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I haven’t really heard any fans say they don’t want Hard Knocks. Either way, I have a hard time believing that in one season the NFL is going to make the Bears: -Play an extra preseason game (HOF game) -Sacrifice a home game for a game in Europe (meaning that in the era of 9 home games every other season the Bears will have had 9 just once in the first 5 years) -Appear on Hard Knocks
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I was just looking at the Cubs team fielding statistics, as one does at 10pm on a Sunday night, and yikes Outs Above Average: -9 (26th in MLB) Fielding Run Value (runs above average): -7 (25th in MLB) Defensive WAR: -6.5 (24th in MLB) Defensive Runs Saved: -10 (25th in MLB) In terms of individual players, just 4 current Cubs have at least 1 OAA this year, Swanson (2 OAA), Tauchman, Canario and PCA (all 1 OAA). For reference there are 166 players with at least 1 OAA with the league leader being Semien with 9. On the negative side, 10 players have at least -1 OAA with Morel (-4) and Madrigal, Happ and Bellinger (-2) "leading" the way. For Fielding Run Value, there are 3 current Cubs that have at least 1, and they all have exactly 1 (Tauchman, Swanson, PCA). There are 176 players with at least 1, with the leader again being Semien with 6. There are 9 players with at least -1 FRV with Morel (-3) and Bellinger (-2) leading the way. Interestingly, Nico has -1 OAA and -1 FRV this year. But when it comes to range, they seem to be doing pretty good: UZR/150: 2.4 (9th in MLB) Range RAA: 2.6 (5th in MLB) Maybe ~30 games isn't enough time to draw anything conclusive, especially with several established solid defensive players having down starts according to this, but definitely something to maybe be at least a little concerned about.
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Ugh, had my kids baseball game all afternoon, seems like I missed the one relaxing Cubs victory we've had in like the last 3 weeks. Happy to see the score though when I checked my phone!
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Nightmare 5 days upcoming for an offense who has been struggling recently (though maybe showing signs of breaking out again) 1. Freddie Peralta 2. Yu Darvish 3. Joe Musgrove 4. Dylan Cease 5. Jared Jones Jones is a top 75 prospect who has 1.4 bWAR, 2.63 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and the best K/9 and SO/BB in baseball in 7 starts this year Musgrove has been awful this year but had 6 IP, 2 ER in his last start so might be getting back on track.
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I hate this team lmao but I’ll take it
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This horsefeathers sucks
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Shocker, walk the leadoff man with 4 non-competitive pitches. Very consistent edit: accidental double post
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Shocker, walk the leadoff man with 4 non-competitive pitches. Very consistent
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The last time I remember the Cubs stealing a late run that they shouldn’t have, the rangers came back and won. Hopefully that’s not the case this time.
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Thank you umpire
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I know he’s a valuable player and this is irrational but just not a fan of Dansby. I’m actually typing this during his AB because I’m sure he’ll fail to get the job done
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Better flipping get him in
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I was about to laugh my ass off if Nico got thrown out trying to stretch it to a double
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Yay either we win or I get to add to my stat. Good day for me
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Of course we don’t get that call
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The 2024 Chicago Cubs
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At least if they blow it this inning I don’t get to add to my “blown leads in the 8th inning or later” stat
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Maybe we don’t make a bullpen entirely out of castoffs. It’s worked in the past but when it doesn’t work it has the ability to almost singlehandedly alter or end seasons
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This is a rerun, we just saw this on Thursday
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Oh I see the bullpen is in
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Amaya 1 for his last 21. We’re not getting very much offensively at catcher this year. I know you aren’t supposed to get a ton from catcher but I hope Amaya can get it going.
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I care. That's a good stat to keep in mind.
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Ugh walks 4 guys, don’t love Wisdom striking out on a ball
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Unless I’m counting wrong, I think it’s Imanaga vs Darvish on Monday which is pretty cool. But yeah even though he did ok against those guys in SD that’s not a great draw for a struggling offense
