regression monster. He’s running like a .190 BABIP and giving up the most hard contact for his career.
  12. Cubswin11
    They're correct takes, just look at the splits My take is you should split out of here
  13. Cubswin11
    Brach threw 40 pitches yesterday, could phantom IL him, could just send Barnette down or could phantom IL Chatwood after tomorrow. But yeah it’s probably Adbert.
  14. Cubswin11
    Because it's entirely unrealistic to expect any team to 'rise above the pack' at all 8 spots in the field. Wow. I'm not asking for the Cubs to be worldbeaters at every position, or every OF spot. I think we all ideally want to think of the Cubs as being able to be lumped in with the likes of the Dodgers and the Yankees and Astros (and hell, the Twins). They explicitly stood pat as if they were all but a sure thing to be in that rarefied air again, but it was obvious the ENTIRE OF was a series of question marks at best. The best bet was Schwarber, and even that was, yet again, hinged largely on defensive value that was unlikely to be a consistent thing. How is it unrealistic or unfair to have wanted them to do whatever they could to try and upgrade just ONE of the OF spots to be a better shot of being more than average at best? This feels like it's gotten to the point where I'm basically wishing that the Cubs had 5 good hitters on the team instead of 4, and that's some kind of crazy unreasonable idea. It's been hashed out a ton but Schwarber was one of the best LF'ers in baseball last year regardless of defense. He was top 10 in Dongs, ISO, OBP, SLG, wOBA and tied for 11th in wRC+ and he was top 5-7 in a handful of those stats too. Do we want him to be more, yes, but he was still pretty good last year and made perfect sense to stand pat on him/LF.
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    I hear ya and Brach has looked better. I’m worried the BABIP monster is coming for Kintzler. The best move to keep Adbert is probably a Monty trade, honestly. His best role/use doesn’t fit with the current roster construction and he can’t be his most useful self with it.
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    I don’t think anyone is saying start him in the playoffs this year. He should probably get another start or two before the ASB/Until Hendricks is back though. After the break the off days are plentiful for all of July and most of August so the off days will give the rest to the regular 5 guys then (assuming health) so he can go back down then and keep starting in Iowa or move to the pen up here. I think once he’s moved to the pen he should be used like the Dodgers use Stripling, Maeda, Urias out of the pen or Brewers last year with Woodruff and Burnes out of the pen. That’s probably his best use and role on this team at optimal health and performance for the year and it shouldn’t affect starting plans for him next year.
  17. Cubswin11
    Schwarber and Heyward aren’t the problem, it’s the 4 other black holes who have been making up the non backup catcher spot of the roster all year. Zagunis, Aducci, Almora, Descalso, Russell and Cargo.
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    I know I started all this discussion. I think Adbert’s looked good enough he deserves another start, I don’t want him permanently in the rotation necessarily. But him staying in through the break I think makes a lot of sense. It buys everyone some extra rest. After the break and when Hendricks is back I’m fine if he goes back down or moves to the pen (he probably should stay up in the pen, imo). I'm assuming you don't want to delay Kimbrel at all. Kyle Ryan, as much as he looks and sounds like a guy you face in AA in Road to the Show, now has a 3.58 ERA and 3.54 FIP. You could shuttle Barnette back down, but we're trying to see if he can be anything too. Then it's Kintzler or Brach, either of which you would probably lose if you tried to send down. If Brach dies he dies. But I’d view the moves as Barnette down for Kimbrel (obviously don’t delay that), then a phantom IL trip for Brach, Monty, or Chatwood (after his start tomorrow), DFA Brach or find a trade for Monty as all reasonable moves to keep Adbert around.
  19. Cubswin11
    Hey man, whatever we have to do to get Alzolay's 6.18 FIP in the rotation. The dude pitched all of 39.2 innings last year and hasn't gone longer than 6 innings in a start at any level since last April, so we should definitely just slot him in every fifth day for the next 3 months. I know I started all this discussion. I think Adbert’s looked good enough he deserves another start, I don’t want him permanently in the rotation necessarily. But him staying in through the break I think makes a lot of sense. It buys everyone some extra rest. After the break and when Hendricks is back I’m fine if he goes back down or moves to the pen (he probably should stay up in the pen, imo).
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    If they pull this move next week I think I’m done with this team for a while until sometime after the ASB in July. Just a joke of constructing and managing the roster between the last 4 guys on the bench and managing the shuffle-able bullpen guys most of the year. This would put me over the edge for a bit. It’s been a joke for most of the season but this is spitting in the face of the “every game matters” mindset. This is actively managing the roster to make the team worse and it harder to win when we have very little margin for the time being.
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    I’m fine with a combined 0 WAR out of Descalso, Russell, Cargo and Almora filling out the bench. Thanks for asking.
  22. Cubswin11
    Watching Javy, Kris and Heyward makes the rest of these idiots think they can pull horsefeathers on the bases that they just aren't capable of. Looking at you Rizzo and Willy.
  23. Cubswin11
    The pitching was quite good, the team continues to be absolute idiots on the base paths and the biggest thing holding this team back is Theo’s garbage roster construction. Literally just 2 like 1-1.5 win players to build out the roster on offense a bit more would be a huge difference.
  24. Cubswin11
    Garbage horsefeathering game, horsefeathering idiots. We need like 3 new bats.
  25. Cubswin11
    After a 40 pitch outing would be an ideal time to IL Brach.
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