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Imagine if our offense was so fortunate to have *checks notes* the Reds pitching

We probably are higher at per game Dongs too? I’d assume we’ve played 1-3 less games than most teams.

Hopefully Joe doesn’t go get away lineup with like Almora-Zagunis-Davis hitting 6-8.

They won a WS and have the most wins in MLB since all these guys were up together. I’d say it has panned out. The WS was in 2016. Running the team since then like they figured everyone they promoted was going to pan out in the long run is some completely unrealistic video game nonsense. Again, it's about dealing from a position of strength for a position of weakness; it's been obvious for a while that pitching development wasn't panning out AND that the Cubs had a starting rotation that needed some work. I simply would have preferred they had moved to bring in pitching prospects and/or established starters instead of hoarding all of Their Guys. Sure, maybe the moves simply weren't there, or the timing didn't line up. And I'm not saying they should have traded all or most of those names. But to act like keeping them all was some kind of, "well, what do you expect, ah-doy?!?"-move doesn't track. They’ve won 90+ games a year since then and did trade from the strength (Eloy) for pitching. We all would’ve been pissed if they traded any of the guys off the MLB roster for horsefeathering pitching prospects in 2017 or 2018. Come on. You’re letting this rough ~15 game start let you a revise a history/create a narrative that I don’t think is really there. I would’ve loved to have done more this offseason, we probably should’ve, but I don’t think anyone was thinking we should’ve done crazy moves 1-2 offseason ago. We kinda were fine letting the young roster shake out and it kinda, mostly worked.

Or for not trading him when his value was high? That, and it applies potentially to multiple guys on the team. I get the video game appeal of fielding a team of almost nothing but homegrown stud bats, but that's not something likely to pan out, and it's not like the pitching issues were ever going to be something to take them by surprise with the way the team was constructed and how their drafting went. They won a WS and have the most wins in MLB since all these guys were up together. I’d say it has panned out. Who knows what pitching was really available or how close they came to moving any guys. There were always rumors Mets or Indians pitchers were available but both those teams were trying to win so who knows plus all the Mets guys had injuries or have fallen off since, none would’ve been slam dunk moves and none were ultimately moved and trading the young MLB bats who had success for pitching prospects would’ve been a dumb move. Idk what other impact pitchers were available (none were moved other than Sale, who I doubt they would’ve traded to us) in that 2015-17 range.

We have the best run differential in the division, 3rd best in the NL and 8th best in MLB.

In fairness to the FO, if he doesn’t blow out his knee in a fluke play and could’ve stayed catching (like he was drafted to) even just ~55 games a year the bat is a lot more valuable and his overall outcome is better.

Yadi is gonna call for a bean ball soon, isn’t he?

:flythew: Sweep these fucks tomorrow

Winning games without those two is good though for the long term outlook as you can reasonably assume both will be better (perhaps much, much better).

Yup and surprisingly (or not) it’s when he used his changeup a lot more to get results like this.

The camera made it look like it would’ve gone over the old HR statue. Probably 6-10 feet short of a HR.

I suppose he managed the contact

Strop hasn’t pitched in forever. He can get 4 outs. For fucks sake Joe

Take him out

That's what I've been saying all along. More aggressive with astrophysics please!Astrophysics as an autocorrect for Strop is something

I’d ride with Q and then get aggressive with Strop tonight. He hasn’t pitched in forever, use him for 5 outs if needed.

Top of my head maybe not Fenway, San Fran And San Diego. But Dong or off the wall everywhere else?

I mean he hit that 380 feet to RCF, stupid park

Good thing we cleared both pitcher spots that inning

The change up Q struck out Anderson on was horsefeathering nasty

We absolutely should get him

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Barrel% 5%, exit velo 88.7 mph (surprised its this high) only two years higher were 89.3 and 89.6, launch angle is 11.6%