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Wow, I know Drew is coming in after this but surprised to see Palencia out for a 3rd different inning -
You think so? It’s an elimination game, I think they’ll extend him beyond what they normally would unless he gets in trouble
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100%. Mo and then Castro at 3B Craig is managing the staff like an elimination game but doesn’t seem to be doing the same with the lineup
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Give him a break he’s still grieving
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I’d honestly PH for Shaw here. I know defense is more important here but Castro likely not that much worse and I don’t think Shaw has any shot of doing anything here
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If the Cubs can win this, you get that vomit feeling doubled due to facing the Brewers
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Which in a series where 9 total runs have been scored in 2.5 games should be the MVP overall
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Dansby Swanson earning every dollar this series
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Lmao Arraez is going to be seeing Dansby in his nightmares
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Yeah if I recall correctly it’s usually when he goes away from the fastball with 2 strikes when he’s had trouble
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Same. He will never get a fly ball the rest of his Cubs career that I’m comfortable with him catching.
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I swear a majority of the hits Palencia gives up come with 2 strikes. With his stuff he shouldn’t be having trouble finishing hitters as much as he does
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Well we got through unscathed and got through Tatis!
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And .161 against Thielbar. If the top of their order wasn’t coming up for the 3rd time the next inning I’d be ok with him taking that inning but he was only going to go 1 additional inning max. In that case you might as well give yourself a marginal advantage
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It’s like blackjack, you can’t assure yourself of the outcome, all you can do is play the percentages (monty burns reference) and hope it plays out in your favor. Obviously it’s a bit more complex than that like the fact that Thielbar didn’t get through the inning, but they still have the arms to get them through the game and then some
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2 of their 3 hits have dribbled through the exact same freaking spot
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But either way he’s almost certainly not going to be allowed to face the top of the order again. The Cubs have Soroka who can give them multiple innings today, Pomeranz as another lefty option. The pen should mostly be in good shape. No need to take chances with a 2-0 lead 5th - Thielbar 6th - Soroka 7th - Pomeranz (if lefties line up) 8th - Palencia 9th - Keller Civale, Rogers, possibly Rea would also be available. Kittredge is the only guy you want to hold back unless you absolutely have to.
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I have a feeling that was Taillons last pitch with 3 lefties coming up. Cubs should be ok on pen arms and even have a LTOGY (lefty three out guy) in Pomeranz for later in the game. Id be fine if Taillon started the inning too
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When he's on his really good. Consistency and the HR ball on occasion have been his issues. But if you look at his game log, he really only has 4 poor starts this year out of 23, and 2 of them came immediately before he missed a month with an injury so its possible that played into the poor starts. Also a 3rd was his first start of the season.
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Ugh I just got a notification on my phone to buy Brewers-Cubs tickets in 2 days. Don't do that during the deciding game of the previous round lol
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Picture is not conclusive, I believe he just needs to start his windup before it hits 0
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What was the IF alignment for Shaw's AB? that might have gotten through with 0 outs if the IF was playing in.
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If the Cubs end up losing that liner down the RF line is going to haunt me. I thought that was going to be fair off the bat and clear the bases.
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That was hit so slow I thought Busch could beat it out but it wasn't even really close
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DAMMIT
