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2017 HR Derby {Discussion & Transaction Thread}
Aaron_Kennelly replied to Southpaw19's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Definitely. I think most everyone would take it. The one thing we're missing out on is his normal above-average walk rate. He hasn't quite been the on-base threat you'd hope from a fixed version of himself. I do wonder if it will go up naturally, though. He's swinging more this year, both on pitches in and out of the zone. But I think it might have to do with how pitchers are pitching to him. Fangraphs has data from Pitch Info and Baseball Info Solutions. Baseball Info has him getting about the same amount of pitches in the zone as usual. But Pitch info -- which has a different view of the zone, which seems to be a little bigger from what I've seen -- has him getting more pitches in the zone than ever before. But, the key thing, in my opinion, is that he's getting 63.6% first pitch strikes. Last year's 55.1% was his previous career high. So it's been hard to get into favorable counts. I'd guess that pitchers simply aren't afraid to pitch to him. And they're giving him more pitches in and around the zone -- especially early in the count to get ahead. Not as many chase pitches. More pitches that are tough to take. I think if he keeps hitting well, the first pitch strike % will go down and he'll start working some more walks and make his numbers look even better.
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Willson is is superstar.
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Also, I'm incredibly excited to see The Professor again.
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I can't wait to watch some more October baseball this year.
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Yeah, they suck.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-23-17
Aaron_Kennelly replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Dare I say "the vaunted Cubs?"
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It's been 46 days since we were in first.
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lol we just made up a 5.5 game deficit in 8 days.
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Good thing Wong doesn't even have WTP.
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Not this time, Randal. Back to AAA for you.
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No sweat.
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No walks here, Carl, come on now.
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Play horsefeathers the closer/non-closer-filling-in-for-the-actual-closer.
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That's sure to ruffle some redneck feathers.
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WILLY!
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He might be at least a replacement-level player leverage-wise by the time this game is done.
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Pretty solid outing, outside of the inevitable Hazelbakerian homers.
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Clutch bloop!
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J-Hey!
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Horse horsefeathers call.
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Go horsefeathers yourself you AAA piece of horsefeathers.
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Nice relay.
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I forgot how much I hate national broadcasts.