UMFan83
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Good news: tying runs in scoring position with 0 outs Bad news: Seiya and Bellinger are the runners on base meaning that another Cubs player has to do something -
3-1 Pirates
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I know I’m playing with sample sizes here and acknowledge that he’s had a couple of ok stretches during this timespan but Busch now has a sub .600 OPS and 47% strikeout rate since his HR binge ended (29 games). Still has shown enough to be on board with letting him work through his struggles and make adjustments though
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Busch swings through 3 straight pitches for yet another strikeout. He’s lost
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Taking strike 3 right down the middle is certainly a choice
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Last 5 outs from Busch have been via the strikeout. He has a couple of walks and a double during that span so not all bad but man the strikeouts are starting to concern me with him even acknowledging that he’s gonna have a high K rate in general
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Meanwhile 9 pitch 1st for Keller
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With the off day tomorrow, Tuesday's game will be day 8 of an alternate reality where Nico went on the IL right away. I get that hamstring injuries can be difficult to project though...just frustrating.
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Agreed. Zach Zaidman should never be the lead PBP person of anything. Marquee talks all this game about being like a national TV broadcast but have nothing better to offer us than Zaidman? Also I like Mowen in general. She'd be the perfect "backup" PBP person when Boog is out.
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Mastrobuoni adding tons of value out there🙄
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We just using the same game thread today? lol
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In the situation yesterday it would have been runner on 3rd and 1 out. I believe the MLB average for an individual batter getting a runner home from 3rd and less than 2 outs is around 50%. I agree with most of what you are saying though. Those contact plays are not bad baserunning and I don’t think the strategy is wrong either. I’m not sure why we’ve failed so many more times than every other team in baseball but I suppose bad luck is a big component.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-18-24
UMFan83 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
The Brennen Davis resurgence is incredible. Keep it up! -
https://x.com/MLBReplays/status/1791947486858240131 This looks like an official account. According to this explanation, the safe call was due to the ball getting knocked free and not the initial slide/tag. (Not sure why its not embedding but the link is an explanation of the replay decision with a reply of the play in question). Really interesting rule. Obviously Bellinger didn't intentionally knock the ball away but he was clearly tagged and then transferring to his throwing hand, presumably because Morel is still a live runner on base. But at the same time, Bellinger was completing the process of his slide so I can kind of see why the decision makes sense. Either way, I'm happy with how it was interpreted.
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Can't believe we get Shota for another 4 years after this one at an extremely reasonable contract. Chalk one up for Jed's fiscal prudency.
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The Cubs are not playing the best baseball right now but they’re still finding ways to win games. I’ll take it even if the viewing experience was a bit rough at times (though not Shota’s pitching)
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Oh. I don’t think you can knock the ball out with your hands. Hopefully he got in safely
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He couldn’t hold onto the ball! Lmao dead to rights but we caught a break
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His ERA over 7 this year would fit right in
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Some lefties
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For the 2nd time in 18 appearances this year Neris pitches and does not allow a baserunner. Woo hoo
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Gotta stick with the guys who got us here. oh wait that was the last guy 😂
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Booooo
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Do the Cubs fail on the contact play so often because they hit too many ground balls? Or at least the hitters that are coming up in these situations?
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That’s the 9th runner thrown out between 3rd and home this year. no other team has more than 6
